books about: egyptian

books about: egyptian

books:

Egyptian

Frommer's Egypt
Matthew Carrington

Frommers, 2008

America?s #1 bestselling travel series Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer?s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. ? More annually updated guides than any other series ? 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides ? Outspoken opinions, ...

The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light

Tom Harpur

Walker & Company, 2005

Review - The Pagan Christ
Recently the CBC in Canada aired a program which examined the views put forward by Theologian Tom Harpur in his bestselling book - The Pagan Christ. Harpur's book challenged the literalist view of Christianity and it is not the first time this position has been brought ...

Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East

Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac

W. W. Norton, 2008

Intrusion in the Holy Land
Although Meyer and Brysac don't tell why Americans learn so disastrously little from history, they've made some of the history itself wonderfully accessible. Now they do that for the modern history of the Middle East, whose "three universal faiths" extol "brotherhood ...

The Tutankhamun Prophecies: The Sacred Secret of the Maya, Egyptians, and Freemasons

Maurice Cotterell

Bear & Company, 2001

A Book That Will Shake Your Senses
I bought this book thinking it was reference about the Mayan calendar end date. I was wrong. This book is a totally new revelation of an age-old theory that was concealed within the ancient carvings of two breathtaking civilizations, and a secret society with an agenda ...

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everyman's Library)

Naguib Mahfouz

Everyman's Library, 2001

Great book for a long trip
Naguib Mahfouz relates a distant time in a far away place with simple sentences and rich details. He relates the breadth of human experience equally well, offering depth and understanding of women as well as men. For the first time I feel that I have some ...

The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, Book 7)

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Vision, 2007

Answers to many of the Pendergast questions ...
Pendergast is in jail, framed by his brother. His friends, led by Vincent D'Agosta, plot to help him escape. The New York Museum of Natural History receives a mysterious package - that turns out to be diamond dust - their rare diamonds, stolen by Pendergasts brother ...

The Heretic Queen: A Novel

Michelle Moran

Crown, 2008

Michelle Moran hits a home run with her second novel!
Having read and enjoyed Nefertiti, I was really looking forward to reading this novel. I admit it was with a little trepidation as so often a much anticipated novel fails to live up to expectations, at least mine anyway!! I'm happy to report that this novel not only ...

The Quest

Wilbur Smith

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008

Great Storyteller
Wilbur Smith has done it again with a great story of Egyptian adventure. I've enjoyed the whole series and although the Quest starts out a little slow it builds to a page turner. Wilbur Smith has a great writing style for fans of adventure novels and I have yet to be ...

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1)

Elizabeth Peters

Mysterious Press, 1988

So glad I found this series
I don't know what took me so long to find this series, but wow, I'm sure glad I did. Crocodile on the Sandbank was witty, fun and it was neat to learn about Egyptology while I read a great mystery. I won't go into all of the details seeing as this book has plenty of ...

Egyptology

Ian Andrew, Dugald Steer

Candlewick, 2004

A book to treasure!!
I am a life-long Egyptology buff, and co-author of a novel, Secret of the Sands, that is set in Egypt and I was absolutely thrilled to receive this as a Christmas present one year. It has sat proudly showcased on my main bookshelf ever since. Not only is it a lovely ...

Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror

Nonie Darwish

Sentinel Trade, 2007

What an eye opener.
What an eye opener. For one who had little understanding about Muslims and what they believed I found this book most informative and certainly helped me to understand that just as Adolf Hitler misled his subjects, so does Islam do the same to its followers. If you ...

Book of Thoth A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians, Equinox Volume III, No. V

Aleister Crowley, Frieda Harris

Weiser Books, 1988

Best book on the Tarot on the market
This book brings the great Hermetic tradition which spawned tarot cards into clear focus. The meanings and magical significance of each of these cards is described in detail. You won't find this invaluable information anywhere else. The ancient tradition exhibited ...

Stargate SG-1: The Barque of Heaven: SG-11

Suzanne Wood

Fandemonium Books, 2008

Extremely well done
This is a fan-tastic book! The characters (O'Neill, Carter, Jackson, Teal'c) are practically perfect, the storyline is unique and fun, and it's a real page turner. I can easily see this one as a great movie. The book takes place in season 3, following the episode ...

The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody, Book 5)

Elizabeth Peters

Avon, 2000

Fifth entry in Amelia Peabody series another delight
Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters is the fifth book in the Amelia Peabody series. Amelia and her husband Emerson, Egyptologists and English gentry, return to England with their precocious son Ramses to find a "curse" haunting the British Museum and a reporter ...

Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, The

HarperCollins e-books, 2007

Outstanding
This is my favorite book of the year. It combines all of my interests - Jewish history, family struggles, impact of culture, and so much more. The author spent her early years in Egypt and the family was forced out by anti-semitism. While in Egypt, they lived a ...