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Wedding Dress

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

ByConfetti.co.uk

Breaking down every detail of wedding dresses and suggesting which styles suit different body shapes, this title covers all components of the dress in addition to offering advice for essential accessories such as veils, shoes and bags. Advice for the larger bride, pregnant brides, bridesmaids and attendants is also included. Additional sections offer advice on what to consider when buying your dress. There are tips for wearing and looking after your dress on the big day as well as a comprehensive glossary.

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Nollywood

₦8,000.00 ₦8,000.00

ByJonathan Haynes

The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres

Nigeria’s Nollywood has rapidly grown into one of the World’s largest film Industries, rapidly altering media environments across Africa and in the diaspora. It has also become one of Afican culture’s most consequential expressions, powerfully shaping how Africans see themselves and are seen by others.

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Sorrow’s Joy

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

ByOgochukwu Promise

This is a compelling narrative, not only about the onslaughts of cancer but of the courage required to face it. Promise’s relentless quest for life and meaning, her penetrating gaze, deep understanding of human emotions, fears and strengths and her consistent reaching for the power of the mind to transcend life’s vicissitudes resonate in this brilliant work.

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Hope’s Wristwatch

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

whether in poetry or prose, the primary preoccupation of Tony Marinho’s art has always been to highlight, and to comment on the numerous ills that plague our contemporary world. Not for him, it seems, the luxury or indulgence, of ‘art for art’s sake, when everywhere you look, we are assailed by a multitude of problems-HIV/AIDS, war, poverty, corruption, prostitution, child slavery, etc….

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Salutations To The Gut

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

“…the Yoruba…is the true hedonist who has felt in every morsel the soul of the open kitchen.”

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African Proverbs III

₦2,000.00 ₦2,000.00

A child who Is not taught well at home by his mother will be taught badly outside.

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Ibadan Mesiogo

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

At last, a book, which edifies the effortless grace of the Harlem of Africa!. Ibadan mesiogo…is a major collection of some of the most significant creative writers who have lived in and drawn their imaginative energies from the largest ancient city south of the Sahara within the past five decades of Nigeria’s history.

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The Seven Signposts

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

“…STUDY THE SPIRITUALITY OF THIS CONTINENT…

SELECTIVENESS is the key. The religion of the ORISA does not permit in tenet, liturgy, catechism or practice, that pernicious dictum: “I believe, therefore I am…it is not weakness in the character of this religion; it is simply UNDERSTANDING.

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Granny’s Special Cookery Book

₦2,000.00 ₦2,000.00

ByVirginia Akerele

Granny’s cookery book with its combination of Nigerian and Brazilian recipes is the realization of the ninety year old author’s dream of hoping to share and pass on her culinary experiences to “young modern-day homemakers and wives who may not have been privileged to grow up around the cooking pot.” This handy book, creatively wand attractively designed will help popularize African cuisine.

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Things Fall Apart

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

ByBiodun Jeyifo

“…In the writing of the two essays in this book, I went to great lengths to press my readings of Achebe’s first novel, things Fall Apart, into service in an effort to see hopeful signs in otherwise quite bleak circumstances in Nigeria and Africa…in each of the respective readings of Achebe’s novel in these two essays, I was writing under very great pressure of one and of discursive context….I was also constrained by the pressure of etiquette, the celebration of the anniversary of Achebe’s novel being a festive occasion in which one could not afford to be seen as being too sanguine in expressing one’s bitterness about the state of things in Nigeria, Africa and the world.”

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Ake

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

Itan iriri olokiki onkewe nni, Wole Soyinka Nigba ti o want omode ni Agbi ile iwe ati ni igboro Abeokuta ni o wa Bubu iwe yii. Eko pataki ni a ri ko nipa ooo omode lawujo yoruba ati nipa itan Abeokuta nigba ogun agbaya Keji ati nipa Ajah ara awon obinrin Egbo lo so iwe yii di koseemaka fun gbogbo omo Yoruba.

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NIGERIA – A New History Of A Turbulent Century

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByRichard Bowne

A new history of a turbulent century

Known as the African giant, Nigeria’s story is complex and often contradictory. How, despite the ravages o colonialism, civil war, ongoing economic disappointment and most recently the Biko haram insurgency, has the country managed to stay together for a hundred years? Why, despite an abundance of oil, mineral and agricultural wealth, have so many of its people remained in poverty? These are the key questions explored by Richard Bourne in this remarkable and wide-ranging account of Nigeria’s history, from its creation in 1914 to the historic 2015 elections and beyond.

