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The Literary Corner is a place to discuss your favourite books and authors and to add your own poems and stories.
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I build a Ship...
by Who2 » Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:17 pm
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Words from the Druid Taliesin:
Whence I came, I know. Whither I go, I know not. I came forth from the womb of Experience.
What I know, that I am. What I know not, is the limitless measure of what...
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Of course, Philosophy is for lazy buggers who don't want to work for a living and escape the real life.
You can with Philosophy justify anything, which is worrying.
Sure it look inspirational, but...
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Last post by John Landon
Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:56 am
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4 BOOKS
by carrie » Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:34 am
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I did a lot of reading whilst away but four books in particular I really enjoyed.
Antony Stattin... The Pharaohs Shadow.
Looks to Pharonic history and traces some of the similarities that are still...
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Yes, they did Dusak.
Anthony Sattin's has been discussed on here not that long ago. I recommend his on the history of tourism in Egypt: Lifting the Veil.
He has been a co-auther of the latest...
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Last post by Winged Isis
Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:04 pm
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Into the hands of Soldiers
by Major Thom » Sat Aug 04, 2018 4:47 am
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During the past 12 hours I have been reading a book called Into the hands of Soldiers by David Kirkpatrick, and American journalist. I am so engrossed in the book I cannot put it down. A good read...
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Pleased you liked the book Newc. I found it fascinating and eye opening. I still think when they get a grasp on things Egypt will ban it...I got a copy sent o me from friends in the US who saw it and...
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Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:18 am
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Mary Beard, SPQR, A History of Ancient Rome.
by Hafiz » Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:44 pm
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Mary Beard, SPQR, A History of Ancient Rome.
It’s a book
And a TV series (some of it on Youtube) and and
Reviews of the well written and accessible book are universally positive:
Reviews...
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The central question both are asking ourselves is why there was so little change.
The sub-question is what invaders did to effect change and what was their thinking.
There is another question of...
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Last post by Hafiz
Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:25 pm
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Novel: Egyptian Dystopia.
by Hafiz » Thu Jul 05, 2018 4:27 pm
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Utopia by Towfik/Tawfik 2009
A partly witty, partly gruesome story about the near future in Egypt written by a popular Egyptian sci-fi, horror, fantasy writer who catered for the middle or mass...
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With a name like Towfik/Tawfik explains a lot, no more explanation necessary..... 8)
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Last post by Who2
Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:07 pm
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Amelia Peabody
by newcastle » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:42 am
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Looking for post Christmas reading, I took up the suggestion of a friend and started to read the Amelia Peabody series - with some misgivings I have to say. But I thought a crime/mystery series based...
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Sorry, that should be Marcus.
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Last post by Winged Isis
Sun Jun 03, 2018 8:27 am
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The Pharaoh's Shadow - Anthony Sattin
by newcastle » Sat Feb 24, 2018 8:54 am
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I must thank Yildez for recommending this book, which recently reached my Kindle and gave me two days of enjoyable reading.
It's well researched. easy to read, and apart from the author's search for...
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Just finished this. A great read. The chapter on Luxor particularly interesting. :)
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Last post by Winged Isis
Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:41 pm
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Sherlock Holmes..King Tuts Curse.
by Who2 » Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:53 pm
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Now my favorite all time history is that of Sherlock Holmes and Joseph Bell and Conan Doyle and the Art of Detection.
So here's a competition: Below is a study in features & detection...
“You know...
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Having spoken to several people who have met him, he sounds 'interesting.
Can't wait to meet him & compare notes and knife collections.
Oh! and his 5 months in an Egyptian nick..... 8)
Ps: A...
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Last post by Who2
Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:50 am
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Enlightenment Now - Steven Pinker
by newcastle » Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:47 pm
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ENLIGHTENMENT NOW
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
By Steven Pinker
Just reading this and, for a dyed-in-the-wool pessimist like me it's a tonic. Fascinating to find that my...
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I'm neither competent, nor particularly interested, in debating Pinker's skills in his esoteric field of expertise.
The book is mainly concerned with debunking the idea that we're going to hell in...
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Last post by newcastle
Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:47 am
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A Brief history of Time
by carrie » Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:36 am
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Stephen Hawking the author has sadly just died and this announcement reminded me of his book. I bought it together with many millions of others, I had hoped that it would explain something of...
