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Professor Jeremy Logan is brought onto famed explorer Porter Stone's archaeological team to investigate a series of harrowing and inexplicable occurrences that are causing people on the expedition to fear a centuries-old curse behind Pharoah Narmer's elusive "double" crown of the two Egypts. As paranoia and fear run rampant, Logan must delve into the mysteries of ancient Egyptology and near death experience in order to understand what might be plaguing...
3) Khartoum
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Recounts the 1884 siege of English-defended Khartoum by Arab tribes in revolt. The British, under General Gordon, engage in a battle of wits and swords with Arab forces of the Mahdi.
4) Running for my life: one lost boy's journey from the killing fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
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This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US OlympicTeam. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
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Arab American Heritage Month (Youth)
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
NYT - Middle Grade Paperback
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
NYT - Middle Grade Paperback
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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
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