Finally got it together to get this book out on inter-library loan.
Mentioned it some months back now. Click on link for more info.
The Myth of Male Power: Why Men are the Disposable Sex - Warren Farrell
Tuesday
Friday
Conversations on Books....
Books that were mentioned in the gathering. Click on bold type for more info.
Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier
A Perfect Arrangement - Suzanne Berne
Holden's Performance - Murray Bail
The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing - Melissa Bank
An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians - Edward William Lane
A womderful ethnography that is suprisingly still relevant and intriguing. Full of quirky details about just about everything that moves in Egypt, particularly Cairo.
The Passionate Nomad: The Diary of Isabelle Eberhardt - Isabelle Eberhardt
Eberhardt (1877-1904) moved to Algeria in her early 20s and spent her remaining few years (she died in a flash flood at the age of 28) wandering through North Africa disguised as Si Mahmoud, a male itinerant Sufi. Though her commitment to Islam was profound, she was an active supporter of French rule and may have acted as an agent of the French intelligence services.
Worlds Apart : Travels in War and Peace - Gavin Young
How the Mind Works - Stephen Pinker
Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian Mammals - Barbara Triggs
A Taste of Life - Sara Paretsky
Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier
A Perfect Arrangement - Suzanne Berne
Holden's Performance - Murray Bail
The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing - Melissa Bank
An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians - Edward William Lane
A womderful ethnography that is suprisingly still relevant and intriguing. Full of quirky details about just about everything that moves in Egypt, particularly Cairo.
The Passionate Nomad: The Diary of Isabelle Eberhardt - Isabelle Eberhardt
Eberhardt (1877-1904) moved to Algeria in her early 20s and spent her remaining few years (she died in a flash flood at the age of 28) wandering through North Africa disguised as Si Mahmoud, a male itinerant Sufi. Though her commitment to Islam was profound, she was an active supporter of French rule and may have acted as an agent of the French intelligence services.
Worlds Apart : Travels in War and Peace - Gavin Young
How the Mind Works - Stephen Pinker
Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian Mammals - Barbara Triggs
A Taste of Life - Sara Paretsky
Thursday
Tuesday
Who Reads This?
Well, how weird is this?
An automated machine has had this blog in its clutches for days and now it gets a clean bill of health. Hmm.... well, even if no one ever reads this, I guess it keeps some automated machine in a job. Good. See below.
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Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and cleared for regular use so that it will no longer appear as potential spam. If you sign out of Blogger and sign back in again, you should be able to post as normal. Thanks for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
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An automated machine has had this blog in its clutches for days and now it gets a clean bill of health. Hmm.... well, even if no one ever reads this, I guess it keeps some automated machine in a job. Good. See below.
Hello,
Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and cleared for regular use so that it will no longer appear as potential spam. If you sign out of Blogger and sign back in again, you should be able to post as normal. Thanks for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Sincerely,
Blogger Support
Saturday
Renegade Woman Sends In...
Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Friday
Largest US Embassy in the World
And no one ever asks why?
It has finished completion now.
19:05 2003-11-27
Largest US embassy in world is being built in Armenia
The US embassy in Armenia will be the largest in the world. As a Rosbalt correspondent reports, this was announced yesterday by US Ambassador to Armenia John Ordway.
He said the US embassy, which is currently under construction in the suburbs of Yerevan, will take up 9 hectares of land. The embassy will also have its own energy and water supply. The ambassador explained that there are many people working on various projects in Armenia and this is the reason for building such a large embassy.
According to Mr Ordway, the embassy will be built by spring 2005. About 600 Armenians and 65 Turks are currently working on the building's construction. The present embassy will be sold as soon as the new building is complete.
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2003/11/27/51503.html
Oh and LOOK on their website. They even have a "democracy programs" initiative.
http://www.usa.am/democracy.php
Some background info
It has finished completion now.
19:05 2003-11-27
Largest US embassy in world is being built in Armenia
The US embassy in Armenia will be the largest in the world. As a Rosbalt correspondent reports, this was announced yesterday by US Ambassador to Armenia John Ordway.
He said the US embassy, which is currently under construction in the suburbs of Yerevan, will take up 9 hectares of land. The embassy will also have its own energy and water supply. The ambassador explained that there are many people working on various projects in Armenia and this is the reason for building such a large embassy.
According to Mr Ordway, the embassy will be built by spring 2005. About 600 Armenians and 65 Turks are currently working on the building's construction. The present embassy will be sold as soon as the new building is complete.
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2003/11/27/51503.html
Oh and LOOK on their website. They even have a "democracy programs" initiative.
http://www.usa.am/democracy.php
Some background info
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