Books in Print in June, 2010
New, Exciting Book
I just heard the author being reviewed and I’m going to order the book as soon as
I finish this entry. It’s only 144 pages and sounds thrilling.
The Boiling River: Adventure and Discovery in the Amazon (TED Books) by
Andrés Ruzo Publisher: Simon & Schuster/ TED (February 16, 2016)
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann,
Doubleday (February 24, 2009) A fantastic book available hardbound or on Kindle
Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia Hardcover
by David Greene (NEW BOOK – released October 20, 2014)
The Help by Kathryn Stockertt Amy Einhorn Books (Putnam & Sons), 2009 –
Explores an aspect of Southern Culture (USA) on the cusp of the Civil Rights era.
Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America by Harm de Blij Oxford U.
Press, 2005
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When She Was White: The Story of Sandra Laing: Race and Reconciliation in South
Africa by Judith Stone 2007
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight : An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
2003 (South Africa)
A Long Way Gone : Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah 2007 (Sierra
Leone)
The Translator by Daoud Hari, Dennis Michael Burke, Megan M. McKenna 2008
That Summer in Sicily by Marlena de Blasi Ballantine Books, 2008
The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria (Italy) By Marlena de Blasi Algonquin
Books of Chapel Hill, 2007
Escape from Camp 14, Blaine Harden, Viking Publishing, 2012 - Shin Dong-Hyuk born
in a labor camp to be a laboring slave – the story of his escape from North Korea
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2007 (Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya)
Long Walk to Freedom : The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson
Mandela,1995 (South Africa)
Stolen Lives : Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir, Ros Schwartz (Translator)
, Michele Fitoussi 2002 (Morocco)
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Martenson & David Relin Viking Press 2006
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Husseini, Riverhead Books, 2007
Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave, Simon & Schuster, 2009
No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu 2000 (South Africa)
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky : The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
by Alephonsion Deng, Benjamin Ajak, Benson Deng 2006
God Grew Tired of Us by John Bul Dau, Michael S. Sweeney 2008 (Sudan)
What is the What by Dave Eggers 2006 (Sudan)
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley 2000
(Keny)
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Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, Terra Chalberg (Editor) 2003 (South Africa)
Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja, Layli Miller Bashir 1999 (Togo)
Forest People by Colin M. Turnbull 1987 (Zaire)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 1958 (Nigeria)
A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe 1966 (Nigeria)
The Road to Home by Vanessa Del Fabbro, Steeplehill Books, 2005 (South Africa
after Apartheid)
Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiongo, Ngugi W. Thiong'o, Chinua Achebe (Editor) ,
Adewale Maja-Pearce (Editor) 1994 (Nigeria)
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe 1989 (Nigeria)
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe 1994 (Nigeria)
Home and Exile by Chinua Achebe 2001 (Nigeria)
Girl Soldier : A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children by Faith J.H. McDonnell,
Grace Akallog 2007
The Lost Boys of Sudan : An American Story of the Refugee Experience by Mark Bixler
2006
Monique and the Mango Rains : Two Years with a Midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway,
John Bidwell (Editor) , John Bidwell (Editor) 2006
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha : Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah
Erdman 2004 (Ivory Coast)
Village of Waiting by George Packer, Philip Gourevitch 2001 (Togo)
Two Years in Kingston Town : A Peace Corps Memoir by Jeff Koob 2002 (Jamaica)
Land without Time : A Peace Corps Volunteer in Afghanistan by John Sumser 2006
Two Years in the Kingdom : The Adventures of an American Peace Corps Volunteer in
Northeast Thailand by Blaine L. Comeaux 2002 (Thailand)
Taxi to Tashkent : Two Years with the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan by Tom Fleming
2007 (Uzbekistan)
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Shattered Pearl by Sara Armstrong 2006 (Uganda)
Black Man's Grave : Letters from Sierra Leone by Gary JR. Stewart, John Amman 2007
Under the Neem Tree by Susan Lowerre 1991 (Senegal)
Singing on the Heavy Side of the World : A Peace Corps Ukraine Story by John Deever
