Michigan State University Africana

The Berbers. - The Sudanese. - Southern Rhodesians.

The object of this book is to present to the general public an accurate and comprehensive account of the history of Abyssinia within a moderate compass. Part one deals with the origins of Abyssinia, mythical and historical, its evangelization, and its contacts within the Roman Empire. Part two covers the dark age when Abyssinia was cut off from the rest of Christendom by the rise of Islam. Part three describes the discovery of "the kingdom of Prester John" by the Portuguese early in the 16th century, and the attempt of the Jesuits to convert the country to the Catholic faith. Part four covers the second period of isolation which followed the expulsion of the Jesuits down to the collapse of the monarchy at the end of the 18th century. These four parts are contributed by Mr. A. H. M. Jones. In part five Miss Elizabeth Monroe describes the resurrection of the kingdom in the 19th century and its relations with the European powers which occupied the neighboring lands and endeavored to establish themselves in Abyssinia itself. The dispute with Italy, which, whatever its outcome, clearly marks the opening of a new chapter in Abyssinian history, is separately treated by Miss Monroe in part six. - Preface.

From New York Times bestseller Hannah Howell, a classic love story of a Scottish hero too wild to be tamed and the woman he's destined to set free...Pleasance Dunstan is used to silently bearing the cruelties put upon her by her thoughtless family. But nothing can prepare her for the greatest indignity of all: being sold into servitude to a man as wild as Tearlach O'Duine. His untamed ways are whispered of throughout town, and he has set his sights on Pleasance to be more than his servant. He will have her in his bed. Pleasance could escape this fate with a word, but her fierce pride keeps her silent. Instead, she follows her new master to the rough lands where he has made a home and finds a world beyond any she has ever known--a world of desire. For though he is her captor, only Tearlach can show her how freeing true passion can be...and while her servitude to him will one day end, nothing can stop the binding of their hearts...Praise for the Novels of Hannah Howell: Howell offers readers another captivating tale." --Booklist" Another wonderful story filled with adventure, emotion, and laughter." --Romantic Times

An underground movement working against apartheid in South Africa tries to enlist the sympathies of the Indian minority in Natil.

Experiences of the Scottish explorer who rediscovered the source of the Nile on November 4, 1770.