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Out of Africa (Modern Library Series)
- by Isak Dinesen
Rep Edition
Hardcover, 399 pages
Published by Modern Library
Publication date: October 1992
From 1914 to 1931, Danish aristocrat Baroness Karen Blixen owned and operated a coffee plantation in Kenya. After the plantation failed, she returned to Europe and began to write under the pen name Isak Dinesen. Out of Africa reads like a collection of stories in which she adheres to no strict chronology, gives no explanation of the facts of her life, and apologizes for nothing. First published in 1937, Out of Africa is not free of the colonial or racist attitudes of its time; yet, within that context, Isak Dinesen is an enlightened observer and participant as she describes the experience of British East Africa before World War II. A reissue of the book that inspired the critically acclaimed movie version together with Shadows on the Grass.
Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass (Paperback)
by Isak Dinesen
Reissue Edition
Paperback, 462 pages
Published by Vintage Books
Publication date: October 1989
Born Free : A Lioness of Two Worlds
by Joy Adamson
Paperback, 220 pages
Published by Random House (Paper)
Publication date: July 1987
Joy Adamson tells the extraordinary story of how she and her husband were able to rear an orphaned lion cub--not for a life of captivity, but, rather, for one of freedom and independence between two radically different worlds. 114 black-and-white photographs.
How It Was With Dooms : A True Story from Africa
by Xan Hopcraft, Carol Cawthra Hopcraft
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding
Published by Margaret McElderry
Publication date: April 1997
Full-color photographs and a simple text present an extraordinary personal portrait by ten-year-old Xan of a wild African cheetah named Dooms and the human family with whom he chose to make his home in Kenya.
West With the Night
by Beryl Markham
Paperback
Published by North Point Pr
Publication date: February 1985
Beryl Markham was raised by her father on a large farm in British East Africa in the early twentieth century; as a child she preferred spear hunting with the native Muranis to her school lessons. At seventeen, when her father lost their farm and went to Peru, she chose to stay in Africa and began a highly successful career as a race horse trainer. In her twenties she gave up horses and started flying airplanes, becoming the first woman in East Africa to be granted a commercial pilot's license, then the first woman to fly the Atlantic from east to west.
The Lives of Beryl Markham
by Errol Trzebinski, Errol Trzevinski
Reprint Edition
Paperback
Published by W.W. Norton & Company
Publication date: March 1995
The Cats of Lamu
by Jack Couffer
Paperback
Published by Lyons Press
Publication date: June 1999
A photographic essay of the cats of Lamu, Kenya.
Mau Mau & Kenya :
An Analysis of a Peasant Revolt (Blacks in the Diaspora)
by Wunyabari O. Maloba
Paperback, 220 pages
Published by Indiana Univ. Press
Publication date: February 1999
Being Oromo in Kenya
by Mario I. Aguilar
Hardcover
Published by Africa World Press
Publication date: June 1999
A cultural and anthropoligical study of ethnic identity, religion, rites and ceremonies in Kenya.
African Warriors : The Samburu
by Thomasin Magor
Hardcover, 255 pages
Published by Harry N Abrams
Publication date: September 1994
In the tradition of the acclaimed Nomads of Niger, here is an intimate portrait of one of the last surviving warrior peoples of Africa, the Samburu of northern Kenya. Thomasin Magor, who lived with the Samburu for six years, provides extraordinary photographs and an eloquent text offering unprecedented insight into the Samburu way of life.
In the Dust of Kilimanjaro
by David Western
Hardcover, 250 pages
Published by Island Press
Publication date: September 1997
In the Dust of Kilimanjaro is the extraordinary story of one man's struggle to protect African wildlife. More than an exceptional autobiography, the book is a riveting look at the local and global efforts to preserve species and protect ecosystems. Published
to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Kenya's National Parks, In the Dust of Kilimanjaro contains a strong and timely message about co-existence between humans and animals. Photos, maps.
Facing Mount Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Paperback
Published by Random House (Paper)
Publication date: June 1962
Orchids of Kenya
by Joyce Stewart, Bob Campbell (Photographer)
Hardcover, 191 pages
Published by Timber Press
Publication date: July 1996
This is the first book to cover the 265 native orchids of Kenya, many of which will be new to orchid lovers. Each genus�s unique characteristics and history are briefly described, followed by detailed information on each of the species. The book features 200 beautiful color photos and provides advice on the best cultivation techniques.
A Field Guide to the Acacias of Kenya
by Malcolm Coe, Henk Beentje
Paperback, 148 pages
Published by Oxford Univ Press
Publication date: January 1992
Kenya from the Air
by Anne Arthus-Bertrand, Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Photographer)
Hardcover
Published by Vendome Pr
Publication date: December 1994
Aerial photographer Arthus-Bertrand displays the spectacular fruits of his passion in this oversize (11x14.5") format, which accommodates 55 double-page spreads, captioned, with introductory text on the land and people of Kenya.