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PEOPLE'S CHOICE

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Revolution of Ideas

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

This is my fifth book. It’s a collection of some of my best economic ideas over time. It is focused on Nigeria to a large extent and encompasses my thoughts for our country and people. This book is named REVOLUTION OF IDEAS because the ideas herein are indeed out-of-the-box and revolutionary. I believe that the ideas that will transit Nigeria people of color out of the current state of pity, lie in the mind. I have put my perspective together here. I assure that you’ll find it indeed interesting. Let’s get going

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Burden Of Service

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByMohammed Bello Adoke

In recounting my five-year experience in government, I offer the tiniest details of the billion-dollar oil deal and unveil the web of local and international intrigues, deceit, lies and conspiracy around an avoidable scandal

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Money

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

In a world which increasingly feels like it revolves around money, it’s easy to feel like the gap between the money you earn and the money you need to live the life you want is just too great.

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Crucible Of The Ages

₦8,500.00 ₦8,500.00

A truly unique compendium, the essayists include three African leaders, three Nobel laureates, distinguished playwrights, novelists, literary critics, historians, academics and public policy practitioners from around the world

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Managing In Turbulent Times

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByPeter F. Drucker

This book the author explains is concerned with action rather than understanding, with decisions rather than analysis. It deals with the strategies, needed to transform rapid changes into opportunities to turn the threat of change into productive and profitable action that contributes positively to our society, the economy and the individual.

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Honour For Sale-An Insider Account Of The Murder Of Dele Giwa

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByMajor Debo Basorun Rt, Wole Soyinka

The murder of Dele Giwa remains on the infamous list of Nigeria’s unsolved murders. More than twenty-five years after Nigeria’s first ever parcel bomb ended the life of one of the country’s most colourful investigative journalists, the case has refused to be laid to rest.

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The Essentials

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

ByHarvard Business Review

Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That’s what makes this book a “must read”

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Outsider Inside

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByKeith Richards

Outsider inside offers a unique perspective on our Nigerian society and offers one of the more intelligent analyses of our culture and economy. Keith successfully demonstrates the idiosyncrasies and frustrations of our daily life, the pervasiveness of corruption in our society

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The Millionaire Fastlane

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

There is a fast lane to millions, a short cut paved by mathematics, where you can live rich now versus dying rich later. Instead, you have been brainwashed by an army of financial gurus who pitch a dream killing dogma known as get rich slow, their suffocating plan promises elderly riches by recklessly gambling your financial future to the stock market, the job market and the housing market. Reject hope and pray as a financial plan, switch lanes, go fast lane and awaken your dreams to reality

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Change is Going To Come

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

CHANGE IS GOING TO COME is a compendium of engaging essays and ideas for developing countries to rethink their state and get out of economic morass. It is not a political book but a book of interrogation on questions such as: What does change really mean? It contains common-sensical but overlooked solutions to problems such as the proper use of resources, thinking right socially and politically, and being realistic in an unrealistic environment. Put together by one of the Nigeria’s finest rising economic analysts, it is a simple book written in a conversational manner that will help to get people thinking right – if they listen.

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Sex, Relationship And Marriage

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

Sex relationship and marriage things your mother did not tell you is a compendium of compelling stories of how illicit sex, disappointing marital sex, unrealistic expectations, infidelity, negative assumption, violence, murder and suicide mis-shape and destroy relationships and marriage

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Victory

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

Bestselling author and success coach Brian Tracy knows a thing or two about winning. In VICTORY!, he demonstrates that the same key concepts that helped leaders triumph in military campaigns throughout history can also be applied to professional and personal success.

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Entrepreneurship

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Investing Under Fire

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

ByAlan R. Ackerman

Investing under fire, thirty of Americans top money managers, market strategists, and political, academic, and business experts provide lessons on how to interpret and navigate through these tumultuous times. Assembled by veteran market commentator Alan Ackerman, these expert views are arranged in five discrete sections, each shedding light on the hazards-and the opportunities-that lie ahead for investors amidst the crossfire in our uncertain times.

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Think Small

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

ByOwain Service, Rory Gallagher

Working inside the world’s first Nudge Unit, Owain Service and Rory Gallagher know the huge impact that small changes, based on a scientific understanding of human behavior, can have, whether you’re trying to save money, be a better manager or get more people to vote in the next election.

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Profit First

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

ByMike Michalowicz

Twenty-five percent of small businesses have two weeks or less of cash in the bank. Seventy-five percent of businesses have a month or less of cash in the bank. Profit First disciplines show you the road map to avoid becoming a statistic.

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Prophecy

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

ByRobert T Kiyosaki

Exposing the reasons behind the impending crash, Rich Dad’s Prophecy reveals not only the best ways to safeguard wealth but how to actually prosper from the events to come. This book will make sure you not only weather the storm but profit from it. And profit well.

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Politics

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Taliban

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

Virtually the only informed work on the men who, since 1994, have ruled almost all Afghanistan.

This book is an excellent political and historical account of the movement’s rise to power. It is a fabulous piece of journalism.

