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The Zanzibar Chest

Author : Aidan Hartley
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802189784
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Zanzibar Chest written by Aidan Hartley and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of colonialism and its consequences. “A sweeping, poetic homage to Africa, a continent made vivid by Hartley’s capable, stunning prose” (Publishers Weekly). In his final days, Aidan Hartley’s father said to him, “We should have never come here.” Those words spoke of a colonial legacy that stretched back through four generations of one British family. From a great-great-grandfather who defended British settlements in nineteenth-century New Zealand, to his father, a colonial officer sent to Africa in the 1920s and who later returned to raise a family there—these were intrepid men who traveled to exotic lands to conquer, build, and bear witness. And there was Aidan, who became a journalist covering Africa in the 1990s, a decade marked by terror and genocide. After encountering the violence in Somalia, Uganda, and Rwanda, Aidan retreated to his family’s house in Kenya where he discovered the Zanzibar chest his father left him. Intricately hand-carved, the chest contained the diaries of his father’s best friend, Peter Davey, an Englishman who had died under obscure circumstances five decades before. With the papers as his guide, Hartley embarked on a journey not only to unlock the secrets of Davey’s life, but his own. “The finest account of a war correspondent’s psychic wracking since Michael Herr’s Dispatches.” —Rian Malan, author of My Traitor’s Heart

The Zanzibar Chest

Author : Aidan Hartley
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0006531210
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Zanzibar Chest written by Aidan Hartley and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving together stories, his family's history, and his childhood in Africa, Hartley tells what he saw. "The Zanzibar Chest" is an enthralling narrative of men and women meddling with, embracing, and being transformed by other cultures in one of the most important examinations of colonialism ever written.

Not Untrue and Not Unkind

Author : Martina Newberry
Publisher : Arabesques Editions
ISBN 13 : 9961926048
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Not Untrue and Not Unkind written by Martina Newberry and published by Arabesques Editions. This book was released on 2006 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Confessions of a Mullah Warrior

Author : Masood Farivar
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555848230
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Mullah Warrior written by Masood Farivar and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you liked The Kite Runner, you must read this riveting, firsthand account by one of the real Afghan mujahideen . . . An extraordinary tale.” —Leslie Cockburn Masood Farivar was ten years old when his childhood in peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan was shattered by the Soviet invasion of 1979. Although he was born into a long line of religious and political leaders who had shaped his nation’s history for centuries, Farivar fled to Pakistan with his family and came of age in a madrassa for refugees. At eighteen, he defied his parents and returned home to join the jihad, fighting beside not only the Afghan mujahideen but also Arab and Pakistani volunteers. When the Soviets withdrew, Farivar moved to America and attended the prestigious Lawrenceville School and Harvard, and ultimately became a journalist in New York. Farivar draws on his unique experience as a native Afghan, a former mujahideen fighter, and a longtime US resident to provide unprecedented insight into the ongoing collision between Islam and the West. This is a visceral, clear-eyed, and illuminating memoir from an indispensable new voice on the world stage. “Like the war poets who told you what it was really like to be in the trenches, Farivar survived to tell us about life on the front lines of the clash of civilizations—and it rings with more truth than any other account of these famous events I’ve ever read. In these troubled times, this is a book that is brave, honest, humane, and full of love.” —Aidan Hartley, author of The Zanzibar Chest

Africa

Author : Richard Dowden
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 0786741422
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Africa written by Richard Dowden and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a lifetime's close observation of the continent, one of the world's finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. It takes a guide as observant, experienced, and patient as Richard Dowden to reveal its truths. Dowden combines a novelist's gift for atmosphere with the scholar's grasp of historical change as he spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo. Dowden's master work is an attempt to explain why Africa is the way it is, and enables its readers to see and understand this miraculous continent as a place of inspiration and tremendous humanity.

