From internationally acclaimed author Alev Lytle Croutier, Seven Houses chronicles the lives of four generations of remarkable women, sweeping readers from the last days of the Ottoman monarchy to Turkey's transformation into a republic and the present-day backlash. It is the saga of a silkmaking family as told through the houses they occupied. From a grand villa in Smyrna in the early twentieth century to a silk plantation in the foothills of Mount Olympus, from a tiny house in a sleepy town to an apartment in a modern urban high-rise, the family's dwellings reflect its fortune's rise and fall. As communal baths and odalisques give way to movies and cell phones, four unique yet powerfully linked women experience all of life's hardships and pleasures.
Global Village Idiot: Dubya, Dumb Jokes, and One Last Word Before You Vote
Winner of the Best Columnist of the Year at the British Liars' Awards, and Britain's finest satirist, O'Farrell takes dead aim in "Global Village Idiot" at cell phones, awards ceremonies, genetic sheep splicers, America's right-wing cabal of dunces, dunderheads, dimwits, and the Big "D" himself.
Global Village Idiot: Dubya, Dumb Jokes, and One Last Word Before You Vote
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A Good Life Wasted
Offers a unique perspective on an implausible period in the recent history of human civilization. When Dave Ames started guiding, Rocky Mountain locals rode horses and dug camas roots; now they're trading stock options on cell phones. The collision of stone and computer ages was short-lived, but the deep-rooted themes of this book remain.
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Cell Phone Savvy
More and more girls carry cell phones, and with Cell Phone Savvy they can personalize their phones to make them stand out from the crowd of black and gray look-alikes. This hip little kit provides a cute dangling charm on a cord, rhinestone stickers, and a booklet of fun cell phone hints and text messaging tricks.
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