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The good lion The good lion Beryl Markham An account of the time in the pilot Beryl Markham's childhood in Kenya when she was attacked by a lion that her neighbors kept as a pet. OL15051830W
First come the zebra First come the zebra Lynne Barasch When two young Kenyan boys, one Maasai and one Kikuyu, first meet, they are hostile toward each other based on traditional rivalries, but after they suddenly have to work together to save a baby in d… OL15060032W
Nairobi heat Nairobi heat Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ "A young and beautiful white woman is murdered in the US, and the prime suspect is former Rwandan school headmaster Joshua - a hero who had risked his life to save the innocent during Rwanda's genoci… OL16002546W
Safari survival Safari survival Jan Burchett Twins Ben and Zoe are sent to Kenya to expose and stop the hunters who are killing elephants in the nature reserve for sport. OL16474806W
The mystery of the lion's tail The mystery of the lion's tail Harper Paris "Twins Ethan and Ella are in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, and there's another mystery to solve. Where are all the lions? Ethan and Ella spot lots of cool animals, but the one they're most excited about,… OL17865551W
Safari journal Safari journal Hudson Talbott Twelve-year-old Casey is unhappy about being sent on a trip to Kenya with his wacky Aunt Elaine, until he encounters fascinating customs, endangered animals, and wild adventures. OL1817441W
What tears us apart What tears us apart Deborah Cloyed Love lives in the most dangerous places of the heart. The real world. That's what Leda desperately seeks when she flees her life of privilege to travel to Kenya. She finds it at a boys' orphanage in … OL18183136W
Death in Kenya Death in Kenya M.M. Kaye Memories, magic--and murder lie in wait on the scorching plains of Kenya Victoria Caryll departs London for the lush jungle of her Aunt Emily's estate, Flamingo, her adventurous heart full of forb… OL1985691W
Children are diamonds Children are diamonds Edward Hoagland This is not the Africa of Isak Dinesen, nor the Africa of Joy Adamson. This is the Africa of civil wars and tribal massacres, where the Lord's Resistance Army recruits child-soldiers after forcing th… OL19967768W
Leopard at the door Leopard at the door Jennifer McVeigh "Set in Kenya against the fading backdrop of the British Empire, a story of self-discovery, betrayal, and an impossible love. After six years in England, Rachel has returned to Kenya and the farm whe… OL20043540W
Dance of the Jakaranda Dance of the Jakaranda Peter Kimani Set in the shadow of Kenya's independence from Great Britain, this story reimagines the special circumstances that brought black, brown, and white men together to lay the railroad that heralded the b… OL20048098W
Snakepit Snakepit Nick Brownlee It's been a hell of a year - and for Detective Inspector Daniel Jouma and his friend, ex-policeman Jake Moore, a fishing trip together represents some long-overdue down time. As usual, trouble is not… OL21188605W
Cursive Cursive Alex Baker In 1933, Ralph leaves England for a new life on the island of Lamu, a journey forced upon him by his fiancee's father. In a series of letters, he writes to Lilian using her parting gift--a Mabie Todd… OL22748490W
Hell's gate Hell's gate Richard Crompton Extorting money from displaced people, violence against women, what it means to be Kenyan in a society divided by tribal loyalties, wildlife poaching and where do you find justice in a system where b… OL24269176W
Our secret, Siri Aang Our secret, Siri Aang Cristina Kessler Namelok, a Masai girl, tries to persuade her traditionalist father to delay her initiation and marriage because they will restrict her freedom and keep her from the black rhino mother and baby she is… OL35104W
Jambi and the lions Jambi and the lions Jennifer Brady Jambi, a young Kenyan boy who has befriended a lion cub, tracks a band of poachers who have captured some of the lions in the cub's pride. OL4290295W
Muktar and the camels Muktar and the camels Janet Graber Muktar, an eleven-year-old refugee living in a Kenyan orphanage, dreams of tending camels again, as he did with his nomadic family in Somalia, and has a chance to prove himself when a traveling libra… OL5717184W
Mark of the lion Mark of the lion Suzanne Middendorf Arruda An ambulance driver during WWI, Jade del Cameron promises a dying soldier that she'll track down his brother. The only problem is that the soldier's mother, whom Jade goes to visit in London, insists… OL5725181W
Stalking ivory Stalking ivory Suzanne Middendorf Arruda On a photography assignment in the northern territory of Mount Marsabit, Jade hopes to film the area's colossal elephants. Instead, she discovers the mutilated remains of four elephants and a man. Al… OL5725182W
A guide to the birds of East Africa A guide to the birds of East Africa Nicholas Drayson Reserved, honourable Mr Malik. You wouldn't notice him in a Nairobi street – except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb-over – but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lie a warm hear… OL5957351W
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