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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURED TITLES .................................................. 2

LITERATURE ............................................................ 4 J.M. COETZEE ................................................. 5 NURUDDIN FARAH ........................................ 6 NADINE GORDIMER ...................................... 7 NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O .................................... 8

HISTORY ................................................................. 8

MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY........................................10

POLITICS & CURRENT EVENTS ............................11

RELIGION & ANTHROPOLOGY ............................13

REFERENCE ...........................................................14

COLLEGE FACULTY INFORMATION SERVICE ......15

EXAMINATION AND DESK COPIES ......................17

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Devil on the CrossIntroduction by Binyavanga WainainaWritten in secret on toilet paper, while Ngũgĩ was in prison, this powerful fictional critique of capitalism tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a rural Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to be exploited by her boss and later by a corrupt businessman. As she struggles to survive, Wariinga begins to realize that her problems are only symptoms of a larger societal malaise and that much of the misfortune stems from the Western, capitalist influences on her coun-try. An impassioned cry for a Kenya free of dictatorship and for African writers to work in their own local dialects, Devil on the Cross has had a profound influence on Africa and on post-colonial African literature. “One of our century’s great novels.” —Tribune.Penguin Classics • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-310736-1 • $16.00Available July 2016See page 8 for other titles by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o

Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o THE RIVER BETWEEN

Introduction by Uzodinma IwealaThe 50th-anniversary edition of a legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly captures the drama of a people and culture whose world has been overturned. During the early days of white settlement in Kenya, the Gikuyu people are faced with a choice between an alluring new religion and their own ancestral customs. “Beautifully com-pact....It takes its reader on a journey out of the colonial matrix and into the world of the real, showing us life reclaimed in all its complexity from the simplifying template of colonialism....It has an undeniable power.” —Uzodinma Iweala, from the Introduction. “Has the rare qualities of restraint, intelligence and sensitivity.” —The Times Literary Supplement.Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-310749-1 • $15.00


Marcus Rediker THE AMISTAD REBELLION

An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and FreedomA unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue about the author’s trip to Sierra Leona to search for the slave-trading factory where the Amistad Africans were incarcer-ated. “Vividly drawn….This stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia Tribune.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-312398-9 • $17.00

Barbara H. Solomon and W. Reginald Rampone Jr, editors AN AFRICAN QUILT

24 Modern African StoriesIntroduction by Barbara H. SolomonEncompassing many different visions of Africa, the stories in this comprehensive collection feature char-acters struggling to survive grinding poverty, tyrannical governments, cultural upheavals, and disinte-grating relationships. Includes stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, and others.Signet Classics • 400 pp. • 978-0-451-53203-9 • $7.95

Anna Badkhen WALKING WITH ABEL

Journeys with the Nomads of the African SavannahJournalist Badkhen embeds herself with the Fulani cowboys—nomadic herders in Mali’s Sahel grasslands—as they embark on their annual migration across the savannah. “An amazing saga among the nomadic Fulani in the African Sahel. Badkhen’s account is a wondrous tableau of survival in one of the planet’s toughest environ-ments, threaded with history, legend, and a wealth of stories.”—Wayne White, Middle East Institute.Riverhead • 320 pp. • 978-1-59463-248-8 • $27.95

Kofi Annan INTERVENTIONS

A Life in War and PeaceContribution by Nader Mousavizadeh“The accounts related by Annan… are worth every minute spent reading them. Nobody alive can quite match what he has heard and seen….With his book as his legacy, perhaps [Annan] will inspire younger individuals to make inroads against incredible cruelty around the world.”—Christian Science Monitor.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-312395-8 • $18.00

Chinua Achebe THERE WAS A COUNTRY

A Memoir“Achebe’s history of Biafra is a meditation on the condition of freedom….Achebe has created here a new genre of literature in which politico-historical evidence, the power of story-telling, and revelations from the depths of the human subconscious are one. The event of a new work by Chinua Achebe is always extraordinary; this one exceeds all expectation.”—Nadine Gordimer.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-312403-0 • $17.00

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LITERATURE

Anonymousu TALES FROM 1,001 NIGHTS

Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other FavouritesTranslated by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula LyonsIntroduction and Notes by Robert IrwinThe essential one-volume edition of the acclaimed landmark translation described as “the most ambitious and thorough translation” by the Guardian (UK). Penguin Classics • 528 pp. • 978-0-14-119166-9 • $18.00

Simi Bedford YORUBA GIRL DANCING

A semi-autobiographical first novel about a Nigerian girl’s adjustment to life at an English boarding school. “A wise and provocative book.” —Publishers Weekly. Penguin • 192 pp. • 978-0-14-023293-6 • $14.00

Aphra Behn OROONOKO, THE ROVER,

AND OTHER WORKSEdited with an Introduction by Janet ToddBased on the first printed edition of 1688 and includes a chronology, bibliography and notes. Includes “The Fair Jilt,” “Love Letters to a Gentle-man,” “The Widow Ranter” and poems.Penguin Classics • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-043338-8 • $13.00

OROONOKOEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Janet ToddIn this edition of the early antislavery novel, Prince Oroonoko’s passion for Imoinda leads to the lovers’ banishment from Africa into slavery in Surinam. Includes modernized text and sug-gestions for further reading. Penguin Classics • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-043988-5 • $12.00

Stephen Belcher AFRICAN MYTHS OF ORIGIN

A unique anthology of retold fables from Africa with individual prefaces to each section, which put the stories in their geographical and social context. Penguin Classics • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-044945-7 • $18.00

Joseph Conrad THE NIGGER OF THE “NARCISSUS”

and Other StoriesEdited by Allan H. Simmons and J.H. StapeIntroduction by Gail FraserIncludes: “Youth,” “The Secret Sharer,” “The Lagoon,” “An Outpost of Progress,” “Il Conde,” and “The Duel”.Penguin Classics • 528 pp. • 978-0-14-144170-2 • $16.00

Quobna Ottobah Cugoano THOUGHTS AND SENTIMENTS

ON THE EVIL OF SLAVERY and Other WritingsEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Vincent Carretta“Carretta’s edition restores this important, but little known author to his rightful place as a central fig-ure in the Black Atlantic tradition of the eighteenth century...Masterful.”— Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Penguin Classics • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-044750-7 • $16.00

