On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > For the third year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book > recommendation this holiday season. > > What have you read over the last year that has left a mark on you? > What are you eagerly looking forward to reading over the Christmas/New > Year's holidays? >
I am currently reading (and enjoying) 1493 by charles mann - well researched, racy, non-fiction. there are are some interesting bits about south asian cultural influence on mexico in the 17th century (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Poblana) i had never heard of this before .
