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Egypt

Books in this genre are set in or about Egypt.

New Releases Tagged "Egypt"

She Knows All the Names (Throne of Khetara, #2)

Most Read This Week Tagged "Egypt"

What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

Where the Library Hides (Secrets of the Nile, #2)

House of Two Pharaohs: Step into the world of gold, gods and deadly ambition in the latest Sunday Times bestseller (The Egyptian Book 10)

A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

Nemesis (Courtney publication, #22; Courtney chronological, #8)

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The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany

No One Sleeps in Alexandria by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid

English Books on Modern Egypt

179 books — 52 voters

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522 books — 456 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad Akreyi

Sketches from the Periphery by M.P. Summers

Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi

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187 books — 159 voters

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

Death in a Warm Climate

330 books — 113 voters

Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa

121 books — 115 voters

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

Of Kings and Queens

480 books — 204 voters

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“ Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that such a thing happened with the Mayans, though a number of wild cats are native to the area.) I don't think this is accurate. It is certainly not the whole story. Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never devi ...more ”
― William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside

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