Nina Darnton AN AFRICAN AFFAIR

A New York journalist uncovers corruption, drug smuggling, and rampant human rights abuses while covering the regime of Nigeria’s fictional president, and attracts government attention in this thriller drawn from Darnton’s own experiences living in Africa during the mid-1970s. “A vivid por-trait of a troubled country.” —The New York Times.Plume • 272 pp. • 978-0-452-29802-6 • $16.00

Olaudah Equiano THE INTERESTING NARRATIVE

and Other WritingsRevised and Expanded EditionWith Notes and an Introduction by Vincent Carretta“Vincent Carretta singlehandedly has transformed our understanding of the origins of the Anglo-Afri-can literary tradition.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “The most thoroughly researched and the most copi-ously annotated text of Equiano’s Narrative ever published, this is now the standard edition.”—Wil-liam L. Andrews, Univ. of Kansas. Contains the complete text in addition to all other known writ-ings by Equiano, published and unpublished.Penguin Classics • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-243716-2 • $14.00

Saul Bellow HENDERSON THE RAIN KING

Penguin Classics • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-310548-0 • $16.00

John Buchan THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS

Edited with an Introduction by John KeeganIncludes notes, a chronology, and further reading.Penguin Classics • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-144117-7 • $11.00

Bruce Chatwin THE VICEROY OF OUIDAH

The story of a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. “Both a luminous historical document and an exploitation of the surreal past.”—Time. Penguin • 160 pp. • 978-0-14-011290-0 • $13.00

Maryse Conde SEGU

Translated by Barbara BrayIn the year 1797, the flourishing kingdom of Segu reckons with coming changes, in the forms of Islam from the east, and slave trade from the West.Penguin • 512 pp. • 978-0-14-025949-0 • $17.00

Joseph Conradu HEART OF DARKNESS

Classics Deluxe EditionIntroduction by Adam HochschildIllustrated by Mike MignolaNoted by Timothy HayesPenguin Classics • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-310658-6 • $14.00

HEART OF DARKNESS and THE CONGO DIARYEdited by Owen Knowles, Robert Hampson and J.H. StapeIntroduction by Owen KnowlesNotes by Owen Knowles and Robert HampsonPenguin Classics • 192 pp. • 978-0-14-144167-2 • $11.00

YOUTH; HEART OF DARKNESS; THE END OF THE TETHER Edited with an Introduction by John Lyon Penguin Classics • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-018513-3 • $13.00

HEART OF DARKNESS AND THE SECRET SHARERIntroduction by Joyce Carol Oates Afterword by Vince PassaroSignet Classics • 192 pp. • 978-0-451-53103-2 • $4.95

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J.M. COETZEEu THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS

“A Kafka-inspired parable of the quest for meaning itself.”—Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review. “[A book] of profound and painful humanity, preoccupied with some of the most essential questions about what it means to be a parent and what happens when noble principles are confronted with the grubby details of everyday life.”—Patrick Flanery, The Washington Post.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-312576-1 • $16.00

DIARY OF A BAD YEAR“Coetzee has created a clever superstructure filled with philosophical self-interrogation on ques-tions of political, artistic and erotic moralities.” —Los Angeles Times.Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-311448-2 • $16.00Australia-Asia Literary Award Longlist, New York Times Notable * Reading Group guide available at www.penguin.com

DISGRACEExplores the downfall of one man and drama-tizes with vividness the plight of a country caught in the chaotic aftermath of centuries of racial oppression.Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-303637-1• $15.95Booker Prize* Reading Group guide available at www.penguin.com

DUSKLANDSIn this pair of novellas, taking place in Vietnam in 1870 and Africa in 1760, Coetzee charts the nature of colonization as it seeks to absorb the wilds into the Western dusklands.Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-024177-8 • $13.00

ELIZABETH COSTELLOCoetzee portrays a distinguished and aging Austra-lian novelist whose life is revealed through an inge-nious series of eight formal addresses. “Unflinch-ing...the cruelest and best use to which literature can be put.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-200481-4 • $16.00New York Times Notable

FOE“A bold, imaginative rethinking of our deserted-island and Eden myths.”—San Francisco Chronicle. Penguin • 160 pp. • 978-0-14-009623-1 • $15.00

INNER WORKINGSLiterary Essays 2000-2005Introduction by Derek AttridgeIn this collection of twenty essays, Coetzee exam-ines the work of some of the twentieth-century’s greatest writers—from Samuel Beckett and Günter Grass to Gabriel García Márquez and Philip Roth.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311378-2 • $16.00

IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY“A realistic fable, at once stark, exciting, and eco-nomical.”—The New York Times Book Review. Penguin • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-006228-1 • $14.00

LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL KIn a South Africa torn by war, Michael K takes his ailing mother back to her rural home. On the way she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies. “A major work of crystalline intensity.”—Los Angeles Times.Penguin • 192 pp. • 978-0-14-007448-2 • $14.00Booker Prize

THE MASTER OF PETERSBURGPenguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-023810-5 • $16.00

WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANSA startling allegory of the war between oppres-sor and oppressed. “A literary event.”—The New York Times Book Review. Penguin • 160 pp. • 978-0-14-006110-9 • $15.00

Penguin Ink EditionIllustrated by C. C. AskewPenguin • 192 pp. • 978-0-14-311692-9 • $16.00

STRANGER SHORES: Literary Essays“A magnificent collection....It is both for admir-ers of Coetzee’s fiction and for those who wish to read about a number of literary greats across the shores.”—The Boston Globe.Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-200137-0 • $17.00

SLOW MANA meditation on what makes us human, on what it means to grow older and reflect on how we have lived our lives.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-303789-7 • $16.00International Dublin Literary Award Shortlist, New York Times Notable* Reading Group guide available at www.penguin.com

u SCENES FROM A PROVINCIAL LIFEBoyhood, Youth, SummertimeCoetzee’s brilliant trilogy of fictionalized mem-oirs in one volume. “It’s a mark of Mr. Coetzee’s power as a storyteller that he makes a compel-ling, indeed, racing, narrative out of these hidden wheels within wheels.”—The New York Times.Penguin • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-242255-7 • $20.00

SUMMERTIMEScenes from a Provincial Life, Part III“Not since Disgrace has [Coetzee] written with such urgency and feeling.”—The New Yorker. Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-311845-9 • $15.00

