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Half a life Half a life V. S. Naipaul One of the finest living writers in the English language, V. S. Naipaul gives us a tale as wholly un-expected as it is affecting, his first novel since the exultantly acclaimed A Way in the World, pu… OL103096W
Honey...honey...lion! Honey...honey...lion! Jan Brett After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend de… OL12165574W
City boy City boy Jan Michael In the southern African country of Malawi, after the AIDS-related deaths of both of his parents, a boy leaves his affluent life in the city to live in a rural village, sharing a one-roomed hut with h… OL13368309W
A Father's Law A Father's Law Richard Wright - undifferentiated Never before published, the final work of one of America's greatest writersA Father's Law is the novel Richard Wright, acclaimed author of Black Boy and Native Son, never completed. Written during a … OL15183912W
Soldier in the Grass Soldier in the Grass Joanna Crispi The Congo is in civil war and Brazzaville is under siege. During a mission to evacuate French nationals, Lt. Vincent Chavanne is separated from his unit and left for dead. Soldier in the Grass record… OL15297749W
Return to Rosewood Return to Rosewood Bonnie K. Winn "I'm Not the Same Girl." After an accident left big-city gal Samantha Harrison in a wheelchair, she returned to her hometown a changed woman. But Bret Conway, her former fiance, whose heart she br… OL15393448W
Big enough Big enough Laura F. Marsh Mama Elephant explains to her son Max that some activities have to wait until he is older ; but no matter how old he is, he will never be too big for his mother's love. OL15640472W
Crossbones Crossbones Nuruddin Farah "A gripping new novel from today's "most important African novelist". (The New York Times Review of Books) A dozen years after his last visit, Jeebleh returns to his beloved Mogadiscio to see old f… OL15947486W
Running the rift Running the rift Naomi Benaron Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of becoming the first Rwandan to run in the Olympics, but Jean is a Tutsi and his kind are not supposed to win. But when the president's sudden assassination plummets the co… OL16002583W
Che fifa sul Kilimangiaro! Che fifa sul Kilimangiaro! Elisabetta Dami Bruce Hyena convinces Geronimo to join him in climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, a task for which the mouse journalist is completely unprepared. OL16182870W
Diary of an innocent Diary of an innocent Tony Duvert "Now for the first time, Duvert's most highly crafted novel is available in English. Poetic, brutally frank, and outright shocking, Diary of an Innocent recounts the risky experiences of a sexual adv… OL16191658W
Assegai Assegai Wilbur Smith On the eve of the World War I, ex-soldier turned professional hunter Leon Courtney is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the British forces in East Africa, to gather information o… OL16286595W
The mountain of gold The mountain of gold J. D. Davies Beset by pirates, Knights of Malta, and saboteurs, Captain Matthew Quinton sails to Africa in pursuit of a mountain of gold. When a captured Barbary pirate saves his neck with a tall tale of a fabled… OL16442599W
Who built the stable? Who built the stable? Ashley Bryan A shepherd boy apprenticed to his carpenter father builds a stable and then welcomes two weary travelers from Nazareth. OL16607089W
Crocodile's tears Crocodile's tears Alex Beard Afraid to ask Crocodile why he is crying, a black rhinocerous and a tik tik bird ask a series of endangered animals if they know. Includes photographs and factual information about each of the creatu… OL16643012W
Meet me at the moon Meet me at the moon Gianna Marino During a dry time, Mama leaves Little One alone while she climbs the highest mountain to ask the skies for rain, but she promises that her love will remain all around. OL16713067W
Jerome's Pillows Jerome's Pillows Christian Filostrat Sister Immanuel recounts her life and the life of her great love, Sister Mària, from their childhood in Belgium to their service as Catholic nuns in colonial Belgian Congo in this mesmerizing, psycho… OL17120102W
The Rebels Of New Sun A Blending Time Novel The Rebels Of New Sun A Blending Time Novel Michael Kinch In the year 2069, turning seventeen means mandatory Global Alliance work assignments that range from backbreaking drudgery to deadly canal labor. Trying to survive in a world that's been ravaged by p… OL17380938W
Ambushed in Africa Ambushed in Africa Peter Reese Doyle While in Africa visiting his friends Mark and Penny Daring, David Curtis helps them thwart attempts to steal the claim papers to a diamond field and to capture Penny as a hostage. OL1745565W
Ayesha, the return of She Ayesha, the return of She H. Rider Haggard Guided by a vision, an Englishman and his companion search the mountains of Asia for the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priestess. OL17478W
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