{"product_id":"out-of-africa-isbn-9780679600213","title":"Out of Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, the author of \u003ci\u003eSeven Gothic Tales\u003c\/i\u003e gives a true account of her life on   her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country   and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of   her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited   her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near neighbors--lions, rhinos,   elephants, zebras, buffaloes--and of Lulu, the little gazelle who came to live with   her, unbelievably ladylike and beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Random House colophon made its debut   in February 1927 on the cover of a little pamphlet called \"Announcement Number One.\"   Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, the company's founders, had acquired the Modern   Library from publishers Boni and Liveright two years earlier. One day, their friend   the illustrator Rockwell Kent stopped by their office. Cerf later recalled, \"Rockwell   was sitting at my desk facing Donald, and we were talking about doing a few books   on the side, when suddenly I got an inspiration and said, 'I've got the name for   our publishing house. We just said we were go-ing to publish a few books on the side   at random. Let's call it Random House.' Donald liked the idea, and Rockwell Kent   said, 'That's a great name. I'll draw your trademark.' So, sitting at my desk, he   took a piece of paper and in five minutes drew Random House, which has been our colophon   ever since.\" Throughout the years, the mission of Random House has remained consistent:   to publish books of the highest quality, at random. We are proud to continue this   tradition today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This edition is set from the first American  edition of 1937 and   commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of Random House.\u003cb\u003eIsak Dinesen\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym of Karen Blixen, born in Denmark in 1885. After her marriage in 1914 to Baren Bror Blixen, she and her husband lived in British East Africa, where they owned a coffee plantation. She divorced from her husband in 1921 but continued to manage the plantation for another ten years, until the collapse of the coffee market forced her to sell the property and return to Denmark in 1931. There she began to write in English under the nom de plume Isak Dinesen. Her first book, and literary success, was \u003ci\u003eSeven Gothic Tales.\u003c\/i\u003e It was followed by \u003ci\u003eOut of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Angelic Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e (written under the pseudonym Pierre Andrézel), \u003ci\u003eWinter's Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLast Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnecdotes of Destiny\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEhrengard\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in 1962.","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303839289573,"sku":"NP9780679600213","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679600213.jpg?v=1767734355","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/out-of-africa-isbn-9780679600213","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}