Amazon.com Review Product Description The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control...
(05/31/11) Amazon.com Review Product Description The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul. After receiving a teaching degree during the civil wara rare achievement for any Afghan womanKamila was subsequently banned from school and confined to her home. When her father and brother were forced to flee the city, Kamila became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana tells the incredible true story of this unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban. Former ABC News reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon spent years on the ground reporting Kamila's story, and the result is an unusually intimate and unsanitized look at the daily lives of women in Afghanistan. These women are not victims; they are the glue that holds families together; they are the backbone and the heart of...See less
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Product Description "It provides new perspective and insights into the man and his times. . . . [Meredith] is...
(05/31/11) Product Description "It provides new perspective and insights into the man and his times. . . . [Meredith] is particularly good in recounting the parallel rise and inevitable clash of white Afrikaner and black African nationalism in this century . ..." --The Washington Post "Meredith paints an insider's canvas of recent South African history as well as an epic tale of a freedom fighter." --San Francisco Chronicle "[R]evealing insights, particularly into the contrast between the disciplined Mandela who emerged from prison and the impetuous figure of the late 1940's and early 1950's." --The New York Times Book Review "Meredith carefully avoids adulation while tracing the course of Mandela's remarkable career. . . . [He] skillfully depicts Mandela's complex relationships with the close circle of white Communists who supported the African National Congress [and] writes vividly but unsentimentally about the tribulations and betrayals that racked Mandela's family."--The Los Angeles Times...See less
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How Taking Notes and Living without Indoor Plumbing Would Change My Life When I was living in Nepal, I kept a notebook...
(05/31/11) How Taking Notes and Living without Indoor Plumbing Would Change My Life When I was living in Nepal, I kept a notebook with me at all times. It was a small Nepali-made notebookthe brand name was Happy Days! or some such thing and it made me smile every time I looked at it. I took it everywhere I went, and wrote in it often. The children constantly asked me what I was writing, and I would tell them I was recording our conversations. That was true, but it was more than that. I was also recording everything I found strange in my new home. Like the fact that the kids chewed on chicken bones until they were practically dust, or that one of the boys, Santosh, had a digital watch which hed borrowed from a friend that, along with displaying the hour, flashed I Love You! once per second. There were times I was caught without my notebook, like in the middle of a soccer game when Dawas shotdestined for just inside the invisible right postwas blocked by the broadside of a cow, and I had to...See less
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In a ghoulish twist on the free market, humans alive and dead are being trafficked today in a thriving,...
(05/31/11) In a ghoulish twist on the free market, humans alive and dead are being trafficked today in a thriving, multibillion-dollar business. Scott Carney's The Red Market lays bares the clandestine practices of kidnappers, thieves, and vendors of organs, blood, hair, and whatever else is marketable in human remains. Not even funeral pyres are exempt from their mercantile scrutiny: Funeral pyres are...See less
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"What's short and sweet and cute as a button? Cupcakes! And everyone loves 'em! "Trusted favorites at picnics, potlucks,...
(12/05/10) "What's short and sweet and cute as a button? Cupcakes! And everyone loves 'em! "Trusted favorites at picnics, potlucks, and bake sales, cupcakes go equally well at relaxed and informal gatherings or at elegant parties. Here are 50 scrumptious ways to bring smiles and those nostalgic memories back faster than a kid can lick the batter off a beater. "Try a Cinnamon Sugar Puff Cupcake—they go from mixing bowl to oven to one happy taker in less than an hour. Who needs a peanut butter cup when there's a peanut butter cupcake in the house? Ethereal Lemon Angel Cupcakes soar even higher when served with some fresh seasonal fruit. With tips and techniques for perfect cupcake-making, basic 'head-start' recipes, and gorgeous photographs, it's time to get out the baking pans and join the cupcake craze. These diminutive cakes may be small but they stand tall in the world of sweets." Try this cookbook's recipe for Lemon Angel Cupcakes.See less
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Namaste....all day, everywhere • Softest stretch cotton • Low rise • Slim fit, flared leg • Comfortable rollover...
(12/05/10) Namaste....all day, everywhere • Softest stretch cotton • Low rise • Slim fit, flared leg • Comfortable rollover waistband • Aerie embroidery on back • Extended lengths at Aerie.com Imported, Machine WashSee less
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Amazon.com Review When the plot of your first novel partially hinges on anarchist overthrows funded by soap sales, and...