YOUTH: Scenes from Provincial Life II“An indelible heartfelt portrait of the loneliness of a young man living in the vastness of 1960s London.”—San Francisco Chronicle.Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-200200-1 • $14.00International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Nominee, New York Times Notable

BOYHOOD: Scenes from Provincial Life I“A short and unsettling, deftly realized memoir of the celebrated South African writer’s child-hood in the hinterlands.”—Kirkus Reviews. Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-026566-8 • $14.00

The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 2003 Penguin • 32 pp. • 978-0-14-303453-7 • $12.00

David Attwellu J. M. COETZEE AND THE LIFE OF

WRITING: Face to Face with TimeSee Memoir & Biography, page 10

Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzeeu HERE AND NOW: Letters 2008-2011

See Memoir & Biography, page 10

J. M. Coetzee and Arabella Kurtz u THE GOOD STORY

A fascinating dialogue on the human desire to make up stories between Coetzee and psycho-therapist Arabella Kurtz.Viking • 208 pp. • 978-0-525-42951-7 • $27.95

LITERATURE5


Vincent Carretta EQUIANO, THE AFRICAN

Biography of a Self-Made ManSee History, page 8

Bernardine Evaristo BLONDE ROOTS

A provocative novel that reverses the history of the transatlantic slave trade, wondering what if the Africans had enslaved Europeans, reexam-ining notions of savagery and civilization, as it follows a young woman’s journey to freedom.Riverhead • 288 pp. • 978-1-59448-434-6 • $15.00 Orange Prize Finalist

Patrick Flaneryu ABSOLUTION

A bold literary novel set in South Africa centering around the disappearance of a young antiapart-heid activist. “[An] uncommonly thought-pro-voking first novel….Richly imaginative….Patrick Flanery is an exceptionally gifted and intelligent novelist.”—Philip Gourevitch, The New Yorker.Riverhead • 432 pp. • 978-1-59448-657-9 • $16.00Also available: Fallen Land 978-1-59463-277-8

Kuki Gallmann I DREAMED OF AFRICA

Filled with pain and joy, beauty and drama, Gall-man’s haunting memoir “captures perfectly the magic of Kenya” (The New York Times Book Review). Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-028744-8 • $17.00

Damon Galgutu ARTIC SUMMER

Europa • 352 pp. • 978-1-60945-234-6 • $17.00

IN A STRANGE ROOMEuropa • 224 pp. • 978-1-60945-011-3 • $15.00

Camilla Gibb SWEETNESS IN THE BELLY

A young British woman, orphaned and raised in Morocco, goes to Ethiopia and then Britain, where she confronts the riddle of who she is and where she belongs.Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-303872-6 • $15.00

H. Rider Haggard KING SOLOMON’S MINES

Prefaces by Giles FodenEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Robert HampsonPenguin Classics • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-143952-5 • $13.00

SHEEdited with an Introduction by Patrick BrantlingerThis edition of one of the most famous works of popular literature includes a critical introduc-tion, suggestions for further reading, and notes. Penguin Classics • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-043736-8 • $11.00

Paul Harris THE SECRET KEEPER

Set in war-torn Sierra Leone, the story of one man’s search for the truth in a nation where the rules of civilized society simply don’t apply.Plume • 336 pp. • 978-0-452-29596-4 • $15.00

Ian Holding OF BEAST AND BEINGS

Europa • 224 pp. • 978-1-60945-054-0 • $15.00

Elspeth Huxley THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA

Memories of an African ChildhoodPenguin Classics • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-118378-7 • $17.00

Sheila Kohleru THE BAY OF FOXES

In 1978, an Ethiopian refugee roams the streets of Paris, where he meets a famous French author. He accompanies her to her Sardinian villa, where he finds love and temptation—and perfects the art of deception. “Spare and sensuous—understated and fraught with tension.”—Joyce Carol Oates.Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-312101-5 • $15.00

Amara Lakhous CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS OVER AN

ELEVATOR IN PIAZZA VITTORIOTranslated by Ann GoldsteinEuropa • 144 pp. • 978-1-933372-61-7 • $14.95

DISPUTE OVER A VERY ITALIAN PIGLETEuropa • 160 pp. • 978-1-60945-188-2 • $15.00

DIVORCE ISLAMIC STYLEEuropa • 184 pp. • 978-1-60945-066-3 • $15.00

NURUDDIN FARAH

Winner of the Lettre Ulysses Award, the Fonlon-Nicholas Award,

and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

CROSSBONES“Politically courageous...Crossbones provides a sophisticated introduction to present-day Somalia, and to the circle of poverty and vio-lence that continues to blight the country.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-312253-1 • $16.00

FROM A CROOKED RIB Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-303726-2 • $15.00

u HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT“The rewards of reading Hiding in Plain Sight lie in Farah’s sensitive exploration of grief and his depiction of a family’s love for one another….Farah is particularly adept at evoking the way in which the sight of a familiar face or place can trigger painful memories and how comfort can come to us from unexpected sources.” —The New York Times Book Review.Riverhead • 352 pp. • 978-1-59463-336-2 • $27.95Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-1-59463-410-9 • $17.00Paperback available September 2015

LINKS“An elegant statement of what actually bonds people together: common experience, love and commitment.”—Washington Post Book World.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-303484-1 • $16.00Hurst/Wright Legacy Award

KNOTSPenguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-311298-3 • $17.00

BLOOD IN THE SUN TRILOGY“Interesting and important because of the con-nected fundamental thematic tropes it uses as the engaging principle of each of its novels....A breakthrough in new work from Africa.”—Imtiaz Habib, Old Dominion University.

MAPSPenguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-029643-3 • $16.00

GIFTSPenguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-029642-6 • $16.00

SECRETSPenguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-028045-6 • $16.00

LITERATURE6


Ezekiel Mphahlele IN CORNER B

Contains the core of Mphahlele’s landmark col-lection of stories, together with more recent sto-ries written by him after his return to South Africa.Penguin Classics • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-31062-9 • $15.00

Nnedi Okoraforu THE BOOK OF PHOENIX

In this unique, riotous blend of science fiction and fantasy set in the future, a powerful, superhuman woman must escape a home she realizes is actu-ally a prison and begins a journey that will take her from the United States to Africa and back and change the entire course of humanity’s future. DAW • 240 pp. • 978-0-7564-1019-3 • $24.95

WHO FEARS DEATHA powerful story of genocide set in post-apoca-lyptic Africa and the woman who reshapes her world. “Both wondrously magical and terribly realistic.” —The Washington Post.DAW • 432 pp. • 978-0-7564-0728-5 • $7.99

Boualem Sansal THE GERMAN MUJAHID

Translated by Frank WynneEuropa • 240 pp. • 978-1-933372-92-1 • $15.00

Olive Schreiner THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM

Introduction by Dan JacobsonPublished in 1883 under a pseudonym, South African author Schreiner’s first novel is gener-ally considered one of the first feminist novels and also as the first great South African novel. Penguin Classics • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-043184-1 • $14.00See also Words in Season, page 13

Taiye Selasiu GHANA MUST GO

“Irresistible from the first line...this bright, rhap-sodic debut stood out in the thriving field of fic-tion about the African diaspora.”—The Wall Street Journal. Penguin • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-312497-9 • $16.00

Leila Marouane THE SEXUAL LIFE OF AN

ISLAMIST IN PARISTranslated by Alison AndersonEuropa • 224 pp. • 978-1-933372-85-3 • $15.00

Jennifer McVeigh THE FEVER TREE

In 1880, a young woman left destitute in the wake of her father’s sudden death must leave her life of privilege in London and emigrate to South Africa, where she must choose between passion and integrity. “McVeigh has imagined a rich and dramatic story.”—The Washington Post.Berkley • 448 pp. • 978-0-425-26491-1 • $16.00

Dinaw Mengestu HOW TO READ THE AIR

After his father’s death, a man leaves New York for Ethiopia to retrace his roots and craft his own story. “Deeply thought out, deliberate in its craftsmanship and…beautifully written.”—The New York Times.Riverhead • 320 pp. • 978-1-59448-539-8 • $15.00

THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS“I was profoundly moved by this tale of an Ethi-opian immigrant’s search for acceptance, peace, and identity.”—Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.Riverhead • 240 pp. • 978-1-59448-285-4 • $16.00New York Times Notable, Guardian First Book Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist

Eleanor Morseu WHITE DOG FELL FROM THE SKY

In this rich and intimate portrait of Botswana, Isaac, a medical student who has escaped apart-heid South Africa, goes to work as a gardener for Alice, a young American woman who has fol-lowed her husband to Africa. When Isaac goes missing, Alice searches for him, and what she finds changes her life forever. “Catches the soul of compassion. It is one of the wisest, most compre-hensive, most compelling books I’ve ever read….Here’s the real thing, a book of genuine intellect and inspiration, superbly written, fascinating.” —Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab’s Wife.Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-312443-6 • $16.00

NADINE GORDIMER

BEETHOVEN WAS ONE-SIXTEENTH BLACKThis new collection of stories probes how peo-ple are never free from their past nor spared from loss.Penguin • 192 pp. • 978-0-14-311423-9 • $14.00

BURGER’S DAUGHTER Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-005593-1 • $16.00

THE CONSERVATIONISTPenguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-004716-5 • $16.00Best of the Booker Prize shortlist

GET A LIFE“More profound, more searching, more accom-plished than what she was writing earlier in her long and distinguished career.”—Los Angeles Times.Penguin • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-303792-7 • $14.00

JULY’S PEOPLEPenguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-006140-6 • $15.00

u LIFE TIMESStoriesThis selection of short stories reveals Gordimer’s acute understanding of human nature and paints a fascinatingly original portrait of South Africa. “Superb....A series of masterly drawn glimpses into the storymaking art of one of Afri-ca’s great modern literary geniuses.”—Alan Che-use, NPR.Penguin • 560 pp. • 978-0-14-311983-8 • $18.00

LOOT AND OTHER STORIESTen new stories from the Nobel Prize winner. “A diamond-sharp book”—San Francisco Chronicle. “Gordimer’s meticulous charting of human weakness and self-deception is as exact as ever... Deeply exhilarating.”—Boston Globe.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-200468-5 • $14.00

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HISTORY

Michael Burleighu SMALL WARS, FARAWAY PLACES

Global Insurrection and the Making of the Modern World, 1945-1965Drawing from new archival research, prize-win-ning historian Burleigh gives new meaning to the seminal decades of 1945 to 1965 by examin-ing the many, largely forgotten, “hot” wars fought around the world. “A well-researched and readable account of two tumultuous decades….Burleigh has synthesized a wide range of mate-rial to create a valuable introduction to the polit-ical and military events of the early Cold War.”—The New York Times Book Review. Penguin • 608 pp. • 978-0-14-312595-2 • $20.00

Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit OCCIDENTALISM

The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies“A useful primer on the habits of mind that drive our most implacable foes....Accurate and fair-minded.” —The New York Times. “Succinct, elegant, and challenging...help[s] show that the divide between the West and its enemies is an old one.”—The Economist. Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-303487-2 • $15.00CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

James T. Campbell MIDDLE PASSAGES: African American

Journeys to Africa 1787-2005Preface by David Levering LewisA unique perspective on African Americans’ relationship with their ancestral homeland. Includes the experiences of figures like Langs-ton Hughes, W. E. B. DuBois, Richard Wright, Malcolm X, and Maya Angelou.Penguin • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-311198-6 • $17.00

Vincent Carretta EQUIANO, THE AFRICAN

Biography of a Self-Made Man A controversial look at the most renowned per-son of African descent in the eighteenth cen-tury. “An intriguing piece of detective work” —The Washington Post.Penguin • 464 pp. • 978-0-14-303842-9 • $18.00

Rob Spillman, editor GODS AND SOLDIERS The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing

Whether about life in the new urban melting pots of Cape Town and Luanda, or amid the bat-tlefield chaos of Zimbabwe and Somalia, or set in the imaginary surreal landscapes born out of the oral storytelling tradition, these 30 stories repre-sent a striking cross section of an extraordinary new African literature. Includes stories from northern Arabic-speaking to southern Zulu-speaking writers, and features J. M. Coetzee, Chi-mamanda Adichie, Nuruddin Farah, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Chinua Achebe. Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-311473-4 • $18.00

Bamba Suso and Banna Kanute SUNJATA

Translated and Annotated by Gordon InnesEdited with an Introduction and Additional Notes by Lucy Durán and Graham FurnissThese stories remain central to the culture of the Mande-speaking peoples. This book brings together translations of live performances by two leading Gambian jalis, or bards. 1 map. Penguin Classics • 160 pp. • 978-0-14-044736-1 • $14.00

