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Ghost Riders: Travels with American Nomads | Richard Grant

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A English journalist who has lived in America most of his life and examines the role of the nomad in American tradition from Native Americans to mountain men to hobos to the modern one percenters who cannot fit into society. And he knows his subject having lived the life for years, travelling months at a time on the road in pursuit of both stories but also a great understanding of why some people must always wander. Dated but fascinating.

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Cortg

Stand on the Sky | Erin Bow

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Oooh! I finished this middle grade book at work today and it was fantastic! I‘m looking for one more book to go with our summer kids book club. This is the story of a girl from the Kazakh nomads in Mongolia who defies her culture/stereotype to become an Eagle Hunter. ❤️

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Caroline2

Hearing Birds Fly | Louisa Waugh

Thank you so much @squirrelbrain for sending this book to me! It sounds so good and you are right, I really need to get started on #readingasia already!! 😆 👍

squirrelbrain You‘re welcome and I hope that you‘ll like it! 😘 3y

Buechersuechtling @squirrelbrain @Caroline2 Ooooooooooooh. 😍 That Virginia-Woolf-quote-postcard. 🧡 3y

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squirrelbrain

Hearing Birds Fly | Louisa Waugh

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A fascinating account of the author‘s year-long stay as an English teacher in one of the remotest villages of #mongolia, including a few months as a nomad.

Life there is incredibly tough and the author writes vividly of the privations but also of the friends that she makes and the positives that she can take away from her time there.

Available for #swapme once #mummysquirrel has read it too.

#readingasia2021

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Lovely review. Seems a good one as you expected 💚 3y

Crazeedi Sounds like a great read 3y

Suet624 Love books like this. 3y

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Librarybelle This sounds really good! 3y

rockpools Sounds great! 3y

Hooked_on_books Sounds fascinating! I‘ll have to keep this in mind for Mongolia. 3y

squirrelbrain Do let me know if you‘d like it for #readingasia2021 anyone... @BarbaraBB @rockpools @Hooked_on_books @Librarybelle 3y

Hooked_on_books That‘s so nice of you! My library has it, so I‘m all set, but thanks for the generous offer nonetheless. 🤗 3y

Caroline2 Oh sounds fascinating, I‘d be up for a swap. 👍 3y

squirrelbrain I‘ll send it to you @Caroline2 when my Mum has read it in a few weeks.... doesn‘t need to be a swap, I‘ll just send it. (Unless I take a fancy to something that you‘re reading! 😁) 3y

Caroline2 Thanks Helen! 😀 yeah, there‘s no rush and I‘ll see if i can find something you fancy. 👍 3y

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Lindy

Stand on the Sky | Erin Bow

I discovered that there‘s a documentary about a 13-year-old girl in Mongolia who hunts with an eagle, just like the girl in the tagged book. I‘m going to watch it!

https://youtu.be/Vfi5JS6HTH0

lahousewyfe It's so wonderful! Enjoy! 4y

Cathythoughts That‘s an amazing picture 4y

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Lindy

Stand on the Sky | Erin Bow

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Girl-power adventure set among the nomadic Kazakhs of Mongolia. I like the nuances of chosen family in this, and, of course, the indomitable 13-year old girl who trains an eagle. Primary audience is children ages 9-13, but this would also be an engaging family read aloud.
#CanadianAuthor #kidlit

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Lindy

Stand on the Sky | Erin Bow

In a land where girls are supposed to have hearts made of milk, Aisulu had a heart made of sky.

(Internet photo)

Nute Wow...”a heart made of sky”...I like that description! 4y

Lindy @Nute It‘s beautiful, isn‘t it. 💙 4y

Cathythoughts It is beautiful 4y

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Lindy

Stand on the Sky | Erin Bow

And here is something that is hard but true: a place can be perfect, and still not be enough.

Cathythoughts ❤️ 4y

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Suet624

Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah | Anna Badkhen

Thanks to @kspenmoll I was asked to pick my top 6 of the last 6 months. Poet X was a reread and it still delivered. 3 non-fiction, 3 fiction.

Cinfhen

squirrelbrain The Library Book was in my top 6 too! ❤️ 5y

batsy Cassandra and Normal People are also some of my most memorable reads so far! 5y

Leftcoastzen Loved the Library Book ,need to get to Rooney 5y

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AmyG I guess I need to read Poet X. 5y

Christine Loved Poet X, Library Book, and Normal People - and the tagged intrigues! 5y

Cinfhen I‘m interested in both of your non fiction picks!! ❤️🙌🏻 thanks for sharing & posting 💋 5y

Cinfhen I did read & love

The Library Book

Redwritinghood I keep seeing “Say Nothing” on a lot of lists. I‘m about halfway through it right now and it‘s quite good. 5y

Suet624 @squirrelbrain I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. :) 5y

Suet624 @batsy So glad we're on the same wavelength. :) 5y

Suet624 @Leftcoastzen I always smile when I think of Library Book. It satisfied me in such a deep way. 😄 5y

Suet624 @AmyG Oh gosh, yes, please do. I read it and then listened to it. I'll be touching base with it again, I'm sure. 5y

Suet624 @Christine I'm so glad you liked those three. We are clearly sympatico! The tagged book is possibly an acquired taste but I think of it often. 5y

Suet624 @Cinfhen The tagged book is one to take your time with. It got under my skin and I felt I was wandering with the tribe. 5y

Suet624 @Redwritinghood I really, really liked Say Nothing and I talk about it all the time with anyone who will listen. :) 5y

kspenmoll Sue 3 of those I am still waiting to read; now I will try and get to them this summer. The Library Book, Normal People, Poet X 5y

Suet624 @kspenmoll I feel such pressure! I hope you like them. 5y

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Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah | Anna Badkhen

Thank you @Suet624 ! These arrived a week ago but I was too sick to open the package 😂

Suet624 Awww, I‘m sorry to hear you‘ve been ill. I keep thinking of Walking With Abel. 5y

vumblereads I feel better now! The books are in good condition too 🧡 which of the two do you like more? 5y

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