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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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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: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival by Fadumo Korn Publisher Comments “A moving, unsentimental, and informative account of the painful personal experience that inspired, and continues to fuel, [Fadumo Korn’s] work.”—Francine Prose, People magazine, starred critic’s choice “This impassioned, beautifully written... (read more) List Price $12.76 Your price: $11.32 Google eBooks - Electronic
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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 $22.25 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Understanding Somalia and Somaliland: Culture, History, Society by S C A P 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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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival (Women Writing Africa) by Fadumo Korn and Sabine Eichhorst Publisher Comments As a feisty nomad, Fadumo freely roamed the wild steppes of her native Somalia until her mother delivered her into the hands of an excisor to undergo female genital cutting (FGC, also known as female genital mutilation or FGM), to be made a woman in the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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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 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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Somalia, the New Barbary?: Piracy and Islam in the Horn of Africa (Columbia/Hurst) by Martin N Murphy Publisher Comments Somali piracy is repeatedly associated with the historical specter of Barbary. Indeed, piracy off the Horn of Africa has matched the spread of conflict and chaos that allow criminal elites to assume power. The world now fears Somalia has become a safe... (read more) Your price: $26.50 New - Hardcover
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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: $9.95 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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