Various THE PENGUIN BOOK OF

MODERN AFRICAN POETRY5th EditionEdited by Gerald Moore and Ulli BeierIntroduction by Gerald MooreRevised and expanded, this comprehensive anthology features the work of ninety-nine poets from twenty-seven countries.Penguin Classics • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-042472-0 • $18.00

Andre Carl van der Merwe MOFFIE

Europa • 336 pp. • 978-1-60945-050-2 • $15.00

André Brink and J. M. Coetzee, editors A LAND APARTA Contemporary South African ReaderPenguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-010004-4 • $16.00

NG UG I WA THIONG’O

A GRAIN OF WHEATIntroduction by Abdulrazak GurnahSet in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya’s independence from Brit-ain, the novel follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952–1960 Emergency.Penguin Classics • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-310676-0 • $16.00

PETALS OF BLOODIntroduction by Moses Isegawa“Ambitious, caustic, and impassioned.”—The New Yorker. When first published in 1977, this deceptively simple tale of an investigation of a triple murder in Kenya earned its author incar-ceration without charges by the Kenyan gov-ernment. Now, it is considered “the definitive African book of the twentieth century.”—Moses Isegawa. Footnotes. Penguin Classics • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-303917-4 • $15.00

u THE RIVER BETWEENThe 50th-anniversary edition of a legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly captures the drama of a people and culture whose world has been overturned.Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-310749-1 • $15.00See Featured Titles, page 2

u WEEP NOT, CHILDIntroduction by Ben OkriIn the Kenyan writer’s powerful first novel, two brothers, a carpenter and a scholar, must decide where their loyalties lie as the Mau Mau wages war against the white government.Penguin Classics • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-310669-2 • $15.00

u DEVIL ON THE CROSSSee Featured Titles, page 2Available July 2016

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William Rosen JUSTINIAN’S FLEA

The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman EmpireWeaves together history, microbiology, ecol-ogy, jurisprudence, theology, and epidemiol-ogy to tell the story of the plague’s effect on Justinian’s empire, a territory that stretched from Italy to North Africa.Penguin • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-311381-2 • $17.00

John Steinbeck ONCE THERE WAS A WAR

Edited by Mark BowdenOn assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England during the London blitz, Steinbeck focuses on the human-scale effect of the war.Penguin Classics • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-310479-7 • $15.00

Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperinu TINDERBOX How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic

and How the World Can Finally Overcome It“A remarkable volume. With rare clarity, Tinder-box lays bare the origins of the AIDS virus, and then reveals the often hapless and delinquent responses of the international community. It’s a fascinating read: relentlessly honest, some-times scathing, always principled.”—Stephen Lewis, Founder/Director of AIDS-Free World, Former UN Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa. Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-312300-2 • $18.00

Joyce A. Tyldesley DAUGHTERS OF ISIS Women of Ancient Egypt

A picture of daily life from a female perspective.Penguin • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-017596-7 • $17.00

Nicholas Wade BEFORE THE DAWN

Recovering the Lost History of Our AncestorsWade reveals humanity’s origins as never before—a journey made possible only recently by genetic science. “Impeccable, fearless, responsible and absorbing....Bound to be the gold standard in the field for a very long time.”—Lionel Tiger, Rutgers University.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-303832-0 • $17.00Also available: A Troublesome Inheritance, 978-0-14-312716-1

Shiva Naipaul NORTH OF SOUTH: An African Journey

Naipaul travelled to Africa in the 1970s, aiming to discover what “liberation,” “revolution” and “socialism” meant to ordinary people. Penguin Classics • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-018826-4 • $17.00

Padraig O’Malley SHADES OF DIFFERENCE: Mac Maharaj

and the Struggle for South AfricaForeword by Nelson MandelaBased on extensive interviews with Maharaj and hitherto unavailable documents, O’Malley reveals the inside story of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement. “[O’Malley] is knowledge-able and sure-footed as he recounts this story... making a complex narrative on the whole quite clear.”—San Francisco Chronicle. “A striking suc-cess.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 672 pp. • 978-0-14-023224-0 • $18.00

Marcus Rediker THE SLAVE SHIP: A Human History

Focusing on the 18th-century American and British slave trade, Rediker explores how the ships, their crews, and their human cargo con-nected and transformed societies on both sides of the horrendous voyage. He draws on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, to recon-struct the “floating dungeons” at the forefront of the birth of African American culture. “The best of histories, deeply researched, brilliantly formu-lated, and morally informed.”—Ira Berlin, Univer-sity of Maryland. “I was hardly prepared for the profound emotional impact of The Slave Ship. Reading it established a transformative and never to be severed bond with my African ances-tors.”—Alice Walker. 16 pp. b/w photos, 8 maps.Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-311425-3 • $18.00Winner of the George Washington Book Prize, the AHA James A. Rawley Prize, and the OAH Mer-le Curti AwardAlso available: The Amistad Rebellion, page 3

John Carlin PLAYING THE ENEMY

Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a NationSee Politics & Current Events, page 11

Molly Caldwell Crosby THE AMERICAN PLAGUE

Depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in the U.S. and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. “Engrossing…A first-rate medical detective drama.”—The New York Times Book Review.Berkley • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-21775-7 • $16.00

Graham Greene JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS

Introduction by Paul TherouxThe spellbinding record of Greene’s 1935 jour-ney to Liberia.Penguin Classics • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-303972-3 • $16.00

Joseph E. Harris, Ph.D. AFRICANS AND THEIR HISTORY

Second Revised Edition“A major summary of the history of Africa.” —Elliott P. Skinner, Columbia Univ. A concise over-view of the diverse peoples and societies of Africa.Plume • 320 pp. • 978-0-452-01181-6 • $18.00

Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Story of Life,

Love, and Death in Foreign Lands“A wrenching account of African horrors [and] a loving, often evocative account of East Africa where the author grew up.”—The New York Times. A frontline reporter who covered the atrocities of 1990s Africa undertakes a journey to unlock the mysteries of his own family’s 150-year colonial legacy on the continent. Riverhead • 496 pp. • 978-1-59448-011-9 • $16.00

Mason Lowance, editor AGAINST SLAVERY An Abolitionist Reader

Assembles more than forty speeches, lectures, and essays critical to the abolitionist crusade. Features William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Dou-glass, Lydia Maria Child, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.Penguin Classics • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-043758-4 • $18.00

