Cultural Region/East Africa
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With My Shield: An Army Ranger in Somalia
$32.00 Read moreThis is the inside story of an Army Ranger, surrounded and outnumbered, fighting a desperate action on the ground during the Black Hawk Down raid in Somalia in 1993.
In 1993 Lieutenant James Lechner,- Author: Lechner, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1472863283
- Language: English
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War in the Land of Egypt
$12.95 Read moreEgypt on the eve of the 1973 October war. A young man has been drafted into the army. His father, the village elder, persuades a poor night-watchman to send his own son as a stand-in. But the imperson… [more below]
- Series: Emerging Voices (Paperback)
- Author: Al-Qa’id, Ysuf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1566562279
- Language: English
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Go Wild! Lemurs
$9.99 Read moreBounce, climb, leap, and slide with lemurs in this adorable introduction to these curious and energetic creatures!
Swing through the trees with ring-tailed lemurs to search for juicy fruits, then cudd- Series: Go Wild!
- Author: Brydon, Alli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 142637254X
- Language: English
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Out of Africa: And Shadows on the Grass
$19.00 Add to cartSet in Africa, it is the story of Dinesen’s years in Africa–together with Shadows on the Grass.
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Dinesen, Isak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 23 1989
- ISBN10: 0679724753
- Language: English
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Elizabeti’s Doll
$11.95 Read moreA young Tanzanian girl finds a special doll, and realizes how much she loves the doll when she almost loses her.
Upon the arrival of her new baby brother, Elizabeti decides she needs a doll she can car
- Series: Elizabeti
- Author: Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1584300817
- Language: English
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Juba Good
$9.95 Read moreJuba, South Sudan.
RCMP Sergeant Ray Robertson has spent eleven and a half months serving with the United Nations in the world’s newest country. He’s tired of the chaotic traffic and jostling crowds t- Series: Rapid Reads
- Author: Delany, Vicki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1459804902
- Language: English
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By the Sea
$30.00 Read moreA masterwork by the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, in which two immigrants’ conflicting stories about their common homeland reveal the buried truths that drove them from it
On a late November- Author: Gurnah, Abdulrazak
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 059371654X
- Language: English
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East Africa Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species in Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda
$8.95 Add to cartPerhaps the top wildlife viewing area on earth, the legendary game reserves of the Serengeti and Maasai Mara attract millions of tourists each year seeking an unparalleled opportunity to view a vast a
- Series: Pocket Naturalist Guide
- Author: Kavanagh, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: November 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1583559388
- Language: English
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Paradise: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
$29.99 Add to cartFrom the Nobel Prize winner, a coming-of-age story that illuminates the harshness and beauty of an Africa on the brink of colonization
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, Paradis
- Author: Gurnah, Abdulrazak
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 1994
- ISBN10: 156584162X
- Language: English
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The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage
$27.00 Read moreThe moving, inspiring David-and-Goliath true story of freedom and justice involving one tiny nation in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa, and the extraordinary woman, a descendant of slaves, wh… [more below]
- Author: Sands, Philippe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 059353509X
- Language: English
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Handa’s Surprise Big Book: Read and Share
$27.99 Add to cart“In the best pantomime spirit, readers long to tell Handa what’s happening just behind her.” — The Guardian (U.K.)
Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend, Akeyo. Which fr- Series: Reading and Math Together
- Author: Browne, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0763653853
- Language: English
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Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time
$19.99 Read moreIn this picture book companion to the beloved bestseller A Long Walk to Water, a young South Sudanese girl goes on a journey that requires determination, persistence, and compassion.
Young Nya takes li
- Author: Park, Linda Sue
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 132878133X
- Language: English
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The Clue in the Papyrus Scroll
$7.99 Read moreIn this all-new very special mini-series, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations–all around the world! The Aldens arrive… [more below]
- Series: Boxcar Children Great Adventure #2
- Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0807506990
- Language: English
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Kibogo
$18.00 Read moreFINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
A new masterwork of satire, lore, and living memory from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature “Mukasonga breathes upon a vanished world and brings i- Author: Mukasonga, Scholastique
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1953861369
- Language: English
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My Rows and Piles of Coins
$9.99 Read more“I emptied my secret money box, arranged the coins in piles and the piles in rows . . .” The market is full of wonderful things, but Saruni is saving his precious coins for a red and blue bicycle. How
- Author: Mollel, Tololwa M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0358124476
- Language: English
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Pollen: Darwin’s 130 Year Prediction
$25.99 Add to cartPOLLEN: DARWIN’S 130 YEAR PREDICTION
Elementary Science – POLLEN
How long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem?
On January 25, 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchid
- Series: Moments in Science
- Author: Pattison, Darcy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1629441198
- Language: English
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Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
$9.99 Add to cartA paperback picture book based on the true story of Wangari Maathai, an environmental and political activist in Kenya and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
As a young girl growing up in Kenya,- Author: Winter, Jeanette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1328869210
- Language: English
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First Come the Zebra
$12.95 Read moreThe story of two young Kenyan boys, one Maasai and one Kikuyu, who find a way to overcome their traditional rivalries and become friends.
One day when Abaani, a Maasai boy, takes his family’s cattle ou
- Author: Barasch, Lynne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1620140292
- Language: English
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Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
$28.99 Add to cartIn a gripping narrative that is all but impossible to put down (Joseph C. Miller), Histories of the Hanged exposes the long-hidden colonial crimes of the British in Kenya. This groundbreaking work tel… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: December 18 2012
- ISBN10: 039332754X
- Language: English
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The Tree Where Man Was Born
$19.00 Add to cartA timeless and majestic portrait of Africa by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise
A finalist for th- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Matthiessen, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 31 2010
- ISBN10: 0143106244
- Language: English
