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“West with the Night” is a memoir by British-born author, aviator, and equestrian, Beryl Markham. Friend and fellow author Ernest Hemingway once wrote to his editor Maxwell Perkins asking: "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night?... bloody wonderful work." Markham was one of, if not the first, female bush pilots in Africa, and her memoir details adventures in Kenya with a unique perspective both from the ground and the sky.
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2) Kenya
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An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of Kenya.
4) Kenya
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Provides information on the geography, climate, people, resources, culture, and future of Kenya.
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"Life is hard for ten-year-old Safiyah in the Kibera slum outside Nairobi. Too poor to go to school, she makes a meager living for herself and her grandmother by selling things she finds at the garbage dump. The pages of the glossy magazines she finds at the dump are full of pictures of beautiful people doing things Safiyah can only dream about. But the magazines also inspire Safiyah to create something that may give her and Cucu the chance of a better...
7) Desertion
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"A masterwork by the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, in which the consequences of an illicit love affair reverberate from the heyday of the British empire to the aftermath of African independence"--
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"12-year-old Mwikali is moving to a new school in Nairobi and just wants her life to be normal. But when she meets Soni, Odwar and Xirsi who reveal that she is descended from an ancient bloodline of legendary Kenyan warriors, all hope of a normal life fades. Now, with an array of malign forces massing, Mwikali must delve deep into the past to discover her ancestry, learn to harness her extraordinary powers, and enter a race against time to defeat...
10) Kenya
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"From the capital of Nairobi to the savannas that are home to animals such as giraffes and lions, readers take a journey through the East African nation of Kenya they won't soon forget! With focused chapters that highlight Kenya's rich history, important economic contributions, and geography, the text supports social studies curriculum topics, while stories about sports, stunning photographs of traditional and modern artwork, and recipes for Kenyan...
11) Heat of the sun
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In Heat of the Sun's three episodes, Albert Tyburn, a brash former Scotland Yard detective transplanted to Kenya for a new assignment, applies a somewhat less-than-saintly approach to bringing murderers to justice.
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