The Zanzibar Affair

Author : Samantha Ford
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781533269096
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Zanzibar Affair written by Samantha Ford and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enduring love story set against the spectacular backdrop of East and Southern Africa, New York and France, and spanning decades, are the very essence of this remarkable debut novel. Love, betrayal, passion and death are woven into this romantic novel with exquisite skill. A book to read and to relish. Samantha Ford is destined to become a contemporary romance bestseller with her stories out of Africa. The love story... A letter, found by her daughter Molly, in an old chest on the island of Zanzibar reveals the secret of Kate Hope's glamorous but anguished past, and the reason for her sudden and unexplained disappearance. Ten years previously Kate's lover and business partner, Adam Hamilton, tormented by a terrifying secret he is willing to risk everything for, brutally ends his relationship with Kate. A woman is found murdered in a remote part of Kenya, bringing Tom Fletcher to East Africa to unravel the web of mystery and intrigue surrounding Kate, the woman he loves but hasn't seen for over twenty years. In Zanzibar, Tom meets Kate's daughter Molly. With her help he pieces together the last years of her mother's life and his extraordinary connection to it. Stories from Africa When you read this book you will understand that Samantha is a very accomplished writer who describes human feelings only the way a woman can. Love and passion sear through the pages as does a clear indication that she has lived in and experienced love on the continent she adores. Africa is, of course, that continent and she has demonstrated that she can describe East and Southern Africa in original and evocative terms. She has been on many safaris and observed first hand the lifestyles that she draws upon to write her stories from Africa. Fiction they may be, but they give you an insight into the lives of the rich and powerful, both at work and at play. This is a book to get lost in, an absorbing story of suspense and intrigue, and one which it is hard to believe is a début novel. But don't worry Samantha has completed her second novel, The House Called Mbabati, due to be released in June 2016, and has made a start on her third. So if you love this book you will not have too long to wait for another story out of Africa.

My Friend the Mercenary

Author : James Brabazon
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802195954
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book My Friend the Mercenary written by James Brabazon and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight in 21st-century Africa . . . and tribute to an extraordinary comrade-at-arms.” —Kirkus Reviews In February 2002, British journalist James Brabazon set out to travel with guerrilla forces into Liberia to show the world what was happening in that war-torn country. To protect him, he hired Nick du Toit, a former South African Defence Force soldier who had fought in conflicts across Africa for over three decades. What follows is an incredible behind-the-scenes account of the Liberian rebels—known as the LURD—as they attempt to seize control of the country from government troops led by President Charles Taylor. In this gripping narrative, James Brabazon paints a brilliant portrait of the chaos that tore West Africa apart: nations run by warlords and kleptocrats, rebels fighting to displace them, ordinary people caught in the crossfire—and everywhere adventurers and mercenaries operating in war’s dark shadows. It is a brutally honest book about what it takes to be a journalist, survivor, and friend in this morally corrosive crucible. “A classic story of intrigue, greed, and violence in one of the most dysfunctional countries in the world. It is a gripping story that I couldn’t read fast enough.” —Sebastian Junger, New York Times–bestselling author

Shadowland

Author : Peter Straub
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 0593818199
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Shadowland written by Peter Straub and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As if Harry Potter was written for grown-ups, Peter Straub’s Shadowland delivers carnage, blood, pain, fairy tales, and flashes of joy and wonder, just like real magic.”—Grady Hendrix You have been there...if you have ever been afraid. Come back. To a dark house deep in the Vermont woods, where two friends are spending a season of horror, apprenticed to a Master Magician. Learning secrets best left unlearned. Entering a world of incalculable evil more ancient than death itself. More terrifying. And more real. Only one of them will make it through.

Approaching Zanzibar

Author : Tina Howe
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573691287
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Approaching Zanzibar written by Tina Howe and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a family's travels from West Virginia to New Mexico.

In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs

Author : Christopher de Bellaigue
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060935367
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs written by Christopher de Bellaigue and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil"? Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people.

McGlue

Author : Ottessa Moshfegh
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 052552276X
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book McGlue written by Ottessa Moshfegh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut novella from one of contemporary fiction's most exciting young voices, now in a new edition. Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of name or situation or orientation--he may have killed a man. That man may have been his best friend. Intolerable memory accompanies sobriety. A-sail on the high seas of literary tradition, Ottessa Moshfegh gives us a nasty heartless blackguard on a knife-sharp voyage through the fogs of recollection. They said I've done something wrong? . . . And they've just left me down here to starve. They'll see this inanition and be so damned they'll fall to my feet and pass up hot cross buns slathered in fresh butter and beg I forgive them. All of them . . . : the entire world one by one. Like a good priest I'll pat their heads and nod. I'll dunk my skull into a barrel of gin.

The Valley of Mud Brick Architecture

Author : Salma Samar Damluji
Publisher : Ancient to Contemporary Design
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Valley of Mud Brick Architecture written by Salma Samar Damluji and published by Ancient to Contemporary Design. This book was released on 1992 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: However, the author argues that many of these new building practices and materials are innately unsuited to an Arab environment, and are in fact inferior to the authentic styles of architecture.

