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Sacking The Potter
₦1,800.00
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Where ‘D You Go
₦2,500.00
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From Captain Shola and his men who are ambushed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003eby killer herdsmen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003ewhile on patrol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e, and need to hold their ground; to a retired Special Forces officer who leads his men to protect his village and its environs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e from killer herdsmen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e; to Lieutenant Colonel Abel whose team had to extend their tour by two days to escort the Senate President’s daughter to an IDP Camp and then wait out an assault\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e by Boko Haram insurgents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e; to Kunle Pierce who is a CIA operative, but comes to avenge the murder of his brother-in-law\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e by the Boko Haram sect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e; to the Corps members caught in a post-election violence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e and fight back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e; and then there is Halima, an abducted girl from Chibok who suffers from Stockholm syndrome, and tries to settle down to normalcy after her release with some other girls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003eThe stories are action packed; depi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003ecting loss, justice, vengeance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e, bravery, courage under fire, sacrifice and patriotism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Bundle: The Son of the House & Men Don't Die
₦6,000.00
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He flees the scene of the accident and hitchhikes his way to Lagos. In Lagos, he begins to live again. He gets reconnected to a long-lost friend, with whom he shared dreams in the university. He invests the stolen money and finds love again. He gets all he craved on a plate—money, comfort and something resembling happiness. But there is more to this world—a monumental text that would change his life forever. MEN DON’T DIE is a thought-provoking story of love and money; death and spiritualism. About a man’s personal struggles against the unfairness of life, in search of true happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
The Son of The House
₦3,500.00
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Men Don't Die
₦3,500.00
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Emilio Sanchez
₦1,500.00
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Ruffled Butterflies
₦2,500.00
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An Orchestra of Minorities (PAPERBACK)
₦4,500.00
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The Poet Of Dust
₦2,000.00
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The Anguish And Vigilance Of Things Poems
₦2,000.00
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We Won't Fade into Darkness
₦2,500.00
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Night Dancer
₦2,500.00
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Ezi's unexpected death leads Mma to learn about her mother's past and rethink the resentment and contempt she has held for her mother her whole life. Mma resents her mother who likes to say things twice like 'dance-dance' and 'happy-happy' and who won't let Mma know anything about her father - Ezi her husband, Mike, and life in Kaduna, when Mma was a baby to raise her as a single mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in three parts, Chika \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniqwe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells a beautiful story, which reveals what happened, why everything is the way it is and why every character in the book did what they did. It starts in 2001, after Ezi's death, and concentrates on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e very negative feelings and hatred towards her mother. From \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e point of view, we see what being raised by a proud single mother did to her childhood and how it affected Mma's life. When \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e starts reading Ezi's letters or her 'memoirs', \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e finds out the truth about her mother, her past life and why she did what she did. Her mother's letters also lead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to be reunited with the family she never knew she had - grandfathers, uncles, aunts, father. It goes back to 1960 where we find out what exactly happened to make Ezi leave her husband Mike, and raise their daughter Mma on her own. And it comes back to 2002 when Mma eventually meets her father, Mike, and begins to change her mind about her mother. In these three parts, we hear both Ezi and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e voices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e"}