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1	Cutting for Stone more books like this by Abraham Verghese, M.D. add to wishlist A stunning debut novel from the author of "My Own Country": an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home. see all copies from $16.56! new only from $16.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Seventh scroll more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist Within a fading papyrus, nearly four thousand years old, lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time ...a riddle that becomes a savage battle across the unforgiving terrain of North Africa. When her husband is brutally murdered, beautiful half-English, half-Egyptian Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in England. With ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.05! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant more books like this by Graham Hancock add to wishlist Here is the first report of the most astonishing archaeological discovery since the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb: the exact location of the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. This is a story as thrilling as the exploits of Indiana Jones and as significant as the excavation of Troy. 16-page photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Introduction to African Civilizations more books like this by John Jackson, John Henrik Clarke (Adapted by) add to wishlist The book challenges all the standard approaches to African history and will, no doubt, disturb a large number overnight "authorities" on Africa who will discover that they do not really know the depth of African history and the role that Africans played in creating early human societies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.59! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Kebra Nagast: The Lost Bible of Rastafarian Wisdom and Faith from Ethiopia and Jamaica more books like this by Gerald Hausman (Editor), Ziggy Marley (Illustrator) add to wishlist Presents a new English translation of the centuries-old African interpretation of the Bible. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Flashman on the March more books like this by George MacDonald Fraser (Editor) add to wishlist It's 1868 and Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., arch-cad, amorist, cold-hearted soldier, and reluctant hero, is back in the 12th book in Fraser's ever-beloved Flashman Papers series. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The history of Rasselas,Prince of Abissinia more books like this by Samuel Johnson add to wishlist 'What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.' Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.38! \| SVS
8	From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black Hebrews, more books like this by Rudolph R Windsor add to wishlist see all copies from $6.82! new only from $6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Emperor more books like this by Ryszard Kapuscinski add to wishlist this is Kapuscinski's rendition of Selassie's servants and closest associates accounts- humorous, frightening, sad, grotesque- of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered between hunger and starvation. see all copies from $3.18! new only from $7.94! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Blue Nile more books like this by Alan Moorehead add to wishlist An account of the course of the Blue Nile from the Ethiopian Highlands, through the Sudan and Egupt to the sea. The book contains an historical narrative which starts in the eighteenth century and ends in 1869. The period was dominated by four men: James Bruce, the Scot who journeyed to the supposed source of the Blue Nile, and stayed in warring ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Living Blood more books like this by Tananarive Due add to wishlist Jessica Jacobs is unaware that her husband David is one of the Immortals--a sect created by a man who literally drank the blood of Christ--and is over 500 years old. After David is killed but rises from the dead, Jessica herself has a brush with death but survives to become an Immortal herself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A Man Called Blessed more books like this by Dr. Bill Bright, Ted Dekker add to wishlist One man holds the key to finding the ark of the covenant. In this explosive sequel to Blessed Child, Rebecca Soloman leads a team deep into the Ethiopian desert to hunt the one man who may know the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. But Islamic fundamentalists fear that the Ark's discovery will compel Israel to rebuild Soloman's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.75! \| first editions
13 view cover	Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor more books like this by Dr. Donald Johanson, James Shreeve add to wishlist Donald Johanson discovered Lucy, the most famous and one of the most complete of hominid remains, in 1974. His controversial interpretation of the remains as representing an ancestor to all subsequent hominid species, including our own, and his bestselling "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind" (1981), established him as one of the most famous living ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Scoop more books like this by Evelyn Waugh add to wishlist Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of 'The Daily Beast', has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs. Algernon Stitch, he feels convinced that he has hit on ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $8.17! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Something to Die for more books like this by James Webb add to wishlist James Webb, who burst on the literary scene in 1978 with the widely praised novel Fields of Fire, made front-page headlines around the country when he resigned as Secretary of the Navy over a matter of principle. Now Webb, who is a decorated combat Marine, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, and a former assistant secretary of defense, adds to these ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A\History of Ethiopia more books like this by Harold G Marcus add to wishlist In this concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. This study demonstrates that there is more to Ethiopia's existence than colonial logic. It shows how geography, economics and culture have served to unite Ethiopians against fractionalization. For the updated ... see all copies from $4.70! new only from $17.19! \| first editions
17 view cover	Sweetness in the Belly more books like this by Camilla Gibb add to wishlist Bestselling author Gibb's political history alternates between the unsettled brutal regimes ruling Ethiopia in the 1970s and the harshness of British bigotry in the 1980s, while detailing the grim effects of the Ethiopian diaspora on ordinary people. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	A Man Called Blessed more books like this by Ted Dekker, Dr. Bill Bright add to wishlist One man holds the key to finding the ark of the covenant. In this explosive sequel to Blessed Child, Rebecca Soloman leads a team deep into the Ethiopian desert to hunt the one man who may know the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. But Islamic fundamentalists fear that the Ark's discovery will compel Israel to rebuild Soloman's ... see all copies from $5.71! new only from $8.30! \| SVS
19 view cover	Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind more books like this by Donald C Johanson add to wishlist The story of one of the most important fossil finds in man's search for his ancestors - the 60per cent complete female hominid skeleton nicknamed "Lucy". Confirming beyond doubt the early bipedal nature of human ancestors, she was discovered in 1973 in Ethiopia by a team of scientists led by Johanson. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	First Footsteps in East Africa or an Exploration of Harar more books like this by Sir Richard Francis Burton add to wishlist Victorian classic recounts daring 1854 expedition to forbidden city. High adventure; Muslim beliefs, manners, morals; desert life, more. see all copies from $2.57! new only from $15.91! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children more books like this by Melissa Fay Greene add to wishlist This volume presents the story of Haregewoin Tefarra, a middle-aged Ethiopian woman of modest means whose home has become a refuge for hundreds of children orphaned by AIDS. Today, Haregewoin runs a school, a daycare system, and a shelter for sick mothers. see all copies from $2.51! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Fire in the Night: Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia, and Zion more books like this by John Bierman, Colin Smith add to wishlist A biography of Orde Charles Wingate, a charismatic and eccentric World War II general. His overriding passion was for Zionism, a cause embraced when posted to British-ruled Palestine in 1936. He led many campaigns, the most famous conducted behind enemy lines in Burma against the Japanese. see all copies from $6.27! new only from $79.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Storyteller's Beads more books like this by Jane Kurtz, Liz Van Doren (Editor), Michael Bryant, Rev. (Illustrator) add to wishlist During the political strife and famine of the 1980's, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about each other, as they make the dangerous journey out of Ethiopia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat more books like this by Ryszard Kapuscinski add to wishlist see all copies from $7.83! new only from $18.29! \| first editions
25 view cover	In Ethiopia with a Mule more books like this by Dervla Murphy add to wishlist Dervla Murphy set out with her pack-mule, Jock, on a hazardous trek through Ethiopia's remote and hostile regions. Inspired by stories of Prester John and the Queen of Sheba, she hoped to find there beauty, danger, solitude and mystery. Instead she encountered rough terrain, exhaustion, illness and the disorder of the Ethiopians' domestic affairs ... see all copies from $5.41! first editions

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