19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

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As she grieved over the "huge shadow [that] had been cast across the lives of so many innocent people and an ancient culture's pride" after September 11, 2001, poet and author Naomi Shihab Nye's natural response was to write, to grasp "onto details to stay afloat." Accordingly, Nye has gathered over four dozen of her own poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States. Devoted followers of the award-winning and beloved poet will recognize some of their favorites from her earlier collections (The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems and Paintings from the Middle East, etc.), while absorbing themselves in her new haunting and evocative poems. Nye writes of figs and olives, fathers' blessings and grandmothers' hands that "recognize grapes, / and the damp shine of a goat's new skin." She writes of Palestinians, living and dead, of war, and of peace. Readers of all ages will be profoundly moved by the vitality and hope in these beautiful lines from Nye's heart. (Ages 9 to adult) --Emilie Coulter

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"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."

Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.

Maybe they have something to tell us.

Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.

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Good Service!.......2007-10-05

I order many used books through Amazon, and have been very pleased with all the vendors I have ordered from. The books come in the condition as advertised, and I receive my orders in a timely manner. I am not only saving a great deal of money, but also time. I find out of print books that are just not available through other means.

"It's Important for those who are awake to be awake.".......2007-09-09

I know I am not alone in my utter dismissal of the one negative review of this book. Indeed, I hesitate to give it prominence by mentioning it. Sometimes it is important, however, to call things by their proper name. In this case, the negative review is utter, benighted nonsense. As William Stafford said, "It is important for those who are awake to be awake."

Allegorical camaflouge..........2007-02-12

If people took the time to understand the subliminal, mocking nature of this book, I wonder if they would still rave about it so?
The Biblical analogy of Gazelles, figs, grapes, and the Hebraic etymology they entail, speaks of an amassing of combatants gathered together to comence as destroyers. The shiny new skin of a Goat is quite evil from the same perspective. Shining glistening definitions are worth a look in Hebrew. As well as Goats being seperated from the sheep at the final judgement. The sheep go to the right to Paradise. The Goats are parted to the left and are cast into Hell!
A woman of this level of education, and background knows full well the various curtural meanings and terminologies of certain Biblical paralells, the regional connatations that apply, and is quite the master employing them so they appear more "warm and fuzzy."

Naomi Shihab Nye.......2006-03-21

Nye is one of the best voices of the middle east for young readers. Her poetry and picture books are all evocative, raising issues of family, identity and tolerance. Her work is a rich resource for any teacher who hopes to offer students empathy and insight for the middle east.

poems of beautiful simplicity and loving honesty.......2005-12-28

In her introduction to "19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East," Naomi Shihab Nye writes that after the September 11 attacks, "a huge shadow had been cast across the lives of so many innocent people and an ancient culture's pride." (Nye, xv) As an American born girl with a Middle Eastern father, Nye can write from behind that shadow, shedding light on the tormented hearts of Arab-Americans trying to come to terms with September 11th.

When Americans think of the Middle East, we often think only of the hatred and violence of terrorism. It is important, therefore, to read poetry by writers like Nye, who help us to remember that there is love, generosity and beauty to be found there too. Her poems have a beautiful simplicity and loving honesty that can speak to both children and adults.

I especially connected to the poems Nye wrote about the members of her family, such as "For Mohammed on the Mountain" and "My Grandmother in the Stars". The poem about her uncle inspired me to write about family members I hardly know or have never met. Reading Naomi Shihab Nye's poetry reminded me of the great wealth we all have of places and people who are especially deep in our hearts--a richness unique to our own experience that can be a wonderful source of writing material.

Nye is a shining example of a writer who uses her gift to promote a message of peace and understanding in a world stained with fear, hate and close-mindedness.

The Gourmet Gazelle Cookbook: Contemporary Cuisine for a Lifetime of Good Health

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Recipes loaded with Sex

The Gourmet Gazelle Cookbook: Contemporary Cuisine for a Lifetime of Good Health
Ellen Brown
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Recipes loaded with Sex.......2000-01-07

I always make comments in my cookbooks as I eat the food that I have created. My everyday meals are usually by Julia or Jacque. But while reviewing my margin notes I noticed that every recipe from the Gourmet Gazelle had comments as to how sensual it was and notes like awesome and gee I really need to cook and share this with someone special. In am continually amazed at how good the recipes are and how they more than any others are ones that I want to turn someone else onto. I guess that they truely have sex appeal.

