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Adamson, Joy.

Born Free

Find at Amazon .com ISBN 0375714383 - Born Free: a Lioness of Two Worlds

Find at Amazon .com  ISBN 0006375898 Forever Free: Elsa's Pride

Find at Amazon .com ISBN 0151529256 -Living Free: Elsa and her Cubs

Find at Amazon .com ISBN 0151716811 - The Peoples of Kenya

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Anderson, David.

History of the Hanged
Find at Amazon .com - ISBN 0393059863 - Histories of the Hanged: the Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire. London, W.W. Norton, 2005. A new study regarding Britain's final decade in Kenya.

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Boyes, John.

Find at Amazon .com John Boyes, King of the Wa-Kikuyu ASIN: B00087ZHJE & B00086Q2WG & B00086ALQE

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Brown, Monty.

 

Find At Amazon .com Where Giants Trod: the Saga of Kenya's Desert Lake. ISBN: 1870948254

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Cairns, John.

Find Used copies at Amazon .com Bush and Boma 1959. A Canadian works as a District Officer in Tanganyika in the 1950s ASIN: B0006D83KU

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Dahl, Roald.

Going Solo-new edition

Find new edition and used copies at Amazon .com Going Solo ISBN 0141303107 Author Roald Dahl's biography. In 1938, Dahl went to East Africa to work for the Shell Company, but shortly after World War II began, he trained as a fighter pilot. - paperback 

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Dinesen, Izak (Karen Blixen)

Out of Africa

 Out of Africa ISBN 0679600213

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East African Women's League

 

They Made It Their Home [Kenya] 1962

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Edgerton, Robert B.

 

 Mau Mau: an African Crucible ISBN 0345369785 New York, Ballantine Books, 1989. Paperback

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Elkins, Caroline

Imperial reckoning

  Imperial Reckoning: The untold story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya.  ISBN 0805076530 (Note: UK edition: is ISBN 022407363X Britain's Gulag: The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya

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Fox, James.

White Mischief

 White Mischief ISBN 0394756878 - paperback

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Gallmann, Kuki.

African Nights

 African Nights - ISBN 0060954833 paperback

I Dreamed of Africa

  I Dreamed of Africa ISBN 0140287442 paperback

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Great Britain, Colonial Office.

 

Find it at Amazon  .comHistorical Survey of the Origins and Growth of Mau Mau (Corfield Report). London, HMSO, 1960 - paperback ASIN: B0007IZQD6

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Hardy, Ronald.

The Iron Snake

Find it used on amazon .comThe Iron Snake: the Story of the Uganda Railway

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Henderson, Ian

 

The Hunt for Kimathi by Ian Henderson and P. Goodheart.  [London], 1958. - ASIN: B0007ILI6U

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Hewitt, Peter.

 

 Kenya Cowboy: A Police Officer's Account of the Mau Mau Emergency in Kenya ISBN 1919874364

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Hunter, J. A. and Dan Mannix

 

African Bush Adventures ASIN: B0006AUCR0 1954. Stories includes Tibbu Tip, Col. Grogan, etc.

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Huxley, Elspeth

 

  The Flame Trees of Thika ISBN 0141183780 paperback

  The Mottled Lizard ISBN 014005958 paperback

  Out in the Midday Sun ISBN 0140092560 paperback

  Pioneers Scrapbook: Reminiscences of Kenya 1890-1968 ISBN 0237517906

O/P Red Strangers ISBN 0141182059

O/P The Sorcerer's Apprentice: A Journey Through East Africa ISBN 0837171261

O/P White Man's Country: Lord Delamere and the Making of Kenya ISBN 0701108347

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Imperato, Pascal James.

 

  Quest for the Jade Sea: Colonial Competition Around an East African Lake ISBN 081332792X

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Johnson, Osa

 

O/P I Married Adventure 1940. Osa Johnson's biography of her husband, Martin Johnson, the famous explorer and nature photographer who brought home stunning movies of Africa and the South Seas to eager Americans. He spent more than 25 years crossing the country and the world with his cameras and his wife. Osa's colorful biography is also a wonderful love story.

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Kenyatta, Jomo.

 

  Facing Mount Kenya - ISBN 0394702107

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Maloba, Wunyabari O.

 

  Mau Mau and Kenya: an Analysis of a Peasant Revolt (Blacks in the Diaspora) ISBN 0253211662 Indiana University Press, 1993.

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Markham, Beryl

 

 West with the Night ISBN 0865471185- paperback

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Miller, Charles.

 

 World War II in East Africa -Battle for the Bundu. ISBN 0025849301 - paperback

Lunatic Express: an Entertainment in Imperialism ISBN 0345233506 The history of East Africa and the building of the Kenya-Uganda Railway - paperback

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Mumford, J. Gordon

  White Man's Drum ISBN 0973629703 First book of trilogy. The 1950s were a critical decade when African nationalism began to sweep through colonial Africa. Gordon Mumford worked as an assistant engineer for the East Africa. Working in remote areas, the safari crews encountered rugged terrain, weather extremes, and wild animals. Halfway into the project, a civil war erupted.

  Drums of Rebellion ISBN 0973629711 Second book of the trilogy. The story of the building of the VHF route continues, but the country is now involved in a savage civil war. When the book opens, Gordon is on Loldiani mountain with a work gang. The civil war is a month old, but his workers are trustworthy. Or are they? 

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Mwakikagile, Godfrey.

 

  Ethnic Politics in Kenya and Nigeria: A Comparative Study ISBN 1560729678

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Nicholls, Christine S

 

  Elspeth Huxley, A Biography ISBN 0312300417

Red Strangers: the white tribe of Kenya amazon.co.uk - ISBN 1857252063

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Odhiambo, E. S. Atieno.

 

 Mau Mau and Nationhood: Arms, Authority, and Narration ISBN 0821414844

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Old Africa magazine

 

1 year subscription (6 issues). Produced at Kijabe by Shel Arensen and Mike Adkins. For information, please see Old Africa magazine or to contact them, click here

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Patience, Kevin

Shipwrecks

Books on East African history, including:
Shipwrecks and salvage on the East African coast 2006.
Königsberg: a German East African raider 1997 / 2001
Zanzibar and the Bububu Railway 1995 / 2001
Zanzibar, slavery and the Royal Navy 2001
CALENDAR for 2008: Kenya in Old Postcards
For information, or to order, please Contact Kevin Patience

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Percox, David.

Britain, Kenya and the Cold War: Imperial Defence, Colonial Security and Decolonisation

  Britain, Kenya and the Cold War: Imperial Defence, Colonial Security and Decolonisation ISBN 1850434603

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Ridgeway, Rick.

 

  The Shadow of Kilimanjaro: On Foot Across East Africa ISBN 0805053891

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Thesiger, Wilfred.

 

 My Kenya Days ISBN: 0006383920 London, lamingo, 1995 or Hardcover ISBN 0006383920

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Trzebinski, Errol.

 

  The Kenya Pioneers ISBN: 0393022870

 The Lives of Beryl Markham ISBN 0393312526

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Vavra,Robert.

 

  Tent with a View: An Intimate African Experience ISBN 0688098908

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White, Luise.

 

  The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi ISBN 0226895076


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