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xii, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious...
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English
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"Authoritarian regimes in many countries, and the men that lead them, depend for their power and wealth on the international management of licit and illicit funds under their control. Frank Vogl show that curbing the activities of these enablers as they act on behalf of their kleptocratic clients is of vital importance to secure democracy, enhance national security, and ensure international financial stability"--
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151 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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English
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"Three Japanese American individuals with different beliefs and backgrounds decided to resist imprisonment by the United States government during World War II in different ways. Jim Akutsu, considered by some to be the inspiration for John Okada's No-No Boy, resisted the draft and argued that he had no obligation to serve the US military because he was classified as an enemy alien. Hiroshi Kashiwagi renounced his United States citizenship and refused...
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