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The Abyssinianby Jean-Christophe RufinISBN 0393321096 (0-393-32109-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Abyssinian'Book summary:At the heart of Jean-Christophe Rufin's marvelous first novel is a nugget of truth: in the year 1699, Louis XIV of France sent an embassy to the King of Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia). From this small fact Rufin has spun a mesmerizing tale of adventure, romance, and political intrigue that is one part Alexandre Dumas and two parts Rafael Sabatini, with just a dash of Brian Moore thrown in for good measure.
The hero of this epic tale is Jean-Baptiste Poncet, a young French doctor who has been practicing medicine without a license in Cairo. Poncet first comes to the notice of the authorities when the French consul in Egypt receives a secret message from a Jesuit priest commanding him in Louis's name to send a diplomatic mission to the king of Abyssinia. Foreigners--especially Christians--have not been welcome in that country since the Jesuits were expelled 50 years before, and a regular delegation would almost certainly be killed. When the consul, Monsieur de Maillet, hears that the Abyssinian monarch requires a doctor, however, he devises a plan to send Poncet both to cure and to convince the king to send a return delegation to Versailles.
Poncet has his own reasons for agreeing to go on this perilous mission: he has fallen in love with de Maillet's beautiful daughter, Alix. Unfortunately, he knows that "within the Frankish colony in Cairo, he was nothing more--whatever pains he took to hide his ancestry--than the son of a servant girl and an unknown man." The only hope he has of gaining the consul's blessing is to win Louis XIV's favor; bringing an Abyssinian embassy to Versailles might just do the trick. Poncet starts out for self-serving reasons; upon meeting King Negus, however, he comes to admire him, and soon finds himself jeopardizing his own future in order to thwart the political intrigues of his countrymen.
Rufin tells this larger-than-life tale with wit, sophistication, and a wholehearted enjoyment that shines through every sentence of this beautifully translated novel. Jean-Baptiste Poncet, a young man who "had been offered every opportunity for sadness and despair, yet ... had decided long ago that he would never succumb to such feelings," is a hero with heart, intelligence, and charm, and the book's many secondary characters are equally well developed. All in all, The Abyssinian marks a delightful literary debut. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Abyssinianby Willard Wood, Jean-Christophe RufinISBN 0393047164 (0-393-04716-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The hero of this epic tale is Jean-Baptiste Poncet, a young French doctor who has been practicing medicine without a license in Cairo. Poncet first comes to the notice of the authorities when the French consul in Egypt receives a secret message from a Jesuit priest commanding him in Louis's name to send a diplomatic mission to the king of Abyssinia. Foreigners--especially Christians--have not been welcome in that country since the Jesuits were expelled 50 years before, and a regular delegation would almost certainly be killed. When the consul, Monsieur de Maillet, hears that the Abyssinian monarch requires a doctor, however, he devises a plan to send Poncet both to cure and to convince the king to send a return delegation to Versailles.
Poncet has his own reasons for agreeing to go on this perilous mission: he has fallen in love with de Maillet's beautiful daughter, Alix. Unfortunately, he knows that "within the Frankish colony in Cairo, he was nothing more--whatever pains he took to hide his ancestry--than the son of a servant girl and an unknown man." The only hope he has of gaining the consul's blessing is to win Louis XIV's favor; bringing an Abyssinian embassy to Versailles might just do the trick. Poncet starts out for self-serving reasons; upon meeting King Negus, however, he comes to admire him, and soon finds himself jeopardizing his own future in order to thwart the political intrigues of his countrymen.
