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Understanding Namibia

The Trials of Independence

by Henning Melber ...

Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections. The anti-colonial liberation movement, SWAPO, dominates the political scene, effectively making Namibia a de facto one-party state dominated by the first 'struggle generation'. While those in power declare their support for a free, fair, and just ... Read more

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Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections. The anti-colonial liberation movement, SWAPO, dominates the political scene, effectively making Namibia a de facto one-party state dominated by the first 'struggle generation'. While those in power declare their support for a free, fair, and just
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The Long Shadow of German Colonialism

Amnesia, Denialism and Revisionism

by Henning Melber ...

From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in Germany and the subject remains virtually absent from most school textbooks. While debates are now common in France and Britain over the impact of empire on former colonies and colonizing societies, German imperialism has only more recently become a topic of ... Read more

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From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in Germany and the subject remains virtually absent from most school textbooks. While debates are now common in France and Britain over the impact of empire on former colonies and colonizing societies, German imperialism has only more recently become a topic of
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Awakening Infinity (Archivist 0)

by Meghan Ciana Doidge ...

Narrated by Savy Des-Etages ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Archivist
Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

The plan was to hop a train to Oslo, hang out at a coffee shop, and connect my personal archive, Infinity, to the Internet. Yes, completely disregarding the well-established fact that magic and technology didn’t mix. At all.I was also hoping to browse as many bookstores as I could before my younger brother’s patience ran out. Unfortunately, the five-year-old fledgling dragon was better known for ... Read more

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The plan was to hop a train to Oslo, hang out at a coffee shop, and connect my personal archive, Infinity, to the Internet. Yes, completely disregarding the well-established fact that magic and technology didn’t mix. At all.I was also hoping to browse as many bookstores as I could before my younger brother’s patience ran out. Unfortunately, the five-year-old fledgling dragon was better known for
... Read more
The White Lioness

by Henning Mankell ...

Translated by Laurie Thompson ...

Series Book 3 - The Kurt Wallander Mysteries
A small-town murder leads to international intrigue in this "first-class thriller" from the New York Times–bestselling master of Scandinavian crime ( The New York Times Book Review).Inspector Kurt Wallander returns in the second of Henning Mankell's award-winning, internationally-bestselling detective novels, this time to investigate the execution-style killing of a Swedish housewife. The local ... Read more

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A small-town murder leads to international intrigue in this "first-class thriller" from the New York Times–bestselling master of Scandinavian crime ( The New York Times Book Review).Inspector Kurt Wallander returns in the second of Henning Mankell's award-winning, internationally-bestselling detective novels, this time to investigate the execution-style killing of a Swedish housewife. The local
... Read more

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Faceless Killers

A Mystery

by Henning Mankell ...

Translated by Steven T. Murray ...

Series Book 1 - The Kurt Wallander Mysteries
A #1 international bestseller: This "exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth" launched the acclaimed Wallander Mysteries and BBC series starring Kenneth Branagh ( Los Angeles Times).Early one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer's eyes ... Read more

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A #1 international bestseller: This "exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth" launched the acclaimed Wallander Mysteries and BBC series starring Kenneth Branagh ( Los Angeles Times).Early one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer's eyes
... Read more
The Forbidden Iceland Series

(Books 1-5 in the international bestselling, twisty and utterly addictive Icelandic mystery series)

by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir ...

Translated by Victoria Cribb ...

Series Book 0 - The Forbidden Iceland Series
Get the FIRST SIX books in Eva Björg Ægisdóttir's award-winning, chilling and twisty Forbidden Iceland series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set.Detective Elma returns to her hometown of Akranes to join West Iceland CID and is drawn into dark, complex cases that shatter her quiet community. A number-one bestselling, multi-award-winning, atmospheric series of mysteries with complex investigations, icy ... Read more

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Get the FIRST SIX books in Eva Björg Ægisdóttir's award-winning, chilling and twisty Forbidden Iceland series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set.Detective Elma returns to her hometown of Akranes to join West Iceland CID and is drawn into dark, complex cases that shatter her quiet community. A number-one bestselling, multi-award-winning, atmospheric series of mysteries with complex investigations, icy
... Read more
The Skelfs series

(Books 1-6 in the warmly funny, atmospheric, nail-bitingly tense, unforgettable series of Edinburgh mysteries)

by Doug Johnstone ...

