The Emperor of Scent by Chandler BurrA few weeks ago I was reading an article in The New Yorker magazine about how Jean Claude Ellena, the new nose for the prestigious fashion house of Hermes, went about designing and developing Herm...Sep-26-06 15:45:04 PDTComments 0
The Aga KhansThe Assassins re-emerged in history as the Ismaili sect, lead by their religious and spirtual head known as the Aga Khan.Pop literature is replete with fascinating stories of the Aga Khan family, ...Sep-26-06 15:44:33 PDTComments 0
The AssassinsI am beginning to re-read Bernard Lewis' The Assassins: a radical sect in Islam. The Assassins refers to the Ismaili sect founded by Hassan ibn al-Sabbah in the eleventh century. This sect is cred...Sep-26-06 15:43:57 PDTComments 0
The Plague and the Decline the Mongol EmpireIn Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World the author, Jack Weatherford, makes an impassioned case that one of the primary reasons for the disintegration and eventual collapse of the Mongo...Sep-26-06 15:43:32 PDTComments 0
The Plague and the Decline the Mongol EmpireIn Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World the author, Jack Weatherford, makes an impassioned case that one of the primary reasons for the disintegration and eventual collapse of the Mongo...Sep-26-06 15:43:31 PDTComments 1
This guide is for anyone who has an interest in fine mechanical timepieces. I've been collecting mechanical wristwatches for over 10 years, and over the years I've had the opportunity to examine or acquire a...
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