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1. Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge February 10, 2008 At first glance Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge suggests it might be quite a light book, an easy read, a period piece set in the mid-nineteenth century. This would be wrong. Master Georgie is no safe tale of country house manners, of marriages imagined by confined, embroidering young women. Beryl Bainbridge’s Master Georgie is anything but a tale of such saccharine gentility. Master Georgie is a surgeon and photographer, and the book is cast in six plates – photographic plates, not chapters. Death figures throughout. From start to finish morbidity crashes into the lives of the book’s c... (read more) Author: Philip Spires

2. Curious Coffee Facts: Coffee Is The Second Most Traded Product After Oil November 26, 2007 Coffee is part of our daily lives and we definitely love it, but were things always like that? How popular was coffee during its first days in the Western world? Among the first coffee facts that have been preserved over the centuries it is impressive to know how it was banned from the Christian world as the devil's drink. Coffee actually reached Europe as a result of the flourishing commerce the Venetians had with the Eastern countries, and they brought it from Constantinople where it was kept very high in esteem as being an incredibly tasty drink. Christian priests at the time argued agains... (read more) Author: Peter Gitundu

3. According to the Acts of the Apostles October 07, 2007 Greetings, and welcome to Joppa. I shall show you the holy places of our city. Since Constantine transferred the capital of the Empire to Constantinople, he made our Eastern half of the Empire safe by sea and land. Now pilgrims come from everywhere to see the places where Christ lived and died. Quite frankly, pilgrims bring a great deal of money to a sadly impoverished land. Joppa is a major port of entry for people coming by sea. Unfortunately, Jesus never set foot in Joppa, as far as we know, so he left no sites to keep our pilgrim guests from hurrying on their way. But Joppa has ... (read more) Author: Dr. Giorgio (Marco) Rubin

4. ISTANBUL HOLIDAYS AND HOTEL INFORMATION September 03, 2007 Istanbul is the city where Asia meets Europe and it was no accident that three successive great empires chose Constantinople, as it was then named, as their capital. The Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans all left a stamp on modern day Istanbul with wonderful examples of the city's vivid and colourful past to be found around every corner. Take an Istanbul weekend break and discover a city with a labyrinth of streets and mass of cultural and historic sites. These include the Blue Mosque, with its 21,000 hand-painted Iznik tiles, the huge dome of Haghia Sophia, the Imperial Treasury and the Topkapi... (read more) Author: Simon O’Flynn

5. Visit the Haghia Sophia in Istanbul - a last relic of Constantinople March 20, 2007 Anyone visiting Istanbul on a holiday is sure to love the city's most staggering landmark: the Haghia Sophia. As Istanbul's most remarkable building, the Haghia Sophia stands out amongst the city's sea of stunning architecture, acting as a solid testament to Turkey's long and ancient history. What's more, the Haghia Sophia has changed its faith twice over the years; but, whatever your religion, the stunning beauty of the Haghia Sophia is sure to appeal to your aesthetic senses. The most famous church in the Christian kingdom during the medieval ages, the Haghia Sophia was designed by two ... (read more) Author: Andrew Regan

6. History of Contraception August 16, 2006 Effective methods of contraception and birth control have existed for centuries. In fact contraception has a long history. Evidence of the existence and use of contraception goes back to biblical times. Thousands of years ago women in China would drink mercury to avoid becoming pregnant while women in India would do the same with carrot seeds. Women in Constantinople would shake the sand from sea sponges and then dip them into lemon juice before inserting them. Women in other parts would grind together dates and acacia (which is a tree bark) and then add honey to it to make a moist paste of it... (read more) Author: Emily Miller

7. Find Turkish Delight When Visiting Istanbul, Turkey June 06, 2006 Istanbul in Turkey offers something for everyone and is a fascinating place with a rich heritage and diversity of cultures. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and has a history that dates back around three thousand years making it one of the world’s oldest cities. Until 1930 Istanbul was formally known as Constantinople named after the Roman emperor Constantine. When the city was originally founded it was known as Byzantium. Istanbul is located on the Bosphorus strait and is split in two, one half located in Europe and one half in Asia. This division makes it the only majo... (read more) Author: Fionn Downhill

8. Cooking Schools March 13, 2006 In the early days of civilization, cooking was only for survival. An Assyrian king held the first known cooking contest in 600 B.C. and several years later Archestratus, a Greek, wrote the first known cookbook, Hedypathia. Le Grand Saint Bernard Hospice, the first inn in recorded history was founded in Switzerland in 961 A.D., the first café in Constantinople in 1550 and the first restaurant was opened in 1765 in Paris. Since those early days, modern cooking has risen to the level of an art. Marthe Distell founded the first cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu in Paris in 1895. Initially cooking was... (read more) Author: Kevin Stith

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