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Cardiac resuscitation was often applied to a patient who was fast asleep. The hapless victim woke from a peaceful slumber to find somebody, often an infidel, jumping up and down on his chest.'Lydia Laube worked as a nurse in Saudi Arabia in a society that does not allow women to drive, vote, or speak to a man alone. Wearing head-to-toe coverings in stifling heat, and battling administrative apathy, Lydia Laube kept her sanity and got her passport back. Behind the Veil is the hilarious account of an Australian woman's battle against the odds. It will keep you entertained for hours.
Nurses --- Laube, Lydia,
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"Sie ist klug, kunstbegeistert und nach dem Tod ihres Vaters, "Eisenbahnkönig" Alfred Escher, die reichste Frau der Schweiz. Sie ist verheiratet mit dem Sohn eines mächtigen Politikers. Sie ist bereit, all das aufs Spiel zu setzen. Aus Liebe zu einem Künstler. Wer ist Lydia? Niemand kennt sie besser als Luise, das Dienstmädchen, das in allen Wendungen ihres Schicksals an ihrer Seite ist. Und doch bleibt Lydia auch ihr ein Rätsel." --
Duitse letterkunde --- German literature --- Welti-Escher, Lydia, --- Escher, Lydia Welti-,
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Lydia --- Bible. --- Socio-rhetorical criticism.
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Knight --- Lydia Goldthwaite Bailey --- 1812-1884
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I sat in the windowless and windscreenless front seat of the truck receiving proposals of marriage: only three, I must admit, but then I was only there three quarters of an hour and wasn't looking my best.'Lydia Laube worked as a nurse in Saudi Arabia and described her tribulations and triumphs in the best-selling traveller's yard Behind the Veil. Lydia Laube returned to Saudi Arabia, collected her pay, then decided to take The Long Way Home via Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and India. Our Good Little Woman is as eccentric and entertaining as ever ... blithely she trots along, sunshade held aloft, while
Voyages and travels. --- Laube, Lydia, --- Travel.
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After enduring a close call with Thai immigration officials, Lydia made it into Laos, and discovered a people and land easy to love. Travelling by boat, tuk tuk or any other means possible, she experienced the majesty of the Mekong River, the awe-inspiring Caves of the Buddha and the mysterious Plains of Jars.
Laube, Lydia, --- Travel --- Laos --- Description and travel. --- Description and travel
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Gyges --- King of Lydia --- -approximately 648 B.C. --- Drama
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Gyges --- King of Lydia --- -approximately 648 B.C. --- Drama --- Candaules --- -approximately 685 B.C.
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Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991) collected oral histories, stories, and music from Cubans of African descent. Her work is often viewed as an extension of the work of her famous brother-in-law, Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz. Edna Rodriguez-Mangual challenges this, proposing that her work is an alternative to the hegemonizing national myth of Cuba.
Blacks --- Negroes --- Ethnology --- Cultural assimilation --- Ethnic identity. --- Cabrera, Lydia --- Pinbán, Lydia E. --- Contributions in Cuban ethnology. --- Cuba --- Africa --- Civilization --- African influences. --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Black persons --- Black people
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