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Scandinavian tour and fairytales

Of the four Scandinavian countries I toured last Sep 2025, arguably the most scenic is Norway with its magnificent fjords. Finland, Denmark, and Sweden pale…

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Du Fu [ Tu Fu ]

Julia_M April 3, 2025 No Comments Author Biographies Chinese Literary Criticism (Books)Chinese Poetry (Books)Indian Literature Medieval Literary Criticism (Books)Medieval Literature Poetry Anthologies (Books)Poetry Literary Criticism (Books)Short Stories Anthologies Travel Writing Reference Traveler & Explorer Biographies

Du Fu (Chinese: 杜甫; pinyin: Dù Fǔ; Wade–Giles: Tu Fu (712–770), is considered primus inter pares of the three greatest poets in the Tang dynasty.…

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The Question of Palestine – Part 1

Julia_M February 27, 2025 No Comments Author Biographies Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Cultural Anthropology (Books)Israel & Palestine History (Books)Memoirs (Books)Middle Eastern Politics

This was a seminal book when it first came out in 1979. More so, as its author is the well-known intellectual Edward W. Said. In…

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Kenya and out of Africa

Julia_M August 7, 2024 No Comments Author Biographies Historical European Biographies (Books)Scandinavian Literary Criticism (Books)Women Author Literary Criticism Women Writers in Women Studies

In 2017 we couldn’t see the pink flamingos nesting at Lake Nakuro, Kenya. This time today, 6 Aug 2024 we saw many at the private…

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The Poetry of Du Fu and Li Bai

Julia_M November 27, 2023 No Comments Author Biographies Biographies on Novelist & Playwrights Chinese Poetry (Books)German Poetry (Books)Literary Criticism & Theory Philosopher Biographies Poetry Anthologies (Books)Poetry Literary Criticism (Books)Poetry Writing

Tu Fu / Du Fu and Li Bai/ Li Po/ Li Bo are two famous late Tang poets. Li Po (701-762 AD) is what he…

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Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast

Julia_M December 9, 2022 No Comments Author Biographies Classic American Literature Classic Literature & Fiction

A Moveable Feast is a modern classic written by Ernest Hemingway. He started the book in Cuba in the autumn of 1957 and finished it…

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The English Patient

Julia_M January 14, 2022 No Comments Author Biographies Historical Fiction (Books)History (Books)Literary Fiction (Books)Traveler & Explorer Biographies TV Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction

The English Patient is a wonderfully crafted novel of love. The English Patient is a famous novel that won the Booker Prize for Michael Ondaatje.…

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Agatha Christie: A Biography

Julia_M July 26, 2021 No Comments Author Biographies Textbooks Women's Biographies

Readers looking for information on where Agatha Christie wrote her most famous mysteries Death on The Nile, Murder on her Orient Express and Appointment with…