Geraldine Brooks is an Australian writer. Her book "Nine Parts Desire" about Muslim women from various countries is a fascinating read. I recently re-read the Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton, a British psychologist who worked with police solving crime - an extremely interesting book. I have a second hand bookshop up the road & recently picked up "Egypt - How a Lost Civilisation was Rediscovered" by Joyce Tyldesley. This book was published last year and has ineterviews with archeologists about their work and experiences in Egypt.

Quote: "As my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, staqatues and gold - everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, enquired anxiously "can you see anything"it was all I could do to get out the words "Yes, wonderful things".."