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Title	:	Leisure of an Egyptian Official, The
Author	:	Lord Edward Cecil
Rating	:	4.85 (203 Votes)
Asin	:	1843821990
Format Type	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	268 Pages
Publish Date	:	2009-01-15
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Editorial :

"The book is a reflection of the society it describes, and of the period in which it was written. All societies need to justify themselves, and it is hard to think of any possible way of justifying British imperial society without some racial content. In fact, if Lord Edward had had the opportunity to tone down the book, it would probably have reflected less accurately some awkward truths in this area, and might well have been less valuable by that fact. Lord Edward certainly makes fun of Egyptians, but his humour is just as much at the expense of expatriate British, both residents and visitors, and of many others. Humour is often cruel, and we tend to find cruel humour funny. So I think humour needs to be judged by its comic success, not by its accordance with our political or moral principles."- from the 2008 Introduction.

Recently, Jewish humor has begun to disappear as a category. It was a lot of fun reading the different ideas. He has no idea that there are real witches in the town much less that Ada is one. When Artuo starts to curse and belittle Olga, Matthew sticks up for his new friend, and won't allow Artuo to say anything against her. She's introduced a plethora of characters in her Justice Series and they are all 'filled out' and add to the premise of the story. Subordinations, however, have to be first justified by `a logic of domination'. It's full of great ideas about leftovers and making the most of the food you prepare and it's loaded with personality. This book is the record of her search for a better feminist view of the Hebrew bible and a more accurate view of the Ancient Near East that incubated it. It's been a while since I read a book by Mercedes Lackey, but I had high hopes after reading the first chapter. Here, she masterfully interrogates and reconceptualizes the reductive and ess