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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Centuryby Ross E. DunnISBN 0709908113 (0-7099-0811-3)
Hardcover, Croom Helm
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African Art and Oceanic Artby Francesco AbbateISBN 070640064X (0-7064-0064-X)
Hardcover, Octopus Books
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African Questions at the Paris Peace Conference, with Papers on Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Colonial Settlementby George Louis BeerISBN 0712903240 (0-7129-0324-0)
Hardcover, Dawsons
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African Rainbow: Across Africa by Boatby Mirella Ricciardi, Lorenzo RicciardiISBN 0688089593 (0-688-08959-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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African Systems of Kinship and Marriageby Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, Daryll FordeISBN 0710302347 (0-7103-0234-7)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Alex Haley's Queen: The Story of an American Familyby David Stevens, Alex HaleyISBN 0688063314 (0-688-06331-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alex Haley's Queen: The Story of an American Family'Book summary:Tracing his family history on his father's side, the author of Roots begins with his great-great-grandfather, James Jackson, Sr., a white plantation owner. 500,000 first printing. $400,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild Super Release. TV tie-in. [via]
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Ali, Child of the Desertby Ted Lewin, Jonathan LondonISBN 0688125603 (0-688-12560-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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All in a Dayby Mitsumasa Anno, Raymond BriggsISBN 0698117727 (0-698-11772-7)
Softcover, Puffin
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Am I Beautiful?by Yossi Abolafia, Else Holmelund MinarikISBN 0688099114 (0-688-09911-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Anansi Does the Impossibleby Verna Aardema, Lisa DesiminiISBN 0689839332 (0-689-83933-2)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Powerby Marvin Meyer, Richard SmithISBN 0691004587 (0-691-00458-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Anglo-Boer Wars: The British and the Afrikaners 1815-1902by Michael BarthropISBN 0713716584 (0-7137-1658-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Asking for Trouble: Autobiography of a Banned Journalistby Donald WoodsISBN 0689111592 (0-689-11159-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Astronomy of Southern Africaby Patrick Moore, Pete CollinsISBN 070916176X (0-7091-6176-X)
Hardcover, Hale
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Avenues of Participation: Family, Politics, and Networks in Urban Quarters of Cairoby Diane SingermanISBN 0691025681 (0-691-02568-1)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Bartholomew Africa Central & Southern: World Travel MapsISBN 0702835501 (0-7028-3550-1)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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The Battle For North Africaby John StrawsonISBN 0713411716 (0-7134-1171-6)
Hardcover, Batsford
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Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pumby Ashley BryanISBN 068931356X (0-689-31356-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Five traditional Nigerian tales include Hen And Frog, Why Bush Cow And Elephant Are Bad Friends, The Husband Who Counted The Spoonfuls, Why Frog And Snake Never Play Together, and How Animals Got Their Tails. [via]
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Belovedby Toni MorrisonISBN 0701130601 (0-7011-3060-1)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Blues People: Negro Music in White Americaby Imamu Amiri BarakaISBN 068818474X (0-688-18474-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Changesby Ama Ata AidooISBN 0704342618 (0-7043-4261-8)
Softcover, Womens Pr Ltd
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Children of God's Fire: A Documentary History of Black Slavery in Brazilby Robert Edgar ConradISBN 0691101531 (0-691-10153-1)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialismby Mahmood MamdaniISBN 0691027935 (0-691-02793-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge: The British in Indiaby Bernard S. CohnISBN 0691000433 (0-691-00043-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Colonialism and Revolution in the Middle East: Social and Cultural Origins of Egypt's 'Urabi Movementby Juan Ricardo ColeISBN 0691056838 (0-691-05683-8)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Colonialism's Culture: Anthropology, Travel and Governmentby Nicholas ThomasISBN 0691037310 (0-691-03731-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Coral Buildings of Suakin: Islamic Architecture, Planning, Design and Domestic Arrangements in a Red Sea Portby Jean-Pierre GreenlawISBN 0710304897 (0-7103-0489-7)
Hardcover, Kegan Paul Intl
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Count on Your Fingers African Styleby Claudia ZaslavskyISBN 0690038658 (0-690-03865-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Crystal Pool: Myths and Legends of the Worldby Geraldine McCaughrean, Bee WilleyISBN 0689822669 (0-689-82266-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Cult of the Sacred Spear: The Story of the Nuer Tribe in Ethiopiaby Brian Hugh MacDermotISBN 0709132913 (0-7091-3291-3)
Hardcover, R. Hale
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A Culture of Corruption - Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeriaby D. J. SmithISBN 0691127220 (0-691-12722-0)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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Daddy, Will You Miss Meby Wendy McCormick, Jennifer EachusISBN 0689850638 (0-689-85063-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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What does a little boy do when his daddy is going away for a long time? He promises to save one thing every day to show his daddy when he returns; to say, "Good night, Daddy" every night before he goes to sleep; and to mark off each day on the calendar until his daddy's return. If he still misses his daddy, then he remembers all the things his daddy promised to do, and he knows that even though they're very far apart, they're still close in each other's heart.
