"Joseph Conrad's enduring portrait of the ugliness of colonialism in a deluxe edition with a gripping cover by 'Hellboy' artist Mike Mignola. 'Heart of Darkness' is the thrilling tale of Marlow, a seaman and wanderer recounting his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz. Traveling upriver into the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's discovery...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park and Timeline comes a gripping thriller about the shocking demise of eight American geologists in the darkest region of the Congo.
 
“Thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review
Deep in the African rainforest, near the ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, a field expedition is brutally killed. At the Houston-based Earth Resources...

Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Epic in scope yet eminently readable, penetrating and deeply moving, David van Reybrouck's Congo: The Epic History of a People traces the

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Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, lifestyle, religion, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Includes full-color photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Describes the geography, history, government, economy, and culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Features color photographs, a calendar of festivals, recipes, a glossary, project and report ideas, a chronology, and further resources.

Introduces the Congo, including the geography, people, education, rural and urban life, housing, food, work, and amusements, and provides other information about the country.

Congo Mob Sacks Belgium Embassy in Kinshasa

Controlled by Belgium since 1885, the Congo (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo) gained independence in 1960 with leftist Patrice Lumumba as its first president. Lumumba was assassinated less than a year later. Although the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had previously been involved in a plot to remove Lumumba, a suspected Soviet sympathizer, the CIA claimed that it had not been responsible for his death.

Mama Nadi, the owner of a brothel set in Congo, is a mother figure who keeps watch over her business, serving men from both sides of the conflict, and employing women, "ruined" by rape or torture, who are forced to work as prostitutes.