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| Author | : Colette Rossant |
| Publisher | : Crown |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
29 best-known placemat patterns taken from now rare instruction booklets published some thirty years ago include Modern Squares, Americana, Fisherman’s Lace, 26 others. All stitches used to make placemats explained in diagrams. Instructions. 47 illustrations.
| Author | : Colette Rossant |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2010-05-11 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0743442814 |
Paris, 1947: Colette Rossant returns to Paris after waiting out World War II in Cairo among her father's Egyptian-Jewish relatives. Initially, the City of Light seems gray and forbidding to the teenage Colette, especially after her thrill-seeking mother leaves her in the care of her bitter, malaisé grandmother. Yet Paris will prove the place where Colette awakens to her senses. Taken under the wing of Mademoiselle Georgette, the family chef, she develops a taste and talent for French cooking. The streets of Paris soon become Colette's own as she navigates the outdoor markets and café menus and emerges into her new, gastronomical self. Return to Paris is an extraordinary coming-of-age story that charts the course of Colette's culinary adventures -- replete with expertly crafted recipes and family photographs. An exploration of passion in all its flavor and texture, Colette's memoir will live in the hearts and palates of readers for years to come.
| Author | : André Aciman |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2007-01-23 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781429998772 |
This richly colored memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, André Aciman introduces us to the marvelous eccentrics who shaped his life--Uncle Vili, the strutting daredevil, soldier, salesman, and spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and the Saint, who gossip in six languages; Aunt Flora, the German refugee who warns that Jews lose everything "at least twice in their lives." And through it all, we come to know a boy who, even as he longs for a wider world, does not want to be led, forever, out of Egypt.
| Author | : Viviane Bowell |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2021-07-16 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781914195525 |
This book was written primarily as a legacy to the author's family. She was born in Egypt and grew up in Cairo in the 1950's in a secular Jewish community which had its own unique customs and traditions. In its apogee, the community numbered 80,000 people. They all left or were expelled between 1948 and 1967 and there are now only a handful of Jews still living in Egypt. In the book, she shares memories of her childhood and describes in great detail a way of life which no longer exists. She evokes the scents snd smells of the busy Cairo streets and describes the local people she came into contact with every day. Jewish and Muslim festivals, mores, customs and superstitions are recounted anecdotally. She also talks about her experience as a refugee in England, initially living in a hostel in Gloucestershire and then settling in London. Apart from her father, her family did not speak English, so learning a new language, battling with the harsh English winter and adapting to a new culture had its difficulties. Her family, like most refugees, surmounted all these with a great deal of resilience and determination. She describes herself as British, but confesses to still feeling somewhat uprooted, even after all these years.
| Author | : Lucile Morrison |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2021-01-04 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781948959155 |
| Author | : Nichel Anderson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2004-11 |
| Genre | : Egypt |
| ISBN | : 9780595334445 |
Mitsrayim enthralls the reader with spiritual themes and exotic settings. Ms. Anderson is one of the best writers that I have read at marrying the characters to the action. --By Thomas Martin, Crossings and Reflections, Suite101.com Anderson takes a persuasive and passionate approach in the area of reincarnation; she outlines her journey during ancient times. Her past life details a Queen of the land now being called Egypt. From the very beginning, Anderson uses her in-depth research to introduce many phenomenal spiritual experiences and a multitude of characters that unravel through flashbacks of lost memories. Chapter 5... Profound Thought Creates a New Reality ... Mitsrayim represents the love of culture and history, as well as the unknown spiritual power of human beings on earth. Anderson's masterful skill of presentation delivers a compelling story of the belief in reincarnation and The Mystery School of Thought in Mitsrayim (Egypt). The incredible events that led The Great Ancients of the past, and the many visitors from the skies through this mystical time are brought to an explosive conclusion by her amazing recitation. The memoir theme is a life-changing event leaving an impression of spiritual growth that will leave you questioning the unknown. Anderson opens up her soul to reveal her journey through one of her many lifetimes.
| Author | : Nichel Anderson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2004-11 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780595669356 |
Mitsrayim enthralls the reader with spiritual themes and exotic settings. Ms. Anderson is one of the best writers that I have read at marrying the characters to the action. -By Thomas Martin, Crossings and Reflections, Suite101.com Anderson takes a persuasive and passionate approach in the area of reincarnation; she outlines her journey during ancient times. Her past life details a Queen of the land now being called Egypt. From the very beginning, Anderson uses her in-depth research to introduce many phenomenal spiritual experiences and a multitude of characters that unravel through flashbacks of lost memories. Chapter 5 Profound Thought Creates a New Reality Mitsrayim represents the love of culture and history, as well as the unknown spiritual power of human beings on earth. Anderson's masterful skill of presentation delivers a compelling story of the belief in reincarnation and The Mystery School of Thought in Mitsrayim (Egypt). The incredible events that led The Great Ancients of the past, and the many visitors from the skies through this mystical time are brought to an explosive conclusion by her amazing recitation. The memoir theme is a life-changing event leaving an impression of spiritual growth that will leave you questioning the unknown. Anderson opens up her soul to reveal her journey through one of her many lifetimes.
| Author | : Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2012-10-23 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 143913202X |
A children’s fantasy game in an abandoned lot leads to unexpected trouble in this classic, Newburn Honor–winning book. The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they’ll have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard behind the A-Z Antiques and Curio Shop, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for them to play the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians instead of two. After school and on weekends they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game, until strange things begin happening to the players. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?
| Author | : Lucette Lagnado |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 482 |
| Release | : 2009-10-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0061827509 |
“Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ” —Miami Herald In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power. With Nasser’s nationalization of Egyptian industry, her father, Leon, a boulevardier who conducted business in his white sharkskin suit, loses everything, and departs with the family for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxtaposed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind. An inversion of the American dream set against the stunning portraits of three world cities, Lucette Lagnado’s memoir offers a grand and sweeping story of faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph.
