Browsing: Africa

Elizabeth Berg, bestselling author of The Art of Mending and The Year of Pleasures, has a rare talent for revealing…

During World War II, three controversial and influential commanders changed the course of the land war in Europe and North Africa. General readers and military history buffs will savor this “effervescent, perceptive triple biography” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

“One of the most vital and original novelists of her generation.” –Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker From the bestselling author…

With over 4,600 five-star ratings on Goodreads: In this acclaimed memoir, a wealthy Danish woman becomes the unexpected head of a coffee plantation in a Kenya colonized by the British Empire. The inspiration behind the Academy Award–winning film starring Meryl Streep.

From a New York Times bestselling author: During an archaeological dig, a body is found at the excavation site. Can Amelia Peabody find the killer before she becomes the next target? “Amelia Peabody is Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes, and Miss Marple all in one” (The Washington Post).

From Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory—winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction…

“Stunning, wrenching, and inspiring” (Publishers Weekly starred review): As the Revolutionary War grips the nation, Aminata escapes slavery — and begins an incredible journey that will take her back to Africa. With nearly 36,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

During World War II’s Operation Torch, a marine salvage engineer was given the seemingly impossible task of raising wrecked ships to clear Mediterranean ports — all with limited resources. Learn how one man’s resilience and ingenuity led to a crucial boon for the Allies in this engrossing record.

In this New York Times bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize–winning author paints a “profoundly gripping” portrait (Publishers Weekly starred review) of a man who found a new life in America after escaping genocide and civil war in central Africa. With over 4,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A New York Times bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club selection: After Ruby trades small-town Texas for the glamour of Manhattan, an urgent message pulls her back home and thrusts her into a shadowy past. “Beautifully wrought… Wonderful” (Los Angeles Review of Books).