Series Book 0 - The Skelfs
Get the FIRST SIX books in Doug Johnstone's addictive, darkly funny and unmissable The Skelfs series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set.When family patriarch Jim dies, three generations of Edinburgh women – widow Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah – take over the family funeral directors and PI businesses. From missing people and faked deaths to gangland vendettas and graveyard secrets, ... Read more

$1.99 USD

Get the FIRST SIX books in Doug Johnstone's addictive, darkly funny and unmissable The Skelfs series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set.When family patriarch Jim dies, three generations of Edinburgh women – widow Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah – take over the family funeral directors and PI businesses. From missing people and faked deaths to gangland vendettas and graveyard secrets,
... Read more
Firewall

by Henning Mankell ...

Translated by Ebba Segerberg ...

Series Book 8 - The Kurt Wallander Mysteries
An international bestseller: Murder becomes a high tech game of cat and mouse in this "thinking man's thriller" from the master of Nordic noir ( The New York Times Book Review).Ystad, Sweden. A man stops at an ATM during his evening walk and inexplicably falls to the ground dead. Two teenage girls brutally murder a taxi driver. They are quickly apprehended, shocking local policemen with their ... Read more

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An international bestseller: Murder becomes a high tech game of cat and mouse in this "thinking man's thriller" from the master of Nordic noir ( The New York Times Book Review).Ystad, Sweden. A man stops at an ATM during his evening walk and inexplicably falls to the ground dead. Two teenage girls brutally murder a taxi driver. They are quickly apprehended, shocking local policemen with their
... Read more

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The Assassin's Blade

The Throne of Glass Prequel Novellas

by Sarah J. Maas ...

Series Book 0 - Throne of Glass
The twist of a knife. The birth of a legend.With this collection of prequel novellas, step into the world of the complete, #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom's most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful Assassin's Guild and its scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, she yields to no ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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The twist of a knife. The birth of a legend.With this collection of prequel novellas, step into the world of the complete, #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom's most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful Assassin's Guild and its scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, she yields to no
... Read more

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The Donovan Family Bundle (Love Me, Watch Me, Find Me)

by Margaret Watson ...

Series Book 0 - The Donovan Family
The first three books in the USA Today Bestselling romantic suspense series. Readers call it "impossible to put down." Susan Elizabeth Phillips, NYT Bestselling Author, says, “Margaret Watson, a star in the world of contemporary romance, grabs you on the opening page and keeps you reading to the happily ever after.”Love Me (Book 1)When Helen Brody needed her office repaired, she never expected ... Read more

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The first three books in the USA Today Bestselling romantic suspense series. Readers call it "impossible to put down." Susan Elizabeth Phillips, NYT Bestselling Author, says, “Margaret Watson, a star in the world of contemporary romance, grabs you on the opening page and keeps you reading to the happily ever after.”Love Me (Book 1)When Helen Brody needed her office repaired, she never expected
... Read more
The Pyramid

And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries

by Henning Mankell ...

Translated by Ebba Segerberg ...

Series Book 9 - The Kurt Wallander Mysteries
The story of the Swedish detective's beginnings, told in five gripping short mysteries: "An indispensable chapter to the saga" ( Booklist Online).Here are the stories that trace, chronologically, Kurt Wallander's growth from a rookie cop into a young father and then a middle-aged divorcé, illuminating how he became a first-rate detective and highlighting new facets of the character who "remains ... Read more

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The story of the Swedish detective's beginnings, told in five gripping short mysteries: "An indispensable chapter to the saga" ( Booklist Online).Here are the stories that trace, chronologically, Kurt Wallander's growth from a rookie cop into a young father and then a middle-aged divorcé, illuminating how he became a first-rate detective and highlighting new facets of the character who "remains
... Read more

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Dust and Shadow

A Dystopian Romance Adventure

by Lindsey Pogue ...

Series Book 0 - Forgotten Lands
In a world where water is power, truth is the deadliest weapon.Centuries after the world crumbled, sandstorms scour the American West and survival depends on secrets. In the desert town of Sagebrush, Marshal Cunningham controls every drop of precious water—and every life that depends on it.Jo Mason has spent years watching the marshal’s cruelty destroy her family and community. When her chance for ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In a world where water is power, truth is the deadliest weapon.Centuries after the world crumbled, sandstorms scour the American West and survival depends on secrets. In the desert town of Sagebrush, Marshal Cunningham controls every drop of precious water—and every life that depends on it.Jo Mason has spent years watching the marshal’s cruelty destroy her family and community. When her chance for
... Read more

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