Strange Stones: Dispatches From East And West

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Book Title: Strange Stones : Dispatches from East and West

Item Length: 8in

Item Height: 0.8in

Item Width: 5.3in

Author: Peter Hessler

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Asia / General, Journalism, Essays & Travelogues, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions, Essays & Narratives

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Year: 2013

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Cooking, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science

Item Weight: 9.6 Oz

Number of Pages: 368 Pages