Teasipper
Age 82
Joined Friday, September 5, 2003
Recent Book Activity
The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam (Emblems of Antiquity)
Little Altars Everywhere
Conquest of Violence; the Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict
Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan
The Great Deficit Scares: The Federal Budget, Trade, and Social Security (Approach)
Yokohama, California
After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Shakespeare's Sonnets (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series)
Legends of the Caucasus
Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human
Mien Relations: Mountain People and State Control in Thailand
Camel-Bells of Baghdad
A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novels)
Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World
The Roof Tile of Tempyō
English, August: An Indian Story
Parallel Worlds
Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain
Woman
Legacy of Andrew Jackson: Essays on Democracy, Indian Removal, and Slavery (Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History)
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| released in the wild | 0 | 477 |
| controlled releases | 0 | 137 |
| releases caught | 0 | 58 |
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| books found | 0 | 23 |
| tell-a-friend referrals | 0 | 1 |
| new member referrals | 0 | 22 |
| forum posts | 0 | 59 |
Extended Profile
I am retired and love it. I belong to 3 book groups. Though reading is my primary passion, I also travel a bit, enjoy lots of music and theater, and have fun with grandchildren.
Some favorite authors: Ursula LeGuin, David Quammen, Peter Dickinson, Louise Erdrich, Amitav Ghosh, Sonja Somerville, David Hackett Fischer, Ursula Hegi, Louis de Bernieres, Iain Pears, Alice Walker, Sherman Alexie, Rose Macaulay, Adam Nicolson, Nicolson Baker, Tim Flannery, Brian Fagan, Chang-rae Lee, Robert Sabuda, Molly Ivins, Bill Bryson, John Barth, Gail Tsukayama, Farley Mowat, George Mackay Brown, Michael Ondaatje, Robertson Davies, Annie Proulx, Lauren Kessler, Amy Tan, Ian McEwan, Ann Patchett, David Mas Masumoto, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alistair Macleod, Nicole Mones, Cai Emmons, Ruth Ozeki, Elizabeth Hay, Banana Yoshimoto.
Some favorite authors: Ursula LeGuin, David Quammen, Peter Dickinson, Louise Erdrich, Amitav Ghosh, Sonja Somerville, David Hackett Fischer, Ursula Hegi, Louis de Bernieres, Iain Pears, Alice Walker, Sherman Alexie, Rose Macaulay, Adam Nicolson, Nicolson Baker, Tim Flannery, Brian Fagan, Chang-rae Lee, Robert Sabuda, Molly Ivins, Bill Bryson, John Barth, Gail Tsukayama, Farley Mowat, George Mackay Brown, Michael Ondaatje, Robertson Davies, Annie Proulx, Lauren Kessler, Amy Tan, Ian McEwan, Ann Patchett, David Mas Masumoto, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alistair Macleod, Nicole Mones, Cai Emmons, Ruth Ozeki, Elizabeth Hay, Banana Yoshimoto.
