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An award-winning writer reveals a changing China - one conversation and adventure at a time.
When Stephan Orth lands in China, he knows it’s his last visit, having lied about his job as a journalist to get into the country. So, he makes the most of it, couch-surfing with locals instead of hitting the nearest hotel. Starting in Macau - a former Portuguese colony and now gambler’s paradise - Orth takes on the world’s biggest casino. Next, he visits Shenzen, where more than 200 million sidewalk cameras monitor citizens who win and lose points on Sesame Credit, an app that sends data to Alibaba - and to the government. As his adventure continues, Orth encounters a bewildering mix of new tech and old traditions. Over a steaming bowl of hot pot, he learns ancient chopstick etiquette from a policewoman who later demos the facial recognition app she could use to detain him. He eats dog meat as a guest of honor one day - and finds himself censored on live TV the next. He even seriously considers joining an outlawed sect. Self-deprecatingly funny, compassionate, and observant, High Tech and Hot Pot is a formidable addition to a well-loved series, and offers a timely travelogue of an enigmatic country poised to become the world’s next superpower.
Reseñas de la Crítica
“This open-minded, bemused portrait of a history-rich yet futuristic China beguiles.” (Kirkus Reviews)
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From terrifying missile tests, its unmissable Olympic cheering squad, and the war of words between President Trump and Kim Jong Un - not to mention stranger-than-fiction stories of purges and assassinations - news from North Korea has dominated global headlines. But what is life there actually like? In See You Again in Pyongyang, Travis Jeppesen, the first American to complete a university program in North Korea, culls from his experiences living, traveling, and studying in the country to create a multifaceted portrait of the country and its idiosyncratic capital city.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Save me from the hippie millennials with a PhD
- De Verified purchaser en 06-21-18
De: Travis Jeppesen
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The Shanghai Free Taxi
- Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China
- De: Frank Langfitt
- Narrado por: Frank Langfitt
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
In this adventurous, original book, NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt describes how he created a free taxi service - offering rides in exchange for illuminating conversation - to go beyond the headlines and get to know a wide range of colorful, compelling characters representative of the new China. They include folks like "Beer", a slippery salesman who tries to sell Langfitt a used car; Rocky, a farm boy turned Shanghai lawyer; and Chen, who runs an underground Christian church and moves his family to America in search of a better, freer life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too political
- De dah551 en 06-26-19
De: Frank Langfitt
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Midnight in Siberia
- A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia
- De: David Greene
- Narrado por: David Greene
- Duración: 7 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 160
Through the stories of fellow travelers, Greene explores the challenges and opportunities facing the new Russia: a nation that boasts open elections and newfound prosperity yet still continues to endure oppression, corruption, and stark inequality. Set against the wintery landscape of Siberia, Greene’s lively travel narrative offers a glimpse into the soul of 20th century Russia: how its people remember their history and look forward to the future.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Long String of NPR Short Reports
- De Sara en 04-13-15
De: David Greene
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Lost on Planet China
- De: J. Maarten Troost
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 753
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 505
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 505
When the travel bug bit, J. Maarten Troost took on the world's most populous and intriguing nation. As Troost relates his gonzo adventure - dodging deadly drivers in Shanghai, eating yak in Tibet, deciphering restaurant menus (offering local favorites such as cattle penis with garlic), and visiting with Chairman Mao (still dead) - he reveals a vast, complex country on the brink of transformation that will soon shape the way we all work, live, and think.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I love Troost but...
- De Abigail en 02-25-09
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Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn
- A Hitchhiker's Adventures in the New Iran
- De: Jamie Maslin
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
When Jamie Maslin decides to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road, he decides to travel first and plan later. Then, unexpectedly stranded in Iran - a country he's only read about in newspapers - he wonders whether he'll make it out alive. After crossing the border on foot from Turkey, Maslin finds himself suddenly plunged into the subversive, contradictory world of Iranian subculture, where he is embraced by locals who are happy to show him the true Iran as they see it....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining & Informative
- De Bella Bates en 04-18-14
De: Jamie Maslin
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China Road
- A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
- De: Rob Gifford
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 603
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 329
National Public Radio's Beijing correspondent Rob Gifford recounts his travels along Route 312, the Chinese Mother Road, the longest route in the world's most populous nation. Based on his successful NPR radio series, China Road draws on Gifford's 20 years of observing first-hand this rapidly transforming country, as he travels east to west, from Shanghai to China's border with Kazakhstan. As he takes listeners on this journey, he also takes them through China's past and present while he tries to make sense of this complex nation's potential future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Outstanding Book on China
- De Sarda en 08-13-07
De: Rob Gifford
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See You Again in Pyongyang
- De: Travis Jeppesen
- Narrado por: Will Collyer
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 113
From terrifying missile tests, its unmissable Olympic cheering squad, and the war of words between President Trump and Kim Jong Un - not to mention stranger-than-fiction stories of purges and assassinations - news from North Korea has dominated global headlines. But what is life there actually like? In See You Again in Pyongyang, Travis Jeppesen, the first American to complete a university program in North Korea, culls from his experiences living, traveling, and studying in the country to create a multifaceted portrait of the country and its idiosyncratic capital city.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Save me from the hippie millennials with a PhD
- De Verified purchaser en 06-21-18
De: Travis Jeppesen
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On the Plain of Snakes
- De: Paul Theroux
- Narrado por: Joseph Balderrama
- Duración: 19 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A 40-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Paul Theroux will begin his journey into the culturally rich but troubled heart of modern Mexico.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A pedantic, poorly narrated, 20 hour lecture
- De Birdshot en 11-16-19
De: Paul Theroux
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Strange Stones
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: George Backman
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage - a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work. Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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funny, entertaining
- De Katherine en 08-02-13
De: Peter Hessler
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Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It
- De: Craig Taylor
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck, Stephen Crossley, Sartaj Garewell, y otros
- Duración: 14 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Here are the voices of London - rich and poor, native and immigrant, women and men. From the woman whose voice announces the stations on the London Underground to the man who plants the trees along Oxford Street; from a Pakistani currency trader to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace - together, these voices paint a vivid, epic and wholly fresh portrait of 21st Century London.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An interesting look at what makes London tick.