Kenya the Beautiful
by Michael Brett
Paperback
Published by Bhb Intl Inc
Publication date: July 1997
The author, Michael Brett , 04/16/98:
author's comment
I wrote this book between August and November 1994 and it nearly killed me! However, I still regard it as a very good book on Kenya and it certainly deals with the country in an extremely thorough manner. As it has 100s of beautiful pictures and an authoratative text it is a great guide to the country and especially useful as a present for anyone who has been there.
The Key to Kenya 1995/96
by Reg Butler
Paperback
Published by Still Productions
Publication date: February 1995
Kip Keino (Olympic Gold Series)
by Wayne R. Coffey
1st Ed.
Library Binding
Published by Blackbirch Marketing
Describes the athletic accomplishments of the Kenyan track star who won gold medals in both the 1968 and 1972 Olympics.
Maasai
by Tepilit Ole Saitoti, Carol Beckwith (Photographer)
Hardcover
Published by Abradale Press
Publication date: November 1990
Eldoret : An African Poetics of Technology (Culture and Technology)
Richard M. Swiderski
Hardcover, 228 pages
Published by University of Arizona Press
Publication date: February 1995
Booknews, Inc. , 09/01/95:
Through an impressionistic examination of the many indigenous and imported technologies of one small town in the Kenyan highlands, the author (an anthropologist) explores much wider issues of poverty, structural unemployment, gender relations, ethnic and class conflict, and the problems of development in the Third World. Drawing on two years spent in the town of Eldoret, Swiderski includes 32 of his lovely, quirky line drawings. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Capitalism and Nationalism at the End of Empire : State and Business in Decolonizing Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya, 1945-1963
by Robert L. Tignor
Hardcover
Published by Princeton Univ Pr
Publication date: January 1999
The two decades that followed World War II witnessed the end of the great European empires in Asia and Africa. Robert Tignor's new study of the decolonization experiences of Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya elucidates the major factors that led to the transfer of power from British to African hands in these three territories.
Decolonization & Independence in Kenya 1940-93 (Eastern African Series)
Bethwell A. Ogot (Editor), William Robert Ochieng
Paperback
Published by Ohio Univ Pr (Txt)
Publication date: November 1995
Six distinguished African historians and professors discuss the last half century in Kenya, from decolonization to the Kenyatta era to the first Nyayo decade (Daniel arap Moi's ascendancy).
Pronouncing and Persevering : Gender and Discourses in an African
Islamic Court (Language and Legal Discourse)
by Susan F. Hirsch
Hardcover
Published by Univ of Chicago Press
Publication date: June 1999
Study on domestic relations law, language, and Islamic Courts.
Class and Economic Change in Kenya
by Gavin Kitching
Paperback
Published by Yale Univ Pr
Publication date: September 1982
Class and Economic Change in Kenya : The Making of an African Petite Bourgeoisie 1905-1970
by G. N. Kitching
Hardcover, 479 pages
Published by Yale Univ Pr
Publication date: December 1980
The Comforts of Home : Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi
by Luise White
Hardcover, 285 pages
Published by University of Chicago Press
Publication date: December 1990
The Comforts of Home : Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi
by Luise White
Paperback, 285 pages
Published by University of Chicago Press
Publication date: December 1990
Ambushed by Love : God's Triumph in Kenya's Terror
by Dorothy Smoker (Compiler)
Paperback, 284 pages
Published by Christian Literature Crusade
Publication date: September 1994
Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya : Surviving Drought and Development in Africa's Arid Lands (Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change Series)
by Elliot Fratkin
Paperback, 160 pages
Published by Allyn & Bacon
Publication date: September 1997
The Elusive Granary : Herder, Farmer, and State in Northern Kenya (African Studies Series, No 73)
Peter D. Little
Hardcover, 212 pages
Published by Cambridge Univ Pr (Short)
Publication date: May 1992
From Slaves to Squatters : Plantation Labor and Agriculture in Zanzibar and Coastal Kenya, 1890-1925
by Frederick Cooper
Hardcover, 328 pages
Published by Yale Univ Pr
Publication date: June 1981
Kenya : The Quest for Prosperity (Westview Profiles/Nations of Contemporary Africa)
by Norman Miller, Rodger Yeager
2nd Edition
Paperback, 254 pages
Published by Westview Press
Publication date: December 1993
Quest for the Jade Sea : Colonial Competition Around and East African Lake
by Pascal James Imperato
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published by Westview Pr (Trd)
Publication date: April 1999
More People, Less Erosion : Environmental Recovery in Kenya
by Mary Tiffen, Michael Mortimore, Francis Gichuki
Paperback, 326 pages
Published by John Wiley & Sons
Publication date: February 1994
Examines the interactions between people and the environment of the semi-arid Machakos District from 1930 to 1990. Considered an environmental disaster in the 1930s, the population of the region has since increased more than five- fold--and experienced improvement in the environment. The study explores the positive contribution that population growth in low density areas can have on economic and social development, technology change, and environmental sustainability.