The Beduins' Gazelle (Harper Trophy Books)

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NOT up to standards
Don't waste your time
wonderful and enchanting
Poetry in the Desert
Enjoyable story of another time and culture

The Beduins' Gazelle (Harper Trophy Books)
Frances Temple
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ASIN: 0064406695

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When she and he were only babies, they were pledged in marriage. Now Atiyah has been sent away -- a political pawn in a war between the Beduin tribes in the year 1302. He vows to return to her as soon as he can.

But while Atiyah is studying at the great university in Fez, Halima is lost in a sandstorm. Rescued by an enemy tribe, she is told that she must marry their powerful sheikh and live in his harem -- never to see her people again. Halima does what she can to resist, but she has no choice. In three moons' time she will become the youngest wife of the cruel and greedy Raisulu -- unless Atiyah can find her. But where in the vast sea of desert can he begin his search for his beloved?The last novel from award-winning author Frances Temple, this companion to The Ramsay Scallop is a romantic tale of intrigue, adventure, and true love, set against the backdrop of medieval Arabia.

`Temple's evocation of the Beduin—a grand, generous nation of poets and storytellers shaped by their religion and their hostile, sometimes beautiful, environment—is easily as vivid as the
storyline. . . . This book glitters with the intelligence and skill of a gifted storyteller, and will sweep readers along on an exotic, satisfying adventure.' —Pointer/Kirkus Reviews

An American Bookseller Association Pick of the Lists, 1996
A Book Links Editors' Choice of 1996The last novel from award-winning author Frances Temple, this companion to The Ramsay Scallop is a romantic tale of intrigue, adventure, and true love, set against the backdrop of medieval Arabia.

`Temple's evocation of the Beduin—a grand, generous nation of poets and storytellers shaped by their religion and their hostile, sometimes beautiful, environment—is easily as vivid as the
storyline. . . . This book glitters with the intelligence and skill of a gifted storyteller, and will sweep readers along on an exotic, satisfying adventure.' —Pointer/Kirkus Reviews

An American Bookseller Association Pick of the Lists, 1996
A Book Links Editors' Choice of 1996

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NOT up to standards.......2002-05-18

This book was neither extravagantly wonderful or treacherously boring. In fact at the beginning it was exciting and then as the story progressed it became bland. And then there was a sudden turn at the end of the book, where the sheik handed over Halima to Atiya.The story didn't go through smoothly. I can see how some people would like the book, but I would not recommend it.

Don't waste your time.......2002-01-21

This book is aweful! Who wants to hear about a girl dreaming of her lover who leaves to go to college, and he will return in 2 months?

wonderful and enchanting.......2001-02-12

the book was beautifully written and shows exaclty how even bad people can have goodness in them to do the rigght thing. the book is a bout Halima(a girl slim and strong as th e date palm, fleet-foted as a gazelle) and the boy she is in love with, Atiyah(a boy of promise and hope, whose name means Gift of God). Atiyah has been sent away as a political pawn to study in Fez. As Halimas tribe moves to a new camp she is lost in a sandstorm and captured by an emeny tribe. The sheikh wishes to marry her in 3 moons time, the only way for that not to happen is if Atiyah comes to resue her.

Poetry in the Desert.......2001-02-02

The Bedouin's Gazelle - Even the name tastes of poetry. This lyrical story of young Halima and Atiyah is a magnificent word-picture of desert living in 1302 AD (680 of the Hegira according to the Muslim culture) - a place where "wool gathering" indicates molting camels as well as daydreaming, and nomadic tribes follow the rain. Temple's metaphors and expressions consistently reflect the environs; they're exotic imagery that the reader pauses to savor. I have delighted in reading and rereading this book, "dancing in the desert among flowers."

