books about: ethiopian

books about: ethiopian

books:

Ethiopian

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

Riverhead, 2007

Worthy Debut Novel About the Immigrant Experience
Mengestu's debut novel brings to life the American immigrant experience in a touching way. The novel is about an Ethiopian immigrant, Sepha, and his experiences in the Washington DC area over a seven month period in the 1970s. Mengestu captures the hopes and dreams, ...

Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard

Mawi Asgedom

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2002

Heart warming and inspiring
I won't take a lot of space stating what the book is about. Just get it and read it, everyone from middle school through adults. You'll be glad you did.

From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black Hebrews

Rudolph R. Windsor

Windsor Golden Series, 1988

Thought Provoking Insights on an Old Story
From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black Hebrews This book is well written and well worth reading, or better yet worth studying. I read this book armed with my computer, Bible software,a copy of "the Complete Works of the ...

Enoch the Ethiopian: The Lost Prophet of the Bible : Greater Than Abraham, Holier Than Moses

Indus Khamit Cush

A & B Distributors, 2000

Historical Facts
When ordering this book I thought I was going to get something else and was pleasantly surprised at the Scholarly work that I read. This book I believe belongs in every Black household across America. I love the Book of Enoch and am thankful for this expertise review ...

Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood

Nega Mezlekia

Picador, 2002

Notes on Notes
An enlightening story of a boy growing up in Ethiopia. A world that we Americans cannot relate to, however we certainly are sympathetic. Still, Mezlekia spares us by sprinkling a little humor here and there, and we see that young boys do find time to be a little ...

The Perfect Orange: A Tale from Ethiopia (Toucan Tales Series ; Vol. 2) (Toucan Tales Series ; Vol. 2)

Frank P. Araujo

Rayve Productions, 1994

A beautiful portrail
This fable is common throughout Ethiopia, Eritrea and surrounding countries and the author choose this Ethiopian version to write. The wonderful images along with simple beautiful text which includes some Ethiopian words is just lovely. It tells the story of a orphan ...

Held at a Distance: A Rediscovery of Ethiopia

Rebecca G. Haile

Academy Chicago Publishers, 2007

Groundbreaking Book
As one of the first books to be published by an Ethiopian American, HELD AT A DISTANCE is significant. Categorizing this book is nearly impossible--which is a strength and should make it widely appealing. It is a seamless mixture of memoir, travelogue, history, ...

Exotic Ethiopian Cooking : Sociey, Culture, Hospitality, and Traditions. Revised Extended Edition. 178 Tested ...

Daniel J. Mesfin

Ethiopian Cookbook Enterprises, 1994

A sincere and genuine effort...
I give this book 5 stars, because it has so much cultural history in it, because it is a genuine, truly sincere effort, and because it is so vast; it truly has *a lot* of recipes. The injera recipe is difficult to recreate, as are many of the amts. of ingredients ...

Scoop

Evelyn Waugh

Back Bay Books, 1999

Waugh's farce about the newspaper trade and making a name for oneself
Evelyn Waugh's send-up of the newspaper business, and where in other novels he could be bitterly satirical, here he's wildly farcical and broadly comical. William Boot, a nature writer for the DAILY BEAST, ("Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing ...

Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook
Tilahun Kebebe, Daniel Aboye Aberra

Lonely Planet, 2008

The only Ethiopian phrasebook on the market. Contains a full guide to body language etiquette of the region. 1,400-word two-way dictionary helps travelers sound like locals. Pocket-sized for convenience

Simple Amharic for Adoptive Families (Book and Audio CD)

Amy Kendall

Simple Language for Adoptive Families, 2008

Essential Amharic
I traveled to Ethiopia to adopt our 2 1/2 year old daughter. I listened to the CD from this book in my car for a few months before travel. The simple words and phrases came in very handy. First, it impresses the native Ethiopians a lot when you know some of their ...

The Ethiopians: A History (Peoples of Africa)

Richard Pankhurst

Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

A short yet comprehensive history of Ethiopia.
Richard Pankhurst is one of the foremost modern authorities on Ethiopia. This book is a summary of many more that he has written on the subject. It has acceptable maps (these can almost always be improved) and a helpful chronological table. The prose flows easily and ...

The Ethiopian Book of Life

E. a. W. Budge

Frontline Distribution Int'L Inc., 2003

The Ethiopian Book of Life by E. a. W. Budge
The title put on the cover is a little bit misleading because this is a reprint of of the 1929 editon of The Bandlet of Rightousness An Ethiopian Book of Life Also Known As The Ethiopian Book of Dead (so the title page says). This is valuable book for the persons ...

Silly Mammo: An Ethiopian Tale

Gebregeorgis Yohannes, Bogale Belachew

African Sun Press, 2002

Recommended for Teacher Education Multicultural classes
Silly Mammo, the first children's book published in the Ethiopian language, is a gem of a find. I recommend it for my multicultural education classes at the college level and, in fact, last year bought copies for the entire class. Teacher education students at the ...

Cry Wolf

Wilbur Smith

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2001

Could it be any better?
I have been reading this man's books since I was 14. I have never read one that wasn't excellent but two are far above the rest, this one and Hungry as the Sea. This book has something for everyone. The story is compelling, gripping, and stands the test of time. ...