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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