With soft, tender illustrations and poetic text, this poignant and heartwarming story shows that the love between a father and child can span any distance. [via]
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The Dark Kingdoms: The Impact of White Civilization on Three Great African Monarchiesby Alan ScholefieldISBN 0688029582 (0-688-02958-2)
Hardcover, Morrow
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David He No Fear,by Lorenz B. GrahamISBN 0690232640 (0-690-23264-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Day of Ahmed's Secretby Judith Heide Gilliland, Ted Lewis, Florence Parry HeideISBN 0688140238 (0-688-14023-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Documenting Individual Identity: The Development of State Practices in the Modern Worldby Jane Caplan, John C. TorpeyISBN 0691009120 (0-691-00912-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Efik Traders of Old Calabar: Containing The Diary of Antera Duke, an Efik Slave-Trading Chief of the Eighteenth Century, Together with An Ethnographic Sketch and Notesby Antera Duke, Cyril Daryll FordeISBN 0712902198 (0-7129-0219-8)
Hardcover, Dawsons of Pall Mall for the International African Institute
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Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Timesby Donald B. RedfordISBN 0691000867 (0-691-00086-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Familyby Cynthia MossISBN 0688053483 (0-688-05348-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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First Catch Your Elandby Laurens Van Der PostISBN 0688033148 (0-688-03314-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulation in Central Africaby Janet L. RoitmanISBN 0691118701 (0-691-11870-1)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Fly, Eagle, Fly! : An African Taleby Christopher Gregorowski, Niki Daly, Desmond TutuISBN 0689823983 (0-689-82398-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Galimotoby Karen L. Williams, Catherine StockISBN 0688109918 (0-688-10991-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Gender, Colonialism and Education: The Politics of Experienceby Jane Martin, Joyce GoodmanISBN 0713040467 (0-7130-4046-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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Goodbye Dolly Gray: The Story of the Boer Warby Rayne KrugerISBN 0712662855 (0-7126-6285-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Hercule Poirot's Christmasby Agatha ChristieISBN 0708917240 (0-7089-1724-0)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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I Married Adventureby Osa JohnsonISBN 068808687X (0-688-08687-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Is It Far to Zanzibar?: Poems About Tanzaniaby Nikki Grimes, Betsy LewinISBN 0688131573 (0-688-13157-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Rare Animals and Plantsby Jonathan KingdonISBN 0691085609 (0-691-08560-9)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Key to Rebeccaby Ken FollettISBN 0688037348 (0-688-03734-8)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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King of the Windby Marguerite HenryISBN 0689829906 (0-689-82990-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King of the Wind'Book summary:"The sixth horse shall be a bay -- not a dark bay, but a clear bay -- whose coal is touched with gold. When he flees under the sun he is the wind."
When the Sultan of Morocco selects six horses to send as a gift to the King of France, Agba, a young horseboy, is honored to have his stallion chosen. Sham, a beautiful golden bay named for the Arabian sun, is meant, along with the others, to sire a stronger race of horses throughout Europe. As his escort, Agba must protect Sham's pedigree and present him before the King. But when they arrive, poor Sham is seen as no more than a carthorse and is sent away. Bound by bonds of love and honor, Agba and Sham soon make their way from the streets of France to the racetracks of England and into the history books forever. Readers will be swept away by the riveting story of the world's most renowned Thoroughbred horse ever.
