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Authors, Danish 20th century Biography Dinesen, Isak 1885-1962 Homes and haunts Kenya Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) Juvenile literature Kenya Description and travel Kenya Social life and customs 1895-1963 Maathai, Wangari Maathai, Wangari Juvenile literature Tree planters (Persons) Kenya Biography Juvenile literature Women conservationists Kenya BiographyObama, George Hussein.
Summary: This is a memoir of George Obama, President Obama's Kenyan half brother, who found the inspiration to strive for his goal--to better the lives of his own people--in his elder brother's example.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, GEORGE OBAMcQuerry, Maureen
Summary: "Wangari Maathai worked to heal and revive damaged land by planting new trees. Discover her big ideas about restoring nature and ways you can help too!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MCQOdede, Kennedy
Summary: An American volunteer and a former African street youth recount their romantic relationship, his pursuit of a college education, and their founding of the first tuition-free school for underprivileged girls in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 ODELeng'ete, Nice
Summary: "Nice's journey from "heartbroken child and community outcast, to leader of the Maasai" is an inspiration and a reminder that one person can change the world--and every girl is worth saving"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENG'ETE, NICE LENGoffard, Christopher.
Contents: The house at the edge of the dark -- The lawyer -- The collar and the gun -- Oaths -- The dictator -- The clashes -- The terrible place -- The raid -- Lolgorien -- The tribunal -- The girls -- We will all be sorted out -- The bureau -- Manic depression -- The verdict -- The end of the time of Moi -- The inquest -- The labyrinth with no center.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 GOFNivola, Claire A.
Summary: "This is the story of Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement"--Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MAADinesen, Isak
Summary: In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1992
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Summary: Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Born in a rural village in 1940, she was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most girls were uneducated. We see her become the first woman both in East and Central Africa to earn a PhD and to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAATHAI, WANGARI MAADinesen, Isak
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1985
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 967.6 DINNapoli, Donna Jo
Summary: The story of Wangari Maathai, who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization, and in 2004 was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2010
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Summary: "From Ty McCormick, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an epic and timeless story of a family in search of safety, security, and a place to call home. When Asad Hussein was growing up in the world's largest refugee camp, nearly every aspectof life revolved around getting to America-a distant land where anything was possible. Thousands of displaced families like his were whisked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUSSEIN, ASAD MCCSheldrick, Daphne Jenkins
Summary: A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with her late husband, Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick, and a host of animals, including the majestic elephant, Eleanor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012
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Summary: Recounts the experiences of an American woman whose encounter with a boy in a Kenyan orphanage led her to stay in the country for a year, and profoundly alter the boy's future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Pub Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DIAZ-ORTIZ, CLAIRE DIAGallmann, Kuki.
Summary: Kuki Gallmann went to Africa to convalesce from a devastating car accident and stayed there. She lost her son and her husband, but her undying love for Africa still prevails.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.6204 GallmJacobs, Sally H.
Summary: "Barack Obama, father of the American president, was part of Africa's "independence generation" and in 1959 it seemed his star would shine brightly. He came to the U.S. from Kenya and was given a university scholarship. While in Hawaii, he met Ann Dunham in 1961, and his son Barack was born. He left his young family to gain a master's degree from Harvard. After that, Obama's life became...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, BARACK HUSSEIN JACPoole, Joyce
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5092 POODonelson, Linda
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coulsong 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DINESEN, ISAK DONPavitt, Nigel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967 PAVSeal, Mark.
Summary: Vanity Fair" contributing editor Seal tells the mesmerizing story of the captivating life and shocking death of world-renowned naturalist Joan Root.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 333.95 SEAJamieson, Victoria
Summary: "Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal offamily and daily life in a refugee camp"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 JAMFirstbrook, P. L.
Summary: The astonishing story of Barack Obama's Kenyan roots, "The Obamas" is the product of dozens of interviews with Obama's African relatives, presented by the first person to trace Obama's family history back 400 years and 23 generations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 OBAMA FAMILY FIRHofmann, Corinne.
Summary: A former European entrepreneur recounts how she fell in love with Lketinga, a Masai warrior, while vacationing in Kenya and subsequently uprooted her life to move to the isolated bush country of Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8965 HOFFroome, Chris
Summary: The margin of victory was stunning: four minutes and twenty seconds. The style was breathtaking: three stage wins, including a mesmerizing climb on the iconic Mont Ventoux. But the full story behind Chris Froome and his unforgettable triumph at the 100th Tour de France in 2013, which culminated under the lights of the Champs-Elysees, is even more remarkable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 FROHuxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987