itibaren 44000 Furuncu Köyü/Malatya Merkez/Malatya, Turcja
Good read on peak oil theory/technical problems in Saudi oilfiends. Also good overview of the history of the petroleum industry in Saudi Arabia. Pretty damn technical for a layperson, but I feel I learned something.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett What I like about this book is that the ones who really take care of the estate owners and their families are the ones in the background, the colored women who do everything for them. They are not given recognition but I do love hearing how they care for the infants, not so much the menial tasks around the estate. Terrible to see how they are treated. Love the everyday life and the gossip between houses. Love hearing how Eugenia, in her own words, thinks of things, especially husband hunting as she's almost 6 feet tall! Love her ambition and how she goes after what she wants... Eugenia hopes to discover what did happen to Constance, her best friend who was the maid and who had raised her... Like the career she's chosen for herself in the writing department. Ultimate would be to have the recipes for the food described. When the editor from NY calls she states the colored woman agreed to the interview of her life raising whites. Hate and murder occur when tensions are racial...