Dust; Yvonne Adhiambo Owour; Africa, Kenya comes alive.
Civilisations of Ancient Iraq; Benjamin R. Foster; Karen Polinger Foster.
How dare our modern, western civilisation go in there and destroy this ancient world. They did with impunity calling it a cake walk, such barbarians.
A most dangerous book; Christopher B. Krebs. Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich. It is said that history is always written by the victor powers.
How to manage your slaves; Marcus Sidonius Falx with Jerry Toner. Slavery was a core institution in the Roman world. It almost never occurred to anyone, that slavery might be dispensed with or that it was morally reprehensible. If this would have been published 2000 years ago it would have topped the management charts. Are today's "wage slaves" really so much different? How different are we from the Romans?
The dark side of Love; Rafik Schami. Above St.Paul's Chapel in Damascus, a body hangs in a basket over the city wall...
The Towers of Samarkand; James Heneage. ...torn away from all he loves, Names like Tamerlane, Mongolia, Constantinople, the world in the 14th century.
The Drowning Lesson; Jane Shemilt; I am in yesterday's clothes...a year on Emma remains haunted....
The Stylist's guide to NYC; Sibella Court. Probably THE Eden for unusual merchandise. Haberdashery; oddities and Curiosities; Kitchen and Table Paraphernalia, and more and more, what does exist is available.
Now go and read.
That is an interesting collection of titles. I'm a slow reader and only read in bed before going to sleep. I do enjoy reading but I sometimes feel guilty if I read during the day when I should be doing chores. The same with blogging hee hee.
ReplyDeletediane b thank you for your input. Do not feel guilty you are your own boss! Chores are always around! I have days when I read, draw, plant and other days when I do chores; just as I feel like.
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