Muddling through in Madagascar
5 best books like Muddling through in Madagascar (Dervla Murphy): Dragonlance Chronicles, 500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians, Scotland: A New History, The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler, Sister Light, Sister Dark
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0880386525 |
CONCEPT: A group of adventurers are chosen to help drive back the Evil from another world led by the Dark Queen.
MARKETING APPEAL: The DRAGONLANCE chronicles had the whole AD&D industry behind them; TSR used this tale as a marketing ploy, using their fans and game designers (to set up the...
500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians
| Author | Alvin M. Josephy Jr. |
| ISBN | 0517163942 |
Very interesting; does a good job of summarizing the "entirety" of The Indians of North America. It does have a rather left-wing bent to it (and I can be very left wing). It treats in almost all cases the Indians as if they are noble and beautiful and somehow more spiritual than the average human while describing...
| Author | Michael Lynch |
| ISBN | 0712698930 |
From Bannockburn and Robert the Bruce to the union of the crowns and Mary, Queen of Scots; from the Reformation and John Knox, to the Enlightenment and the Highland Clearances, and right up to devolution, Scotland is the definitive history of a country that has experienced centuries of dramatic change.
Michael...
Giles Milton's first book, The Riddle and the Knight, is a fascinating account of the legend of Sir John Mandeville, a long-forgotten knight who was once the most famous writer in medieval Europe. Mandeville wrote a book about his voyage around the world that became a beacon that lit the way for the great...
Sister Light, Sister Dark
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0765343576 |
Then Great Alta plaited the left side of her hair, the golden side, and let in fall into the sinkhole of the night. And there she drew up the queen of shadows and set her upon the earth. Next she plaited the right side of her hair, the dark side, and with it caught the queen of light. And she set her next to the black...
