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The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela
₦5,000It’s 2010 and Natasha, a half Russian, half Sudanese professor of history, is researching the life of Imam Shamil, the 19th century Muslim leader who led the anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasian War. When shy, single Natasha discovers that her star student, Oz, is not only descended from the warrior but also possesses Shamil’s priceless sword, the Imam’s story comes vividly to life. As Natasha’s relationship with Oz and his alluring actress mother intensifies, Natasha is forced to confront issues she had long tried to avoid—that of her Muslim heritage. When Oz is suddenly arrested at his home one morning, Natasha realizes that everything she values stands in jeopardy.
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The World of Ice & Fire By George R.R. Martin
₦22,000If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice & Fire.
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The Baghdad Clock: Winner of the Edinburgh First Book Award – by Shahad Al Rawi
₦6,000A HEART-RENDING TALE OF TWO GIRLS GROWING UP IN WAR-TORN BAGHDAD
Baghdad, 1991. The Gulf War is raging. Two girls, hiding in an air raid shelter, tell stories to keep the fear and the darkness at bay, and a deep friendship is born. But as the bombs continue to fall and friends begin to flee the country, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again.
This poignant debut novel reveals just what it’s like to grow up in a city that is slowly disappearing in front of your eyes, and how in the toughest times, children can build up the greatest resilience.
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How to Save Your Own Life: An Isadora Wing Novel by Erica Jong
₦4,000How to Save Your Own Life was praised by People for being “shameless, sex-saturated and a joy,” and hailed by Anthony Burgess as one of the ninety-nine best novels published in English since 1939.
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Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn – by Mark Twain
₦2,500The novel Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn – by Mark Twain is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in the 19th century, in which Mark Twain spent his own youth.
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
₦1,500Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin‘s haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality and a classic of gay literature.
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The Little Voice by Joss Sheldon
₦5,000The Little Voice by Joss Sheldon. “Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?”
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Money Power Love by Joss Sheldon
₦6,000This is a human story Money Power Love by Joss Sheldon: A tale about people like ourselves, cajoled by the whimsy of circumstance, who find themselves performing the most beautiful acts as well as the most vulgar.
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Occupied by Joss Sheldon
₦6,500Occupied by Joss Sheldon is a step into a world which is both magically fictitious and shockingly real, to follow the lives of Tamsin, Ellie, Arun and Charlie; a refugee, native, occupier and economic migrant. Watch them grow up during a halcyon past, an everyday present, and a dystopian future. And be prepared to be amazed.