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Scribbling the Cat 1st Edition by Alexandra Fuller Publisher Comments Best-selling memoirist Alexandra Fuller travels with a strangely charismatic Rhodesian war veteran into a modern-day heart of darkness. When Alexandra ("Bo") Fuller was home in Zambia a few years ago, visiting her parents for Christmas, she asked her... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Degrees in Violence: Robert Mugabe and the Struggle for Power in Zimbabwe by David Blair Synopsis Once renowned for the racial reconciliation on its independence, Zimbabwe has become condemned for its violence and political turmoil. This is the story of Zimbabwe from the hopeful era of new independence to the petrol queues, food riots and terror... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Kevin Woods Story: In the Shadows of Mugabe's Gallows by Kevin Woods Synopsis "He who tells the truth is not well liked" -- Bambara of Mali proverb... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Mugabe and the White African by Ben Freeth Publisher Comments An intimate account of one family's astonishing bravery in the face of brutality, as well as perhaps the outside world's only real glimpse of what it is like to live inside the terror of Mugabe's Zimbabwe Ben Freeth has an extraordinary story... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin Publisher Comments A brilliant memoir about a son's return to Africa to uncover the secrets of his family and his home. Bearing witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards, Godwin discovers why Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity and why his family... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa by Wendy Kann Publisher Comments One Sunday morning in her suburban home in Connecticut, Wendy Kann received a phone call: her youngest sister, Lauren, had been killed on a lonely road in southern Africa. With that news, Kann is summoned back to the territory of her youth in what is now... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Zimbabwe: Years of Hope and Despair by Philip Barclay Publisher Comments Zimbabwe is a country both blessed and cursed. Arriving to work at the British Embassy in Zimbabwe, Philip Barclay found a temperate paradise and a sophisticated and charming population. But during a three-year stay in what used to be Africa's finest... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $12.50 Google eBooks - Electronic
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House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb Publisher Comments Blue mountains, golden fields, gin and tonics on the terrace--once it had seemed the most idyllic place on earth. But by August 2002, Marondera, in eastern Zimbabwe, had been turned into a bloody battleground, the center of a violent campaign. One bright... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Resort: A Memoir of Mischief and Mayhem on a Family Farm in Africa by Douglas Rogers Publisher Comments Thrilling, heartbreaking, and, at times, absurdly funny, The Last Resort is a remarkable true story about one family in a country under siege and a testament to the love, perseverance, and resilience of the human spirit. Born and raised in Zimbabwe... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Citizen of Africa Conversations With Mor by Stephen Chan Book News Annotation Born the son of a bricklayer in 1952, Morgan Tsvangirai became head of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in the late 1980s and went on to challenge Robert Mugabe in the 2002 Presidential elections. This volume presents interviews conducted with... (read more) List Price $74.95 Your price: $65.00 Used - Hardcover
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Founder: Cecil Rhodes & the Pursuit of Power by Robert I Rotberg Publisher Comments Cecil Rhodes was an imposing figure, tall, robust-looking, with a leonine head, a man so charismatic that one contemporary claimed that "belief in Rhodes was a substitute for religion." But he was certainly a man of contradictions. He was a dreamy... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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From Civilization to Segregation: Social Ideals & Social Control in Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1934 by Carol Summers Book News Annotation Examines the social changes that took place in Southern Rhodesia after the arrival of the British South Africa Company in the 1890s. Summers focuses on interactions among settlers, the officials of the British South Africa Company, and the... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Face of Courage: A Biography of Morgan Tsvangirai by Sarah Hudleston Publisher Comments Morgan Tsvangirai had an advantage over many other rural Rhodesian children born in the 1950s - his parents believed he should receive the best possible education to ensure his future. The first of nine children, Tsvangirai made the most of his schooling... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mukiwa :a white boy in Africa by Peter Godwin Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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From Liberator to Dictator: An Insider's Account of Robert Mugabe's Descent Into Tyranny by Michael Auret Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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King Khama, Emperor Joe, and the Great White Queen: Victorian Britain Through African Eyes by Neil Parsons Publisher Comments In 1895 three African chiefs, dressed in the finest British clothing available, began a tour of the British Isles. That tour foiled Cecil Rhodes' grand plan for Africa and culminated in the Chamberlain Settlement, the document that indirectly led to the... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe by Doris Lessing Publisher Comments A highly personal story of the eminent British writer returning to her African roots that is brilliant . . . and captures the contradictions of a young country.--New York Times Book... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe by Wilfrid Mallows Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Cecil Rhodes & the Princess by Brian Roberts Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Zambesi by J F Macdonald Your price: $3.75 Used - Hardcover
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