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James Maskalyk set out for the contested border town of Abyei, Sudan in 2007 as Medicins Sans Frontieres’ newest medical doctor in the field. Equipped with his experience as an emergency physician in a Western hospital and his desire to understand the most desperate parts of the world, Maskalyk returned home six months later more affected by the experience, the people and the place than he had anticipated. Six Months in Sudan is an illuminating and affecting account… More >>
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234X147MM.392PP+16PP INSET.NO COLOUR. ANIMALS, NO BIRDS, NOT A SINGLE TREE NOR A SINGLE STRAND OF GRASS. THERE WAS NO LIFE BUT WE TWO HUMAN BEINGS, ONE BLACK, ONE WHITE, AND THESE TWO CAMELS, ONE WHITE, ONE RED. WE WERE IN AN UNKNOWN PLACE, MARKED ON NO MAP, ON AN UNKNOWN PLANET, SOMEWHERE SPINNING SILENTLY IN SPACE.’ NO WRITER HAS DESCRIBED THE EFFECTS OF THE RECENT DROUGHT FROM DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH SUCH FORCE AS MICHAEL ASHER DOES HERE. A DESERT DIES IS BOTH A S… More >>
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it avail… More >>
