Jon Land

First edition￼
New hardcover book. Does have a tiny tear on the jacket cover spine at the bottom. ￼

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

The West African country of Sierra Leone has long been known as a diamond-rich area. With civil war ripping the heart out of the country, all aspects of life there are unstable. Worst of all, guerrilla rebels, in their lust for the resource-rich land, have sunk to depravity and terrorism to evict people from the country. It's into this maelstrom of political and emotional turmoil that Ben and Danielle must go. The leader of the rebels, a fanatical and charismatic woman known only as the Dragon, is not content with ravaging her own country. She plans a final coup that will perfect her power and topple Western governments-unless Ben and Danielle can stop her in time.

Blood Diamonds

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Gail E. Haley

Old library marks. Some signs of use. Book is clean.

Texas

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went up to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see. How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations.

A Story, a Story

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Ronald Smith

Hardcover book in like new condition with the exception of a ripple across the top jacket cover due to shelving 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Black Panther. Ruler of Wakanda. Avenger. This is his destiny. But right now, he's simply T'Challa-the young prince. Life is comfortable for twelve-year-old T'Challa in his home of Wakanda, an isolated, technologically advanced African nation. When he's not learning how to rule a kingdom from his father-the reigning Black Panther-or testing out the latest tech, he's off breaking rules with his best friend, M'Baku. But as conflict brews near Wakanda, T'Challa's father makes a startling announcement: he's sending T'Challa and M'Baku to school in America. This is no prestigious private academy-they've been enrolled at South Side Middle School in the heart of Chicago. Despite being given a high-tech suit and a Vibranium ring to use only in case of an emergency, T'Challa realizes he might not be as equipped to handle life in America as he thought. Especially when it comes to navigating new friendships while hiding his true identity as the prince of a powerful nation, and avoiding Gemini Jones, a menacing classmate who is rumored to be involved in dark magic. When strange things begin happening around school, T'Challa sets out to uncover the source. But what he discovers in the process is far more sinister than he could ever have imagined. In order to protect his friends and stop an ancient evil, T'Challa must take on the mantle of a hero, setting him on the path to becoming the Black Panther.

Black Panther the Young Prince

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Colorado

Travels with an African Soldier

The author details her unique friendship with one of her parents' neighbors in Zambia, a white African and veteran of the Rhodesian war, and their mutual odyssey to revisit scenes of the war and come to terms with the horrors of warfare.

Scribbling the Cat

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James Rumford

Old library stickers. Some signs of use. Book is clean. C

The children arrive on the first day of school and build a mud structure to be their classroom for the next nine months until the rainy season comes and washes it all away.

Rain School

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Ann Grifalconi

Cover is in somewhat rough shape, but inside is very nice! 

Oregon

A young girl from the West African village of Tos movingly tells how the men came to live in square houses and the women in round ones.

The Village of Round and Square Houses

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Book 6 of the New York Times bestselling series Power Plays.

 Africa becomes the battle ground in 21st-century war. As fiberoptic cable is laid down around the continent, two entities fight to control it. One is UpLink Communications, headed by Roger Gordian. The pan-African fiberoptic ring is his most ambitious—and expensive—endeavor to date

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Cutting Edge

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The essences of the safari look is a blend of ethnic American & colonial European styles created by the expatriates who settled on the East African savanna. This compelling style of living is brilliantly captured in this exciting new book, which showcases the architecture & interiors of the homes, safari lodges & camps found in the vast eastern reaches of the African continent.

Safari Style

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Karen Jacobsen

Old library marks. Otherwise, excellent condition.

Ghana

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Light wear on corners. Old library marks. No other flaws.

Kenya

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#fiction #drama #hardcover #africa #women p2fvvd

Massachusetts

The other side of silence

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Alexander McCall Smith

New York

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

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Eric Walters

Eva Campbell

Some writing on title page. Otherwise, like new.

