New books by Peace Corps writers — March-April-May 2019
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Thurston Clarke (Tunisia 1968)
Doubleday Publisher
448 pages
May 2019
$ 19.49 (Hardback), $14.99 (Kindle)
A groundbreaking revisionist history of the last days of the Vietnam War that reveals the acts of American heroism that saved more than one hundred thousand South Vietnamese from communist revenge.
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The Buried
: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Peter Hessler
Text Publishing
480 pages
May, 2019
$19.24 (Kindle)
Through the lives of ordinary Egyptians, Hessler creates a richly textured portrait of a revolution and the people swept up in it, drawing connections between contemporary politics and the ancient past.
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Europe By Bus: 50 Bus Trips and City Visits
Steve Kaffen (Russia 1994-96)
371 pages
SK Journeys Publisher
May 2019
Paperback $16.00
Informative, joyous, and lots of fun, with wonderful photographs and valuable tips makes the book a fascinating story and an excellent planning tool.
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The Perfect Alibi: A Novel
Philip Margolin (Liberia 1965-67)
Minotaur Books
306 pages
May, 2019
$9.99 (paperback), $27.99 (hard cover), $14.99 (Kindle), $14.69 (audiobook)
Young lawyer Robin Lockwood takes on two cases that include murder, rape, DNA confusion and stalking — and they might be related.
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Be Steadfast: A Peace Corps Journey in Sierra Leone
By Bryan J. Meeker (Sierra Leone 2011-13)
361 pages
CreateSpace
March 2019
$9.99 (paperback)
In the Amber Chamber: Stories
Carrie Messenger (Moldova 1994–96)
Brighthorse Books
260 pages
August, 2018
$16.95 (paperback)
In the Amber Chamber combines dark fairy tales with disturbing history: a dust bowl, some famine, and some dessert.
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Conversations With US – Great Lakes States:
Two Wheels, Fifty States, Hundreds of Voices – One America
Chris Register (El Salvador 2001–03)
Spoke & Word Books
280 pages
$22.00 (flexibound)
Conversations With US — Great Lakes States is the first in a series of books recounting how one man’s 16,000 mile, pedal-powered journey through the United States weaves together nearly 400 Americans and their diverse views on what makes us a nation.
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Bad News from a Black Coast
Moritz Thomsen (Ecuador 1965-67)
Independently Published
370 pages
$12.00 (paperback)
A fifth book by Moritz Thomsen has been found, and published . . . enough said!
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Coming of Age in El Salvador
Jim Winship (El Salvador 1970–72)
Verdada Press
2014
228 pages
$16.95 (paperback), $9.99 (Kindle)
Review
Understanding El Salvador.
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