Enjoyable story of another time and culture.......1999-03-16

The love story between Atiyah and Halima is told in beautiful language and with much suspense. When Atiyah is forced to go study in Fez, then Halima is lost in the desert, you wonder "will they ever see each other again?" I liked this book more than the Ramsay Scallop.

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How English
Not up to the usual Pym standard
Solid provincial light comedy
Solid provincial light comedy
Touching and funny

Some Tame Gazelle
Barbara Pym
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ASIN: 1559212640

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Barbara Pym is a master at capturing the subtle mayhem that takes place in the apparent quiet of the English countryside. Fifty-something sisters Harriet and Belinda Bede live a comfortable, settled existence. Belinda, the quieter of the pair, has for years been secretly in love with the town's pompous (and married) archdeacon, whose odd sermons leave members of his flock in muddled confusion. Harriet, meanwhile, a bubbly extrovert, fends off proposal after proposal of marriage. The arrival of Mr. Mold and Bishop Grote disturb the peace of the village and leave the sisters wondering if they'll ever return to the order of their daily routines. Some Tame Gazelle, first published in Britain nearly 50 years ago, was the first of Pym's nine novels.

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How English.......2005-02-18

The characters present at the opening of the book are the young curate, Belinda, and Harriet. Harriet's manner is blunt and jolly. Belinda and Harriet Bede are sisters. Neither has married.

Belinda loved the archdeacon when she was twenty. The archdeacon is miffed because Lady Clara Boulding attends the church of a rival, Edward Plowman. Lady Clara is the daughter of an earl and the widow of a member of parliament. The archdeacon tends to hate the garden party as an event.

Edith Livesidge, one of the local residents, is probably called splended because she is tough and wiry and is apt to dig vigorously in her garden. Agatha Hoccleve, wife of the archdeacon, has very good clothes. The servants call the archdeacon the Venerable Hoccleve. Lady Clara Boulding is to open the party officially. Opening parties is her chief recreation. Edward Plowman thinks the archdeacon enjoys showing off his knowledge.

Next the wife of the archdeacon goes off on vacation and the sisters, and probably everyone else in the village, take note of the leave-taking. Harriet has a tendancy to spoil all of the young curates. This becomes significant to the plot in two ways. First there is the marriage of the current office-holder. Then there is the visit of a former young curate who, amusingly, has managed to become both a bishop and a missionary to Africa.

During the absence of the archdeacon's wife, his friends, librarians, Mr. Mold and Dr. Parnell, pay a visit. Harriet and Belinda have a very successful dinner party for them and for others. Harriet receives a marraige proposal from Mr. Mold, which is declined. The bishop later proposes to Belinda, and that too is declined. Belinda explains that she is not in love with the suitor.

The star of the novel is Belinda. She is kind, dowdy, and self-conscious.

Not up to the usual Pym standard.......2001-12-03

A first novel--and it shows. Has all the charm of Barbara Pym's best work (Excellent Women, No Fond Return of Love) but is marred by narrative clumsiness and (frankly) lousy technique: characters appear out of nowhere, conversations start one place and end in another, etc. Skip this and focus on her later, great work.

Solid provincial light comedy.......2001-10-27

Some Tame Gazelle is an early Barbara Pym
novel, but her many strengths are fully in evidence. She shows that she knows her way with provincial village life, which she portrays in neither a fond haze nor quite in the harsh light of reality, but in some alternative dimension, like our own, but somehow a bit more kind. The protagonists are two "Pym women", middle-aged, content, educated middlebrows, shrewd, amusing, humble and yet quite self-possessed. The central joke--"spinsters" doting on the local clergy--is soon lost in the subtle but larger point: these are two women who live life largely on their own terms, affectations and all. This is a good read, not at all an "early" novel. My only real criticism is that the plot seems to spin a bit in mid-novel, but it rights itself again by the end.

