Titles and Authors and Bookstore Links |
Pages with
Mercifully SHORT Reviews or Actual Review |
Somalia |
|
| Amazon: Hadrian : The Restless Emperor (Roman Imperial
Biographies) by Anthony R. Birley Rome |
Tivoli |
| Amazon: The Trumps : Three Generations That... by Gwenda Blair Millionaires |
Quotations Tp through Tr |
Holocaust |
It's
easy to push the Holocaust to the backs of our minds. But
the mind-boggling truth is there are millions of untold stories
of horror.
David
Gumpert put his aunt's tragedy in a very readable book about a
girl who got through the Nazi nightmare in an unusual but heart-breaking
tale. Read it and consider what you would do if your family
separated during terrible circumstances, leaving you behind. Nancy |
India
|
Lakshmi Bhai |
|
Amazon: The
Lost King of France: A True Story of... by Deborah Cadbury French
Revolution
|
Jewelry Collection Names |
Bullfighter
|
Study
Abroad |
| Amazon: The
Silent War: The Cold War Battle... by John Piña Craven Cold War |
Quotations Su through Sz |
| Amazon: White
Mughals by William Dalrymple India |
Lakshmi Bhai |
| The Beckoning of Destiny (FDR) by Kenneth S. Davis FDR |
Quotations Le |
| Amazon: Isabella
and the Strange Death of Edward... by Paul Doherty (Late) Medieval England |
Isabelle |
| Amazon: Napoleon
: A Political Life by Stephen Englund Napoleon |
Betsy Bonaparte |
|
Livia Augusta |
| Amazon: Alexander
the Great: Son of the Gods by
Alan Fildes and Joann Fletcher Alexander
the Great |
Roxanne |
| Amazon: Zoya's
Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle... by John Follain
and Rita Cristofari Afghanistan |
Quotations Du through
Dz |
European Queens |
Jewelry Collection Names |
| Amazon: Paris
to the Moon by
Adam Gopnik Paris |
Quotations Fr |
| Amazon: Saddam's Bombmaker: The Daring Escape... by Dr. Khidhir Hamza Iraq |
Quotations I |
| Amazon: Nero
: The Man Behind the Myth by Richard Holland Rome |
Quotations N |
| Amazon: Dancing with the Witchdoctor by Kelly James Africa |
Quotations N |
| Amazon: Welch:
An American Icon by Janet Lowe Crime |
Quotations Le |
| Amazon: The
Last Kaiser: The Life of Wilhelm II by Giles MacDonogh Germany |
Quotations K |
|
I
was absolutely unable to put down Falling Leaves,
Adeline Yen Mah's biography of her privileged and terrible
life in mid 20th century China.
I first read her story in the juvenile version, Chinese
Cinderella. More on Yen Mah and on China on
our page dedicated to the Empress Wu. Nancy |
|
The
most fascinating thing about The Serpent and the Moon, the intertwined stories of Diane de Poitiers and Catherine
de' Medici, is that the author, HRH Princess Michael of Kent
(Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz to her parents), is
a descendent of both women.
Diane,
mistress to King Henri II of France,
comes off as a paragon. Catherine, not so much.
But how would you feel if you were married off at 14 to a
boy who preferred not to look at you? Nancy |
| Amazon: Maria
Fitzherbert: The Secret Wife of... by James Munson English Regency |
Quotations Q |
Queen Emma |
Jewelry Collection Names
|
| Amazon: Stolen Lives : Twenty Years in a Desert... by Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi Morocco |
Dahia |
| Amazon: The
Oasis : A Memoir of Love and.. by Petru
Popescu Holocaust
|
Quotations Li |
| Amazon: Uncle
Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical... by Oliver Sacks Science |
Quotations Sc
through Sd |
|
Taliban
textbook: "Little Omar has
a Kalashnikov with three magazines. There are twenty
bullets in each magazine. He uses two-thirds of the
bullets and kills sixty infidels. How many infidels
does he kill with each bullet?"
Truth
often hurts. As I write this, Sultan Khan, lover of
books, victim of the Taliban and the subject of Asne Seierstad's
biography, The Bookseller of Kabul, is suing
her. No wonder, since he comes across as a petty tyrant,
the product of his time and place.
The
book is painful to read because of the senseless horrors the
Afghan people have endured, but also due to the lack of progress
- especially for women - in a land rich in time and tradition. Nancy
related
page: Roxanne |
| Amazon: Sorcerer's
Apprentice (first in series) / Trail of Feathers: In Search of the... by Tahir
Shah Travel |
Quotations Dis
through Dn / Weblog
1-14-02 - Anointing by Guinea Pig |
| Amazon: Travels
With a Medieval Queen by Mary Taylor Simeti HRE Constance - (Late) Medieval Europe |
Quotations Q |
| Amazon: Grant by Jean Edward Smith US
History |
Quotations G |
| Amazon: Five-Finger
Discount : A Crooked Family... by Helene Stapinski Crime |
Quotations Coo
through Ct |
| Amazon: Son
of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of... by Kent Walker
with Mark Schone Crime |
Quotations Coo
through Ct |
Elizabeth by J. Randy Taraborrelli
|
Hollywood Hearts |
| Amazon: The
Queen's Conjurer: The Science and... by Benjamin Woolley Science |
Quotations Sc
through Sd |
| Amazon: Lost
Splendor: The Amazing Memoirs of the Man Who Killed Rasputin by Prince Felix Youssoupoff Czarist
Russia |
Tatiana |
| Amazon: A
Life in the Twentieth Century:... 20th
Century US |
Quotations H |
