Worth Dying for: The Power and Politics of Flags
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When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel?; For thousands of years...
The Woman on the Orient Express
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Hoping to make a clean break from a fractured marriage, Agatha Christie boards the Orient Express in...
Madam Secretary
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A national bestseller on its first publication in 2003, "Madam Secretary" is the riveting personal...
Rick Steves' Iran
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Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In Rick...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (Mrs Pollifax #14) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
This is Mrs. Pollifax, so that means we are off on another wild and fun adventure. Set in the world of 2000, it’s interesting to read this take on the politics of the Middle East back then. The plot features a couple of familiar plot points, but I didn’t care since it was so fantastic to be enjoying another adventure with Mrs. Pollifax. Sadly, this is her last adventure, but I like to imagine she is still out there saving the day against overwhelming odds.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/11/book-review-mrs-pollifax-unveiled-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
111 Places in Iceland That You Shouldn't Miss
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Iceland's specialties are its contrasts. The capital of Reykjavik offers urban life with an...
Crude Strategy: Rethinking the US Military Commitment to Defend Persian Gulf Oil
Charles L. Glaser and Rosemary A. Kelanic
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Should the United States ask its military to guarantee the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf? If the...
111 Places in Tokyo That You Shouldn't Miss
Christine Izeki and Bjorn Neumann
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Tokyo is a city that enshrines the past and the future, where the Far East meets the Western world....
Parsonages
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From the middle ages to the present day the houses of local clergy - parsonages, vicarages and...
Workers and Thieves: Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt
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Since the 1990s, the Middle East has experienced an upsurge of wildcat strikes, sit-ins, and...