Solid provincial light comedy.......2001-10-27

Touching and funny.......2001-04-23

In the early chapters of "Some Tame Gazelles" we are taken on a "Pym moments" romp through the day-to-day lives of the spinster sisters, Belinda and Harriet Bede. Timid, sentimental Belinda (one of Pym's "Excellent Women")elder of the two, a faithful church worker, has loved the peevish, married Archdeacon Henry Hoccleve ("dear Henry") for over 30 years. Belinda quotes 18th Century poets, wears "sensible" shoes and longs for "some sympathetic person to whom she could say that Dr. Johnson had been so right when he had said that all change is of itself an evil." Plump ("attractive in a fat Teutonic way"),jolly and style-conscious Harriet, in her middle fifties, has a fondness for young curates to whom she serves boiled chicken suppers and makes presents of hand-knitted socks and home-made jellies. We meet: The Reverend Edgar Donne, the latest in a long line of young curates fussed over by Harriet; Edith Liversidge ("a kind of decayed gentlewoman"), the disheveled, blunt-speaking neighbor with an interest in sanitation arrangements; the dreary, snobbish Connie Aspinall, who basks in the memory of her glory days when she was companion to Lady Grudge of Belgrave Square ("a kind of relation of one of Queen Alexandra's Ladies-in-Waiting"); Miss Prior, the touchy sewing woman, in a tender and humorous episode involving cauliflower cheese; the melancholy Count Ricardo Bianco, who on a regular basis offers proposals of marriage to Harriet. There is Archdeacon Hoccleve, the object of Belinda's devotion ("her passion had mellowed into a comfortable feeling more like the cosiness of a winter evening by the fire than the uncertain rapture of a spring morning"), whose standoffish behavior and proclivity for choosing unsuitable prayers and for preaching obscure literary sermons no one understands win him little favor among the people in his parish. And there are more matchless Pym characters set against a quintessential Pym story, touching and funny and quite wonderful.

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absoulty loved it!!
A Tale of Frustration, Love, & Lust in 1950s Egypt
Psychologically true, atmospheric.
A perfumed rememberance of things past.

Gazelle
Rikki Ducornet
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ASIN: 0375411240
Release Date: 2003-07-22

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A mother’s betrayal, an unexpurgated copy of The Arabian Nights, a dazzling perfume-maker, and the scent of rose attar all serve to awaken a girl of thirteen to erotic life.

In Rikki Ducornet’s new novel, Elizabeth, the daughter of a professor of history living in Cairo in the 1950s, tells how she came to be an anatomist of mummies, as she opens up to us the sensations and aromas of ancient times, and explains how the city of Cairo itself gives her power – and wisdom – and takes away from her the part of the self that is necessary for love.

When her mother leaves her father to “walk” the streets of Cairo, and her father forgets himself in games of chess and war, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth ponders Schéhérazade’s words, “It is good for a girl to be with
a man,” and finds comfort at the shop of Ramses Ragab, a master perfumer dedicated to resurrecting the lost
fragrances of the past (the Susinum prized by Roman women; the nardinon loved by Pliny; the hekenou of
the Pharaohs).

Under the tutelage of the perfumer, Elizabeth reads ancient esoteric texts and learns the mysteries of fragrance. Ramses Ragab is a sensitive and brilliant man, and Elizabeth’s burst of love for him has a child’s intensity and a young woman’s passion. When her father hires a magician to bring back his wife, Elizabeth
discovers just how precious she herself is – and how worthless – as a girl and soon to be beautiful woman,
in this ancient land of stone, sand, and darkness.

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absoulty loved it!!.......2006-03-26

i loved this book with every fiber of my being!! i would have read it again and again but a couple months ago i lent it to a friend and havent seen it since. maby my love for it was partialy because i was in egypt when i read it. this book was very poetic and went indepth about the emptions of sexually frustrated young girls. i recomed this book to anyone who would take the time to read it!
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forgive any spelling mistakes you might find, i cant spell to save my life!

A Tale of Frustration, Love, & Lust in 1950s Egypt.......2006-03-18

As other reviewers have noted, Gazelle is the story of Elizabeth, a 13-year-old American girl who has been brought to Egypt because of her father's Fulbright scholarship. Her father is a professor, quiet, subdued, obsessed with things of the past, especially wars. Her mother is originally from Iceland, and is a large personality, uncontrollable by her husband and daughter. Crisis occurs when Elizabeth and her father surprise her mother during one of her affairs, after which her mother relocates to a series of hotels, so she can more freely conduct her love affairs. Elizabeth is caught in the middle. Her father spends most of his time pining, playing chess, and playing war games, most notably with his friend, Ramses Ragab, a gentle perfumemaker. Elizabeth's mother soon reenters her life, and Elizabeth is caught between her father's retreat into himself, her mother's escapades, and her own obsession with Ramses Ragab, which signals her sexual awakening.

