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		<title>The Real Japan</title>
		<link>http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/2009/08/20/the-real-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nastia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many readers who express an interest in Japanese literature are already familiar with Natsuo Kirino&#8217;s fascinating work. Her recent novel, Real World, reads like a social study carefully disguised as crime fiction. The crime itself, a murder, slowly makes its way out of the picture, revealing other dangers, and rushing the story forward like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fast Times at China High</title>
		<link>http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/2009/05/22/a-crush-on-china-high-and-a-lonely-guide-for-a-densely-populated-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nastia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China High]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture Shock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you come into the store, it is impossible not to notice all the books about China. They come in every shade of red possible, in all sizes and weights &#8211; including the hefty new edition of the Lonely Planet China. Saying that they are everywhere would be a slight exaggeration, but they have taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Treasures for Your Spring Reading List</title>
		<link>http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/2009/02/17/hidden-treasures-v-no-this-is-not-on-your-reading-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nastia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art & Architecture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Picture Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is sunny and almost warm outside, and I have decided that it is time to come out of winter hibernation mode.  I am also adjusting to a new pair of glasses and here all the far-sighted readers out there will feel for me, because the world became so wobbly and curvy that I feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Know You&#8217;re in India When&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/2008/11/01/you-know-youre-in-india-when/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bus Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/?p=1072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The elephants and cows have better jewelry than you do. 2. You are in line at the foreign money exchange and are approached by a septuagenarian, sari-clad Indian woman who, after introducing herself, whips out her cell phone and calls her son. &#8220;Here is my son. His name is Manjuth. He is a salsa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Geography of Bliss: In Search of the Happiest Places in the World</title>
		<link>http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/2008/09/21/the-geography-of-bliss-in-search-of-the-happiest-places-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nastia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bestsellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Geography of Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should confess that this was the first book ever that made me feel something unusual towards the author. This time after finishing the last page I felt incredibly&#8230;grateful. The most unexpected feeling after putting down your read. The truth is I almost never take a book from a shelf just because I like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proverbs Galore! &#8220;As They Say in Zanzibar&#8221; by David Crystal</title>
		<link>http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/2008/09/16/proverbs-galore-as-they-say-in-zanzibar-by-david-crystal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning a Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even after a mere weekend away from the store, I nearly always return to find several new and exciting titles awaiting my perusal. Today, I was immediately drawn to David Crystal&#8217;s newly released collection of proverbs titled As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from Around the World. This six-hundred plus page compilation is subdivided into 468 &#8220;thematic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Music to Rock the World</title>
		<link>http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/2008/07/15/music-to-rock-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://globecornerbookstore.com/blogs/2008/07/15/music-to-rock-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Llalan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at The Globe Corner Bookstore, we like to think we know a little bit about world music. We know the beat of a Salsa versus that of a Tango, we know the whine of an Irish accordion from that of a Cajun one, we know a Buena Vista Social Club from a BigBadBoogaloo &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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