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Adventures, Both Realistic and Fantastical

The Book of Road and Kingdoms by Richard Fidler

November 2, 2024 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Richard Fidler’s Conversations on ABC Radio has been a reliable source of book recommendations in the past. His own writing makes for a some excellent reads as well. His main area of interest is the rise and fall of long ago civilizations –  I have previously reviewed Ghost Empire, whose focus was Constantinople and the Byzantium. This time his focus is Central Asia, and the travelers that crossed the region during Islam’s Golden Age. The Book of Road and Kingdoms is also the name of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #history, Arabic peninsula, Baghdad, cbr16bingo, golden, Kingdoms, Richard Fidler, roads

LittlePlat's CBR16 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #history, Arabic peninsula, Baghdad, cbr16bingo, golden, Kingdoms, Richard Fidler, roads ·
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Roads – Larry McMurtry (2000)

Roads by Larry McMurtry

January 19, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Within this book, you would find a really stellar reading list of American fiction and nonfiction, something I might put together and add later. This would make this already a worthwhile book. One of my favorite articles from the last few years is a list of lists (of books, to read) pulled from within novels and memoirs not ostensibly about reading books. This includes things like Rabih Alameddine’s An Unnecessary Woman and Jo Walton’s Among Others, both of which list dozens of books read by […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Larry McMurtry, roads

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:30 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Larry McMurtry, roads ·
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