(10/08/10) Amazon.com Review When the plot of your first novel partially hinges on anarchist overthrows funded by soap sales, and the narrative hook of your second work is the black box recorder of a jet moments away from slamming into the Australian outback, it stands to reason that your audience is going to be ready for anything. Which, to an author like Chuck Palahniuk, must sound like a challenge. Palahniuk's third identity crisis (that's "novel" to you), Invisible Monsters, more than ably responds to this call to arms. Set once again in an all-too-familiar modern wasteland where social disease and self-hatred can do more damage than any potboiler-fiction bad guy, the tale focuses particularly on a group of drag queens and fashion models trekking cross-country to find themselves, looking everywhere from the bottom of a vial of Demerol to the end of a shotgun barrel. It's a sort of Drugstore Cowboy-meets-Yentl affair, or a Hope-Crosby road movie with a skin graft and hormone-pill obsession, if...See less
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From Booklist A look at the history of ukiyo-e, those "pictures of the floating world" that are arguably among the most...
(09/15/10) From Booklist A look at the history of ukiyo-e, those "pictures of the floating world" that are arguably among the most popular Asian artworks in the West, inevitably leads one to discover the cross-cultural artistic traditions that have shaped or been shaped by this quintessential Japanese art form. For example, beginning in the late eighteenth century, Japanese artists studied European works and experimented with perspective and chiaroscuro, as well as brushes of realism and local color, in their own wood-block prints. In turn, this "Western-influenced" style of Japanese landscape eventually set off a japonisme craze, which inspired many nineteenth-century artists on the Continent. Van Gogh, for one, acknowledged inspiration from Hiroshige's Sudden Shower on the Ohashi Bridge and Atakepart of the celebrated One Hundred Views of Edo series. Unlike previous publications of the Edo series, this book is not an exhibition catalog. Uspensky, the late curator of Japanese arts at the...See less
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This gift hardback edition of Lonely Planet's bestselling pictorial, 'One Planet', inspires the reader to explore their...
(09/15/10) This gift hardback edition of Lonely Planet's bestselling pictorial, 'One Planet', inspires the reader to explore their passion for travel.See less
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10 years' worth of lavish color photography on the annual counterculture festival, Burning Man. The first Burning Man...
(09/15/10) 10 years' worth of lavish color photography on the annual counterculture festival, Burning Man. The first Burning Man was held on a San Francisco beach and attended by a couple dozen people. Today it takes place in Nevada's Black Rock Desert and is known as the Black Rock Arts Festival. Every year Black Rock City is erected around a giant wooden statue that is immolated to much fanfare at the end of a weeklong bacchanal. Traub's images capture the festival's spirit in lots of zany costumes and art installations celebrating off-kilter takes on contemporary culture and the participants' flights of fancy. The slight accompanying text carries the highest -countercultural-subcultural pedigree, thanks -to the authors: celebration film documentarian Les Blank and Beat poetry icon Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Of course, there are some naked folk in the photographs, though their nudity is hardly gratuitous, what with all the body paint and artfully applied mud. Good visual fun and countercultural...See less
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What it is: An all-in-one kit to create sultry, smoldering eyes. What it does: The Sephora Brand Smoky Eyes Palette...
(12/14/09) What it is: An all-in-one kit to create sultry, smoldering eyes. What it does: The Sephora Brand Smoky Eyes Palette gives you the tools and instructions you need to achieve the classic smoky eye in six easy steps. It's the ultimate sexy look made beautifully mistake proof! What else you need to know: - Four 0.07 oz eyeshadow shades - Black eyeliner pencil - 0.1 oz Gradual Volume Black Mascara - Double-sided brush/sponge-tip applicator - All in a smart, handy palette equipped with explanatory pictures and a mirror. Take the makings of a stunning look wherever you go with this essential ensemble you simply can't miss.See less
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AGATE COASTERS - SET OF 4 Produced from lava that has been cooled for 80 million years, agate is a translucent,...
(05/01/09) AGATE COASTERS - SET OF 4 Produced from lava that has been cooled for 80 million years, agate is a translucent, exceptionally strong mineral that was once thought to protect its owners from all dangers and even affect their dreams. These sets are made in the USA with agate from southern Brazil, and while they may not bring you any dreams, they will bring beautiful nature and warmth into your home. The coaster set includes one each in teal, purple, fuchsia, and flax. Designed by Anna Rabinowicz. Sold as set.See less
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