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Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Staff Review: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

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When I choose a book for the library book discussion I try to find something outside of my comfort zone. More often than not, I enjoy the bo...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Staff Review: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

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Circling the Sun is an exhilarating novel -- author Paula McLain has done it again. Her second book, The Paris Wife , published in 2011, t...
Friday, July 25, 2014

See the world, one murder at a time

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Summer was made for vacations and road trips, but if, like me, you can't find the time to get away, you might enjoy exploring new lands ...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie

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If you've read about the Côte d'Ivoire, or Ivory Coast, in the past twenty years, it was likely a story about political and econo...
Monday, June 11, 2012

"Zoo City" by Lauren Beukes

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Lauren Beukes' Zoo City has wormed its way into my imagination. Months after reading it, I'm still thinking about the strange, ye...
Friday, May 4, 2012

Spotlight: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Charles Taylor

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Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia, has been in the news recently due to his recent conviction for war crimes committed in Sierr...
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