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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Staff Pick Ali's memoir Infidel reveals an extraordinary woman who survived a harrowing early life, fled to the Netherlands to escape an arranged marriage, and was elected to that country's Parliament before death threats landed her under 24-hour guard. Not every... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Staff Pick Ali's memoir Infidel reveals an extraordinary woman who survived a harrowing early life, fled to the Netherlands to escape an arranged marriage, and was elected to that country's Parliament before death threats landed her under 24-hour guard. Not every... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World by Jay Bahadur Staff Pick With continued civil and political unrest and a recent, unusually severe drought forcing food shortages and pandemic starvation, Somalia is a country with a complex history and an uncertain future. That makes Jay Bahadur's account of the infamous pirates... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival (Women Writing Africa) by Fadumo Korn Publisher Comments This powerful memoir portrays the life-altering transformation of a feisty nomad girl who undergoes genital excision. Crippled with rheumatism as a result of the cutting, Fadumo Korn, who once freely roamed the deserts of her native Somalia, is sent to... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Understanding Somalia and Somaliland: Culture, History, Society by Ioan M Lewis Publisher Comments Ioan Lewis details the history and culture of the Somali people, providing a unique window into this little-known culture and its increasingly public predicaments. He provides insight into the complex social, historical, and cultural hinterland that is... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Trade Paper
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Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl by Janice Boddy Publisher Comments This is the extraordinary first-person account of a young woman's coming of age in Somalia and her struggles against the obligations and strictures of family and society. By the time she is nine, Aman has undergone a ritual circumcision ceremony; at... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Safirka: An American Envoy by Peter Bridges Publisher Comments Peter S. Bridges's service as American ambassador to Somalia capped his three decades as a career officer in the American Foreign Service. Safirka, a frank description of his experiences in Somalia and elsewhere, offers pointed assessments of American... (read more) List Price $19.20 Your price: $17.04 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Desert Children by Waris Dirie Publisher Comments U.N. Special Ambassador Waris Dirie was born to a family of tribal nomads in Somalia. She told her story—enduring female circumcision, fleeing through the desert, and, improbably, becoming a top model—in her first book, Desert Flower. In... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Desert Dawn by Waris Dirie Publisher Comments Fashion model, UN ambassador, and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman. Born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia, she told her story in the worldwide bestseller Desert Flower: enduring female circumcision at the age of 5... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Mass Market
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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Desert flower :the extraordinary journey of a desert nomad by Waris Dirie List Price $25.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Safirka: An American Envoy by Peter Bridges Publisher Comments Peter S. Bridges's service as American ambassador to Somalia capped his three decades as a career officer in the American Foreign Service. Safirka, a frank description of his experiences in Somalia and elsewhere, offers pointed assessments of American... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $6.48 Used - Hardcover
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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Your price: $7.95 Used - Book Club Paperback
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