Rufin tells this larger-than-life tale with wit, sophistication, and a wholehearted enjoyment that shines through every sentence of this beautifully translated novel. Jean-Baptiste Poncet, a young man who "had been offered every opportunity for sadness and despair, yet ... had decided long ago that he would never succumb to such feelings," is a hero with heart, intelligence, and charm, and the book's many secondary characters are equally well developed. All in all, The Abyssinian marks a delightful literary debut. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Africa and Africans As Seen by Classical Writersby Joseph E. HarrisISBN 0882580892 (0-88258-089-2)
Softcover, Howard Univ Pr
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Africa Is Not a Countryby Margy Burns Knight, Mark Melnicove, Anne Sibley O'BrienISBN 0761316477 (0-7613-1647-7)
Softcover, Lerner Pub Group
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Book Details:- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 1/1/2002
- Pages: 48
- Reading Level: Age 6 and Up
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Africa Uncorked: Travels in Extreme Wine Territoryby John Platter, Erica PlatterISBN 1891267523 (1-891267-52-3)
Hardcover, Wine Appreciation Guild
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Hardcover, Double Storey Books - Africa Uncorked: Travels in Extreme Wine Territory: ISBN 1891267523 (1-891267-52-3)
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Ancient Ethiopia: Aksum, Its Antecedents and Successorsby D. W. PhillipsonISBN 0714125393 (0-7141-2539-3)
Hardcover, British Museum Press
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bearsby Dinaw MengestuISBN 1594489408 (1-59448-940-8)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears'Book summary:Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution after witnessing soldiers beat his father to the point of certain death, selling off his parents' jewelry to pay for passage to the United States. Now he finds himself running a grocery store in a poor African-American neighborhood in Washington, D.C. His only companions are two fellow African immigrants who share his feelings of frustration with and bitter nostalgia for their home continent. He realizes that his life has turned out completely different and far more isolated from the one he had imagined for himself years ago.
Soon Sepha's neighborhood begins to change. Hope comes in the form of new neighbors-Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter-who become his friends and remind him of what having a family is like for the first time in years. But when the neighborhood's newfound calm is disturbed by a series of racial incidents, Sepha may lose everything all over again. Told in a haunting and powerful first-person narration that casts the streets of Washington, D.C., and Addis Ababa through Sepha's eyes, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears is a deeply affecting and unforgettable debut novel about what it means to lose a family and a country-and what it takes to create a new home. [via]
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Blue Nileby Alan MooreheadISBN 0060956402 (0-06-095640-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Nile'Book summary:An account of the course of the Blue Nile from the Ethiopian Highlands, through the Sudan and Egupt to the sea. The book contains an historical narrative which starts in the eighteenth century and ends in 1869. The period was dominated by four men: James Bruce, the Scot who journeyed to the supposed source of the Blue Nile, and stayed in warring Ethiopia; Napoleon who, needing military glory to further his political ambitions, led a brilliantly conceived expedition to Egypt; Mohammed Ali, the Turkish viceroy, who sent his son to conquer the Sudan in a ruthless quest for gold and slaves; and Emporer Theodore of Ethiopia, a tyrant who held British subjects captive. [via]
Blue Nile : Ethiopia's River of Magic and Mysteryby Virginia MorellISBN 0792264258 (0-7922-6425-8)
Softcover, National Geographic Society
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The Book of Enoch the Prophetby Richard LaurenceISBN 091351067X (0-913510-67-X)
Softcover, Wizards Bookshelf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Enoch the Prophet'Book summary:This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library. [via]
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Bradt Ethiopiaby Philip BriggsISBN 1841620351 (1-84162-035-1)
Softcover, Bradt Pubns
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Bradt Travel Guide Ethiopiaby Philip BriggsISBN 1841621285 (1-84162-128-5)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romanceby Philip MarsdenISBN 0007173474 (0-00-717347-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Coalition of Lionsby Elizabeth E. WeinISBN 0142401293 (0-14-240129-3)
Softcover, Firebird
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Concise Amharic Dictionary: Amharic-English English-Amharicby Wolf LeslauISBN 1931253072 (1-931253-07-2)
Hardcover, Shama Books
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Daughters of the Arkby Anna MorganISBN 1896764924 (1-896764-92-4)
Softcover, Second Story Pr