Ducornet does many things well in this slim novel. Although sometimes like a woman who has overdone her perfume, her prose is mostly fragrant, spicy, and exotic. It is vibrant, and the reader is transported to this lost world, and views it with the same passion that Elizabeth does. She also portrays Elizabeth's mother and their relationship extremely well, although I found myself wondering why her mother would be in her daughter's life so half-heartedly, as if she was there only to cause her child pain. In the midst of this relationship, there is one scene in this book that is incredibly memorable, when Elizabeth subtly takes off her green socks, balls them up, and kicks them across a room in a restaurant after her mother chides her for wearing them.

Although I felt that the main lines of storytelling (Elizabeth's relationship with her father, her father's downfall, her relationship with her mother, her obsession with Ramses Ragab) were well done, when Ducornet deviated from these lines, I felt less immersed in the story and simply wondered what the purpose was. This was the case for the glimpses into Elizabeth's adult life (which all seemed lonely, dull, and desperate, like her childhood left her unable to live fully; it seemed for all accounts that she was "coming into her own" at 13, but this doesn't seem to be the case), as well as for the sub-plot of Ramses Ragab's female assistant, who is Elizabeth's age.

Overall, Gazelle is a nice trip into an exotic, lost world through the eyes of a girl who is a most empassioned guide.

Psychologically true, atmospheric........2004-04-26

Gazelle is a first person account by a 13 year old of the summer in which her mother finally decides to leave her father, and herself. The novel is psychologically true, and one can observe the change in the girl as this event, and puberty alter her, but that is not the primary reason for reading Gazelle. The book is set in Egypt in the early 1950's, but it is a timeless Egypt that is evoked, the days of ancient Egypt as well as the bazaars of the 1950's.. The writing captures the impressions on all the senses, and has as a major character a seller/producer of perfumes whose ambition it is to rediscover some of the perfumes of the ancients. I recommend Gazelle especially to those readers, like myself, who have struggled with any of the novels of the Alexandria Quartet and found it mostly inaccessible. Where I feel Gazelle fails is in the character of the father. He just doesn't add enough to the novel for a character who is on stage so much.

A perfumed rememberance of things past........2003-12-07

13-year old Elizabeth lives with her parents, a bumbling professor father and an exquisite, hot-blooded beauty of a mother, in Cairo of the 1950s. When Elizabeth's mother leaves the family, for sexual excitement, Elizabeth finds that she has to care for her father's increasing mental and physical deterioration. At the same time, she finds herself drawn to the beauty and mystery of Egypt, embodied in the "gazelle" man, her father's friend Ramses, who is a perfume-maker. It's a languid, episodic brief novel, with slight detours into the occult, reminiscent of the work of Jeanette Winterson. Like Winterson, Ducornet creates postmodern philosophical fables that masquerade as novels. With painterly precision, and a certain word-sorcery, "Gazelle" muses on the nature of love and sexual awakening; memory; perfume making; illness; and mother-daughter, father-daughter relationships. The reader is well served by just immersing themselves in the rich and quirky prose, and the exotic scents and smells of Egypt. The scenes with Elizabeth's cold and glamorous mother provide much needed tension in this vaporous, attar-scented novel.

Carousing with Gazelles: Homoerotic Songs of Old Baghdad

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Charming But Meager
Erotic and sexy
Cool stuff...
Like rare liquor

Carousing with Gazelles: Homoerotic Songs of Old Baghdad
Jaafar Abu Tarab
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ASIN: 0595376916

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Carousing with Gazelles presents accurate and unbowdlerized translations of some of Abu Nuwas's most celebrated poems—which have mostly remained untranslated into English due to the pressures of pious Puritanism and homophobia. In fact, Abu Nuwas remains largely untranslated into ANY European language, for the same reason: he is, by European standards, shocking. More than that, there are many who consider him the greatest poet who ever wrote in Arabic.

