The Camel Bookmobile
by Masha Hamilton
Published 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061173486

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Reminiscent of "Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Camel Bookmobile" is a captivating novel about a young American woman who leaves her everyday life behind, to bring the joy of reading to a small African village. More...

The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History
by Linda Colley
Published 2007 by Pantheon Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375421532

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Born in 1735, Elizabeth Marsh traveled farther and more adventurously than any other woman, and most men, of her time. Relating Marshs extraordinary accomplishments, Colley brilliantly interweaves a vivid, detailed personal story with an evocation of a crucial phase of early globalization. More...