New books by Peace Corps writers — August 2016

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Meeting the Mantis: Searching for a Man in the Desert and Finding the Kalahari Bushmen
(Peace Corps memoir)
John Ashford (Botswana 1990–92)
Peace Corps Writers
October 2015
216 pages
$13.00 (paperback), $4.00 (Kindle)

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A House in Trausse
(travel)
Leita  Kaldi Davis (Senegal 1993–96)
self-published
2015
30 pages
$12.00 (paperback)

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Sailing between the Seas: The Panama Canal
(travel)
Leita  Kaldi Davis (Senegal 1993–96)
CreateSpace
March 2016
36 pages
$15.00 (paperback)

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In the Valley of Birds

Throwing Rocks at the Moon: Loud, Hot, and Sweaty in the Dominican Republic
(Peace Corps memoir)
Zachary M. Gerth (Dominican Republic 2010–12)
BlueShoo
September 2015
220 pages
$10.00 (paperback)

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Hidden Places: A Journey from Kansas to Kilimanjaro
(Peace Corps memoir)
James Heaton (Nyasaland [Malawi]1962–64)
Xlibris
May 2016
118 pages
$19.99 (paperback), $29.99 (hard cover), $3.99 (Kindle)

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Letters from Susie: Growing Up Ghanaian 1962–2015
Katherine [Spalt] Miller (Ghana 1962–64, Afghanistan 1966–68)
Peace Corps Writers
July 2016
414 pages
$14.95 (paperback)

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