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RUSS-L FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Updated 08/11/04 Welcome to the RUSS-L mailing list! This file will hopefully answer many of your basic questions. Further...
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My dear Bees, With a view on the primroses and crocuses in my garden I announce the early spring birthdays of: Feb 1 Put the kettle on Feb 1 Woof Feb 4...
Interested in Bees? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400054052/qid%3D1107368176/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-1958972-9679330 Of Holmes, whom I loved ...
I'm okay with reading KIM. I would have like to have read "The Hound of the Baskervilles" before MOOR. (oops, I forgot the abbreviation). I did get to watch...
I agree. I was able to post the first week then I have not been able to post during the remainder of reading MOOR, but it was great knowing there were others...
As we towards OJER. . . 1. What about the fact that it was published out of sequence? Why was it published now, instead of earlier? 2. How about the fact it...
Chapter 1: The arrival As most probably know, OJER takes place in the middle of BEEK. Holmes and Russell had just hopped on a boat to escape their mysterious...
1. Why the book was published out of sequence? I found it a little jarring when this book came out because it did go back in time. I suppose LRK wanted to...
Re: Would Russell really be so naive to think the abayya was a dress? I don't have any trouble buying that. Would there have been photos in circulation of Arab...
The real life story is that portions of OJER were in BEEK but the publishers told LRK that mystery readers didn't like to read large books! Shows how much...
I spend a LOT of time on the road, so to pass that time I've developed a process for turning ebooks into mp3 files. The quality is … as it is. I've gotten...
... At the time that it happened, RUSSELL probably thought that there was too much information to put into BEEK. OJER deals with information about the ...
I agree they should have recognized the name of "Sherlock Holmes" because he is famous, and they had only been in Palastine 10 years (?). Since his name had...
Why were Mahmoud & Ali acting like such jerks? Why did they make them hide in the corners? Did they think that their adversary had already found them &...
... I'm sure they recognized him, but the scene of their first conversation shows how wary each party was of the other - they are in the spy business; Mahmoud...
One member queried: Did Mahmoud and Ali recognize Sherlock Holmes? Another responded: I'm sure they recognized him, but the scene of their first conversation...
Chapter 2: A burka for Russell or a Revolution in the wings Holmes explains that he and Russell are in hiding for a few days, and that his brother “something...
... was ... I remember reading (I think in one of the intros) that OJER was published out of sequence in part because the events tied closer to the events in...
... The fact that Holmes speaks perfect Arabic fascinates me. Is it just a fluke that he has the necesary qualifications for an assignnment in Palestine?...
"Speaking perfect Arabic" is like "speaking perfect English". Just as an Englishman and a Texan won't speak the same "perfect English", so for a Tunisian and a...
Re: Russell and cooking, Holmes sticking up for her over the proposed burka. I think Russell CAN cook enough not to poison anyone. Mrs. Hudson taught her how...
Bob Nelson wrote: "Speaking perfect Arabic" is like "speaking perfect English". Just ... English", ... speaking ... drawn ... Well, there was that three-year...
Hi (coming out of a long lurk, and finally catching up...) As for an English-speaker learning Arabic: I would think that it would depend on your ability and...
That he has spent a significant amount of time in the area sometime in the past? I would also venture that he has an ear for languages, which would help quite...
Bookworm writes: Re: The attitudes of Mahmoud and Ali ... men of that culture because they ARE Arab men of that culture just then. A woman caught wearing men's...
Chapter 3: The Communication of True Minds They reach Gaza, and while Mahmoud and Ali break into the safe, Holmes and Russell are left standing guard outside...
Cormorant wrote:> "You know, I just had a thought about all these disguises vis à vis gender – ... Arab, he ... doesn't ... gypsy ... difficulties in ... ...
Re: Why hasn't Holmes told Russell that pointing the soles of her feet at someone is rude? I can only assume that he forgot to relay this one piece of ...
