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English
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The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.
Author
Publisher
Izdatelʹstvo AST
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Russian
Description
Fanatichnyy missioner Natan Prays vmeste s zhenoy i docher'mi pokidayet blagopoluchnuyu tsivilizovannuyu Ameriku i otpravlyayetsya na chernyy kontinent, v dzhungli Bel'giyskogo Kongo, s tverdoy veroy v Boga i s nadezhdoy na to, chto Gospod' pomozhet yemu obratit' mestnykh zhiteley v khristianstvo. On propoveduyet yarostno i strastno, no mestnyye zhiteli vovse ne zhazhdut prinyat' blagodatnyye dary. Oni trepetno beregut svoi svyatyni, chtut traditsii...
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English
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Fleeing the Congo as refugees, Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya. Her mother found work as a maid for a family headed by Roland Greyhill. But the Greyhill fortune was made from a life of corruption and crime. After her mother is found shot to death in Mr. Greyhill's personal study, Tina spends the next four years surviving on the streets alone, working as a master thief for the Goondas, Sangui City's local gang. A job for the Goondas brings Tina...
4) The guardian
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Language
English
Description
"As a member of the elite Air Force Pararescue, Travis Lane abides by the motto 'These things we do, so that others may live.' After an injury forces him to consider retirement, he is blindsided when his brother-in-law is killed in the line of duty, leaving Lane as the sole support for his sister and the family farm they can no longer afford. Desperate for something to help them keep the farm, Lane accepts an offer to join Broadside Solutions, a private...
Author
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After their Congolese village is destroyed by a milita group, eleven-year-old Therese works with humanitarian aid groups to find her brother, while her mother, Luna, escapes from the milita's camp and begins to search for her children.
6) Cloudburst
Author
Series
Jack Courtney Adventure volume 1
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Jack Courtney has lived in London his whole life. But this summer his parents are travelling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a gorilla conference, and they've promised to take Jack and his friends with them. When his parents go missing in the rainforest, abducted by mercenaries, nobody seems to have any answers. Jack is pretty sure that it's got something to do with the nearby tantalum mines, but he needs to prove it. Along with Amelia...
7) Blue gold
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Coltan, or "blue gold," is a rare mineral used in making cell phones and computers. Across continents, the lives of three teen girls are affected by the "blue gold" trade. Sylvie's family had to flee the Democratic Republic of the Congo after her father was killed by a rogue militia gang in the conflict for control of coltan. The refugee camp where she now lives is deplorable, and Sylvie yearns for a way out -- to save not only herself, but her remaining...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A tale of love, loss, identity, and belonging, No Place to Call Home tells the story of a family who fled to the United Kingdom from their native Congo to escape political violence under the dictator, Le Maréchal. Their young son Jean starts at a new school and struggles to fit in. An unlikely friendship gets him into a string of sticky situations, eventually leading to a suspension. At home, his parents pressure him to focus on school and get his...
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