2002
In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove by Carol Spindel, Peter Dimock (Editor) 1989
Unexpected Light : Travels in Afghanistan by Jason Elliot 2001
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad, Ingrid Christophersen, Ingrid
Christophersen (Translator) 2004
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart 2006 (Afghanistan)
Journey from the Land of No : A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran by Roya
Hakakian 2005
The Unwanted by Kien Nguyen 2003 (Vietnam – post war)
Reading Lolita in Tehran : A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 2003 (Iran)
My Life as a Traitor : A Story of Courage and Survival in Tehran's Brutal Evin Prison by
Zarah Ghahramani, Robert Hillman (With) 2007
Prisoner of Tehran : A Memoir by Marina Nemat 2007
Love in a Torn Land : Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's
Escape from Iraqi Vengeance by Jean P. Sasson 2007 (Iraq & Kurdistan)
Rabbit-Proof Fence : The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time by
Doris Pilkington, Nugi Garimara 2002 (Australia – Aborigines)
Songlines by Bruce Chatwin 1988 (Australia – Aborigines)
Daisy Bates In The Desert : A Woman's Life Among Aborigines by Julia Blackburn,
Robin Desser (Editor) 1994 (Australia – Aborigines)
Liberia for a While by Myfanwy Johns 2006
Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya 2007 (India)
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Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan 2001 (India)
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar 2007 (India)
Holy Cow : An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald 2004 (India)
Making Peace With the Planet, Barry Commoner, 1990 (ecology)
The Population Bomb, Paul R. Ehrlich, 1976 (demographics)
The Population Explosion, Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, 1991 (demographics)
The Story of an African Farm, Oliver Schreiner, Dover Publications, 1998. (South Africa)
Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey, Alison Wearing, Picador Publishing, 2000 fascinating reading
Holy Land, Whose Land? Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots, Dorothy Drummond, Educare
Press, 2002. (Israel & Palestine)
Italian Lessons by Peter Pezzelli
Inside Afghanistan: The American Who Stayed Behind After 9/11 and His Mission of
Mercy to a War-Torn People, John Weaver, W Publishing, 2002
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy, Frances Mayes, Broadway Books, 2003
(Italy)
Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy, Frances Mayes, Broadway Books, 2000
(Italy)
Home to Italy by Peter Pezzelli
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche (translated by Patricia Claxton)
(Uganda)
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran by Hooman Majd, Doubleday
2008
Gringos in Paradise: An American Couple Builds Their Retirement Dream House in a
Seaside Village in Mexico by Barry Golson, 2006
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine, Somaly Mam
Random House Publishers, 2009
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FOR A SPIRITUAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND/OR ECOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE ON EARTH, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER ONE OT
THE FOLLOWING BOOKS
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock Oxford U. Press
The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder by
William P. Brown (Feb 26, 2010)
A Simple Guide to Eco-Spirituality by Katherine Murray, 2011
The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas Berry (Author), Mary Evelyn Tucker (Editor, Foreword) 2009
The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth (Ecology and Justice) by Thomas Berry
(Mar 15, 2011)
The Dream of the Earth by Thomas Berry (Author)
The Great Work: Our Way into the Future by Thomas Berry
A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet’s Future by Roger S.
Gottlieb, Oxford U. Press, 2006
Out of Print Books – should be available used.
Used Books Online: http://www.half.com (Used books through E-Bay)
http://www.bn.com (New and used books)
http://www.amazon.com (New and used books)
Wand of Noble Wood by Onuora Nzekwu, 1961 (Africa)
The closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology, Barry Commoner, 1971 - Outstanding
book
that presents the four laws of ecology clearly and convincingly
Tell Freedom, Peter Abraham, 1982 (Africa)
A Handful of Rice, Kamala Markandaya, 1966 (India)
The Search for the Pink-headed Duck: A Journey into the Himalayas Down the
Brahmaputra, Rory Nugent, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1991 (India – Nepal)
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The highlighted books are ones I have read and can attest to their
quality.
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