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Halfway through this weighty treatise, I became fascinated by the history of one Adam Worth and his fantastic but forgotten robberies.
But became sidelined with a million $$$ robbery on The Bank of...
Now this guy has been writing about the East End of London for years.
He writes about interesting stuff all about my area,
but today found this on Malplaquet House down the Mile End road.
Prepare...
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Lots Road or Charlie Millers ?... 8)
Yer, you've got it my dear Dr,.......Lots Road, or better known as Woodworm Ally.
I have now carefully read through your initial post above, and am a little...
So, what's your favourite book about Egypt ?
Be it, historical, pyramididiots, mathematical, biographical, theoretical, trash novels, ect ect.
Iv'e read most, I have for over 40 years been reading...
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I'm currently reading The Summer House: A Trilogy by Alice Thomas Ellis.
I knew nothing about this book when I bought it as it was my random choice to make up my 3 for a £1 books at the local...
Hey guys! I've decided to write a third book and this time specifically on the Amarna Princesses(that which includes the daughter of Kiya, Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit or Meritaten Tasherit). This does...
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The book is finally been published. My book entitled Amarna Princesses is out for sale you can purchase it on or on Barnes-N-Noble, or Books-A-Million. enjoy!
Michael Asher's novel with the above title, published 2000 by Harper/Collins may be of interest to some - it includes a lot of references to Akhenaten, Tutankamun, etc., especially in the 2nd half.
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Plenty of murders.
A spaceship from Sirius B buried in the Western Desert. ....on which Akhenaton arrived millennia ago....all sorts of hokum.
In Luxor City a New Year has started
We think the past has now departed
Looking forward with a smiling face
Progressing again at a steady pace.
New Historic sites have been found
The tourist joy...
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At one time I was very eager to sell and bank the cash, but now I have no intentions of selling. I decided, giving myself the time to really think about it and not let a knee jerk reaction rule my...
I've recently finished The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (fiction) by Khaled Hosseni, and The Sewing Circles of Herat (non-fiction) by Christina Lamb.
No wonder the poor souls of in...
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I'll look out for those thanks, newcastle and robbo.
I was disappointed in Sewing Circles as there was only a couple of token mentions of the actual circles, instead 99 per cent politics and...
I've just come across the above quotation, although sadly I don't know where it originated from. I thought it quite profound and fitted my thoughts...
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Alter your stride to meet a stranger
Often I sit in different parts of my house to gain inspiration for that area.
I've been ill for 4 days and thoroughly enjoying it.
The bedroom I usually only...
Now here's an interesting one I came across in my local Clerkenwell Post.
Reading the intro I contacted 'big-nose, the author is a solicitor and the sister of 'sniffy Immy another solicitor, who...
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download the kindle app onto your ipad, and importantly, register it with amazon. then you can just go to any book, press download, and made sure when it asks where to send it, in the little drop...
I've just seen this and it made me think of some recent posts and a conversation I had yesterday. Sorry, I can't give credit as I don't know who wrote it or what it's called.
I was shocked ,...
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I've just seen this and it made me think of some recent posts and a conversation I had yesterday. Sorry, I can't give credit as I don't know who wrote it or what it's called.
What do you look for in a book?
What qualifies something as a good read?
Do you enjoy humour?Autobiographies?Historical novels?Non-fiction?etc,etc.
In past few years there seems to have been a...
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Sinse I got my kindle, I have become more open to reading any genre of book, as I just download the top 20 free books and work through them. If I particularly enjoy one, I will search the author and...
CAIRO: Egyptian renowned poet Abdel Rahman al-Abnoudi passed away in Cairo at 76 after a series of operations, the last of which was on his brain April 19.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi called the...
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Quite a character by all accounts. Thank you for posting this....
These are translations of his poem Al Midan
Version I
Dark Egyptian hands that know how to characterize
Reach out through the...
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