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Nekropolis 24 reviews Maureen F. Mchugh
Eos, 2002
Not McHugh's Best Work
In Nekropolis, Maureen F. McHugh tackles gender issues in a way that hearkens to some of Ursula K. LeGuin's best work. Nekropolis is at it's heart the story of a forbidden love. Hariba is a Moroccan woman sometime in the future who has had some type of behavior modification (jessing) performed ...
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Never Marry in Morocco 4 reviews Virginia Dale
Fithian Pr, 1996
Reading the Review of this book, but not the book...
+ How Appropriate + Entertaining and enlightening read + Captivating personalized history of 60s Morocco.
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The Sheltering Sky (P.S.) 108 reviews Paul Bowles
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
lost in the desert
+ One of a Kind + Trip to the Maghreb + Character is Destiny
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The Road to Fez 18 reviews Ruth Knafo Setton
Counterpoint Press, 2001
the best book I've ever read
+ A Beautiful Song! + Breathtaking! + Fierce and brilliant! + READ THIS BOOK!
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Larabi's Ox: Stories of Morocco 1 review Tony Ardizzone
Milkweed Editions, 1992
Great journeys in Morocco
A wonderful collection of short stories! Memorable characters!
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream 1289 reviews Paulo Coelho
HarperSanFrancisco, 1995
Inspiring
+ Actually life-changing + Overall, a good read
Anyone unsure of what they want to do after high school should read this book.
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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits 30 reviews Laila Lalami
Algonquin Books, 2005
The Audacity of Hope
+ Wow. Just wow. + Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits + Can the poor afford to hope?
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The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine from Morocco 5 reviews Kitty Morse, Danielle Mamane
Ten Speed Press, 2001
a spice filled welcome addition to Jewish cookbooks
+ Great purchase! + The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine from Morocco + Amazing mint tea by Kitty Morse + The Scent of Orange Blossoms
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Street in Marrakech 9 reviews Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Waveland Press, 1988
Sensitive, informative and interesting
+ A Street in Marrakesh + La bes! + on becoming a neighbor + A "must" before going to Morocco!
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Kassim's Shoes Harold Berson
Random House Childrens Books, 1977
Kassim succumbs to pressure to abandon his old shoes but has trouble discarding them.
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The Lemon 1 review Mohammed Mrabet
City Lights Publishers, 2001
A Bowles/Mrabet Classic
Paul Bowles discovered Mrabet when the latter was a young man living in Tangiers and the former was already an accomplished musician and writer. The elder Bowles took Mrabet under his wing and translated/edited several of his short stories and novels. THE LEMON is one of Mrabet's most sustainted ...
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Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence (CMES Modern Middle East Literature in ... 9 reviews Leila Abouzeid
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 1989
I Will Survive!
+ Delightful Tale of Female Independence + Very helpful + A Woman's Realization in Year of the Elephant + Year of the Elephant by Leila Abouzeid
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Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from My Moroccan Kitchen 24 reviews Kitty Morse
Chronicle Books, 1998
The Top Moroccan recipe cook book
+ Great Moroccan cookbook + Delicious, Delightful, Delovely
Kitty Morse is probably the primary Moroccan cook book author and well deserved. She still has a home in Morocco and leads a cooking tour once a year. The book contains all types of recipes to have a true diffa (feast) and uses ingredients generally available (you should make preserved lemons). The ...
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In Morocco 2 reviews Edith Wharton
Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2005
It's been along while since
It's been along while since I read this book but after the negative review, I must read again.
I remember her descriptions of Morocco and the people being quite fascinating but I don't remember them being racist......maybe, this world of Moroc was so far from the culture she was accustomed. Maybe ...
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The Sand Child 5 reviews Tahar Ben Jelloun
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
poetry in prose
+ Wow + Amazing
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a master of the written word, able to weave into his novels issues of social and political concern while at the same time composing sometimes humorous, often lyrical, and always thoughtful story-lines.
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Hideous Kinky: A Novel 25 reviews Esther Freud
Harper Perennial, 1999
Morocco, as a Child
+ Hideous Kinky - an interesting read + Wonderfully kinky and a little sad + Atmospheric
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Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956 3 reviews Gavin Maxwell
The Lyons Press, 2002
An epic story of Moroccan history
+ Informative but Sometimes Dry Account of the Glaoui Brothers' Reign. + Not your usual history
Lay readers and any with a general interest in history will relish this survey of the rise and fall of the house of Glaoua from 1893-1956: Lords Of The Atlas provides an epic story of Moroccan history which reads almost like fiction but which is packed with facts. Add the unusual attribute of ...
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See Ouarzazate and Die: Travels Through Morocco 1 review Sylvia Kennedy
Little Brown & Co (P), 1995
Outstanding travel book
This is the most entertaining book about Morocco ever written
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Travels with a Tangerine: From Morocco to Turkey in the Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler 13 reviews Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004
One of the best
+ View to a different world + Worth the effort
Mr. Mackintosh-Smith can write!!
He is a stylist of the highest order. He combines this with a Quixote-like obsession with Ibn-Batuta and an erudite facility with Arabic. All this makes for a book that offers a personal, insightful and often very funny guide to regions of the world that could do ...
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Sweetness in the Belly: A Novel 17 reviews Camilla Gibb
Penguin Press HC, The, 2006
a wonderful read
+ Intiguing glimpse into village life in Ethiopia + Lovely prose, Bittersweet story + A whole New World! + 'We still have dreams ..'
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