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"Paula McLain, author of the phenomenal bestseller The Paris Wife, now returns with her keenly anticipated new novel, transporting readers to colonial Kenya in the 1920s. Circling the Sun brings to life a fearless and captivating woman--Beryl Markham, a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, author of the classic memoir Out of Africa. Brought to Kenya from England as a...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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A funny, gripping and surprising story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo. Anna grew up in England with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her father's...
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The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[1975]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!
4) Afterlives
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of east Africa. When he was just a boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents on the coast of east Africa by German colonial troops. After years away, fighting against his own people, he returns home to find his parents gone and his sister, Afiya, abandoned into de facto slavery. Hamza too, is...
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One and only Ivan stories volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...
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James Bond series volume 42
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English
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"It's 1969, and James Bond--British special agent 007--is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Zanzarim, a troubled West African nation, is being ravaged by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to quash the rebels threatening the established regime. Bond's arrival in Africa marks the start of a feverish mission, and piece by piece, he uncovers the real cause of the violence in Zanzarim--a twisting conspiracy which extends further...
7) North Africa
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of North Africa today along with information on the physical geography, religion, culture, and current problems facing North Africa.
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
An A to Z reference on particular ethnic groups, material cultures, performing arts and literature, and religious, social, and cultural topics of Southern Africa with details on the countries of that region, cultural organizations and festivals.
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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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When Nelson Mandela was released after twenty-seven years of imprisonment, he needed a place to recover and adjust to his new life. He went to Londolozi Game Reserve. Founded over eighty years ago by Boyd Varty's great-grandfather, Londolozi started as a hunting safari. But in 1973, Boyd's visionary father, Dave, transformed it into a nature reserve, creating a blueprint for modern-day conservation. This transformation is the backdrop of Boyd's family...
11) Giraffes
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the characteristics and habits of giraffes.
12) Cheetahs
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses cheetahs, their African habitat, food, and behavior.
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Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
A group of determined men and women--scientist Kitty Kincaid, U.S. Army major J.R. Cassidy, pilot Charlotte Morrison, small-town Texan Red Walker, and Royal Air Force ace George "Skip" Inskip--finds adventure and passion against the backdrop of World War II.
14) Zebras
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
Discusses the characteristics and habits of zebras.
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Language
English
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"Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history. In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe,...
17) Africa
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the continent of Africa and its landscape, animals, music, resources, history, and the people.
18) East Africa
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
This volume contains a regional introduction, including a series of maps, language family trees, and an illustrated time line, followed by A-Z articles on specific ethnic groups, material followed by A-Z articles on specific ethnic groups, material cultures, performing arts and literature, and religious social, and cultural topics.
19) Elephants
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Did you know that elephants take mud baths and roll in the dirt? Discover how these wild animals live their lives in Africa.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive...
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