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25 September 2009
Xing lin li de yi pian ye
Author: Ou Lemin
Call No: CHI 895.18 OU
Text in Chinese.
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23 September 2009
A house in Fez
Author: Suzanna Clarke
Call No: 916.4 CLA
When Suzanna Clarke and her husband bought a dilapidated riad, or traditional courtyard house, in the ancient Medina of Fez, their friends thought they were mad. Located in a maze of donkey-trod alleyways, the house was beautiful but in desperate need of repair. Walls were in danger of collapse, the plumbing non-existent. It was a state common to many of Fez's exquisitely crafted houses, which were falling to ruin for want of local funds to restore them. Or worse, they were being bought by foreigners and modernised. With a view to living there semi-permanently, Suzanna was determined to restore the riad to its original splendour.
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14 September 2009
作者呂書練
Author: 作者呂書練
Call No: CHI 920.72 LU
Text in Chinese (traditional).
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14 September 2009
In the bloody footsteps of Genghis Khan: an epic journey across the steppes, mountains and deserts from Red Square to Tiananmen Square
Author: Jeffrey Tayler
Call No: 915.04 TAY
A breathtaking first person account of an intrepid 7,200 mile journey across the largest landmass on earth, from Moscow to Beijing, undertaken to introduce Western readers to the peoples of Eurasia and their daily lives.
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1 September 2009
In search of our roots: how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past
Author: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Call No: 929.2 GAT BER
Unlike most white Americans who, if they are so inclined, can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to set foot on this country's shores, most African Americans, in tracing their family's past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Here, scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., backed by an elite team of geneticists and researchers, takes nineteen extraordinary African Americans on a once unimaginable journey, tracing family sagas through U.S. history and back to Africa.
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1 September 2009
Midnight in the garden of good and evil: a Savannah Story
Author: John Berendt
Call No: 364.1523 BER
In charming, beautiful, and wealthy old-South Savannah, Georgia, the local bad boy is shot dead inside of the opulent mansion of a gay antiques dealer, and a gripping trial follows.
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25 August 2009
Out at the movies: a history of gay cinema
Author: Steven Paul Davies
Call No: 791.43652664
Over the decades, gay cinema has reflected the community's journey from persecution to emancipation to acceptance. Politicised dramas have given way in recent years to films which celebrate a vast array of gay lifestyles. Gay fims have undergone a major shift, from the fringe to the mainstream, and this book looks back, decade by decade, at their history.
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22 August 2009
The Indian pantry
Author: Monisha Bharadwaj
Call No: 641.5954 BHA
An Indian-cookery sourcebook of ingredients and a wide range of more than 200 recipes. The entry for each ingredient in self-contained for ease of reference, and serves to illuminate the culinary, medicinal and even mythological properties.
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