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Seven Years in Tibet and Lobsang Rampa’s The Rampa Story.
Mark Edwards • The Tao of Bowie: 10 Lessons from David Bowie's Life to Help You Live Yours

China’s defeated youth
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I was extremely curious about the alternatives to the kind of life I had been leading, and my friends and I exchanged rumors and scraps of information we dug from official publications. I was struck less by the West’s technological developments and high living standards than by the absence of political witch-hunts, the lack of consuming suspicion,
... See moreJung Chang • Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The two hit it off and Gaga took to Littlemonsters.com to announce some news—she had hired Helen to be a part of the creative team in the Haus of Gaga:
Jackie Huba • Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics
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Gardner Bovingdon • The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land
The Praetorian Guard, who had a low view of the capabilities of the senate and no desire to return to the Republic, had already picked a new emperor. The story was that, terrified by the violence and commotion, Gaius’ uncle the fifty-year-old Claudius had hidden himself down another dark alley. But he was quickly discovered by the praetorians and,
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The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World
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