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Eggers, Dave,

The monk of Mokha / Dave Eggers. - xv, 327 pages : 1 map ; 25 cm.

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references.

"From bestselling author Dave Eggers, the incredible true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains and meet beleaguered but determined farmers. But when war engulfs the country and Saudi bombs rain down, Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen without sacrificing his dreams or abandoning his people." -- Publisher's description.

ISBN: 9780241278505 (hardback)

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB7K9231 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 018589146 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Alkhanshali, Mokhtar.
Alkhanshali, Mokhtar--Travel--Yemen (Republic)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Businesspeople--Biography.
Coffee industry--California--San Francisco.
Businesspeople--California--San Francisco--Biography.
Yemeni Americans--California--San Francisco--Biography.
Coffee industry--Yemen (Republic)
Coffee industry - California - San Francisco.
Businesspeople - California - San Francisco - Biography.
Coffee industry - Yemen (Republic)
Yemeni Americans - California - San Francisco - Biography.
Civil war--Yemen (Republic)
Businesspeople.
Civil war.
Coffee industry.
Yemeni Americans.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Yemen (Republic)--History--1990---Fiction.
California--San Francisco.
Yemen (Republic)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Travel writing.
Biographies
Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7/66393092 B