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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 $17.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Reunion in Barsaloi by Corinne Hofmann Publisher Comments In a sequel to her international bestseller The White Masai, Corinne Hofmann continues her personal account of a white European woman in love with a Masai tribesman in remote Kenya. Fourteen years after fleeing with her baby daughter, Corinne returned to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Unbowed : a Memoir (06 Edition) 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: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The White Masai by Corinne Hofmann Publisher Comments This page-turning tale puts an African spin on "Not Without My Daughter" when a woman abandons her business, family, and own country to follow a Masai warrior. 8-page color photo insert.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Letters from Africa, 1914-1931 by Isak Dinesen Publisher Comments "Here is a rich new biographical perspective on the brilliant storyteller whose sophisticated romantic fiction . . . made her an international success and perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. . . . [These letters] contain the raw... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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White Masai by Corinne Hofmann Publisher Comments The story of Corinne who whilst on holiday in Kenya fell in love with a Masai warrior and stayed for a further four years in a hut with him and his mother. Eventually her dream began to fade and she fled from that place with her new baby. This is not... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Homeland: An Extraordinary Story of Hope and Survival by George 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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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 British colonial government detained... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.95 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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Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai Publisher Comments Hugely charismatic, humble, and possessed of preternatural luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her extraordinary life as a political activist, feminist, and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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Flame Trees of Thika by Huxley Publisher Comments Autobiographical account of a childhood spent amongst the Kikuyu people of Thika in Kenya during the 1910s.... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 African social, economic, and women's history. Highly recommended. --Choice An important resource for anyone interested in the history of women and trade in modern Kenya.... --International Journal... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ponds of Kalambayi (11 Edition) by Mike Tidwell Publisher Comments Lovers of fine travel and adventure writing will savor Mike Tidwells richly acclaimed narrative of his days as a Peace Corps volunteer. His task was to help people in the remote corners of Zaire raise tilapia in ponds they would dig themselves, with... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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