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A sad loss of a brilliant thought process. I enjoyed his book immensely, so much so that I reread it. :a39:
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Last post by Dusak
Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:26 am
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The Annunaki: The Fallen Ones
by Frater0082 » Sun Mar 04, 2018 1:13 pm
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The Annunaki are said to be the ancient Sumerian and Mesopotamian Gods. Their name means, They that Came from the Heavens. but what if I told you that these so-called Gods actually did come from the...
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Time to put an end to this nonesense, this thread is now locked
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Last post by Horus
Sun Mar 11, 2018 11:35 pm
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Mobile Libraries Roam Cairo Streets
by Winged Isis » Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:09 am
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A great idea.
Mobile Libraries Roam Cairo Streets To Achieve Cultural Equality Between Egyptians
EGYPTIAN STREETS
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
In a new step to achieve cultural equality between Egyptians...
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I also am cynical about this, but hopeful that at least some children will get the reading opportunities they've desired.
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Last post by Winged Isis
Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:41 pm
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Fire & Fury.....
by Who2 » Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:36 pm
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Now this sounds like a pretty revealing read, posted by my mate Gabriel on FB.
read on..... 8)
Author and columnist Michael Wolff was given extraordinary access to the Trump administration and now...
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I was thinking of using an external hard drive to transfer the recordings to my other lap top in my other room to save me disconnecting one lap top and transporting it through the house,...
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Last post by Dusak
Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:54 pm
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Possible Future
by Frater0082 » Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:46 pm
Everyone please welcome my latest work, Possible Future. It is the direct prequel to my book 2016 Again? The element is the same, but a little bit different. This book is to further paint a picture...
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Last post by Frater0082
Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:46 pm
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Taste's change
by carrie » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:38 am
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If anyone had asked me a few months ago which were the worst books I had ever read, Heart of Darkness (Conrad) Metamorphosis (Kafka) would have been high on the list. Couldn't get to grips with...
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Poetry Carrie thanks.
Dusak – you win a prize for identifying the only possible benefit of Alzheimers.
Rereading for me tells me how I’ve changed – or at least how my responses/tastes have...
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Last post by Dusak
Fri Dec 22, 2017 6:47 pm
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On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel
by newcastle » Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:08 pm
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On my recent visit to Luxor I purchased this book...worth every piastre of 400EGP.
For anyone who has been to Egypt or has dreamed of going there, the book is an excellent read. From the mid-19th...
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We always look out for the Sudan on our morning walks. Also, when crossing the Nile with our regular boatman, Azab, he makes a point of looking for her so we can motor past at close distance because...
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Last post by BBLUX
Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:59 pm
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Power Corrupts – Maybe.
by Hafiz » Mon Nov 13, 2017 3:19 pm
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LBJ Political Biography
Robert Caro the US author and journalist has written 4 volumes of his LBJ biography and is, unless he dies, about to finish his 5th. He has been at it for 42 years writing...
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Its impossible for me to know his actual UK sales but a 10 second search indicates few second hand Caro LBJ books available on the Internet from UK dealers – which suggests that few originally sold...
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Last post by FarleyFlavors
Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:43 am
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Heart of Darknesss
by carrie » Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:05 am
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I have no new books to read so turned to one I have tried to read many times before and never got on with. Well desperation drove me to continue this time and I really enjoyed it when I got into it....
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....maybe by then I had had enough of Taita.
Too much walking the taita ropa?
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Last post by Brian Yare
Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:11 pm
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The Return - Victoria Hislop
by HEPZIBAH » Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:47 pm
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One of the marks of a good novel for me is when I get to the end of it and I realise that I have learnt something along the way. This has been the case with The Return by Victoria Hislop.
When I...
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The Thread may or may not be in my pile of yet to be read books. Perhaps I need to check and if it's not in the pile I can keep my eye out for it at book sales.
I've discovered that I do have a...
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Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:19 pm
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D-day Myths
by Hafiz » Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:23 pm
Military history is full of myths – ‘we were heroes’, ‘we did right’, ‘our enemies were no good’ – and there are lots of myths about the Second World War, which make us, feel ‘better’ about the past....
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Last post by Hafiz
Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:23 pm