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Discovery of the Nileby Gianni GuadalupiISBN 1556706006 (1-55670-600-6)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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East Africaby Konemann StaffISBN 3829053924 (3-8290-5392-4)
Hardcover, Konemann
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East and Southern Africa: The Backpacker's Manualby Philip BriggsISBN 1898323607 (1-898323-60-7)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemenby Kevin RushbyISBN 0312229690 (0-312-22969-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen'Book summary:Ethiopia in eastern Africa and Yemen on the Arabian peninsula remain as two of the most inviting outposts for travelers seeking the exotic, the exciting and, occasionally, the dangerous. In these two places Qat is just one name given to a green leafy plant that is cultivated there. When chewed, the leaves of this plant release two pharmacologically-active substances that produce a hypnotic, reverential high similar to marijuana, but distinctive in the thoughtful state it induces. Kevin Rushby traveled to Ethiopia and Yemen and discovered that the use of Qat is more than the casual use of a mild narcotic. He found that it is a way of life. Qat plays a pivotal role in all facets of the culture influencing everything from architecture to television schedules. Tracing the historic trade routes of Qat the author travels from the heart of Ethiopia over the Red Sea and into Arabia. Written with an exceptional combination of grace, wit and insight, Kevin Rushby proves himself to be a worthy successor to Paul Theroux, Bruce Chatwin and Jan Morris. From Addis Abbaba to Djibouti to Dire Dowa and on to Sana, Rushby discovers the soul of these places while meeting characters one might call "interesting" and avoiding situations one might call "life-threatening." Eating the Flowers of Paradise is a powerful and entertaining journey through exotic lands by one of the best new writers to emerge in recent years.[via]More editions of Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen:
The Emperorby Ryszard KapuscinskiISBN 0679722033 (0-679-72203-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emperor'Book summary:Haile Selassie, His Most Puissant Majesty and Distinguished Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia, enjoyed a 44-year reign until his own army gave him the boot in 1974. In the days following the coup, the Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski traveled to Ethiopia and sought out members of the imperial court for interviews.
His composite portrait of Selassie's crumbling imperium is an astonishing, wildly funny creation, beginning with the very first interview. "It was a small dog," recalls an anonymous functionary, "a Japanese breed. His name was Lulu. He was allowed to sleep in the Emperor's great bed. During various ceremonies, he would run away from the Emperor's lap and pee on dignitaries' shoes. The august gentlemen were not allowed to flinch or make the slightest gesture when they felt their feet getting wet. I had to walk among the dignitaries and wipe the urine from their shoes with a satin cloth. This was my job for ten years." (Well, it's a living.)
Elsewhere, the interviewees venture into tragic or grotesque or downright unbelievable terrain. Kapuscinski has shaped their testimonies into an eloquent whole, and while he never alludes to the totalitarian regime that ruled his native Poland during the same period, the analogy is impossible to ignore. [via]
Eritrea: Even the Stones Are Burningby Roy PatemanISBN 0932415628 (0-932415-62-8)
Softcover, Red Sea Pr
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Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Sellassie Yearsby John H. SpencerISBN 0917256255 (0-917256-25-5)
Hardcover, Reference Pubns
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Ethiopia the Christian Art of an African Nationby Elizabeth LangmuirISBN 0875770576 (0-87577-057-6)
Softcover, Peabody Essex Museum
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Ethiopia, the Unknown Land : A Cultural and Historical Guideby Stuart Munro-Hay, Pamala TaorISBN 1860647448 (1-86064-744-8)
Hardcover, I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
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Ethiopian Artby Deborah E. Horowitz, Susan Tobin, Walters Art Gallery Staff, Gary VikanISBN 1903942020 (1-903942-02-0)
Hardcover, Third Millennium Publishing
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Ethiopian Magic Scrollsby Jacques Mercier, Ursule MolinaroISBN 0807608971 (0-8076-0897-1)
Softcover, Braziller Incorporated, George
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An Ethiopian Romanceby Heliodorus, Moses HadasISBN 0812216725 (0-8122-1672-5)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Exotic Ethiopian Cookingby Daniel J. MesfinISBN 0961634502 (0-9616345-0-2)
Softcover, Ethiopian Cookbook Enterprise
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Exotic Ethiopian Cooking: Society, Culture, and Hospitality Tradition in Ethiopiaby Daniel Mesfin, Shlomo BachrachISBN 0961634529 (0-9616345-2-9)
Softcover, Ethiopian Cookbook Enterprise
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Although the book provides measurements, cooking will eventually come by instinct. The food is spicy, subtle, piquant and unforgettble.