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Jim Wooten WE ARE ALL THE SAME

A Story of a Boy’s Courage and a Mother’s Love“A brilliant, stunning, beautifully written piece of reporting.”—Jim Lehrer. “An extraordinarily moving account of a courageous South African boy’s battle with AIDS that is also a scathing indictment of South African leaders who have failed to confront the AIDS epidemic in their country.”—Publishers Weekly.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-303599-2 • $16.00Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Semi-finalist

Tom Zoellner URANIUM

War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the WorldTakes readers around the globe in this intrigu-ing look at the mineral that can sustain life or destroy it. “Journeying to such far-flung sites as Congo’s Shinkolobwe uranium mine and a smuggling route along the Russian-Georgian border, Tom Zoellner examines how uranium has helped shape our recent history and could determine our future.”—Washington Post. Penguin • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-311672-1 • $17.00

MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY

David Attwellu J. M. COETZEE AND

THE LIFE OF WRITINGFace to Face with TimeBased on Coetzee’s manuscripts, notebooks, and research papers, a moving, insightful biog-raphy of the Nobel Laureate and study of his exceptional novels that will change the way his work is read.Viking • 272 pp. • 978-0-525-42961-6 • $27.95Available October 2015

Alexandra Fulleru LEAVING BEFORE THE RAINS COME

Looking to pick up the pieces of her life, Fuller finally confronts the tough questions about her past, about the American man she married, and about the family she left behind in Africa. “Fuller writes with ferocity and precision, and she turns the story of her marriage and its disinte-gration into a resonant parable about a cou-ple’s mismatched views of the world.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.Penguin Press • 272 pp. • 978-1-59420-586-6 • $26.95Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-312842-7 • $17.00Paperback available January 2016

SCRIBBLING THE CATTravels with an African Soldier“The author of Don’t Let’s Go To the Dogs Tonight takes a demon-haunted tour of Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the company of an ex-solider who fought with the Rhodesian Light Infantry.... A worried, restless, and haunted piece of work, tat-tooed and scarred from beginning to end.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review). “Fuller is a truly gifted and insightful writer.”—Booklist (starred review). Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-303501-5 • $16.00Lettre Ulysses Award

Zelda la Grangeu GOOD MORNING, MR. MANDELA

An important tribute to Nelson Mandela by one of his most devoted associates for two decades. “This story proves the power of making politics personal and is an important reminder of the lessons Madiba taught us all.”—Bill Clinton.Plume • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-751627-5 • $18.00

Doc Hendleyu WINE TO WATER

How One Man Saved Himself While Trying to Save the WorldThe inspiring story of a 25-year-old small-town bartender who became a humanitarian, travel-ing to Asia, Africa, and Haiti, braving tribal war-fare and other dangers, to bring clean drinking water to those who desperately needed it.Avery • 304 pp. • 978-1-58333-507-9 • $17.00

Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee HERE AND NOW: Letters 2008-2011

A three-year epistolary dialogue between nov-elists Auster and Coetzee that touches on nearly every subject, from sports to father-hood, literature to film, philosophy to politics, from the financial crisis to art, death, eroticism, marriage, friendship, and love. “[A] civilized dis-course between two cultivated and sophisti-cated men…A pleasure to be in their com-pany.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-312491-7 • $16.00

Emma Brockesu SHE LEFT ME THE GUN

My Mother’s Life Before MeA woman travels South Africa in search of the family her mother left behind and learns shock-ing truths about her history. “Full of intellect and feeling and dartlike expression. It’s one of those memoirs that remind you why you liked memoirs in the first place.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times.Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-312536-5 • $16.00

Rosamond Halsey Carr with Ann Howard Halsey

LAND OF A THOUSAND HILLSMy Life in RwandaCarr’s memoir of her life in Rwanda—a love affair with a country and a people that has spanned half a century.Plume • 272 pp. • 978-0-452-28202-5 • $18.00

Alexandra Fuller COCKTAIL HOUR UNDER THE TREE

OF FORGETFULNESSAn intimate exploration of Fuller’s parents and of the price of being possessed by Africa’s uncom-promising, fertile, death-dealing land. “Electrify-ing….Writing in shimmering, musical prose…Ms. Fuller manages the difficult feat of writing about her mother and father with love and understand-ing, while at the same time conveying the terrible human costs of the colonialism they supported.” — Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-312134-3 • $16.00

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Thomas P. M. Barnett THE PENTAGON’S NEW MAP

War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century“Barnett offers one of the most provocative and comprehensive approaches to understanding national security in the 21st century.”—Sherri Goodman, Senior Fellow, the CNA Corporation, and former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense. Berkley • 448 pp. • 978-0-452-20239-5 • $16.00Also available: Blueprint for Action 978-0-425-21174-8, Great Powers 978-0-399-15537-5

Mark Bowden BLACK HAWK DOWN A Story of Modern War

“Ranks among the best books ever written about infantry combat.”—Bob Shacochis. A bril-liant account of the sustained firefight involving American troops on October 3, 1993 in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-028850-6 • $13.95National Book Award Finalist

John Carlin PLAYING THE ENEMY

Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a NationBeginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament—the story of how the most inspir-ing charm offensive in history brought South Africa together. “This wonderful book describes Mandela’s methodical, improbable and brilliant campaign to reconcile resentful blacks and fearful whites around a sporting event, a game of rugby.”—The New York Times Book Review. “ If you have any doubts about the political genius of Nelson Mandela, read John Carlin’s engross-ing book.”—USA Today.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-311572-4 • $17.00

William Easterly THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN

Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good“Easterly’s call for a more modest, results-ori-ented approach to aid is dead-on.”—Los Ange-les Times. “Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World.” —BusinessWeek. Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-303882-5 • $18.00Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Finalist

Carol Wall MISTER OWITA’S GUIDE TO

GARDENINGHow I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open HeartWall, a white woman living in Middle America, strikes up a friendship with a man from Kenya who tends her neighbor’s yard. “In this heart-breaking yet heartwarming paean to the joys of friendship and gardening, Wall crafts an elegiac tribute to an extraordinary man.”—Booklist.Berkley • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-27383-8 • $16.00

Robyn Scott TWENTY CHICKENS FOR A SADDLE

The Story of an African ChildhoodIn this memoir of an idyllic childhood and a family’s enthusiasm for the world around them, the essence of Africa infuses every page.Penguin • 464 pp. • 978-0-14-311509-0 • $16.00

