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The Great Recession of 2008 humbled many good men. Once featured on the front pages of New York's business and society papers, Jack Davis had spiraled downward in the aftermath of the crisis. How far will someone go to get their reputation back? Jack is about to find out. Exiled to the last remnant of his investment empire-a rusty silicon smelter in the Chinese jungle north of the Burmese border-his comeback seems far-fetched. But it's either take...
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The sequel to the international bestselling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back from Burma, her father's native country. Though she is a successful Manhattan lawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend recently left her, she has suffered a miscarriage, and she is, despite her wealth, unhappy with her professional life. Julia is lost and exhausted.
One day, in the middle of an...
4) Ascent
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Peak volume 3
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Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to climb Hkakabo Razi, one of the most isolated mountains in the world, but getting there involves a four-week trek through a tropical rainforest that is rife with hazards, which turns out to be more dangerous than summiting the mountain itself.
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Twelve American tourists join an art expedition and head south into the jungles of Burma. After the mysterious death of their tour leader disharmony breaks out, and the tourists discover that the Burma Road is paved with less-than-honorable intentions, questionable food, and tribal curses. Then on Christmas morning, eleven of the travelers boat across a misty lake and disappear.
6) Miss Burma
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Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in Calcutta, Benny settles in Rangoon, then part of the British Empire, and falls in love with Khin, a woman who is part of a long-persecuted ethnic minority group, the Karen. World War II comes to Southeast Asia, and Benny and Khin must go into hiding in the eastern part of the country during the Japanese...
7) Rohingyas
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Boréal inter volume 72
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Zacharie, Mya et Ko Than sont en route vers le Myanmar lorsque les moteurs de leur avion tombent en panne. Le pilote n'a pas le choix : il doit faire un amerrissage forcé, en plein coeur de la mer d'Andaman. Les chaînes de télévision diffusent en boucle la nouvelle et annoncent qu'aucun rescapé n'a été retrouvé pour l'instant. Les parents des trois adolescents sont rongés par l'inquiétude. Reverront-ils leurs enfants vivants ? Alors que...
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