Wild Life

Author : Aidan Hartley
Publisher : William Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780434013838
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Wild Life written by Aidan Hartley and published by William Heinemann. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years ago, after the senseless murder of his closest friend in Nairobi, Aidan Hartley packed up his bags and headed for the hills with his wife and young daughter. They bought a vast tract of dry land in Laikipia in Northern Kenya, with no fences, no phones, and no company other than the errant witchdoctor who cursed the dust of Aidan's footsteps. But it wasn't long before Aidan discovered that his patch of wilderness was full of life: not just the farmhands spending their wages on drink, weddings and funerals, but a whole procession of curious people who wanted something, or felt they needed to investigate. As Aidan and Claire struggled to build a farm from scratch, they had run-ins with leopards and elephants, and with their new neighbors. Aidan grew up on a farm in Tanzania and thought he had farming in his blood, but nothing prepared him for how hard life would be. But with the help of the locals, the farm developed, and all three of the family proved to have far more to learn from their neighbours than they had expected. Wild Life story is a remarkable book, by turns heartbreaking and wonderfully funny.

The Arab Chest

Author : Sheila Unwin
Publisher : Arabian Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780954479268
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book The Arab Chest written by Sheila Unwin and published by Arabian Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first exhaustive study of a piece of furniture that has been used in the Arab world for centuries, and on the East African coast since the early 1800s. The Arab chest caught the attention of expatriates and travellers throughout these regions, and by the mid-20th century it had become a collector's item in the West. The author, Sheila Unwin, first came across the chests in East Africa in the early l950s. Since then she has been determined to discover their provenance and unravel their stylistic origins. This journey of detection is reflected in her historical overviews, which cover the early Arab trading networks, Arabs and Persians in East Africa, the Gulf and Oman, the Mughals in India, and the early explorations and trading expeditions of the Portuguese, Dutch and British from East Africa to the Far East. Her study of these enables her to trace the cultural influences that have combined to produce the chests, and to chart their complex origins. More than a historical survey, the book is also a guide to the classification, care and cleaning of chests. It is lavishly illustrated with archive and contemporary photographs and maps, while line drawings demonstrate the differences in classification and type of chests and fittings. Owners of these fine pieces will find this an invaluable companion and resource. Sheila Unwin greatly enriches our appreciation of an artefact which can now be seen, in the light of her research, as a fascinating embodiment of the old Indian Ocean trading network.

The Granta Book of the African Short Story

Author : Helon Habila
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 1847084389
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Granta Book of the African Short Story written by Helon Habila and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection from all over the continent, from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya. Helon Habila focuses on younger, newer writers - contrasted with some of their older, more established peers - to give a fascinating picture of a new and more liberated Africa. These writers are characterized by their engagement with the wider world and the opportunities offered by the end of apartheid, the end of civil wars and dictatorships, and the possibilities of free movement. Their work is inspired by travel and exile. They are liberated, global and expansive. As Dambudzo Marechera wrote: 'If you're a writer for a specific nation or specific race, then f*** you." These are the stories of a new Africa, punchy, self-confident and defiant. Includes stories by: Fatou Diome; Aminatta Forna; Manuel Rui; Patrice Nganang; Leila Aboulela; Zo Wicomb; Alaa Al Aswany; Doreen Baingana; E.C. Osondu.

Zanzibar Tales Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa

Author : George W. Bateman
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016125703
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book Zanzibar Tales Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa written by George W. Bateman and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

So Long, Marianne

Author : Kari Hesthamar
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1770905014
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book So Long, Marianne written by Kari Hesthamar and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the enigmatic beauty who captured the hearts of two extraordinary men At 22, Marianne Ihlen travelled to the Greek island of Hydra with writer Axel Jensen. While Axel wrote, Marianne kept house, until Axel abandoned her and their newborn son for another woman. One day while Marianne was shopping in a little grocery store, in walked a man who asked her to join him and some friends outside at their table. He introduced himself as Leonard Cohen, then a little-known Canadian poet. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Complemented by previously unpublished poems, letters, and photographs, So Long, Marianne is an intimate, honest account of Marianne’s life story — from her youth in Oslo, her romance with Axel, to her life in an international artists colony on Hydra in the 1960s, and beyond. The subject of one of the most beautiful love songs of all time, Marianne Ihlen proves to be more than a muse to Axel and Leonard; her journey of self-discovery, romance, and heartache is lovingly recounted in So Long, Marianne.