Vanessa Woods BONOBO HANDSHAKE: A Memoir of

Love and Adventure in the CongoA young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes. Gotham • 304 pp. • 978-1-59240-634-0 • $16.00

POLITICS & CURRENT EVENTS

Layla Al-Zubaidi and Matthew Cassel, editors

u DIARIES OF AN UNFINISHED REVOLUTIONVoices from Tunis to DamascusThese profoundly moving firsthand accounts from participants in the Arab Spring, ranging from student activists to seasoned journalists, highlight the power of writing in a time of revo-lution. “There is an undeniable power to the presence of time and movement in these accounts.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-312515-0 • $17.00

Twesigye Jackson Kaguri and Susan Urbanek Linville

A SCHOOL FOR MY VILLAGEA Promise to the Orphans of NyakaThe unforgettable story of a man who over-came tremendous odds as he followed his dream to build a school for AIDS orphans in his village in Uganda. “An inspiring account of turn-ing tragedy into hope for others.”—President Jimmy Carter. “Provides a model of how prob-lems can be solved in a Third World situation with few resources but lots of imagination, optimism, the generation of community sup-port and the resourcefulness of friends.”—Mer-rick Posnansky, UCLA; former professor at Mak-erere University, Uganda.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-311912-8 • $16.00

Caille Millner GOLDEN ROAD

Notes on My GentrificationMillner recounts her outcast beginnings in Cali-fornia and journey through a succession of imagined promised lands—Harvard, London, post-apartheid South Africa, New York City—in search of a place where she can define herself.Penguin • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311297-6 • $14.00San Francisco Chronicle Notable

Es’kia Mphahlele DOWN SECOND AVENUE

Foreword by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’oA landmark book that was originally banned in South Africa, this seminal memoir continues to inspire activists today. Vivid, graceful, and unapologetic, it details a daily life of severe poverty and brutal police surveillance under the subjugation of an apartheid regime. Penguin Classics • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-310679-1 • $16.00

Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner AN ORDINARY MAN: An Autobiography

The remarkable story of the man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda. “Extraordinary—horrific and tragic, but also inspiring, because Rusesa-bagina refuses to give up his belief in the basic decency of humanity.”—The Times, London.Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-303860-3 • $16.00

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Ruth First 117 Days

An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention LawIntroduction by Angela Y. DavisAn invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days presents the chron-icle of journalist First’s isolation and abuse at the hands of South African interrogators. Upon her arrest in 1963, she was detained in solitary confinement, under South Africa’s ninety-day detention law. Thus began a war of nerves between First and her Special Branch captors. “[Ruth First’s] life, and her death, remains a bea-con to all who love liberty.”—Nelson Mandela.Penguin Classics • 160 pp. • 978-0-14-310574-9 • $14.00

Michelle Goldberg THE MEANS OF REPRODUCTION

Sex, Power, and the Future of the WorldGoldberg exposes the global war on women’s reproductive rights and its disastrous and unre-ported consequences for the future of global development. “What this book demonstrates convincingly is that there can be no economic progress in any country that denies women basic human rights.”—Susan Jacoby, author of The Age of American Unreason.Penguin • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-311688-2 • $17.00

Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri MULTITUDE

War and Democracy in the Age of Empire“A rare and exciting work of synthesis.”—Book-list (starred review). “[The authors] attempt to outline a comprehensive theory bringing the state, democracy and the power of capital together to redefine the terms under which they operate.”—San Francisco Chronicle. Penguin • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-303559-6 • $18.00

Padraig O’Malley SHADES OF DIFFERENCE: Mac Maharaj

and the Struggle for South AfricaForeword by Nelson MandelaThe inside story of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement, told through the experiences of its unsung hero. “Exactly what O’Malley set out to achieve: ‘a portrait of Mac and of South Africa.’ It is a striking success.”—The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 672 pp. • 978-0-14-023224-0 • $18.00

John Perkins CONFESSIONS OF AN

ECONOMIC HIT MAN“Astonishing.”—Boston Herald. “Here are the real-life details—nasty, manipulative, plain evil—of international corporate skullduggery spun into a tale rivaling the darkest espionage thriller.”—Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.Plume • 336 pp. • 978-0-452-28708-2 • $17.00Also available: The Secret History of the American Empire 978-0-452-28957-4

David Rohdeu BEYOND WAR: Reimagining America’s

Role and Ambitions in a New Middle EastThe two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner presents an incisive look at the calamitous privatization of the war on terror, arguing that the United States should scale back ambitions, focusing on economics and working with Muslim moder-ates. “[Rohde] expose(s) the deep contradiction between Washington’s long experiment in slashing the civilian instruments of American power and its post-9/11 attempt to use those same instruments to remake the greater Mid-dle East.”—The New York Times.Penguin • 240 pp. • 978-0-14-312511-2 • $16.00

Jeffrey Rothfeder EVERY DROP FOR SALE Our Desperate Battle Over Water in a World About to Run Out

New Preface by the Author“Rothfeder argues that water, not oil, is the fluid whose scarcity will dominate the twenty-first cen-tury...[This book] may finally give this issue the vis-ibility it needs.”—Booklist.Tarcher • 224 pp. • 978-1-58542-367-5 • $14.95

Lindsey Hilsum SANDSTORM

Libya in the Time of Revolution“An epic account of the revolution that swept Muammar Gaddafi from power. Written by one of the finest war correspondents of our time, this is a must-read first draft of history.”—Jon Lee Ander-son. “A passionate but measured account of why the battle for Libya happened, how it played out and what may be yet to come.”—Financial Times.Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-312360-6 • $17.00

Fergal Keane SEASON OF BLOOD

A Rwandan Journey“Captivating...lucid...and very disturbing. There are passages rich and ironic enough to recall the African travel writing of Graham Greene.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review.Penguin • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-024760-2 • $15.00Orwell Prize

Mark Malloch-Brown THE UNFINISHED GLOBAL

REVOLUTIONThe Road to International Cooperation“Rich in both analysis and recommendations, Mark Malloch-Brown deploys his enormous tal-ent and shrewd understanding of the forces that are shaping our world to argue for stronger, more inclusive global institutions. Drawing from a wealth of personal experience on the frontlines of world affairs, Mark’s book is authentic, compel-ling and immensely enjoyable. His message should resonate in national and international dis-course for years to come.”—Kofi Annan.Penguin • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-312083-4 • $16.00