Multi-Party Politics in Kenya : The Kenyatta & Moi States & the Triumph of the System in the 1992 Election (Eastern African Studies)
by David Throup, Charles Hornsby
Hardcover, 290 pages
Published by Ohio Univ Pr (Txt)
Publication date: February 1999
Multi-Party Politics in Kenya (Paperback)
by David Throup, Charles Hornsby
Paperback, 290 pages
Published by Ohio Univ Pr (Txt)
Publication date: February 1999
Multinational Corporations in the Political Economy of Kenya
by Steven W. Langdon
Hardcover, 229 pages
Published by St Martins Pr (Short)
Publication date: September 1981
Youth Titles
Elephant Woman : Cynthia Moss Explores the World of Elephants
Laurence Pringle, Cynthia Moss (Photographer)
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding, 48 pages
Published by Atheneum
Publication date: November 1997
Laurence Pringle tells how photodocumentarian Cynthia Moss came to study the elephant families in Kenya's Amboseli National Park and how each family is lead by a wise and experienced old matriarch who guides her group as they forage for food and water. Full color.
One Day We Had to Run : Refugee Children Tell Their Stories in Words and Paintings
by Sybella Wilkes
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding, 61 pages
Published by Millbrook Pr
Publication date: September 1995
One Day We Had to Run! tells the stories of three children who were forced to become refugees. They fled from Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia, leaving their families and homes, facing many dangers before they reached the safety of Kenya. Here, the children tell Wilkes their stories--often with pictures. Full-color and b&w photos.
Colors of Kenya
by Fran Sammis & Jeni Reeves
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Paperback
Published by Carolrhoda Books Inc.
Publication date: June 1999
A child's guide to the people and places of Kenya.
One Day We Had to Run! (Paperback)
by Sybella Wilkes
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Paperback, 62 pages
Published by Millbrook Pr Trade
Publication date: May 1995
One Day We Had to Run! (Hardcover)
by Sybella Wilkes
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover
Published by Millbrook Pr Trade
Publication date: October 1995
Kenya (Countries of the World)
by Michael S. Dahl
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding, 24 pages
Published by Bridgestone Books
Publication date: June 1997
Discusses the history, landscape, people, and culture of Kenya.
Kenya (Country Insights)
by Mairead Dunne, Wambui Kairi, Eric Nyanjom
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding, 48 pages
Published by Raintree/Steck Vaughn
Publication date: September 1997
Using the city of Mombasa and the village of Matinyani as windows onto the different ways of life in Kenya, the book briefly discusses the country's cultural diversity.
Kenya (Enchantment of the World)
by Richard Conrad Stein
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding
Published by Children's Press
Publication date: November 1985
An introduction to the geography, history, culture, and people of this beautiful East African country.
Kenya (Festivals of the World)
by Falaq Kagda, Elizabeth Berg (Editor)
School & Library Binding
Published by Gareth Stevens
Publication date: January 1997
Describes how the culture of Kenya is reflected in its many festivals, including Jamburi, Eunoto, and Kenyatta Day.
Kenya (New True Books)
by Karen Jacobsen
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding
Published by Children's Press
Publication date: July 1991
Introduces Kenya, home to more than forty African tribes as well as people from Asia and Europe.
Kenya (Where We Live)
by Donna Bailey, Anna Sproule
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding, 32 pages
Published by Steck-Vaughn Library Div
Publication date: January 1991
A child living in Nairobi describes the daily life, housing, agriculture, people, and parks of Kenya.
Kenya (Where We Live)
by Donna Bailey
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Paperback
Published by Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Publication date: October 1990
Kenya : Africa's Tamed Wilderness (Discovering Our Heritage Series)
by Joann Johansen Burch
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
2nd Edition
School & Library Binding, 193 pages
Published by Dillon Pr
Publication date: November 1996
Offers a profile of the African nation of Kenya, from its present-day multi-party democracy through the exciting discovery of a 4.2 million-year-old fossil of a protohuman. Describes the geography, people, history, folklore, family life, food, schools, and sports of Kenya, as well as its immigrants to the United States.
Kenya : Lets All Pull Together (Exploring Cultures of the World)
by David C. King
Library Binding
Published by Marshall Cavendish Corp.
Publication date: November 1997
The brief yet well-rounded survey provides historical and geographical information on Kenya, as well as engaging information on the country's people and culture. Crafts, holidays, education, and sports are some of the topics explored in the concise text,
which is illustrated with color photographs. Bib., glos., ind.
Kenya in Pictures (Visual Geography Series)
by Joel Reuben (Editor), Thomas Otoole
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding, 64 pages
Published by Lerner Publications Company
Publication date: December 1988
Text and photographs introduce the geography, history, government, people, and economy of the thirty-fourth African nation to gain independence.
Kenya (Globe-Trotters Club Series)
by Sean McCollum
Library Binding
Published by Carolrhoda Books
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