Word: exoticism
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Golden breathed life into this exotic world with his capacity for empathy, attention to historical detail and an obsession with accuracy—both in the development of his characters and their surroundings.
Ray Finch, our hero, is an American who teaches at a private school in Botswana. At 48 he is a contented man, even a little self-satisfied, but who could blame him? He's a literary scholar, in a modest way, and ardently married to Iris, who is beautiful, sexy...
With the recent discovery that SARS may have leapfrogged to humans from exotic delicacies like the civet cat and raccoon dog, Beijing has launched a massive crackdown on the wildlife trade. In the past week, police have combed wet markets in metropolises like Guangzhou and Shanghai, confiscating writhing bags filled...
There is often a bleak beauty to Marooned in Iraq's landscapes. But pictorialism aside, it is a unique experience--abrupt, jagged, almost childlike in its ever shifting tones. Driven equally by wayward and bestartling incidents that blow up and blow away, and by an old man's abiding passion...
The babies aren't doing strict yoga poses. It's difficult enough for adults to master such exotic positions as the Downward-Facing Dog, let alone kids who are still learning to roll over or sit up. Instead they are led through yoga-influenced stimulation exercises, massage, games and a...