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A Gecko's Farewell
₦2,500.00
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A Good Mourning
₦1,500.00
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A Profile In Courage
₦7,500.00
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A Sackful Of Wishes
₦2,500.00
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An Orchestra of Minorities (PAPERBACK)
₦4,500.00
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Audacious Journalism
₦7,500.00
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Bionic Evolution
₦2,000.00
{"id":420254580775,"title":"Bionic Evolution","handle":"bionic-evolution","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 300;\"\u003eLong after humans abandoned the Earth, in a far-flung dystopian future, Zakari Nebula is abducted and experimented upon by forces darker than even his imagination. After physical and mental torture of the most horrific kind, the now-cybernetically enhanced abductees escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 300;\"\u003eBionic Evolution is the story of the bonds they forge, and the battles they face, as they take one last stand for freedom, and their very own souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 300;\"\u003eBionic Evolution\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis powerful, it is pacey, it is action-packed and the writer knows exactly what you need to keep turning pages as you follow his hero, a teenager who was kidnapped and turned into an android, as he and his fellow abductees learn to wield the new powers that come with their new bodies and take the fight to their abductors… \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-12-04T07:59:12+01:00","created_at":"2017-12-04T07:59:12+01:00","vendor":"Parrésia Publishers","type":"Children's Fiction","tags":["Children","Children's Fiction","fiction","Salim Hussain"],"price":200000,"price_min":200000,"price_max":200000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":6003150979111,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bionic Evolution","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":200000,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":8,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9789785486025"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/Bionic-Evolution-cover.png?v=1579264878"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/Bionic-Evolution-cover.png?v=1579264878","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":922775093297,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.777,"height":2008,"width":1561,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/Bionic-Evolution-cover.png?v=1569245337"},"aspect_ratio":0.777,"height":2008,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2545\/5474\/products\/Bionic-Evolution-cover.png?v=1569245337","width":1561}],"content":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 300;\"\u003eLong after humans abandoned the Earth, in a far-flung dystopian future, Zakari Nebula is abducted and experimented upon by forces darker than even his imagination. After physical and mental torture of the most horrific kind, the now-cybernetically enhanced abductees escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 300;\"\u003eBionic Evolution is the story of the bonds they forge, and the battles they face, as they take one last stand for freedom, and their very own souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 300;\"\u003eBionic Evolution\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis powerful, it is pacey, it is action-packed and the writer knows exactly what you need to keep turning pages as you follow his hero, a teenager who was kidnapped and turned into an android, as he and his fellow abductees learn to wield the new powers that come with their new bodies and take the fight to their abductors… \u003c\/p\u003e"}
Bongel
₦1,500.00
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Cat Eyes
₦1,200.00
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City of Memories
₦2,500.00
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Colours Of Hatred
₦3,500.00
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Crocodile Girl
₦2,500.00
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