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2121) South Africa
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Pack your bags—it’s time for a trip to South Africa! This nation, the southernmost on the African continent, is full of beautiful landscapes, fun activities, and interesting traditions. In this title, readers will see it all! Leveled text supported by engaging photos introduce all that South Africa has to offer. Added features introduce landmarks, wildlife, a famous person profile, a recipe, and more. This fun title shows readers just why this...
2122) Mansour's Eyes
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Mansour al-Jazaïri is on his way to his public execution. As his faithful friend Hussein looks on, the crowd calls for his head. Gassouh! Gassouh! It is a time when age-old rituals play out amid skyscrapers and are replayed on smartphone screens in the air-conditioned corridors of shopping malls. Set over the course of a single day in the Saudi Arabian capital, Mansour's Eyes weaves together several historical pasts: the time of Mansour's great-grandfather,...
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Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates-a riveting,thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism, and the costs of survival.
In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International-and...
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This beautifully photographed concept book teaches matching skills and highlights different activities animal families like to do together.
All animals have families. Monkey, hippo, elephant, buffalo, and zebra families look very different. Do you think you can find their families? You can learn to name them in English and Swahili, too.
Grade Interest:Pre-K-2
GRL:C
2126) Somalia
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Somalia, a peninsula on the eastern coast of Africa, is home to more than 12-million people! This book introduces readers to the country's landscape, wildlife, and people with bright, engaging photos. Leveled text helps the reader absorb detailed information with ease. Special features map important cities, introduce language, highlight a recipe, introduce important historical events, and more. Readers will come away with more understanding about...
2127) The Mzungu Boy
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For young Kariuki, life in a small village in central Kenya is one great adventure. And when he meets Nigel life becomes even more interesting. Nigel is from England and he has come to visit his great grandfather, the fearsome Bwana Ruin who owns the farm where all the villagers work. The villagers call Nigel the mzungu boy, and they view him with suspicion and fear. Nevertheless, Kariuki becomes friends with Nigel and the two spend happy days exploring...
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Nana Asma'u was a devout, learned Muslim who was able to observe, record, interpret, and influence the major public events that happened around her. Daughters are still named after her, her poems still move people profoundly, and the memory of her remains a vital source of inspiration and hope. Her example as an educator is still followed: the system she set up in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, for the education of rural women, has not...
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Extrait: "En quittant Gato pour accomplir la partie la plus longue et la plus périlleuse de notre voyage, la caravane réunie par le capitaine Edward Adams était composée de la manière suivante: Simpson, premier-maître de la Sarah et Tom Hopkins son second, à l'avant-garde. C'étaient des hommes sur lesquels on pouvait absolument compter, ils avaient sous leurs ordres cent des guerriers béniniens qu'Adams avait obtenus de l'oba d'Ouéni (roi...
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The key to the journey of life is to seek the knowledge of those who have experienced life before us. Our elders have passed down many wise words and teachings throughout time and history. The time has come for us to listen intently, rather than try to figure things out on our own.
Through the traditional teachings from our elders such as African proverbs, we have been provided with a guide to life, a handbook full of tips on how to handle situations...
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Hiding behind an armchair, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow manages to stumble away from the scene, motivated only by the memory of her mother's last words: "You must not die, Emma!"Eventually Emma is taken in by an old Hutu woman who risks her own life to hide the child. Emma stays with the old woman and a quiet bond forms between...
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In early 1997, Peter Penfold arrived in Sierra Leone as the British High Commissioner. This fascinating book describes not only his eventful three year tour but the background and subsequent events that placed this small country at the center of the world stage.
During his tour, he found himself as right hand man to the countrys beleaguered President Kabbah. Due to rebel actions, including shocking atrocities, the author had to not only evacuate...
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À l'occasion du cinquantenaire de cet événement unique et majeur de notre vie et parce que la littérature fait partie prenante de la lutte par ses engagements, les éditions Chihab, sur un projet de Nourredine Saadi qui a coordonné l'ouvrage, ont réuni ici dans un recueil collectif, des textes inédits d'écrivains sur le thème de Ce jour-là - écrits et récits de création, donc distincts de tout traité à caractère historique ou de toute...
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Penelope is not just a charming mouse, she is adventurous!
Stowing away on an airplane, she doesn't know her destination, but is sure it will be great fun. Landing in South Africa, Penelope goes exploring, tumbles around with meerkats, chats with a dassie, and meets many new animals... and narrowly escapes dangerous ones!
Then it's time to go home, where she tells her family and friends all about her amazing adventures. But, in the attic...
2135) The Rediscovered Country
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"Edward White's 'The Rediscovered Country' is one of the best books of travel and hunting published in a long time...records...the existence of an immense region swarming with game and forgotten by the world since a few German officials many years ago." -Idaho Statesman, August 7, 1915
"The Rediscovered Country is a true tale of hunting experiences in what was the last virgin territory in Africa; a country teeming with game, which had never before...
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From one of the world's greatest writers, the story of how the author found his voice as a novelist at Makerere University in Uganda
Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writer's creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda-threshold years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and...
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The British Army was shocked by three military defeats in a week in South Africa in late 1899. The commanding General Sir Redvers Buller lost his nerve. Something must be done was the cry across the Empire. Britain sent forth not one, but two military heroes. Field Marshal Lord Roberts and Major General Lord Kitchener spent their first five weeks in South Africa restoring morale, reorganizing their forces and deceiving the enemy as to their intentions....
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The world's myths are filled with characters, creatures, and stories that have fascinated people for thousands of years. This series mixes dramatic retellings and non-fiction information to give a full picture of a culture's myths. This book explores the gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, tricksters, and quests that make Egyptian myths and legends so compelling.
2139) Spotlight on Nigeria
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With the largest population in Africa, Nigeria is an economic powerhouse. Uncover Nigeria's history, learn how it became a global power in energy and entertainment, and see what's in store for the future of the country.
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Did you ever wonder why spiders have no hair? After reading this African trickster tale, you will know. When Anansi goes to help his grandmother, he can't resist her steaming, hot pot of beans. Co-authors Bobby and Sherry Norfolk take a wonderful new look at a classic African story.
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