- De tim en 12-11-12
De: Craig Taylor
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Braver Than You Think
- Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime
- De: Maggie Downs
- Narrado por: Rachel Fulginiti
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
As a child, Maggie Downs often doubted that she would ever possess the courage to visit the destinations her mother dreamed of one day seeing. "You are braver than you think," her mother always insisted. That statement would guide her as, over the course of one year, Downs backpacked through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, could not visit herself - encountering some of the world's most striking locales while confronting the slow loss of her mother.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Ypur Typical Ttavel Destinations
- De Pammerpower en 06-12-20
De: Maggie Downs
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The Monk of Mokha
- De: Dave Eggers
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 938
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 849
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 850
Mokhtar Alkhanshali grew up in San Francisco, one of seven siblings raised by Yemeni immigrants in a tiny apartment. At age 24, unable to pay for college, he works as a doorman. Until: a statue of an Arab raising a cup of coffee awakens something in him. He sets out to learn the rich history of coffee in Yemen and the complex art of tasting and identifying varietals. He travels to Yemen, collects samples of beans, eager to bring improved cultivation methods to the farmers. And he is on the verge of success when civil war engulfs Yemen in 2015 and he is trapped in Sana'a.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MOVING THE NEEDLE
- De Dog Fish en 02-20-18
De: Dave Eggers
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Country Driving
- A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 16 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 565
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 373
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 365
In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the automobile and improved roads were transforming China.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pass the white rice please
- De Nick en 02-18-10
De: Peter Hessler
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Street Without a Name
- Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria
- De: Kapka Kassabova
- Narrado por: Emily Gray
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
Kassabova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and grew up under the drab, muddy, gray mantle of one of communism’s most mindlessly authoritarian regimes. Escaping with her family as soon as possible after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, she lived in Britain, New Zealand, and Argentina, and several other places. But when Bulgaria was formally inducted to the European Union she decided it was time to return to the home she had spent most of her life trying to escape. What she found was a country languishing under the strain of transition. This two-part memoir of Kapka’s childhood and return explains life on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good start, but ended up not liking the author
- De Giselle en 11-02-21
De: Kapka Kassabova
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Dave Barry Does Japan
- De: Dave Barry
- Narrado por: Arte Johnson
- Duración: 4 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 260
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 128
Without bothering to get approval from the President, the State Department, or even the FTC, Dave Barry's publishers sent him to Tokyo. You'd think they would have known better. Now the word is Barry has set back our diplomatic relations with the whole Pacific Rim by a couple of decades. Japanese culture, dining, sport, and industry all come under Barry's relentless scrutiny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Uplifting and fun
- De S. Blaine en 04-30-03
De: Dave Barry
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Street of Eternal Happiness
- Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road
- De: Rob Schmitz
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Modern Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas, and opportunity. Marketplace's Rob Schmitz is one of them. He immerses himself in his neighborhood, forging deep relationships with ordinary people who see in the city's sleek skyline a brighter future, and a chance to rewrite their destinies.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Deserving of better audio
- De Rachael en 02-19-18
De: Rob Schmitz
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Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster)
- Life Lessons from Dave Barry
- De: Dave Barry
- Narrado por: Dave Barry
- Duración: 3 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 209
An uproariously funny examination of what one generation can teach to another - or not - from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times - best-selling author of You Can Date Boys When You're Forty and Insane City. During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has gained much wisdom* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed), and he is eager to pass it on - to the next generation, the generation after that, and those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clever!
- De Sharlotte en 01-31-17
De: Dave Barry
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Transmission
- De: Hari Kunzru
- Narrado por: Hari Kunzru
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
Transmission, Hari Kunzru's new novel of love and lunacy, immigration and immunity, introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly Enjoyable
- De Don en 07-11-04
De: Hari Kunzru
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Factory Girls
- From Village to City in a Changing China
- De: Leslie T. Chang
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 14 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 418
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 261
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 257
A book of global significance that provides new insight into China, Factory Girls demonstrates how the mass movement from rural villages to cities is remaking individual lives and transforming Chinese society, much as immigration to America's shores remade our own country a century ago.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Living in Shenzhen - and What A Disappointment
- De Abstraction en 03-01-10
De: Leslie T. Chang