I wouldn't have met Piti if it hadn't been for a chichigua. To translate chichigua as a kite does not do justice to these beautiful creations of...
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Finally finished and the best was last; a good biography and better foundation read for understanding early 20th century Middle East history. Gertrude Bell really was a genius, if anyone is. Feel badly that I grew up never having heard of her when her adventures and achievements make those of Amelia Earhardt look like flash-in-the-pan publicity stunts. This book also reveals just how arrogant and often silly ignorant the US efforts in this complex part of the world are--makes me blush.
An amazing gateway into the times of Jane Austen and Charles Darwin; they could have crossed paths and certainly knew some of the same people and now I do too.
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walkaways, January 7, 2011
Finally finished and the best was last; a good biography and better foundation read for understanding early 20th century Middle East history. Gertrude Bell really was a genius, if anyone is. Feel badly that I grew up never having heard of her when her adventures and achievements make those of Amelia Earhardt look like flash-in-the-pan publicity stunts. This book also reveals just how arrogant and often silly ignorant the US efforts in this complex part of the world are--makes me blush.Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
walkaways, January 1, 2011
An amazing gateway into the times of Jane Austen and Charles Darwin; they could have crossed paths and certainly knew some of the same people and now I do too.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)