Synopsis (from book cover):
Sun Shuyun grew up in China and has always been fascinated by Tibet and by Buddhism. Accompanied by a television crew, she spent a year in a remote town in the Tibetan mountain area and recorded what life is like for the people there.
Despite half a century of Communist rule, the residents [...]
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A Year in Tibet by Sun Shuyun
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2009
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An Englishman’s Home…
… is his castle.
I am currently reading a book called The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. It is a true story of the mystery behind the gruesome murder of a child in a quiet family house in Wiltshire during 1860. The crime in fact inspired the classic Victorian detective novel.
The following quote appears towards [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2009
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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Synopsis:
Born in a village in heartland India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coals and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape – of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose depths [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 18th 2009
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Between the Moons
I was so pleased that Sean posted about this beautiful book of poetry and photography by Janice Thompson. It is just the sort of book that would look great on a coffee table.
The post also prompted me to check out her blogs which I found to be full of beautiful poems, photographs and paintings.
I [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 17th 2009
…The planet, life & people from the big bang to the present day…
Synopsys (from book cover):
How old is the universe? When did life on earth begin? What happened to dinosaurs? How was the moon created? How did ancient Chinese science shape the modern world? How did Islam trigger globalisation? Are humans really superior to [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2009
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2009
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It is all About Bees
I am currently reading What on Earth Happened?… In Brief (the planet life and people from the big bang to the present day). It is full of interesting facts and today I learned some interesting facts about bees, I had no idea there were so many different species of bee.
Bees descended from wasps and emerged [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2009
