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    The Mercenary Mandarin: How a British adventurer became a general in Qing-dynasty China

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    Tin Hats and Rice: A Diary of Life as a Hong Kong Prisoner of War, 1941-1945

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    Wordjazz for Stevie: How a profoundly handicapped girl gave her father the gifts of pain and love

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