Radigan Neuhalfen

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“Gantsaaraa.”

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2007 Nov 14

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Eaters of the Dead

Michael Crichton

1976

U.S.A.

novel

adventure

****

****

2007 Aug 30

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Oops: 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America

Michael J. Smith; Patrick J. Kiger

2006

U.S.A.; U.S.A.

non-fiction

history

**

***

2007 Aug 21

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume III, Nebula Winners 1965-1969

Arthur C. Clarke; George W. Proctor

1982

U.K.; U.S.A.

short story collection

various

various

various

2007 July 10

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Everything Is Illuminated

Jonathan Safran Foer

2002

U.S.A.

novel

guilt

***

***

2007 June 20

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

The Last Disco in Outer Mongolia

Nick Middleton

1992

U.K.

memoir

Mongolia

***

***

2007 April 13

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Barack Obama

2007

U.S.A.

non-fiction

politics

***

***

2007 March 21

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Eleven Minutes

Paulo Coelho

2003

Brazil

novel

prostitution

**

***

2007 March 10

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

The Outlaw Bible of American Essays

Alan Kaufman

2006

U.S.A.

essay collection

various

various

various

2006 Nov 18

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

At Gettysburg or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle

Millie Alleman

1889

U.S.A.

memoir

war

***

***

2006 Oct 14

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Beasts, Men and Gods

Ferdinand Ossendowski

1921

Poland

memoir

adventure

**

**

2006 July 5

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

Stephen Jay Gould

1977

U.S.A.

essay collection

evolutionary theory

*****

*****

2006 June 28

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

The Call of the Wild

Jack London

1903

U.S.A.

novel

adventure

*****

****

2006 April 14

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Doghouse Roses

Steve Earle

2001

U.S.A.

short story collection

life

***

***

2006 March 14

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

The Stranger

Albert Camus

1942

France/Algeria

novel

existentialism

****

****

2005 Oct 28

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

1926

U.S.A.

novel

love

*****

*****

2005 Sept 26

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

Platform

Michel Houellebecq

2001

France

novel

intercultural conflict

****

***

2004 Nov 7

Costa Rica, Rivas

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

1932

U.K.

novel

society

****

***

2004 Oct 30

Guatemala, Guatemala City

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

1967

Colombia

novel

society

****

****

2004 Sept 21

U.S.A., Seattle

Mr. China

Tim Clissold

2004

U.K.

memoir

China

**

**

2004 May 9

Canada, Alberta

Millennium

Jacques Attali

1990

France

non-fiction

globalization

***

***

2004 Jan 5

Canada, Alberta

All the King’s Men

Robert Penn Warren

1946

U.S.A.

novel

love

*****

*****

2003 Aug 25

Canada, Alberta

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

1952

U.S.A.

novel

globalization

*****

*****

2003 Aug 22

Canada, Alberta

St. Michael and the Dragon: Memoirs of a Paratrooper

Pierre Leulliette

1961

France

memoir

war

****

*****

2003 April 27

U.S.A., Louisiana

Lord Jim

Joseph Conrad

1900

Poland/U.K.

novel

honor

****

*****

2002 Nov 19

U.S.A., Louisiana

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

1937

U.S.A.

novel

society

*****

*****

2002 Oct 20

U.S.A., Louisiana

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder

1927

U.S.A.

novel

death

****

****

2002 July 30

U.S.A., California

Young Men and Fire

Norman Maclean

1992

U.S.A.

non-fiction

death

*****

****

2001 Nov 4

U.S.A., California

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

1996

U.S.A.

non-fiction

youth

***

****

2001 Oct 7

U.S.A., California

Bloodsong

Jill Neimark

1993

U.S.A.

novel

love

***

***

2001 July 20

U.S.A., California

Cup of Gold

John Steinbeck

1929

U.S.A.

novel

adventure

*****

*****

2001 July 2

U.S.A., California

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott

1884

U.K.

novel

geometry

***

****

2001 May 9

U.S.A., California

The Hottest State

Ethan Hawke

1996

U.S.A.

novel

love

****

*****

2000 Sept 2

Bermuda, Royal Naval Dockyards

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

1957

U.S.A.

novel

adventure

****

*****

2000 Aug 28

Bermuda, Royal Naval Dockyards

The Spanish Armada

Colin Martin; Geoffrey Parker

1988

U.K.; U.K.

academic

nautical archaeology

***

****

2000 Jan 10

U.S.A., Colorado

The Sea-Wolf

Jack London

1904

U.S.A.

novel

philosophy

*****

*****

1999 Oct 5

Pacific Ocean

The Joke

Milan Kundera

1967

Czech Republic

novel

politics

****

*****

1999 Aug 3

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

No Bull Selling

Hank Trisler

1983

U.S.A.

non-fiction

salesmanship

*****

*****

1999 July 28

Russia, Yekaterinburg

Report to Greco

Nikos Kazantzakis

1961

Greece

memoir

life

*****

*****

1999 March 19

Russia, Moscow

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

1915

Austro-Hungarian Empire

novel

society

*****

****

1998 May 24

U.S.A., Minnesota

The Things They Carried

Tim O’Brien

1990

U.S.A.

short story collection

war

****

*****

1998 March 29

Netherlands, train

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

1940

U.S.A.

novel

war

****

***

1998 March 15

U.S.A., Minnesota

Gender on the Market: Moroccan Women and the Revoicing of Tradition

Deborah Kapchan

1996

U.S.A.

academic

economic anthropology

***

***

1998 Jan 11

Russia, Novosibirsk

Afghan Tales: Stories from Russia's Vietnam

Oleg Yermakov

1993

Russia

short story collection

war

**

**

1997 Oct 9

U.S.A., Minnesota

Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel

John Scott

1941

U.S.A.

memoir

Soviet Union

***

****

1997 Jan 25

Mexico, Yucatan

The Maya

Michael D. Coe

1966

U.S.A.

academic

Maya

**

***

1997 Jan 15

Mexico, Yucatan

Life Under the Tropical Canopy: Tradition and Change Among the Yucatec Maya

Ellen R. Kintz

1990

U.S.A.

academic

Maya

***

***

1996 July 9

U.S.A., Illinois

The Trail of the Fox

David Irving

1977

U.K.

biography

Erwin Rommel

***

***

1996 Jan 23

U.S.A., Minnesota

Social and Political Philosophy: Readings From Plato to Gandhi

various

1963

various

essay collection

philosophy

various

various

1995 Oct 29

U.S.A., Minnesota

Girl, Interrupted

Susanna Kaysen

1993

U.S.A.

memoir

mental illness

***

**

1995 July 17

U.S.A., North Dakota

Quest in the Desert

Roy Chapman Andrews

1950

U.S.A.

novel

adventure

***

***

1995 May 23

U.S.A., North Dakota

The Last Picture Show

Larry McMurtry

1966

U.S.A.

novel

society

****

*****

1995 May 4

U.S.A., North Dakota

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

1949

U.S.A.

play

life

****

*****

1995 April 16

U.S.A., North Dakota

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

1967

U.S.A.

novel

society

***

****

1995 April 3

U.S.A., North Dakota

Education of a Wandering Man

Louis L’Amour

1989

U.S.A.

memoir

adventure

**

*****

prior to 1995

U.S.A., North Dakota

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Robert Fulghum

1986

U.S.A.

essay collection

life

****

**

prior to 1995

U.S.A., North Dakota

Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs

Patrick F. McManus

1987

U.S.A.

essay collection

humor

*****

*****