American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China

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Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 18:00
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2 786
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SLCT
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American Shaolin
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by Matthew Polly. Penguin Group USA/Gotham Books, 2007; $26.00.
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On a quest to transform himself from a scrawny weakling into a kung-fu master, Polly drops out of Princeton and journeys to the legendary Shaolin Temple. A 2008 Alex Award winner.

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American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
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978-1-59240-262-5
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Book
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Friday, March 12, 2010 - 09:10
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Friday, March 12, 2010 - 09:14
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201
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