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Robert Alai, HSC is a Kenyan blogger, internet entrepreneur and cyber-activist. Alai, who used to run the now defunct information technology weblog at Techmtaa.com has earned notoriety for his relentless stream of social rants that misleads, somewhat entertains and, not unusually, embarrasses public officials in equal measure.
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Prisoners of Geography
Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (1) (Politics of Place)
Tim Marshall - 2016-10-11 (first published in 2015)
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In this New York Times bestseller, updated for 2016, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers—“fans of geography, history, and politics (and maps) will be enthralled” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).Maps have a mysterious hold over us. Whether ancient, crumbling parchments o...
Robert Alai
2022-08-20T16:02:57.000Z
A great book!      source
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The Comforts of Home
Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi
Luise White - 1990-01-01
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"This history is . . . the first fully-fleshed story of African Nairobi in all of its complexity which foregrounds African experiences. Given the overwhelming white dominance in the written sources, it is a remarkable achievement."—Claire Robertson, International Journal of African Historical Studies "White's book . . . takes a unique approach to a...
Robert Alai
2022-06-15T18:14:27.000Z
This book is too interesting. Explosive!      source
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The Holcroft Covenant
A Novel
Robert Ludlum - 2014-07-01 (first published in 1978)
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The Fourth Reich is waiting to ariseand the only man who can stop it is about to sign its birth certificate. In 1945 the children of the Third Reich were secretly hidden all over the world, to be concealed until they came of age in the 1970s, at which point $780 million would be waiting in a Swiss bank. But all of these elaborate plans need an unsu...
Robert Alai
2018-05-06T09:31:54.000Z
Used to be such an addict of #RobertLudlum. Even bought this audio book in cassettes and listened to them. The Holcroft Covenant is one of those great pieces. 19 hours. Disposing now. You want it, come get it for free.      source