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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Kenya
DK Publishing 2011; US$ 25.00DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Kenya will lead you straight to the best attractions Kenya has to offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and maps of Kenya, this guide explores every facet that makes Kenya dynamic and irresistible; from the spectacular wildlife and breathtaking National Parks, to the lively nightlife and cultural attractions of... more...
Consider Somaliland
BRILL 2012; US$ 95.00Can ?traditional? leaders and institutions help to build more legitimate, accountable and effective governments in polities or ?states? under (re)construction? This book investigates the fascinating case of ?Somaliland?, the 20-year old non-recognized state which emerged from Somalia?s conflict and state collapse. more...
And Then Life Happens
Allen & Unwin 2012; US$ 27.26A moving account about life in two cultures, and Auma Obama's relationship with her brother, Barack. more...
Grasp the Shield Firmly the Journey is Hard
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 2010; US$ 39.95This book is a compilation of oral histories about the movement of Luo and some Bantu-speaking peoples. It includes histories of many clans or ethnic groups, and how drought, warfare, disease, and competition over pastoral resources in western Kenya forced them to look for a land that they could call their own. Highly entertaining, the stories cross... more...
Aquitaine, Bordeaux, Bayonne & France's Basque Country
Hunter Publishing 2009; US$ 6.99A thoroughly detailed guide to this region of France, with full information on where to stay, how to get around, the history & culture, sights to see, and what to do. Following are a few excerpts from the guide. Some of Europe's most beautiful cities, stunning beaches and serene, vineyard-dotted countryside are in the Aquitaine region, yet it remains... more...
Uncertain Tastes
University of California Press 2009; US$ 27.95This richly drawn ethnography of Samburu cattle herders in northern Kenya examines the effects of an epochal shift in their basic diet-from a regimen of milk, meat, and blood to one of purchased agricultural products. In his innovative analysis, Jon Holtzman uses food as a way to contextualize and measure the profound changes occurring in Samburu social... more...
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Egypt
Dorling Kindersley 2007; US$ 25.00A highly illustrated guide to Egypt in the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel series more...
Strategic Shortfall: The Somalia Syndrome and the March to 9/11
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 50.00This seminal work argues that the disastrous raid in Mogadishu in 1993, and America's resulting aversion to intervening in failed states, led to the Rwanda and Bosnia genocides and to the 9/11 attacks. more...
Uganda Society & Culture Complete Report
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 28.50Need to know it all? Our all-inclusive culture report for Uganda will get up to speed on all aspects of culture in Uganda, including lifecycle, religion, women, superstitions & folklore, sports, holidays & festivals, and etiquette. more...
Comoros Society & Culture Complete Report
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 28.31Need to know it all? Our all-inclusive culture report for Comoros will get up to speed on all aspects of culture in Comoros, including lifecycle, religion, women, superstitions & folklore, sports, holidays & festivals, and etiquette. more...