King of the Wind has captured the hearts of readers for more than fifty years. In this glorious, finely wrought gift book, readers will find a heartfelt introduction by Marguerite Henry's first publisher, manuscript notes from the author's private collection, and a painting of Sham, the Godolphin Arabian by Wesley Dennis. Lovingly written and beautifully illustrated, this keepsake volume details the creation of this remarkable story for a new generation of fans. [via]
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Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammalsby Jonathan KingdonISBN 069111692X (0-691-11692-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals'Book summary:Jonathan Kingdon, one of the foremost authorities on African mammals, has written and illustrated this new field guide which sets new standards in African mammalogy. The author covers all the known species of African land mammal in a concise text providing full information on identification, distribution, ecology, evolutionary relationships, and conservation status. The focus is always on the mammals as seen in the field and on their ecology and evolutionary interrelationships. Introductory profiles summarize the characteristics of the various mammal groups, and the author simplifies many of the more complex groups of mammals by referencing genera. Twelve newly recognized species of bushbaby, fourteen newly named baboons, guenons, and mangabeys and nine newly described colobus monkeys contribute to a modern treatment of the monkeys. New species of bats, rodents, and fox as well as a fully revised listing of the duikers, squirrels and genets are included. Kingdon combines his long personal experience of life in Africa and his artistic talent with the best that modern natural history and biological science can offer. With over 480 color pictures and 280 maps covering some 1,100 mammal species, this book is an essential companion to all visiting Africa or with an interest in the mammals of the continent.
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- Employs the most up-to-date classification and lists all 1,150 known species
- Focuses on mammals as seen in the field and in their evolutionary interrelationships
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Knowledge and Power in Morocco: The Education of a Twentieth-Century Notableby Dale F. EickelmanISBN 069102555X (0-691-02555-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Languages of West Africaby Diedrich Westermann, M. A. Bryan, D. W. ArnottISBN 071290462X (0-7129-0462-X)
Hardcover, Dawsons
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Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestorby James Shreeve, Donald JohansonISBN 0688064922 (0-688-06492-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Mandelaby Floyd CooperISBN 0698118162 (0-698-11816-2)
Softcover, Puffin
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Masai, Herders of East Africaby BleekerISBN 0688314600 (0-688-31460-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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A Mediterranean Feast: The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisines of the Mediterranean, from the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs With More Than 500 recipeby Clifford A. WrightISBN 0688153054 (0-688-15305-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Memphis Under the Ptolemiesby Dorothy J. ThompsonISBN 0691035938 (0-691-03593-8)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Middle Passage: A Novelby Charles R. JohnsonISBN 0689119682 (0-689-11968-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middle Passage: A Novel'Book summary:In this savage parable of the African American experience, Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave eking out a living in New Orleans in 1830, hops aboard a square rigger to evade the prim Boston schoolteacher who wants to marry him. But the Republic turns out to be a slave clipper bound for Africa. Calhoun, whose master educated him as a humanist, becomes the captain's cabin boy, and though he hates himself for acting as a lackey, he's able to help the African slaves recently taken aboard to stage a revolt before the rowdy, drunken crew can spring a mutiny. Middle Passage won the 1990 National Book Award. [via]
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The Middle Passage: Comparative Studies in the Atlantic Slave Tradeby Herbert S. KleinISBN 0691031193 (0-691-03119-3)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to Historyby Bruce B. Lawrence, N. J. Dawood, Franz Rosenthal, Ibn KhaldunISBN 0691120544 (0-691-12054-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History'Book summary:The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn (d. 1406), this monumental work laid down the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography, and economics. The first complete English translation, by the eminent Islamicist and interpreter of Arabic literature Franz Rosenthal, was published in three volumes in 1958 as part of the Bollingen Series and received immediate acclaim in America and abroad. A one-volume abridged version of Rosenthal's masterful translation was first published in 1969.
This new edition of the abridged version, with the addition of a key section of Rosenthal's own introduction to the three-volume edition, and with a new introduction by Bruce B. Lawrence, will reintroduce this seminal work to twenty-first-century students and scholars of Islam and of medieval and ancient history.
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Muqaddimahby Ibn Khaldun, N. J. Dowood, Franz Rosenthal KhaldunISBN 0691017549 (0-691-01754-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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No Laughter Hereby Rita Williams-GarciaISBN 0688162479 (0-688-16247-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Laughter Here'Book summary:Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are true best friends. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special coming-of-age ceremony. Why does proud Victoria, named for a queen, slouch at her desk and answer the teacher's questions in a whisper? And why won't she laugh with Akilah anymore?
Akilah's name means "intelligent," and she is determined to find out what's wrong, no matter how much detective work she has to do. But when she learns the terrible secret Victoria is hiding, she suddenly has even more questions. The only problem is, they might not be the kind that have answers.
In this groundbreaking novel, Coretta Scott King Honor winner Rita Williams-Garcia uses her vividly realistic voice to explore an often taboo practice that affects millions of girls around the world every year. Readers will identify with headstrong, outspoken Akilah, whose struggle to understand what's happened to Victoria reveals a painful truth in an honest and accessible way.
