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by Mohammed Hanif

No rush. I still have What is the What to get through.... When exams are done.... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77150691 to: The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor (Modern Library Classics) by W.M. Jr Thackston
The Baburnama isn't something you read from beginning to end. Rather, it's a book you dip into at random, slowly building up a patchwork view of life in what is today Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, as seen through the eyes of the first Mughal emperor, Babur (1483-1530). Now you read about Babur's impressions of India (he hates it, apart from the gold, and mangoes); now about his private life (his mother has to force him to visit his wife, but he has no hesitation in declaring his love for a dashing Afghan boy). Most of all you read about war, and the battles between various clans, tribes and empires in central and southern Asia. A situation that hasn't changed much in 500 years. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78554980 to: Trinidad's Doctor's Office (Paperback) by Dr. Vincent Tothill
A journalistic account of a sojourn in Trinidad in the 1920s and 30s by a sympathetic Scottish medic, with insightful and often comic observations of, and meditations on, the society and its people. First published in 1939, this new edition sorely needed better editing, and a scholarly introduction wouldn't have been out of place. Still, a very worthwhile read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78554940 Sculpting in Time: Tarkovsky The Great Russian Filmaker Discusses His Art (Paperback) by Andrei Tarkovsky
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74194869 melanie's review of Wetlands
by Charlotte Roche

Or a nun you're not fond of. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67064524 to: The White Woman on the Green Bicycle (Paperback) by Monique Roffey
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Having read this, I now sorely want to give up my existing life, fly to Paris, rent a chic apartment near the Eiffel Tower, study at le Cordon Bleu for a year and then apprentice in a couple of Paris restaurants. Michael Booth makes it all sound so romantic and easy. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67064474 What Is the What (Hardcover) by Dave Eggers
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62679932 melanie's review of What Is the What
by Dave Eggers

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