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Unconfessed
Written by Yvette Christianse
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages
Publisher: Other Press
On Sale: September 17, 2007
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59051-281-4 (1-59051-281-2)
Pen/Hemingway Award Finalist
Slavery as it existed in Africa has seldom been portrayed–and never with such texture, detail, and authentic emotion. Inspired by actual 19th-century court records, Unconfessed is a breathtaking literary tour de force. They called her Sila van den Kaap, slave woman of Jacobus Stephanus Van der Wat of Plettenberg... Read more >
Written by Yvette Christianse
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages
Publisher: Other Press
On Sale: September 17, 2007
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59051-281-4 (1-59051-281-2)
Pen/Hemingway Award Finalist
Slavery as it existed in Africa has seldom been portrayed–and never with such texture, detail, and authentic emotion. Inspired by actual 19th-century court records, Unconfessed is a breathtaking literary tour de force. They called her Sila van den Kaap, slave woman of Jacobus Stephanus Van der Wat of Plettenberg... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
The Power of One
A Novel
Written by Bryce Courtenay
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: September 29, 1996
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-41005-4 (0-345-41005-X)
In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams–which are nothing compared to what life... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Bryce Courtenay
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: September 29, 1996
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-41005-4 (0-345-41005-X)
In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams–which are nothing compared to what life... Read more >
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paperback.
Hamilton's Curse
How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today
Written by Thomas DiLorenzo
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Crown Forum
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38284-9 (0-307-38284-2)
Two of the most influential figures in American history. Two opposing political philosophies. Two radically different visions for America.
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were without question two of the most important Founding Fathers. They were also the fiercest of rivals. Of these two political titans, it is Jefferson—–the revered author... Read more >
How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today
Written by Thomas DiLorenzo
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Crown Forum
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38284-9 (0-307-38284-2)
Two of the most influential figures in American history. Two opposing political philosophies. Two radically different visions for America.
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were without question two of the most important Founding Fathers. They were also the fiercest of rivals. Of these two political titans, it is Jefferson—–the revered author... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
The Battle of Mogadishu
Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger
Edited by Matt Eversmann and Dan Schilling
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Presidio Press
On Sale: July 26, 2005
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-45966-4 (0-345-45966-0)
It started as a mission to capture a Somali warlord. It turned into a disastrous urban firefight and death-defying rescue operation that shocked the world and rattled a great nation. Now the 1993 battle for Mogadishu, Somalia–the incident that was the basis of the book and film Black Hawk Down–is remembered... Read more >
Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger
Edited by Matt Eversmann and Dan Schilling
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Presidio Press
On Sale: July 26, 2005
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-45966-4 (0-345-45966-0)
It started as a mission to capture a Somali warlord. It turned into a disastrous urban firefight and death-defying rescue operation that shocked the world and rattled a great nation. Now the 1993 battle for Mogadishu, Somalia–the incident that was the basis of the book and film Black Hawk Down–is remembered... Read more >
The Hero with an African Face
Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa
Written by Clyde W. Ford
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-37868-9 (0-553-37868-6)
Drawing on extensive research and his own wide travels in Africa, Clyde Ford vividly retells ancient African myths and brings to light their universal meanings. From great creation myths to tales revealing the intimacy of humans and animal spirits, Ford shows numerous parallels between African spiritual symbols and those of other... Read more >
Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa
Written by Clyde W. Ford
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 4, 2000
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-553-37868-9 (0-553-37868-6)
Drawing on extensive research and his own wide travels in Africa, Clyde Ford vividly retells ancient African myths and brings to light their universal meanings. From great creation myths to tales revealing the intimacy of humans and animal spirits, Ford shows numerous parallels between African spiritual symbols and those of other... Read more >
Wonders of the African World
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: January 16, 2001
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70948-7 (0-375-70948-7)
The Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series
Wonders of the African World is an exuberant, visually stunning journey across Africa and through the history of its glorious but forgotten civilizations.
Traveling by camel, by dhow, by Land Cruiser, and on foot, the renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes us to twelve... Read more >
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: January 16, 2001
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70948-7 (0-375-70948-7)
The Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series
Wonders of the African World is an exuberant, visually stunning journey across Africa and through the history of its glorious but forgotten civilizations.