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Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empireby KinrossISBN 0688080936 (0-688-08093-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire'Book summary:The Ottoman Empire began in 1300 under the almost legendary Osman I, reached its apogee in the sixteenth century under Suleiman the Magnificent, whose forces threatened the gates of Vienna, and gradually diminished thereafter until Mehmed VI was sent into exile by Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk).
In this definitive history of the Ottoman Empire, Lord Kinross, painstaking historian and superb writer, never loses sight of the larger issues, economic, political, and social. At the same time he delineates his characters with obvious zest, displaying them in all their extravagance, audacity and, sometimes, ruthlessness.
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Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenyaby Elspeth HuxleyISBN 0701139757 (0-7011-3975-7)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Palestinians in Israel: A Study in Internal Colonialismby Elia ZureikISBN 0710000162 (0-7100-0016-2)
Hardcover, Routledge & K. Paul
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Pipits and Wagtailsby Per Alstrom, Krister Mild, Bill ZetterstromISBN 0691088349 (0-691-08834-9)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Private Life In New Kingdom Egyptby Lynn MeskellISBN 0691120587 (0-691-12058-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Rimbaud in Abyssiniaby Alain Borer, Rosmarie WaldropISBN 0688075940 (0-688-07594-0)
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0689844085 (0-689-84408-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Robinson Crusoe, once a brave sailor out to seek his fortune, is now a captive -- a captive of a lonely desert island on which he is marooned. With only his wits and the few supplies he is able to carry from his sinking ship to sustain him, he is forced to create a new life for himself, out of virtually nothing.As the years go by, Crusoe slowly becomes accustomed to a life of solitude. He has only Pol -- the parrot he has tamed -- a few cats, and some wild goats to keep him company and gradually, his island becomes more of a paradise than a prison. But this tranquility is unexpectedly shattered when one day, he sees a footprint...soon to be followed by a group of savages who have invaded his island. Crusoe finds himself fiercely defending an island that has become his own, and fighting for the chance to return home.
Carefully abridged for younger readers, this second addition to the Scribner Storybook Classic line, with striking illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, revitalizes Daniel Defoe's acclaimed tale of survival, self-reliance, adventure, and faith. [via]
Search Sweet Countryby B. Kojo LaingISBN 0688069053 (0-688-06905-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Shadows of the Pomegranate Treeby Tariq AliISBN 0701139447 (0-7011-3944-7)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Shaka, King of Zulusby Diane Stanley, Peter VennemaISBN 068813114X (0-688-13114-X)
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A Sister to Scheherazadeby Assia Djebar, Dorothy S. BlairISBN 0704326701 (0-7043-2670-1)
Hardcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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Isma - older, vibrant, passionate, emancipated - is in stark contrast to the passive, cloistered Hajila. In alternating chapters, Isma tells her own story in the first person, and then Hajila's in the second person. She details how she escaped from the traditional restraints imposed upon the women of her country - and how, in making her escape, she condemns Hajila to those very restraints. When Hajila catches a glimpse of an unveiled woman, she realized that she, too, wants a life beyond the veil, and it is Isma who offers her the key to her own freedom. [via]
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The Story of Doctor Dolittleby Hugh Lofting, Michael HagueISBN 0688140017 (0-688-14001-7)
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The Storytellersby Ted LewinISBN 0688151787 (0-688-15178-7)
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Ties of Bloodby Gillian SlovoISBN 0688089259 (0-688-08925-9)
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Two Lives: My Spirit and Iby Jane Tapsubei CreiderISBN 0704340062 (0-7043-4006-2)
Softcover, Womens Pr Ltd
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher Stowe, Christopher Paul CurtisISBN 068985126X (0-689-85126-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Unicorn of Kilimanjaroby Robert VavraISBN 0688068502 (0-688-06850-2)
Hardcover, W. Morrow
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The Unusual Life of Tristan Smithby Peter CareyISBN 0702226262 (0-7022-2626-2)
Hardcover, University of Queensland Press
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Voices of the Ancestors: African Mythby Tony Allan, Charles Phillips, Fergus Fleming, Time-Life BooksISBN 0705436438 (0-7054-3643-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Warriors of the White Nile: The Dinkaby J. C. RyleISBN 0705407004 (0-7054-0700-4)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books
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Women Warriors: Myths and Legends of Heroic Womenby Marianna Mayer, Julek HellerISBN 0688155227 (0-688-15522-7)
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