Recent Book Activity

I have an unduly interest in travel memoirs, ancient history, ethnology, cultural anthropology and women & gender in the middle east. books marked permanent collection are NOT available for trade but willing to be loaned at my discretion. books marked to be read will be available after I've finished reading. books marked available are always available for trade.

bookrings i've started:
falling Leaves: the memoir of an unwanted chinese daughter
guests of the sheik: an ethnography of an iraqi village
land of a thousand hills: my life in rwanda (held up with loribee)
mayada, daughter of iraq: one woman's survival under saddam hussein
stolen lives: twenty years in a desert jail (held up with ruggergirl)
street in marrakech: a personal encounter with the lives of moroccan women
the blindfold horse: memories of a persian childhood (lost in the mail)

bookrays/rings joined:
a cook's tour (bluehawaii218)
a history of the amish (pgsahm)
after dachau (wyldewomin)
fast food nation (seferim)
favorite recipes journal (marajade)
giada's family dinners (bluehawaii218)
reading lolita in tehran: a memoir in books (anabanana)
she's come undone (moondancer11)
tales of a female nomad: living at large in the world (lmn60)
the bone woman (frangipani08)

my wish list