Traveling by camel, by dhow, by Land Cruiser, and on foot, the renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes us to twelve... Read more >
African Queen
The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus
Written by Rachel Holmes
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6136-5 (1-4000-6136-9)
Saartjie Baartman was twenty-one years old when she was taken from her native South Africa and shipped to London. Within weeks, the striking African beauty was the talk of the social season of 1810--hailed as “the Hottentot Venus” for her exquisite physique and suggestive semi-nude dance. As her fame spread to... Read more >
The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus
Written by Rachel Holmes
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: January 2, 2007
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6136-5 (1-4000-6136-9)
Saartjie Baartman was twenty-one years old when she was taken from her native South Africa and shipped to London. Within weeks, the striking African beauty was the talk of the social season of 1810--hailed as “the Hottentot Venus” for her exquisite physique and suggestive semi-nude dance. As her fame spread to... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Do They Hear You When You Cry
Written by Fauziya Kassindja
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Delta
On Sale: January 12, 1999
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-31994-2 (0-385-31994-0)
In 1994, Fauziya Kassindja, an extraordinary teenager from a wealthy, prominent family in Kpalime, Africa, fled from her home to escape tribal ritual female genital mutilation. She sought political asylum in the United States, but was instead incarcerated for 16 months in various Immigration and Naturalization Service detention facilities. Housed in... Read more >
Written by Fauziya Kassindja
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Delta
On Sale: January 12, 1999
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-31994-2 (0-385-31994-0)
In 1994, Fauziya Kassindja, an extraordinary teenager from a wealthy, prominent family in Kpalime, Africa, fled from her home to escape tribal ritual female genital mutilation. She sought political asylum in the United States, but was instead incarcerated for 16 months in various Immigration and Naturalization Service detention facilities. Housed in... Read more >
Strength in What Remains
Written by Tracy Kidder
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6621-6 (1-4000-6621-2)
To watch the book's trailer, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcAQFNLacfw
Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and common reading program classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our... Read more >
Written by Tracy Kidder
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-6621-6 (1-4000-6621-2)
To watch the book's trailer, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcAQFNLacfw
Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and common reading program classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Sahara Unveiled
A Journey Across the Desert
Written by Willia Langewiesche
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 24, 1997
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-75006-2 (0-679-75006-1)
Read more >
A Journey Across the Desert
Written by Willia Langewiesche
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 24, 1997
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-75006-2 (0-679-75006-1)
Read more >
No Mercy
A Journey to the Heart of the Congo
Written by Redmond O'Hanlon
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 30, 1998
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-73732-2 (0-679-73732-4)
The most intrepid traveler since Stanley found Livingstone is on a literary journey so fraught with humor, discovery, and terror that it makes Heart of Darkness read like a drawing-room comedy. This time Redmond O’Hanlon is in the People’s Republic of the Congo, in search of the legendary dinosaur of Lake... Read more >
A Journey to the Heart of the Congo
Written by Redmond O'Hanlon
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 30, 1998
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-73732-2 (0-679-73732-4)
The most intrepid traveler since Stanley found Livingstone is on a literary journey so fraught with humor, discovery, and terror that it makes Heart of Darkness read like a drawing-room comedy. This time Redmond O’Hanlon is in the People’s Republic of the Congo, in search of the legendary dinosaur of Lake... Read more >
The Last Resort
A Memoir of Zimbabwe
Written by Douglas Rogers
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Harmony
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 978-0-307-40797-9 (0-307-40797-7)
Douglas Rogers, an award-winning Zimbabwean journalist and travel writer, tells the heartbreaking and
hilarious story of his parents' (among the last white farmers in Zimbabwe) struggle to hold on to their farm as
Mugabe's economic and land reclamation policies send the southern African country into an economic tailspin.
When Rogers returns to Zimbabwe after... Read more >
A Memoir of Zimbabwe
Written by Douglas Rogers
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Harmony
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 978-0-307-40797-9 (0-307-40797-7)
Douglas Rogers, an award-winning Zimbabwean journalist and travel writer, tells the heartbreaking and
hilarious story of his parents' (among the last white farmers in Zimbabwe) struggle to hold on to their farm as
Mugabe's economic and land reclamation policies send the southern African country into an economic tailspin.
When Rogers returns to Zimbabwe after... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
A Memoir
Written by Wole Soyinka
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-75514-9 (0-375-75514-4)
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Wole Soyinka
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-75514-9 (0-375-75514-4)
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered... Read more >
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
A Memoir
Written by Wole Soyinka
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-50365-8 (0-375-50365-X)
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Wole Soyinka
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-50365-8 (0-375-50365-X)
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Facing the Congo
A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness
Written by Jeffrey Tayler
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-609-80826-9 (0-609-80826-5)
Faced with an identity crisis in his work and his life, seasoned traveler and journalist Jeffrey Tayler made a bold decision. He would leave behind his mundane existence in Moscow to re-create the legendary British explorer Henry Stanley’s trip down the Congo in a dugout canoe, stocked with food, medicine, and... Read more >
A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness
Written by Jeffrey Tayler
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-609-80826-9 (0-609-80826-5)
Faced with an identity crisis in his work and his life, seasoned traveler and journalist Jeffrey Tayler made a bold decision. He would leave behind his mundane existence in Moscow to re-create the legendary British explorer Henry Stanley’s trip down the Congo in a dugout canoe, stocked with food, medicine, and... Read more >
Lest We Forget
The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation
Written by Velma Maia Thomas
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: October 7, 1997
Price: $32.50
ISBN: 978-0-609-60030-6 (0-609-60030-3)
This richly designed historical document is an ingenious, interactive, three-dimensional experience that dramatically addresses the painful history of America and the slave trade. Based on the Black Holocaust Exhibit, Lest We Forget is history brought to life by Velma Maia Thomas, curator. Accompanying the book's documents, Thomas' exquisite prose is interwoven... Read more >
The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation
Written by Velma Maia Thomas
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: October 7, 1997
Price: $32.50
ISBN: 978-0-609-60030-6 (0-609-60030-3)
This richly designed historical document is an ingenious, interactive, three-dimensional experience that dramatically addresses the painful history of America and the slave trade. Based on the Black Holocaust Exhibit, Lest We Forget is history brought to life by Velma Maia Thomas, curator. Accompanying the book's documents, Thomas' exquisite prose is interwoven... Read more >
The Rainbow People of God
Written by Desmond Tutu
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: August 1, 1996
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-48374-2 (0-385-48374-0)
The Rainbow People of God traces South Africa's glorious victory over apartheid in the writings and speeches of one of its central figures, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. From the graveside of Steven Biko to the triumphant inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, Tutu's words and presence helped shape events... Read more >
Written by Desmond Tutu
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: August 1, 1996
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-48374-2 (0-385-48374-0)
The Rainbow People of God traces South Africa's glorious victory over apartheid in the writings and speeches of one of its central figures, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. From the graveside of Steven Biko to the triumphant inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, Tutu's words and presence helped shape events... Read more >
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