Mr. Impossible Blame it on the Egyptian sun or the desert heat, but as tensions flare between a reckless rogue and beautiful scholar en route to foil a kidnapping, so does love, in the most uninhibited and impossibly delightful ways.
| Title | : | Mr. Impossible |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.79 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0425201503 |
| Format Type | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2005-03-01 |
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Blame it on the Egyptian sun or the desert heat, but as tensions flare between a reckless rogue and beautiful scholar en route to foil a kidnapping, so does love, in the most uninhibited and impossibly delightful ways.
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly Set in Egypt in 1821, Chase's romp of a romance possesses a fine sense of time and place. Solving the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics has been Daphne Pembroke's lifelong passion, one she has kept secret from everyone except her brother, Miles, who fronts as the hieroglyphics expert of the family. (Daphne's disapproving late husband believed that "intellectual endeavors put too great a strain on the inferior female brain.") When robbers steal a papyrus from her Cairo home that may lead to a vast fortune and kidnap Miles as well, Daphne knows the crooks have taken her brother so he can decipher the hieroglyphics. To find Miles before his captors realize he's clueless, she needs muscle in the form of hunky Rupert Carsington (a secondary character from Miss Wonderful, the previous book in the series), whom she springs from a local jail. Tracking the kidnappers takes Daphne, Rupert and their entourage down the Nile, where they face sandstorms, snakes and othe
Which might be important in setting the standard against which other societies' gender concepts are measured. A return to Xenon. I suspect Serena Nanda's intended audience are freshmen anthropology students, but "Gender Diversity" could be read by the general reader as well.
However, I also have some criticism of this book. I was lucky enough to ride a couple of NS steam trips. In patriarchal societies, by contrast, they are supposed to be celibate, and their "male" status is somewhat shaky. Could go into a little more detail on certain items but overall, helpful.. The story contains true adventure, really nasty villains, quick wit, heroic actions by both hero and heroine, character growth without the people behaving outside their own personalities, beautifully written landscapes, good secondary characters, true love, a good finish. The photographs and occasional drawings are large and of high quality, providing a valuable complement to the text. These tapes have brought hop
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