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#readingoceania2024 #palau I read Shipwreck, Palau Discovered by Dr Paul Dale. It is about the wreck of the British packet Antelope and the mutual discovery of the people of Palau and Europeans. The crew befriended the natives and built a small ship to return to Macao. Unlike almost all the other initial Native/European interactions I have read- this was a meeting of fair minded, respectful humans who actually appreciated each other.

In 1848, Captain John Franklin & his crew went missing whilst searching for the Northwest Passage - a route between the Atlantic & the Pacific oceans deep within the Canadian Arctic. If you've ever read 'The Terror' by Dan Simmons, the book was based on that journey. In 2008 comedian & sometime actor, Billy Connolly, completed a 10-week voyage to the area for a TV series & this book is the resulting accompaniment. (continued)

Was struggling to decide whether to DNF this or not. 1/3 through the book and it has no "spark" for me. I am interested in finding out about the tribes in India but this book does not seem to delve too deeply into it so will need to hunt for one that does.
##roll100

My final book for #ReadingAfrica22 #Zanzibar #Hoopla #NF

@Tanisha_A and me in our natural habitat! Such a shame that the best people live so far away! My heart will forever remember our weekend in Vienna ❤️ hopefully we‘ll meet again soon! Litsy just has the best people as members🥰

The past weekend I met @Tanisha_A in vienna. We went bookshopping, saw amazing art, ate cake and had great conversations- all thanks to Litsy! I‘m so grateful that an app like this made this friendship possible!

We bought the tagged book and will buddy read it some day 🥰

The past weekend I met @Tanisha_A in vienna. We went bookshopping, saw amazing art, ate cake and had great conversations- all thanks to Litsy! I‘m so grateful that an app like this made this friendship possible!

We bought the tagged book and will buddy read it some day 🥰

Welcome! To "Behind the Scenes at the Library".

I'll be your hostess... Ana. And here is my desk... with stacks of Large Print standing orders (on the right), stacks of travel guides to the left (which have been on various forms of backorder status due to the pandemic), and stamp catalogs directly in front.

Oh, and plenty of BTS on my cubicle wall ?

#libraryacquisitions #technicalservices

Polish journalist Kapuściński lived and worked in various places in Africa for many years. Here, he chronicles a bit of history, some current events, and personal stories spanning from the 50s to the 90s. It‘s terrific.

#ReadingAfrica2022 Mauritania (also works for Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Somalia, Senegal, Liberia, Cameroon, Mali, Eritrea)