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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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The Kiterunner by Khaled Hosseini. Had to buy after reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. The latter was more gripping.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 869 Location: nairobi
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I enjoy reading biographies/autobiographies
which other ones would you recommend. I have read the following
1.Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
2.The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
3.Sam Walton, Made in America by Sam Walton/John Huey
4.The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and The Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
5. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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heri wrote:I enjoy reading biographies/autobiographies
which other ones would you recommend. I have read the following
1.Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
2.The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
3.Sam Walton, Made in America by Sam Walton/John Huey
4.The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and The Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
5. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus  Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history This is such a difficult read. My parents lived through this period right in the heart of the violence but somehow came out unscathed. Parts of it ring familiar from the stories they told us but I now realize how much they censored them for the sake of our young ears. I feel a range of emotions: bitterness, hurt, disgust and I'm not yet halfway through....
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 869 Location: nairobi
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Shak wrote:Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history This is such a difficult read. My parents lived through this period right in the heart of the violence but somehow came out unscathed. Parts of it ring familiar from the stories they told us but I now realize how much they censored them for the sake of our young ears. I feel a range of emotions: bitterness, hurt, disgust and I'm not yet halfway through.... You realize we were cheated all along being made to idolize home guards . You should also read 'Histories of the hanged'
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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heri wrote:Shak wrote:Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history This is such a difficult read. My parents lived through this period right in the heart of the violence but somehow came out unscathed. Parts of it ring familiar from the stories they told us but I now realize how much they censored them for the sake of our young ears. I feel a range of emotions: bitterness, hurt, disgust and I'm not yet halfway through.... You realize we were cheated all along being made to idolize home guards . You should also read 'Histories of the hanged' I'll look for it once I'm done with this one.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/10/2010 Posts: 281 Location: Nairobi
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I'm currently reading The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro.
A wonderful insight on the politics of New York in the 1920's and 30's when the city was riddled with corruption and patronage. It's quite a tome, would recommend it to anyone interested in urban planning, public service and politrics.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 6,592 Location: Nairobi
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Shake Hands with the Devil (The failure of humanity in Rwanda) - Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire. Lt. General Dallaire was in-charge of the UN mission in Rwanda at the time of the genocide. A must read for you if you are the kind that's interested in true accounts of politics in modern Africa. Chilling.
BBI will solve it :)
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