In this first-rate adventure; Count de Prorok describes his 1925-28 expedition south from Algeria; across the Sahara; to the mountains of the Hoggar; his discovery of the tomb of Queen Tin Hinan; and his rather hasty examination of the temple of Jupiter Ammon; where Alexander the Great "became a god." New 2nd edition includes a new; historical introduction; notes and maps.
#379317 in Books PublicAffairs 2008-03-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.00 x .50 x 5.38l; .37 #File Name: 1586485598192 pagesGreat product!
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. DDR 2By Kilgore TroutPart of my temporary obsession with East German after seeing "The Lives of Others." Poignant memoir of growing up in the GDR0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Well this is different.By Willam J. OvermanI'm giving this a 3/5 because at times the book is very interesting culturally of the period that happened during the fall of the Berlin wall. However the author goes out of her way to idealize herself to the reader as the prime source of all that is good during this time period. It glosses over periods in history that should not be glossed over as assimilation of East Germany was almost immediate due to the soviets holding back its push forward.In a manner of saying this I found this book both interesting and boring at the same time which rarely happens to me. It was like looking back in a grey past that had no liveliness to which to speak of as nothing stuck out to me. The repetitions occur over and over again through out the book never piercing the vale of intrigue that the book was supposed to explain.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Read both the German and English versionBy EE.J.I've read both the German and English version. I think it did a great job in explaining the former East-German life; even though I believe that the original version in German was able to capture the emotions and sentiments a bit better. But I guess it's not really fair to compare those two; since the German language is more expressively exhaustive to begin with.
