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Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer
Antonia Murphy · Gotham Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover |
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"One month into our stay, we'd managed to dispatch most of our charges. We executed the chickens. One of the cats disappeared, clearly disgusted with our urban ways. And Lucky [the cow] was escaping almost daily. It seemed we didn't have much of a talent for farming. And we still had eleven... |
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Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Charles King
Pages: 476 |
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"Intrigue, violence, sex, and espionage, all set against the slow dimming of Ottoman magnificence. I loved this book." -- Simon Winchester At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed... |
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Peaks on the Horizon: Two Journeys in Tibet
Charlie Carroll · Soft Skull Press |
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Charlie Carrolls obsession began with his chance discovery of Seven Years in Tibet in the Adult Reading section of his grade school library. The battered hardcover with faded gold lettering sparked a twenty-year obsession with Tibet, and after combing through every book, article, and documentary... |
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The Rough Guide to Brazil
Stephen Keeling · Rough Guides; 8th Revised edition edition |
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The new Rough Guide to Brazil is the definitive travel guide to this captivating country. With in-depth coverage of its diverse wildlife, dynamic cities and exhilarating scenery (think lush rainforest, thundering waterfalls and the world's best beaches) , The Rough Guide to Brazil... |
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Monaca
Carol Dietrich Ripper · Arcadia Publishing |
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Monaca is a Beaver County river town located 25 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by dissidents of the Harmony Society in 1832. Their New Philadelphia Society lasted less than two years, but many settlers stayed and laid the foundation for the community they named... |
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Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-american Woman
Evelyn Shakir · Olive Branch Press
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback |
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Evelyn Shakir's witty, wise, and beautifully written memoir explores her status as an Arab American woman, from the subtle bigotry she faced in Massachusetts as a second-generation Lebanese whose parents were not only foreign but eccentric, to the equally poignant blend of dislocation... |
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Pilgrimage to Dollywood: A Country Music Road Trip through Tennessee
Helen Morales · University Of Chicago Press |
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A star par excellence, Dolly Parton is one of country music’s most likable personalities. Even a hard-rocking punk or orchestral aesthete can’t help cracking a smile or singing along with songs like “Jolene” and “9 to 5.” More than a mere singer or actress,... |
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