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I think that "Beloved Empress - Mumtaz Mahal" would fit as an biographical romance. I feel that the story of Muntaz Mahal and Shah Jahan is one of the most beautiful love stories in all of history.

The book I plan to write one day is - After Ragnarok: The New Norse Mythology. I plan to center the story on Magni and Modi, the two sons of Thor who survive Ragnarok. The book will be a collection of short stories.

I bought two books from Amazon yesterday. They are Black Kettle : The Cheyenne Chief Who Sought Peace but Found War - Thom Hatch Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent-- Caught Between the Worlds of the Indian and the White Man - David Halaas and Andrew Masich These books...

Because I get my Amazon books sent by Standard International post tracking is unavailable. I presently have 5 books on the way. One of them should arrive this week.

The Cat Who Turned On and Off – Braun, Lilian Jackson 3/5 Calling Out for You – Fossum, Karin 4/5 Iceland’s Bell – Halldor Laxness 5/5 Open Cage: The Ordeal of the Irian Jaya Hostages – Start, Daniel 4/5 The Cat Who Saw Red – Braun, Lilian Jackson 3/5

My favourite Western is "Little Big Man" especially the wonderful performance given by Chief Dan George.

I generally have two books going at a time. One is usually am easier to read book than the other so that if I am unwell or tired I can have an easy read. During the last couple of months my easy read books have been books in the Cat Who series by Lillian Jackson Braun.

I think there is only one bookstore in my city where you can have a cup of coffee etc. Unfortunately the coffee house area is up a flight of stairs and because I have trouble using stairs ( I have arthritis) I can't really get there.

It is usually cheaper for me to get a book from Amazon and pay for International Shipping ($12.49) than it is for me to buy the book in an Australian book store. About the only books I buy in Australia are from second-hand book stores or seonc hand books from Australian eBay or similar...

I have just started Open Cage: The Ordeal of the Irian Jaya Hostages by Daniel Start. Daniel was a member of a scientific expedition which was was carry out a survey in Mt Lorentz region of West Papua (Irian Jaya) in 1995. He, and other team members, were taken hostage by a guerilla group that...

I buy the New Scientist whenever I can afford it and have done so for many years. I think it is the best science magazine around.

I am not sure what book lead me into reading crime novels but in probably a novel by Agatha Christie. My mother was an avid reading of many genres including crime fiction and I started reading many of Mum's books when I was a teenager (more than 30 years ago).

Do you mean Julia McKenzie? I didn't like her all that much in the first story that aired in Australia (A Pocket Full of Rye), but since then two more episodes have aired her (Murder is Easy and Why Didn't They Ask Evans?) and my opinion of her has improved slightly. But far from the...

I have read the all the Hitch-hiker books more than once. In facxt I have read all of Douglas Adams books except for Salmon of Doubt. That books sits on my bookshelf and I cannot bring mmyself to read it because after that there is no more left to read. I which Adams had been more prolific.

I haven't read Dune but I do know a woman who named her son Leto after a character from Dune. Someone who has read the book can tell me if the character was worthy of having a child named after him.