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Charming But Meager.......2007-08-18

Although this is very nice work I have given only three stars because it is so short. It includes just 17 poems, in 20 pages. There are also 12 pages of interesting prefatory material, and 15 pages of meaty notes, but even so this is more of a pamphlet than a book.

That said, I really enjoyed this item. The translations have a breezy, witty, sexy, irreverent tone which seems to capture the poet's intention. The poems are rather freely translated, but the inclusion of literal translations in the notes lets you see where liberties have been taken. Most of the poems selected here are pederastic, somewhat reminiscent of the Greek poet Cavafy, writing more than a millenium later.

Erotic and sexy.......2007-01-08

Erotic and sexy, humerous and bold. I only hope that the author continues to translate more of this poet.

Cool stuff..........2005-12-22

These poems are really fascinating stuff. If this is what life was like 1,200 years ago, color me disappointed with modern Singapore!

Like rare liquor.......2005-12-05

How brave of Abu Tarab to take on the translation of brave Abu Nuwas, the brilliant poet rogue of medieval Baghdad. (Oh, Baghdadis, cease your fighting and honor your illustrious ancestor!) Here we get a full measure of unashamed humanity, raw passion, and courageous art. It took balls in those days to praise wine and the love of boys, and to mock religion. And what a surprise to read a text that is so ancient (Abu Nuwas lived over twelve hundred years ago) and yet so refreshingly modern. Very little here of the florid formalisms to which such works often fall prey; instead of cliches, a real man steps out of the verses and confronts us - indeed, he dares us to look him in the eye. Are you man enough to read Abu Nuwas?

We are fortunate to have at last these renditions. Most of the time the translator carries off his task with aplomb, and his choices are felicitous ones. We could have wished for a bit more largesse - only a sampling of Abu Nuwas' opus is in these pages (which explains why only a four-star rating), but the poems that are there ring strong and true. A heady brew, especially for those of us stuck in these reactionary times. Le plus ça change. . .

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology: Imaging and Intervention

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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology: Imaging and Intervention

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Field Natural History with Soul as well as Science

In the Country of Gazelles
Fritz R. Walther
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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ASIN: 025336325X

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Field Natural History with Soul as well as Science.......2005-11-04

You would have to possess a heart and mind of stone to read this book and come away not only understanding gazelles much more deeply, but also falling in love with them. It is a fine gift to be able to both convey the factual nature of animals and their charm, and Fritz Walther has it. Walther is an accomplished and respected zoologist and ethologist, and fine illustrator and (if you read a little bit between the lines) a philosopher and poet as well.

Of all the field study/memoirs I've read this is my favorite. If you have a love of and interest in hoofed animals, you simply must own this book.

The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, and the Soul

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The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, and the Soul
Raymond P. Scheindlin
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ASIN: 0195129881

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From the tenth century to the thirteenth, the Jews of Spain belonged to a vibrant and relatively tolerant Arabic-speaking society, a sophisticated culture that had a marked effect on Jewish life, thought, artistic tastes, and literary expression. In this companion volume to Wine, Women, and Death, we see how the surrounding Arabic culture influenced the new poetry that was being written for the synagogue service. The Hebrew poems here, accompanied by elegant English translations and explanatory essays are short lyrics of the highest literary quality.

Lion and Gazelle: The Mammals and Birds of Iran (Lion & Gazelle)

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Lion and Gazelle: The Mammals and Birds of Iran (Lion & Gazelle)
Patrick Humphreys , and Esmail Kahrom
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ASIN: 1860642292

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Iran is a country rich in wildlife and, under the Shah, was one of the first in the world to develop a conservation program. A natural crossroads over which migrations of men and animals have flowed since the beginning of time, the country has two completely different climatic zones enabling an extraordinary variety of species to flourish. Surprisingly, however, the details are poorly documented in the West. This book is the first to explore the major species of mammals and birds, both as they are now and as they have evolved through time. It will serve as an invaluable guide for wildlife enthusiasts and travelers.

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