Besides recipes for main meals, breads, drinks, alcoholic beverages, yogurt, breakfast, soups, etc., the book includes how to store prepared and unprepared foods, how to prepare basic ingredients, spices, measurement tables, glossary of basic terms, and index.
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Eyelids of Morning: The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Menby Peter H. Beard, A. D. GrahamISBN 0877015392 (0-87701-539-2)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Falasha No More an Ethiopian Jewish Child Comes Home: An Ethiopian Jewish Child Comes Homeby Arlene Kushner, Amy KalinaISBN 0933503431 (0-933503-43-1)
Hardcover, Xs Books
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Fire on the Mountainby Jane Kurtz, Earl B. LewisISBN 0689818963 (0-689-81896-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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First Footsteps in East Africa or an Exploration of Hararby Richard F. BurtonISBN 140680097X (1-4068-0097-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Footsteps in East Africa or an Exploration of Harar'Book summary:One of the great adventure classics. Victorian scholar-adventurers first-hand epic account of daring 1854 expedition to a forbidden East African capital city. A treasury of detailed information on Muslim beliefs, manners and morals; plus pleasures and perils of the desert. A wealth of geographic, ethnographic and linguistic data. [via]
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The Garbage Kingby Elizabeth LairdISBN 0764126261 (0-7641-2626-1)
Softcover, Barrons Juveniles
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The God Who Begat a Jackalby Nega MezlekiaISBN 0312309961 (0-312-30996-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Greater Ethiopia: The Evolution of a Multiethnic Societyby Donald H. LevineISBN 0226475603 (0-226-47560-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Haile Sellassie I: The Formative Years 1892-1936by Harold G. MarcusISBN 1569020108 (1-56902-010-8)
Softcover, Red Sea Pr
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Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia and Eritreaby Chris Prouty, Eugene RosenfeldISBN 0810826631 (0-8108-2663-1)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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A History of Ethiopiaby Harold G. MarcusISBN 0520224795 (0-520-22479-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Ethiopia'Book summary:In this readable and concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. Based on a thorough reading of post-World War II scholarship, Marcus demonstrates that there is more to Ethiopia's existence than the ambitions of any one group. While Ethiopia has from time to time separated into component parts, it has never disappeared as an idea and has always reappeared in fact. Marcus concludes that now, as in the past, geography, economics, and culture will, in the end, prevail in uniting Ethiopia's diverse peoples against the forces of ethnic and religious factionalization. [via]
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The Hospital By The River: A Story Of Hopeby John Little, Catherine HamlinISBN 1854246739 (1-85424-673-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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In Ethiopia with a Muleby Dervla MurphyISBN 0719565111 (0-7195-6511-1)
Softcover, Murray, John
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In Search of King Solomon's Minesby Tahir ShahISBN 1559707240 (1-55970-724-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of King Solomon's Mines'Book summary:King Solomon, the Bible's wisest king, also possessed extraordinary wealth. He built a temple at Jerusalem that was said to be more fabulous than any other landmark in the ancient world, heavily adorned with gold from Ophir. The precise location of this legendary land has been one of history's great unsolved mysteries. Long before Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel King Solomon's Mines produced a fresh outbreak of gold fever, explorers, scientists and theologians had scoured the world for the source of the king's astonishing wealth. Tahir Shah takes up the quest, using as his leads a mixture of texts including the Septuagint, the earliest form of the Bible, as well as geological, geographical and folkloric sources. Time and again the evidence points towards Ethiopia, the ancient kingdom in the horn of Africa whose imperial family claims descent from Menelik, the son born to Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Tahir Shah's trail takes him to a remote cliff-face monastery where the monks pull visitors up on a leather rope, to the ruined castles of Gondar, and to the churches of Lalibela, hewn from solid rock.In the south, he discovers an enormous illegal gold mine where thousands of men, women and children dig with their hands. But the hardest leg of the journey is to the accursed mountain of Tullu Wallel, where legend says there lies an ancient shaft, once the entrance of King Solomon's mines. [via]
