Marie Ueda
1) Portugal
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How many Americans can tell the location of Portugal in the world map? To be true, there are not too many. This book explores such a relatively unknown nation to the world. It is a history of Portugal - the Rise and the Fall of the Portuguese Colonial Empire. Before Spaniards discovered north and south American continents and its colonialism flourished, there was Portugal. The Portuguese people were the ones who first explored the vast oceans outside...
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English
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This book is a story of a cat named Kinoko - "My life as a Cat". Kinoko was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, migrated to the United States together with his owner, the author, and became an American cat-citizen. The episodes narrate his entire life ventures in both countries- Portugal and America - that included using a "human toilet". The story is adventurous, hilarious, cute, charming, tearful, humorous, moving, and the overall lovable relationship...