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  Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

  An African Childhood

  by Alexandra Fuller

  In Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller remembers her African childhood with candor and sensitivity. Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, it is suffused with Fuller’s endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate. Fuller’s debut is unsentimental and unflinching but always captivating. In wry and sometimes hilarious prose, she stares... (more)
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  The Eye of the Leopard

  by Henning Mankell, Steven T. Murray

  A haunting novel juxtaposing a man's coming-of-age in Sweden with his life in Zambia, from the internationally bestselling author. Interweaving past and present, Sweden and Zambia, The Eye of the Leopard draws on bestselling author Henning Mankell's deep understanding of the two worlds he has inhabited for more than twenty years. Hans Olofson arrives in Zambia not long after independence, hoping to fulfill... (more)
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  Bulu, African Wonder Dog

  by Dick Houston

  Fans of true dog stories, Jack Russell terriers, and African wildlife will want to check out Bulu! Born on a crocodile farm in Zambia's untamed South Luangwa Valley, the puppy seemed different from his littermates. Too quiet. Unresponsive. Terriers are usually full of energy and bouncing off walls. But not this one. Nobody wanted him. Enter Anna and Steve Tolan—former police officers who had left behind their... (more)
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  Mrs. Pollifax: Book 5

  Mrs. Pollifax on Safari

  by Dorothy Gilman

  "Mrs. Pollifax is the American cousin to Agatha Christie's Miss Marple." TORONTO STAR Mrs. Pollifax has been sent on safari by the C.I.A. and told only to take pictures of all of her companions, in order to find the international assassin whose next target is the president of Zambia. It sounded so simple, but shortly after Mrs. Pollifax started taking pictures, someone stole her film. And right after that she was... (more)
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  Secrets of the Savanna

  by Mark Owens

  From the best-selling authors of Cry of the Kalahari, the dramatic story of Mark and Delia Owens's last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villages, and, in the end, themselves. Crossing stick bridges over swollen rivers and battling swarms of tsetse flies, Mark and Delia Owens found their way into one of the most startlingly beautiful, wild places on earth, the northern Luangwa Valley in Zambia. As... (more)
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  The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream (P.S.)

  by Christina Lamb

  In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown build himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia; a sprawling country estate modelled on the finest homes of England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades and rose gardens. He wanted to share it with the love of his life, the beautiful unconventional Ethel Locke King, one of the first women to drive and fly. She, however, was... (more)
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  Scribbling the Cat

  Travels with an African Soldier

  by Alexandra Fuller

  Best-selling memoirist Alexandra Fuller travels with a strangely charismatic Rhodesian war veteran into a modern-day heart of darkness. When Alexandra ("Bo") Fuller was home in Zambia a few years ago, visiting her parents for Christmas, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known for being a "tough bugger." Her father's response was a warning to steer clear of him; he told Bo: "Curiosity... (more)
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  The Trouble with Africa

  by Vic Guhrs

  This title refers to the frustrations and vexations we experience when we try to judge Africa from our Western perspective. It also alludes to the notion that although we may be confused and impatient with it, we are in Africa's spell. Once Africa is in our blood, it is hard to let go. The author uses paintings accompanied by anecdotes and stories of his experiences in the bush and the people he met there to... (more)
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  Adventures with an Englishman

  by Francis Jones

  I put together recollections in England that describe my early years to retirement in 1988. Born in 1923 the world was reasonably peaceful until 1939. WW2 started and I relate some encounters during that conflict, while serving in the Navy.My profession as a Naval Officer ended due to a war related disability in 1946, so a civilian environment took over. Married, we moved to Zambia and back farming. To Dublin... (more)
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  Glimmers of Hope: A Memoir of Zambia

  by Mark Burke

  The true story of a London schoolteacher who , after a failed relationship and tired of the rat race, seeks escape and the chance to make a difference in the developing world. Sent to Zambia by Voluntary Service Overseas with a remit to teach maths, HIV/AIDS and Gender Equality education, he ends up in a rural setting trying to cope with culture shock, loneliness and a challenging physical environment. Whilst... (more)
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  Glimmers of Hope: A Memoir of Zambia

  by Mark Burke

  The true story of a London schoolteacher, who, tired of the rat race and brooding over a failed relationship, uproots and volunteers to teach in rural Africa for two years. Sent to the Republic of Zambia with a remit to teach maths, HIV and Gender awareness, he finds both hope in unusual places, and corruption where he least expects. This memoir is both a recollection of his more vivid memories of eastern... (more)
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  Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness

  by Alexandra Fuller

  In this sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight , Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy Valley-era Africa of her mother's childhood; the boiled cabbage grimness of her father's English childhood; and the darker, civil war- torn Africa... (more)
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  Glimmers of Hope : A Memoir of Africa

  by Mark Burke

  A schoolteacher leaves London and volunteers to work in rural Zambia for two years.
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  Travels And Tribulations: A Memoir

  by James A. Chisman

  This book is not a travel guide to countries to visit, inns to stay at or bistros to dine in - thousands of books do that. This book presents a wide variety of stories based on interesting social, cultural and personal encounters the author experienced in his visits to 78 countries in 54 years as a tourist, professor and consultant. He lived in five of these countries. Stories range from educational to humorous to... (more)
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  Lessons in Duplicity

  by Peter McGregor

  John Tamplin is shattered when, during a normal business trip to Central and South Africa in 1970, he finds himself at the Victoria Falls Hotel in bed with Avril Llewllyn-Rhys. They were separated by her parents 26 years earlier when he was 18 and she was 15. He is still unable to resist her, although the sweet young girl has turned into a sophisticated, self-assured and mysterious woman who expects to get what... (more)
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  Reisen in Zambia und Malawi

  by Ilona Hupe