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In Search of the Lost Ark of the Covenantby David Halbrook, Robert CornukeISBN 0805420533 (0-8054-2053-3)
Hardcover, B & H Pub Group
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The Italian Invasion of Abyssinia 1935-36by David Nicolle, Raffaele RuggeriISBN 1855326922 (1-85532-692-2)
Softcover, Osprey Pub Co
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Lonely Planet Ethiopia & Eritreaby Jean-Bernard CarilletISBN 1740592905 (1-74059-290-5)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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A Modern Translation of the Kebra Nagast: (The Glory of Kings)by Miguel F. BrooksISBN 1569020337 (1-56902-033-7)
Softcover, Red Sea Pr
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My Name Is Rachamimby Jonathan Kendall, Alemu EshetieISBN 0807403210 (0-8074-0321-0)
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Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhoodby Nega MezlekiaISBN 0312289146 (0-312-28914-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Notes from the Hyena's Belly: Memories of My Ethiopian Boyhoodby Nega MezlekiaISBN 0140285822 (0-14-028582-2)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Pillars in Ethiopian Historyby Joseph E. HarrisISBN 0882580906 (0-88258-090-6)
Softcover, Howard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pillars in Ethiopian History'Book summary:PILLARS IN ETHIOPIAN HISTORY,The William Leo Hansberry African History Notebook, Volume I Edited by Joseph E. Harris Taken from William Leo Hansberry's private papers the four essays in Volume I, better described as narrative histories, decipher and remove from the entanglement of myth, legend and spurious historical documentation the pillars of Ethiopia's unity. The editor, Joseph Harris, is the former chairman of the Department of History at Howard University. AFRICA AND AFRICANS AS SEEN BY CLASSICAL WRITERS, The William Leo Hansberry African History Notebook Volume II Edited by Joseph E. harris volume II of the William Leo Hansberry Notebook interprets, classical comments about Africa and Africans. William Leo Hansberry is considered by many to be the father of African Studies in the United States. During the thirty-seven years that Hansberry taught at Howard University, he laid the foundations for the systematic study of African History culture and politics. [via]
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Pillars in Ethiopian Historyby William Leo Hansberry, Joseph E. HarrisISBN 0882580094 (0-88258-009-4)
Hardcover, Howard Univ Pr
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Rastafari: Roots and Ideologyby Barry ChevannesISBN 0815602960 (0-8156-0296-0)
Softcover, Syracuse Univ Pr
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Remote People: A Report from Ethiopia and British Africa, 1930-1931by Evelyn WaughISBN 0880012560 (0-88001-256-0)
Softcover, Ecco Pr
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Returnby Sonia LevitinISBN 0449702804 (0-449-70280-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Running the Amazonby Joe KaneISBN 1885283024 (1-885283-02-4)
Hardcover, Adventure Library
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Sababy Jane Kurtz, Jean-Paul TibblesISBN 1584857471 (1-58485-747-1)
Softcover, Amer Girl Pub
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The Seventh Scrollby Wilbur A. SmithISBN 0786204826 (0-7862-0482-6)
Hardcover, Mitchell Thornton
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Surrender or Starve: Travels in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritreaby Robert D. KaplanISBN 1400034523 (1-4000-3452-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Surrender or Starve: Travels in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea'Book summary:Robert D. Kaplan is one of our leading international journalists, someone who can explain the most complicated and volatile regions and show why theyre relevant to our world. In Surrender or Starve, Kaplan illuminates the fault lines in the Horn of Africa, which is emerging as a crucial region for Americas ongoing war on terrorism.
