Combining elements of science fiction and spiritual philosophy, this novel is a tale of the devastating consequences of a scientific mission to make contact with an extraterrestrial culture.
Russell illuminates the long, rich history of the Middle East with a story that brilliantly elucidates modern headlines. As enlightening as it is entertaining, "Dreamers of the Day" is a memorable, passionately written novel.
During World War II, many Jews managed to find refuge in Italy, particularly in the Piedmont region, where they were sheltered from the occupying Germans by antifascist peasants and others. In this elegiac novel, a woman named Lidia Leoni and her war-veteran son head a group of sympathetic Italians who help hide the refugees--who include a German ...
What drew Annie Taylor and Alexandra David-Neal to Tibet, when it was still cut off from the world and so hostile to foreigners, and particularly female ones, that they had to wear male Tibetan dress for protection? What did Hester Stanhope and Gertrude Bell, two such different women, find so compelling about the desert life of the East? What ...
Since beginning her travels, Mary Russell has been anywhere and everywhere. With an outsider's eye for new peoples and cultures, she reflects inspiringly on the need for new horizons that lies at the restless heart of every traveler. Set against the backdrop of her own personal journey, Russell's extraordinary travelogue illustrates that often the ...
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Mary Russell, English traveller and author of "The Blessings of a Good, Thick Skirt", records her impressions of the birth of nationalism in Georgia and its movement for secession from the Soviet Union. This account of her travels throughout Georgia is illustrated by her own photographs.
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