6/30/2023 0 Comments Fierce attachments review![]() ![]() So many of the things they revealed about their quirky country astounded me that I became used to having daily conversations sprinkled with counter intuitive nuggets. I know – crazy, right? At least that was my first reaction.Īt the time I learned about this little social service gem I was working in Sudan living with three Dutch colleagues. ![]() ![]() In Holland, the government pays sex workers to have sex with physically disabled people. My mom’s last two blog posts about sexual surrogacy and the movie “The Sessions” (see part 1 and part 2) reminded me of one of my old pieces of dinner party trivia. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Ancient Egypt by George Hart![]() ![]() The species only became locally extinct around the turn of the 20th century ACE, due to over-hunting and loss of its prime habitat. It was once abundant in the country and had a fairly extensive range throughout the Nile Valley, in the Delta, the Faiyum and the Wadi Natrun. The local breed of domestic pig in ancient Egypt descended from an indigenous ancestor, sus scrofa, the Wild Boar. Pigs were herded, raised, and occasionally eaten, throughout Egypt from the Predynastic period into the Late Period and Graeco- Roman times. There is no evidence they had any taboo against more toxic materials or that they even knew of the existence of such dangers. It is very unlikely that the ancients knew of any connection between trichinosis and eating undercooked pork. ![]() ![]() ![]() I never wanted to appear on The Adrian Lush Show. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Read Jasper Fforde's posts in the Penguin Blog ![]() Along with jumping into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth. But this latest mission is not without further complications. And she gains just enough skill to get herself in a real mess entering the pages of Poe’s “The Raven.” What she really wants is to get Landen back. ![]() She is apprenticed to the man-hating Miss Havisham from Dickens’s Great Expectations, who grudgingly shows Thursday the ropes. When Landen, the love of her life, is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative of Jurisfiction� the police force inside books. The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with Jasper Fforde’s magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth Thursday Next. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman’s belief that books can carry us anywhere―even back home.Ĥ.5 Stars. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she’s going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias and suspicion as deep as the holler. Not everyone is keen on Cussy’s family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.Ĭussy’s not only a book woman, however she’s also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. ![]() The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything―everything except books, that is. ![]() |