by Ayaan Hirsi Ali  Publisher Comments The author of The Caged Virgin recounts the story of her life, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia and escape from a forced marriage to her efforts to promote women's rights while surviving numerous threats to her safety. 75,000 first... (read more) Your Price $9.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies 
by Charlie Boorman Publisher Comments In January 2006, 230 people raced in trucks, cars, and motorbikes from Lisbon to Dakar in the 28th annual Dakar rally, the most challenging race in existence. After his celebrated trip round the world with Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman was keen for... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Ishmael Beah Publisher Comments My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. "Why did you leave Sierra Leone?" "Because there is a war." "You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?" "Yes, all the time." "Cool." I... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Martin Dugard Publisher Comments With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Dean King 
Synopsis - A crucial, forgotten chapter of American history--immortalized in a survivor's firsthand account that became one of the bestselling books in 19th-century America and influenced Abraham Lincoln's, thoughts on slavery--is brilliantly retold for a new... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Don Cheadle Publisher Comments Shocked and enraged by the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Cheadle teamed up with leading activist Prendergast to focus the world's attention on the suffering and violence there and offer six strategies readers themselves can implement to help make a... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Alistair Horne Publisher Comments The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Adam Hochschild
Publisher Comments In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Wangari Maathai Publisher Comments From the first African woman--and the first environmentalist--to win the Noble Peace Prize comes her powerfully inspiring memoir. Founder of the Green Belt Movement Maathai recounts the obstacles and motivations that have guided her to lead a singularly... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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by Nelson Mandela Publisher Comments These are riveting memoirs of one of the great moral and political figures of our time, an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your Price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Juan Cole Publisher Comments In this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general's reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his fascinating views of the Orient... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Philip Gourevitch
Powells.com Staff Pick I just finished rereading We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families because after reading Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning I thought that the atrocities committed in Rwanda might make more sense to me. There are eerie... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Lauren St John Publisher Comments This is a story about a paradise lost. . . . About an African dream that began with a murder . . . In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian civil war, eleven-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to Rainbow's End, a wild, beautiful... (read more) Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Melissa Fay Greene
Powells.com Staff Pick Millions of children are left without parents in Ethiopia as the result of AIDS. A skilled and graceful exploration of this crisis, Greene's moving account of one woman's actions shows the tremendous impact one person can make. Haregewoin is a genuine... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by D T Niane Publisher Comments This is a revision of Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, a best seller for 30 years. Retold by griots, the guardians of African Culture, this oral tradition has been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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