Sunday, November 12, 2006

Latest wish list..

1. Silk (or other heat-retaining) turtlenecks for winter (it will probably be in low 40's, high 30's for a couple months ... already cold and layering season.

2. Warm socks

3. Casual close-toed brown leather shoes (easy to slip on and off preferred) for winter. Size 9.5

4. Therma-rest pad (thin, self-inflating sleeping pad)

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

SEEDS

I'm wanting to plant some herb gardens and annual flowers on the roof ... they only have vegetable seeds here that I can find:

- Basil
- Parsely
- Cilantro
- Chives
- Thyme
- Rosemary?
- Cayenne Peppers
- Lettuce
- (Annual) Flowers

Thursday, February 02, 2006

MISCELLANEOUS

- Maps (to hang on the wall, gifts for people)
- Candles
- DVD's

(PS. Seriously though, I'm craving as much good/educational literature as I can get my hands on at this point, so those are more priorities..)

Monday, January 09, 2006

BOOKS

Biographies & Authors: (for any of these either books they've written or biographies about them)

Margaret Thatcher
Ghandi
Florence Nightengale
Glubb Pasha (biographies and/or his works)
Ashoka (Anchient emperor of India)
Thomas Jefferson
Jimmy Carter (I've already read his childhood biography)
Winston Churchill (I've already read his childhood biography)
Che Guevera (biographies, and his literature)
Joseph Schumpeter
Jean Monnet
Golda Meir

History:

History of Africa
Any history book written by Churchill
History of Morocco
(I love history)

Classics:
War & Peace
Old Man and The Sea
Dhaktar, Olsen

Other Titles:
A Bible in Arabic.. (as I'm studying the language, I thought it would be nice to try to study the Bible in this language. Don't know where you would find one though..)
Idols for Destruction, Herbert Scholssberg
The China Dream, 2002, Joe Studwell
Leading With Purpose
The Other Path: The Invisible Revolution in the Third World
Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account
Monetary Orders: Ambiguous Economics, ubiquitous Politics, Jonathan Kirshner
What does the World Want From America: International Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy, ed. Alexander T.J. Lennon

Other Topics:
Economic Development
International Relations
Flora & Botany, Plant Idendification

FOOD

Whole Oats
Whole Wheat Flour
Brown Sugar
Black Tea (Earl Grey, English, Jasmine, etc.)
Indian food, spices, packaged meals, etc.