I've been on a quest to read books from as many countries as possible and would love recommendations books in English from South East Asian countries other than Singapore (already have a stack from there). Originally in English or translated are both fine, as is almost any fiction or non-fiction genre, although I don't love crime fiction and try to avoid western expat memoirs where work by local authors is available in English.
@CandaceRobbAuthor@clive Agree! For delivery of books & music in the UK there's also www.hive.co.uk
My current favourite #IndieBookshop loves Hive.The #bookshop is tiny, with very high danger-to-size ratio, & has made as much money through nominations on Hive as on direct sales. Hive is run by Gardners the big UK book distributor. If you can pick up in the shop, it earns 25%.
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#OTD 201 yrs ago, #JamesMadison wrote to W. T. Barry, praising the Kentucky legislature for appropriating funds for general #education, which Madison saw as essential for good government. “We the People” needed a good education in order to govern ourselves.
The US added 187,000 #jobs in July as the unemployment rate drops to to 3.5%. - Nonfarm payrolls increased 187,000 last month following a similar increase in June - Wage growth rose at a firm pace #Bidenomics