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An African Experience: Wildlife Art and Adventure in Kenya By Simon Combes (Illustrator) Text and artwork by Simon Combes. Foreword by David Shepherd. A safari in Africa can be one of the great highlights of our lives, and Simon Combes has lived his life on one. He is one of the finest painters of wildlife alive and with this book makes his mark as a writer as well. The story of his life contained in this volume is an enthralling one: the son of an expatriate raised in colonial Kenya, a military career that spanned both sides of that nation's independence, a safari guide and artist with an eye for the adventure that is Africa. Buy this from Amazon...

Dear Exile: The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) By Hilary Liftin, Kate Montgomery A funny and moving story told through the letters of two women nurturing a friendship as they are separated by distance, experience, and time. One woman has the privilege of a happy, secure marriage while confronting the poverty of a Third World country. The other enjoys the luxuries of a big American city while struggling to find romantic happiness. In this humorous, touching, real-as-daylight collection of letters, former college roommates Liftin and Montgomery exchanged during their year apart, we see the support and humor two 20-something women can offer each other as they move down disparate paths. Buy this from Amazon...

DietMinder Personal Food & Fitness Journal (A Food and Exercise Diary) By F. Wilkins, D. Wilkins Journal - The Diet Minder Food & Fitness Journal (revised edition) is better than ever! Just like the original version, there is plenty of room to record goals, foods counts for every meal, daily exercise details, vitamins and supplements, progress charts, and personal comments. Additional features in this revised edition include check-off boxes for water consumption, a tweaked daily page layout with space to "do the math," and complete food count data on over 100 common foods. Buy this from Amazon...

Inkishu Myths and Legends of the Maasai By Kioi Wa Mbugua Children's book - Inkishu: Myths and Legends of the Maasai are stories collected from a Maasai elder in the Loita community, presenting an historical, traditional, and artistic image of the Maasai people. How the Maasai Got Their Cattle is a mythical history of the "People of Cattle" and how they came to be so. Forest of the Lost Child tells of the berry-laden forests that lure children from their duties of cattle tending in favor of the special fruit. Oldoinyio Le Nkai: The Mountain of God explains the... Buy this from Amazon...

Safari By Robert Bateman, Rick Archbold Bateman captures not only the fine details of the animals' appearances but the essence of their nature as well. Photo realistic color illustrations of wildlife dominate this account of an artist's encounters with twelve African animals. While some of the general facts about the animals' habitats and relative sizes are included with each profile, the author's own observations of animal behavior are conveyed in the main body of the text, which serves to narrate the full page illustrations. Buy this from Amazon...

The Blue Day Journal/the Blue Day Directory By Bradley Trevor Grieve, Bradley Trevor Greive Journal - This two-sided prompt journal combines the captivating photographs and comforting advice from The Blue Day Book with space for readers to record their own feelings and observations and conquer those blue days that everyone experiences. There is plenty of space for personal reflection on its beautifully designed pages, and it also provides prompted list pages in its directory section so readers can record and remember the things that help them dispel the blues and make them feel happy. Buy this from Amazon...

The Orphan Boy: A Maasai Story By Tololwa M. Mollel, Paul Morin (Illustrator) Children's book - Searching the sky for a familiar star, an old man encounters a mysterious boy, Kileken. As he comes to love the boy as a son, he agrees to let him keep the one thing he owns: a secret. "A lyrically retold story, illustrated with richly luminous paintings. Buy this from Amazon...

We Only Come Here to Struggle: Stories from Berida's Life By Berida Ndambuki, Claire C. Robertson This book is the culmination of a lengthy relationship between Claire Robertson and a market woman in the area of her research work in Africa. Robertson aims to portray the everyday life and struggle of an average woman in Western Africa. What comes through the pages is no less than an ordinary woman leading an extraordinary life. Through the course of reading this book, you will hear Berida's life story in her own words. As she encounters one obstacle after the other, from problems with her husband, to theft, to the birth and tragic death of her children, she continues to rise above and triumph. For all those who believe that African women are submissive and unempowered this book will be an eye-opener. Buy this from Amazon...

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