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Geography: Regional
SubSaharan Africa:
The Story of an African Farm, Oliver Schreiner, Dover Publications, 1998.
The Shadow of the Sacred Grove, Carol Spindel, Vintage Departures Books, 1989
Home and Exile, Chinua, Achebe, Oxford Press, 2000
Wand of Noble Wood, Onuora Nzekwu, 1971
Things Fall Apart, chinua Achebe, 1984 - This book has become a modern classic and has
positioned Achebe as the greatest African writer of the 20th century.
A Man of the People, Chinua Achebe, 1989
North Africa & Southwest Asia:
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan, Jason Elliot, Picador Publishing, 1999 - One of
the most beautifully written books I have ever read.
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.
The World of Jesus: Culture, History, Religion, Politics, Geography, Joanne Turpin, Twenty-
Third Publications, 2002
Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi, Random House, 2004.
Coming Home to Jerusalem: A personal Journey, Wendy orange, A touchstone Book, 2000
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
A Child of Two Worlds, Mugu Gatheru, 1966
Tell Freedom, Peter Abraham, 1982
Europe:
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy, Frances Mayes, Broadway Books, 2003
Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy, Frances Mayes, Broadway Books, 2000
The Italians, Luigi Barzini and Joan Emerson, Simon and Schuster, 1996
Sicilian Walks: Exploring the History and Culture of the Two Sicilies, William J. Bonville, Mills
and Sanderson Publishers, 1988
Russia:
Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984, Andrei Amalrik, 1981
Krushchev Remembers, Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, 1971
South Asia:
The Search for the Pink-headed Duck: A Journey into the Himalayas Down the Brahmaputra,
Rory Nugent, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1991
Nectar in a Sieve, Kamala Markandaya, 2002 (reissue)
A Handful of Rice, Kamala Markandaya, 1966
A Passage to India, E.M. Forester, Harcourt inc., 1924
North America:
Native American Stories told by Joseph Bruchac, Joseph Bruchac, Fulcrum Publishing, 1991.
The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to our Town, Mary Pipher, Harcourt
Publishing, 2002.
Other Social Studies
Sociology/Anthropology:
Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism, Thomas L. Freedman, Anchor
Books, 2003
In the Name of God: Understanding the Mindset of Terrorism, Timothy Demy and Gary P.
Stewart, Harvest House Publications, 2002
The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace, M. Scott Peck, M.D., Simon and Schuster,
1987
Stonehenge Decoded, Gerald S. Hawkins, 1965
Looking for Dilmun, Geoffrey Bibby, 1970 - The most exciting archaeology book I've ever
read.
The Descent of Woman, Elaine Morgan, 1972
Kon-Tiki, Thor Hyerdahl, 1950
The Ra Expeditions, Thor Heyerdahl, 1982
Aku-Aku, Thor Heyerdahl
History/Biography:
Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to their Children, Dorie McDullough Lawson,
Doubleday, 2004
Where the Buck Stops: the Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman, Margaret
Truman, ed., Warner Books, 1989
Mark McGuire Home Run Hero: A Biography, Rob Rains, St. Martin's Press, 1998
I Michelangelo, Sculptor, Irving Stone Ed.
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