Kioko had been watching the matatus come and go for as long as he could remember. But today, for his fifth birthday, he climbs aboard one with his grandfather. As the matatu pulls away from the market, the village dogs chase after them. When Kioko asks his grandfather why the dogs always bark and chase after matatus, his grandfather tells him an entertaining tale about a dog, a goat and a sheep. Set in East Africa, The Matatu is a colorful story filled with many unexpected turns and twists along the way.

The Matatu

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Mary Williams

The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor, American Library Association (ALA)
Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Best Children's Books of the Year: Outstanding Merit, Bank Street College of Education
Notable Books for a Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA)
Children's Book Award Notable, International Literacy Association (ILA)
Books Reflecting Diversity: - A Look Into a Wilder World, Bank Street College Children's Book Committee

Based on heartbreaking yet inspirational true events in the lives of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Brothers in Hope is a story of remarkable courage, and an amazing testament to the unyielding power of the human spirit.

Eight-year-old Garang is tending cattle far from his family's home in southern Sudan when war comes to his village. Frightened but unharmed, he returns to find everything has been destroyed.

Soon Garang meets other boys whose villages have been attacked. Before long they become a moving band of thousands, walking hundreds of miles seeking safety -- first in Ethiopia and then in Kenya. The boys face numerous hardships and dangers along the way, but their faith and mutual support help keep the hope of finding a new home alive in their hearts.

Based on heartbreaking yet inspirational true events in the lives of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Brothers in Hope is a story of remarkable and enduring courage, and an amazing testament to the unyielding power of the human spirit.

Brothers in Hope

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John Steptoe

Birthday

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Joann Fletcher

First US edition 
Ex-library book in VERY good condition with the exception of library stamps on the outside pages and a few throughout.  

The Woman Behind the Legend

A world-renowned Egyptologist tells the real story, one that is not obscured by Roman propaganda, Shakespearean tragedy and Hollywood, of the extraordinary woman who realized what was necessary for Egypt's continued prosperity and allowed nothing to stand in her way of achieving it. 25,000 first printing.

Cleopatra the Great

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Indiana

Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa

In the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers and Nothing to Envy, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo--a vivid narrative of Africans, many of them women, who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism. In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.

A Moonless, Starless Sky

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King of Another Country

#mehndi #henna #tattoo #India #bodyart #Africa #MiddleEast #Design #henna-art 

The Art of Henna Body Painting

The magical art of mehndi, or henna painting, has been practiced for centuries in India, Africa, and the Middle East, and now it has finally arrived in the West. Packed with inspirational photographs of traditional and contemporary mehndi, this complete resource offers everything you need to create your own beautiful henna designs, including:

* dozens of practice exercises and sample illustrations
* a foolproof recipe for mixing the henna paste
* step-by-step instructions on how to apply your mehndi design
* insider's tips from professional mehndi artists and more!

Mehndi

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Ohio

Michigan

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

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Reader's Digest Editors

This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the hardback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe.

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Reader's Digest Illustrated history of South Africa the real story

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Michel Chikwanine

Jessica Dee Humphreys

HC with dust jacket. DJ shows minimal wear. Ex-library with noted markings. Tight binding. Pages in very good condition.

California

Michel is like many other five-year-olds: he has a loving family and spends his days going to school and playing soccer. But in 1993, the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Michel and his family live, is a country in tumult. One afternoon Michel and his friends are kidnapped by rebel militants and forced to become child soldiers. Child Soldier is the sometimes heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring true story of the triumph of the human spirit.

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Blood Diamonds

Gail E. Haley

A Story, a Story

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Black Panther the Young Prince

Alexandra Fuller

Scribbling the Cat

James Rumford

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Ann Grifalconi

The Village of Round and Square Houses

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Karen Jacobsen

Kenya

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The other side of silence

Alexander McCall Smith

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

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Eric Walters; Eva Campbell

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Birthday

Joann Fletcher

Cleopatra the Great

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King of Another Country

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Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

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Reader's Digest Illustrated history of South Africa the real story

Michel Chikwanine; Jessica Dee Humphreys; Illustrated by Claudia Davila

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War