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West With the Night by Beryl Markham Publisher Comments First published in 1942, this is the autobiography of a remarkable aviator and racehorse trainer, based largely in Kenya. Reissue.... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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West with the Night by Beryl Markham Publisher Comments West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s. Beryl Markham is also the author of The Splendid Outcast: The African Stories of Beryl Markham. Growing up in East... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa by Mark Seal Publisher Comments Wildflower is a compelling work of narrative nonfiction in which the shocking death of a dedicated environmentalist becomes a broader story of a beautiful, breathtaking country in peril. In January 2006, Joan Root, a sixty-nine-year-old naturalist, Oscar-... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Unbowed: A Memoir (Vintage) by Wangari Maathai Publisher Comments In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor peoples environmental movement, focused... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya by Caroline Elkins Publisher Comments “An extraordinary act of historical recovery.”The New Yorker As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Elspeth Huxley Publisher Comments In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and discovered—the hard way—the world of the African.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ponds of Kalambayi: A Peace Corps Memoir by Mike Tidwell Publisher Comments The hilarious and heart-wrenching memoir from a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire—with a new introduction Lovers of fine travel- and adventure-writing will savor Mike Tidwells richly acclaimed narrative of his days as a Peace Corps volunteer. His... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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It's Our Turn To Eat: the Story of a Kenyan Whistle-blower (09 Edition) by Michela Wrong Publisher Comments In January 2003, Kenya—seen as the most stable country in Africa—was hailed as a model of democracy after the peaceful election of its new president, Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected longtime reformer John Githongo as anticorruption czar,... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire by David Anderson Publisher Comments A groundbreaking work of colonial history in the tradition of King Leopold's Ghost and The Boer War. A riveting account of Britain's final bloody decade in Kenya, this book tells the story of the brutal war between the colonial government and the... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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It Happened on the Way to War by Rye Barcott Publisher Comments In 2000, Rye Barcott was a student on an ROTC scholarship when he first visited the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. He wanted to understand the ethnic violence he expected to face in uniform. Once there, Barcott befriended a widowed nurse and a community... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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White Mischief by James Fox Publisher Comments An intriguing account of investigative journalism, James Fox detailing the mystery which surrounds the murder of the Earl of Erroll in Nairobi in 1941. "One of the most dazzling feats of reportage in recent years" "Time Out".... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Homeland: An Extraordinary Story of Hope and Survival by George Hussein Obama Publisher Comments President Obama's Kenyan half-brother describes his hard-knocks life in Africa, during which he embraced alcohol and petty crime until finally hitting the road to recovery, in a memoir where the author also gives a frank assessment of Kenyan political... (read more) Your price: $16.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1963-2011 by Daniel Branch Publisher Comments On December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated independence from British colonial rule, anticipating a bright future of prosperity and social justice. As the nation approaches the fiftieth anniversary of its independence, however, the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $28.00 Used - Hardcover
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It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower by Michela Wrong Publisher Comments In January 2003, Kenya was hailed as a model of democracy after the peaceful election of its new president, Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected longtime reformer John Githongo as anticorruption czar, the new Kikuyu government signaled its determination... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Histories of the Hanged : the Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire (05 Edition) by David Anderson Publisher Comments In "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 tells how the brutal war between the colonial... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Homeland: An Extraordinary Story of Hope and Survival by George Obama Publisher Comments Homeland is the remarkable memoir of George Obama, President Obamas Kenyan half brother, who found the inspiration to strive for his goal—to better the lives of his own people—in his elder brothers example. In the spring of 2006... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey by Mary L. Dudziak Publisher Comments The story of Thurgood Marshall's journey to Africa in 1969 to help Kenyan independence leaders write their constitution is told in an intriguing work that recounts how his involvement with Kenya's foundation affirmed his belief in progress by legal means.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $21.23 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa by Mark Seal Publisher Comments Wildflower is a compelling work of narrative nonfiction in which the shocking death of a dedicated environmentalist becomes a broader story of a beautiful, breathtaking country in peril. In January 2006, Joan Root, a sixty-nine-year-old naturalist, Oscar-... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Trouble Showed the Way: Women, Men, and Trade in the Nairobi Area, 1890 - 1990 by Claire C Robertson Publisher Comments Robertson's book represents a powerful contribution to Africansocial, economic, and women's history. Highly recommended. --Choice An important resource for anyone interested in the historyof women and trade in modern Kenya.... -- International Journal of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family by Peter Firstbrook Publisher Comments "Fascinating...adds many interesting details to what we know of the President’s heritage." --David Remnick, TheNewYorker.com On January 20, 2009, a few hundred men, women, and children gathered under trees in the twilight at K’obama, a... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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