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Buy never mind the balkans, heres romania 2nd by mike ormsby isbn. Mike ormsby has written a compelling story about the phenomenon of child witches in congo. Angela nicoara chief of party internews network linkedin. Thats the plot of child witch, a novel in two parts. Mike ormsby was born in ormskirk, and grew up on merseyside, england.
Ormsby, mike, soimaru, victor jalba, miscandlon, steven, nicoara, angela, young, matthew, procter, doug, sorasan, sorin. His first novel, child witch kinshasa 20, was a best seller in african literature amazon uk a few days after publication. Frank kean found out the hard way, in child witch kinshasa. The foreign development set certainly features, but it doesnt dominate. He is the author of child witch kinshasa and child witch london 2014, a twopart novel set in congo and the uk. His twopart travel novel child witch kinshasa and child witch london has. Child witch kinshasa kindle edition by ormsby, mike.
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