October 2010 Books By Peace Corps Writers

How to Cook a Crocodile: A Memoir with Recipes
(Peace Corps memoir)
by Bonnie Lee Black (Gabon 1996–98)
Peace Corps Writers
$15.99
448 pages
October 2010

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Thoreau the Land Surveyor
by Patrick Chura (Lithuania 1992–94)
University Press of Florida
$34.95
212 pages
October 2010

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Ruffling The Peacock’s Feathers: Stories From Village India
by David Howard Day (Kenya 1965–66; India 1967–68)
XLibris
$34.99 (hardback); $23.99 (paper); $9.99 (e-book)
402 pages
September 2010

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A Longing for Wisdom: One Woman’s Conscience and Her Church
by Patricia S. Taylor Edmisten (Peru 1962–64)
iUniverse
$23.95 (cloth); $13.95 (paper)
117 pages
October 2010
www.patriciaedmistenbooks.com

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Okanagan Odyssey: Journeys through Terrain, Terroir and Culture
(Essays)
by Don Gayton (Colombia 1966–68)
Rocky Mountain Books
$16.95
176 pages
May 2010

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Man Facing West
(Stories)
by Don Gayton (Colombia 1966–68)
Thistledown Press
$17.95
170 pages
September 2010

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A Granddaughter’s Rite of Passage: Tales from the McCarthy Era
by Julie Gilgoff (Nicaragua 2002–04)
Allbook Books
$15.00
174 pages
October 2010

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Learn Thai with Me
by RJ Huddy (Morocco 1981–83)
XPat Fiction
$12.00
224 pages
September 2010

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Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett — A Trilogy
by Andrew Kilpatrick (India 1965–67)
Andy Kilpatrick Publishing Empire,
$70.00
2000 pages
April 2010

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Southern Pies: A Gracious Plenty of Pie Recipes from Lemon Chess to Chocolate Pecan
by Nanci McDermott (Thailand 1975–78)
Chronicle Books
$22.95
168 pages
September 2010

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Toughing It Out in Afghanistan
by Michael E. O’Hanlon (Zaire 1982–84) and Hassina Sherjan
Brookings Institution Press
$22.95
174 pages
February 2010

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A Skeptic’s Case For Nuclear Disarmament
by Michael E. O’Hanlon (Zaire 1982–84)
Brookings Institution Press
$26.95
174 pages
August 2010

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The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick
by Gene Stone (Niger 1974–76)
Workman Publishing
$23.95
www.secretsofpeople.com
212 pages
October 2010

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