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Eggers, Dave,

The monk of Mokha / - First edition. - xiii, 327 pages : map ; 23 cm

"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: 9781101947319 1101947314

Source: Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975

LCCN: 2017032893

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

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

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

LC Class. No.: HD9199.U48 / E34 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 338.7/66393092 B