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2017 selection · Nonfiction
The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom: America And China, 1776 To The Present
The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom: America And China, 1776 To The Present by John Pomfret appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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