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Out of Africa (Essential Penguin)

by Karen Blixen

Published: 1999-02-25

Paperback: 336 pages

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Karen Blixen went to Kenya in 1914 to run a coffee farm; its failure in 1931 caused her to return to Denmark where she wrote this classic account of her experiences. "Out of Africa" is a celebration of her life there; her friendship with the various people of the area and her sympathetic response to...

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* * * Informative,
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Out of Africa (Modern Library)

by Isak Dinesen

Published: 1992-09-05

Hardcover: 416 pages

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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeIn 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 t...

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Out of Africa (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Karen Blixen

Published: 2001-09-27

Paperback: 329 pages

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From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled...

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* * * * * Brilliant,
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Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass

by Isak Dinesen

Published: 1989-10-23

Paperback: 480 pages

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With classic simplicity and a painter's feeling for atmosphere and detail, Isak Dinesen tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya.

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Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle

by Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell, Gary Brozek

Published: 2009-03-01

Hardcover: 480 pages

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On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American civilian contractors?Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Tom Howes?crash-landed in the mountainous jungle of Colombia. Dazed and shaken, they emerged from the plane bloodied and injured as gunfire rained down around them. As of that mo...

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Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)

by Mark Gonsalves, Keith Stansell

Published: 2009-07

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Out of Darkness

by Keith Terry

Published: 2004-01

Paperback: 320 pages

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Out of Egypt: A Memoir

by André Aciman

Published: 2007-01-23

Paperback: 352 pages

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This richly colored memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, André Aciman introduces us to the marvelous eccentrics who shaped his life--Uncle ...

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Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China

by Philip P. Pan

Published: 2009-06-23

Paperback: 368 pages

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Now in paperback, an intimate, elegant account of a society in turmoil: the most important book in a generation about the Chinese people and their long, heartbreaking battle for political freedom. Out of Mao's Shadow offers a startling perspective on China and its remarkable transformatio...

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Out of My League: The Classic Hilarious Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball

by George Plimpton

Published: 2010-01-26

Paperback: 128 pages

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A classic of sport, and the first of George Plimpton's remarkable forays into participatory journalism, Out of My League chronicles with wit, charm, and grace what happens when a self-professed amateur wonders how he would fare on a baseball mound in a major league game.On an ordinary afte...