Mark Mazzettiu THE WAY OF THE KNIFE The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth

A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s riveting account of the CIA’s transformation after 9/11 and the new American way of war. “Superb….The best account yet.”—The New York Times. “[A] deeply reported and crisply written account….Recounts the important shifts in the architecture of the U.S. military and intelligence communities.”—The Washington Post.Penguin • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-312501-3 • $17.00

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Jeffrey D. Sachs THE END OF POVERTY

Economic Possibilities for Our Time10th Anniversary EditionForeword by BonoAn exploration of the roots of economic pros-perity and the path out of extreme poverty for the world’s poorest citizens.Penguin • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-303658-6 • $18.00Also of interest: Common Wealth 978-0-14-311487-1

Jonathan Stevenson LEARNING FROM THE COLD WAR

Rebuilding America’s Strategic Vision in the 21st CenturyThis lucid retrospective by one of the most admired voices in the national security arena answers an important and largely ignored question: How can the brilliance and energy of the great Cold War thinkers be recaptured and applied to the strategic challenges posed by transnational terrorism?Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311574-8 • $17.00

RELIGION & ANTHROPOLOGY

Stephen Belcher AFRICAN MYTHS OF ORIGIN

A unique anthology of retold fables from Africa with individual prefaces to each section, which put the stories in their geographical and social context. Penguin Classics • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-044945-7 • $18.00

Joseph Campbell PRIMITIVE MYTHOLOGY

The Masks of God, Volume ICampbell discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthro-pology, and psychology.Penguin 528 pp. • 978-0-14-019443-2 • $22.00Also of interest: Creative Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume IV 978-0-14-019440-1; Occidental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume III 978-0-14-019441-8, Myths to Live By 978-0-14-019461-6

Eugene Lindenu THE RAGGED EDGE OF THE WORLD

Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands and Indigenous Peoples MeetA pioneering work of environmental journalism that vividly depicts the people, animals and landscapes of the world’s last wild places, from pygmy forests to the Antarctic to the world’s most pristine rainforest in the Congo. “A well-versed guide to complex ecosystems and remote cultures.”—The New Yorker.Plume • 272 pp. • 978-0-452-29774-6 • $16.00

Diarmaid MacCullochu CHRISTIANITY The First Three Thousand Years

“A landmark contribution….It is difficult to imagine a more comprehensive and surpris-ingly accessible volume than MacCulloch’s.”—Jon Meacham, The New York Times Book Review.Penguin • 978-0-14-311869-5 • $26.00

Dan Morrison THE BLACK NILE One Man’s Amazing Journey Through Peace

and War on the World’s Longest River“This is hard-core African travel...[with] Mr. Morri-son’s peppery anecdotes, his refreshing honesty and his ability to show how Africans view their dif-ficulties….The book gives us a compelling portrait of life along the Nile-from lonely fishing communi-ties on Lake Victoria to the cacophonous collisions of Cairo.”—Hugh Pope, The Wall Street Journal .Penguin • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-311937-1 • $16.00

Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley, editors SHAMANS THROUGH TIME

500 Years on the Path to KnowledgeTarcher • 336 pp. • 978-1-58542-362-0 • $16.95

Stephen Neill A HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS

The Penguin History of the Church, Volume 6Owen Chadwick, general editorNeill relates the history of Christian expansion from the early days when Christianity conquered the Roman world to the enormous increase in missionary activity in the heyday of colonialism. Penguin • 528 pp. • 978-0-14-013763-7 • $20.00

ORIENTAL MYTHOLOGYThe Masks of God, Volume IICampbell offers an explanation of Eastern mythology as it developed into the distinctive religions of Egypt, India, China, and Japan.Penguin • 576 pp. • 978-0-14-019442-5 • $21.00

Rosalie David RELIGION AND MAGIC

IN ANCIENT EGYPTThe first complete historical overview of the beliefs of ancient Egypt reveals the complex and intriguing world of gods and goddesses.Penguin • 480 pp. • 978-0-14-026252-0 • $17.00

Jared Diamondu THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY

What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?“Ambitious and erudite, drawing on Diamond’s seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of fields such as anthropology, sociology, linguistics, physiology, nutrition and evolutionary biol-ogy.”—Chicago Tribune. “A fascinating and valuable look at what the rest of us have to learn from – and perhaps offer to – our more traditional kin.”—Christian Science Monitor.Penguin • 512 pp. • 978-0-14-312440-5 • $18.00

COLLAPSEHow Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedThis companion volume to Guns, Germs, and Steel considers the factors that caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin. Weav-ing an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives, Collapse raises the urgent question: how can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide? Includes a chapter on Rwanda’s genocide.Penguin • 608 pp. • 978-0-14-311700-1 • $19.00Aventis Prize Finalist, New York Times Notable, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Economist Best Book of the Year

Alexander Eliot UNIVERSAL MYTHS

Heroes, Gods, Tricksters, and OthersA survey of the common myths that connect all cultures, Eastern and Western, from ancient times to the present day. Plume • 272 pp. • 978-0-452-01027-7 • $16.00

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THE HEALING WISDOM OF AFRICAFinding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and CommunityA complete study of the role ritual plays in the lives of African people—and the role it can play for seekers in the West.Tarcher • 352 pp. • 978-0-87477-991-2 • $16.95

Malidoma Patrice Some OF WATER AND SPIRIT

Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman“Strange and wonderful. Malidoma has kept faith with the ancestors and with his own heart.”—Alice Walker.Penguin Compass • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-019496-8 • $17.00

RITUAL: Power, Healing, and Community“The greatest and most detailed book about rit-ual that I have ever read.”—Robert Bly. Penguin • 128 pp. • 978-0-14-019558-3 • $14.00

Saint Augustine CONFESSIONS

Translated by Gary WillsPenguin Classics • 368 pp. • 978-0-14-310570-1 • $16.00

REFERENCE

Pamela K. Brodowsky and the National Wildlife Federation

DESTINATION WILDLIFEAn International Site-by-Site Guide to the Best Places to Experience Endangered, Rare, and Fascinating Animals and Their HabitatsPerigee • 512 pp. • 978-0-399-53486-7 • $20.00

Lenny Hort and Laaren Brown NELSON MANDELA

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