Reporting from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea, Kaplan examines the factors behind the famine that ravaged the region in the 1980s, exploring the ethnic, religious, and class conflicts that are crucial for understanding the region today. He offers a new foreword and afterword that show how the nations have developed since the famine, and why this region will only grow more important to the United States. Wielding his trademark ability to blend on-the-ground reporting and cogent analysis, Robert D. Kaplan introduces us to a fascinating part of the world, one that it would behoove all of us to know more about. [via]More editions of Surrender or Starve: Travels in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea:
Surrender or Starve: The Wars Behind the Famineby Robert D. KaplanISBN 0813307546 (0-8133-0754-6)
Hardcover, Perseus Books
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Sweetness in the Bellyby Camilla GibbISBN 159420084X (1-59420-084-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sweetness in the Belly'Book summary:The protagonist of this meditative and elegantly written novel represents an unusual demographic. White, English, and orphaned at eight, Lilly grows up in Morocco as a Muslim, moves to Harar, Ethiopia, for five years and settles in London after political upheaval makes her vulnerable in Harar. A stranger everywhere, she has a knack for making homes and building communities anywhere: as a valued teacher of the Qur'an to Harari children, and as friend and nurse to Ethiopian exiles in London. "You put roots and they'll start growing," her bohemian parents told her to justify their nomadic ways. But grown-up Lilly actively seeks roots and relationships, agonizing over the uprootings that famine, corruption, and political instability made inevitable for Ethiopians in the 1970s and '80s. Her narrative shuttles between two cosmopolitan cities, two tumultuous decades, and two significant others. Aziz is an Ethiopian doctor she falls for in Harar but is wrenched away from literally (perhaps too literally) after giving him her virginity. Dr. Gupta is an Indian whose courtship of her in London is handicapped by the flame she still holds for Aziz. Not knowing if the latter is alive or dead, Lilly has remained suspended in a 17-year limbo between grief and desperate hope.
Sweetness in the Belly is obviously not your average doctor-and-nurse story. Indeed, Gibbs's aim is to portray a largely invisible society. Ethiopia, Lilly says, is just "a starving impoverished nation ... of famine and refugees" in the Western imagination. Steeped in research but wearing it lightly, the novel renders a culture and dozens of people convincingly (though the parallel story lines make keeping characters straight a challenge). Lilly, with her religious fervour, multiple languages, and basic decency, is a believable insider and appealing consciousness. The self-protective emotional coolness of her London self, however, casts a shadow over the Harar narrative, where a contrasting tone could have conveyed her youthful optimism and passion. One might also wish the political back-story of famine and Haile Selassie's fall were more integrated into the plot; Gibb seems as keen to protect characters as they are to protect each other, sacrificing opportunities for drama and suspense. But these are small flaws in a precise, textured, suitably bittersweet novel. --John C. Ball [via]
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Sylvia Pankhurst: A Crusading Life 1882-1960by Shirley HarrisonISBN 1854109057 (1-85410-905-7)
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Taste of Africa: 70 Easy-To-Cook Recipes from an Undiscovered Cuisineby Rosamund GrantISBN 0831778938 (0-8317-7893-8)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Taste of Eritrea: Recipes from One of East Africa's Most Interesting Little Countriesby Olivia WarrenISBN 0781807646 (0-7818-0764-6)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Childrenby Melissa Fay GreeneISBN 1596911166 (1-59691-116-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Truthfeastingby Ja A. JahannesISBN 0865431922 (0-86543-192-2)
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When the Going Was Goodby Evelyn WaughISBN 0837182530 (0-8371-8253-0)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press, Evesham, The
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The White Nileby Alan MooreheadISBN 1885283032 (1-885283-03-2)
Hardcover, Adventure Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The White Nile'Book summary:A thrilling narrative history of the exploration of Africa in the last half of the 19th century featuring larger-than-life personalitiesStanley, Livingstone, Burton, among many othersand intense drama. An immediate bestseller when first published, this may be the most absorbing and enjoyable of all the books about African exploration.
Original publication date 1960
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L'Abyssinby Jean-Christophe RufinISBN 2070406970 (2-07-040697-0)
Softcover, Sodis
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Secretos De Generales: Desclasificadoby Luis BaezISBN 9597054116 (959-7054-11-6)
Hardcover, Editorial Si-Mar
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