Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China
10 best books like Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China (Kang Zhengguo): Capitalism and Freedom, Paris by the Book, A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith, The Silent Governess, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, The Kingdom of Copper, Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life, The Broken Sword, Where the Desert Meets the Sea, Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict
Author | Milton Friedman |
ISBN | 0226264211 |
Selected by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the "hundred most influential books since the war"
How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of his...
Author | Liam Callanan |
ISBN | 1101986271 |
A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris. Heading off in search of its author, a mother and her daughters find themselves in France, rescuing a failing bookstore and drawing closer to unexpected truths.
Once a week, I chase men who are not...
A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith
Author | Timothy Egan |
ISBN | 0735225230 |
Moved by his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church, Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers to force a reckoning with his own beliefs. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity,...
Author | Julie Klassen |
ISBN | 0764207075 |
Believing herself guilty of a crime, Olivia Keene flees her home, eventually stumbling upon a grand estate where an elaborate celebration is in progress. But all is not as joyous as it seems.
Lord Bradley has just learned a terrible secret, which, if exposed, will change his life forever. When...
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Author | Priya Parker |
ISBN | 1594634920 |
A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at work, at school, at home and beyond.
Every day we find ourselves in gatherings, Priya Parker says in The Art of Gathering. If we can understand what makes these gatherings effective and memorable,...
Author | S.A. Chakraborty |
ISBN | 0008239444 |
Return to Daevabad in the spellbinding sequel to THE CITY OF BRASS.
Nahri’s life changed forever the moment she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her schemes. Whisked from her home in Cairo, she was thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad...
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
Author | Susan Forward |
ISBN | 0553381407 |
All parents fall short from time to time. But Susan Forward pulls no punches when it comes to those whose deficiencies cripple their children emotionally. Her brisk, unreserved guide to overcoming the stultifying agony of parental manipulation—from power trips to guilt trips and all other killers...
Thor broke the sword Tyrfing to save the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree that binds earth, heaven and hell. Now the elves need the weapon for their war against the trolls. Only Scafloc, a human kidnapped and raised by elves, can hope to persuade Bolverk the ice-giant to make Tyrfing whole again. But Scafloc...
Where the Desert Meets the Sea
Author | Werner Sonne |
ISBN | 1542043905 |
An illuminating and heart-stirring historical novel set in post-WWII Palestine, where the boundaries of love and friendship are challenged by the intractable conflicts of war.
Jerusalem, 1947: Judith, a young Jewish survivor of the Dachau concentration camp, arrives in Mandatory Palestine,...
Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict
Author | Edwin P. Hoyt |
ISBN | 0815411189 |
The many factors that led to Japan's participation in World War II, and the horrifying battles that resulted, come into focus in Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict. The book, which takes into account Japanese and Asian documents and scholarship in addition to American and European sources, chronicles...