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Dead Heat

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

ByJoel C. Rosenberg

The stage is set for war. And in the midst of a world ready to explode, American president James MacPherson’s second term is ending.

The battle to succeed him is heating up into the most fiercely contested presidential election in American history. Who will lead a bitterly divided country over the next four years? And just what role-if any-does the U.S. play in history’s last days?

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Histories Of Nations

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

ByPeter Furtado

How do writers and citizens in the different countries of the world view their own past? What key events and influences shaped those perspectives? And how accurate arevthe views of foreing commentators? Here, leading writers and scholars from twenty-eight countries give thoughtful, engaging accounts of their won nation’s history. The diverse and wide-ranging narratives offer a unique lens through which to view the modern world

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How To Win Elections

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByAdebola Williams, Chude Jideonwo

The book draws from the decades of experience of its authors working with and understanding electorates across African countries, as well as from global trends and attitudes the world over, to highlight the roles that factors such as legacy, political parties and other establishments play in determining the outcomes of elections.

It represents a comprehensive guide that will help aspirants, political actors, civil societies, donors, social activists and most importantly, citizens understand the tectonic shifts taking place in the electoral ecosystem across the world. – Brand Crunch

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Biography

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Erasure

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

ByPercival Everett

Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison is an erudite but seldom-read author who insists on writing obscure literary papers and avant-garde fiction rather than the writing obscure the ‘ghetto prose’ that would buy him commercial success. After witnessing, with horror, the runaway success of the latest novel in the genre, We’s Lives in Da Ghetto, he sits back with a parody called My Pafology (later retitled Fuck) which he submits, to the dismay of his agent, under pseudonym Stagg R. Leigh.

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Letting Go

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

ByRobert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay is one of Britain’s best-loved actors, and his diverse career has seen him play everyone from TV’s West London revolutionary Wolfie Smith to starring on Broadway. In this book Robert looks back over his acting career, as well as recalling his childhood, schooling and family life.

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Winning

₦7,500.00 ₦7,500.00

ByJack Welch, Suzy Welch

‘Reading Jack Welch’s plain-language, high-energy book WINNING is like getting the playbook of the Super Bowl champions before the game. It’s a big head start on how to master the corporate game from the entry level to the corporate suites. He is the master’

-TOM BROKAW, former anchor and managing editor, NBC Nightly News

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Jade: Forever In My Heart

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In August 2008 Jade Goody received the shattering news that she had cervical cancer. She was only 27 years old. But with her usual strength of character, Jade was determined to beat the disease and carry on with life as normal with her two little boys. But in February 2009, Jade received the tragic news that any mother dreads to hear – the cancer had spread and was untreatable. Covering her initial diagnosis while appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in India, their emotional last Christmas as a family, her magical wedding to her partner Jack Tweed and her dying wish to be christened with her boys, Jade’s heart-breaking diary of her final months is set against a backdrop of flashbacks to her difficult early years and her rise to fame in the Big Brother house.

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Management

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Myths Of Management

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

ByCary Cooper, Stefan Stern

Is it really true that working longer hours makes more successful? Do you really need to hide your emotions in order to gain respect as a manager? Do you need to use a certain type of language if you want to be taken seriously?

The world of management is blighted by fads, fiction and falsehoods. In MYTHS OF MANAGEMENT, Stefan Stern and Cary Cooper take you on an entertaining journey through the most famous myths surrounding management. They debunk false assumptions, inject truth into over-simplifications and tackle damaging habits head on. With fascinating insights from psychology, leadership theory and organizational behavior, this book provides you with compelling and practical guidance to avoid falling into the trap of cliché, misinformation and prejudice. This engaging read offers you insights into the reality of work, drawn from extensive research and real-world business examples. Whether cheesy, native or destructive, management myths could be holding you back and stifling your team’s potential. MYTHS OF MANAGEMENT is the guide you need to become a better, more enlightened manager.

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Kotler On Marketing – How To Create, Win And Dominate Markets

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

ByPhilip Kotler

This book is about WINNING profitably; optimally creating and managing demand from various customers’ focused needs

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Investment Analysis And Portfolio Management – Second Edition

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

ByPrasanna Chandra

This book seeks to capture the essence of modern developments in investment and provides a guided tour of the intricate and complex world of investments.

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Framework For Credit Risk Management

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

ByCib Publishing

This manual serves as an excellent introduction to the variety of business context in which credit risk can occur. It explains the different types of credit risk and proceeds to examine how such risk can be anticipate and managed. All methods by which credit risk can be controlled are examined in turn; starting with a description of he principles of credit management and proceeding to explain the principles of good lending, credit venting, security, insurance and the overall management of the credit cycle.

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Children

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Romeo And Juliet

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

ByWilliam Shakespeare

When teenagers Romeo and Juliet meet at a masked ball, its love at first sight. But Romeo is a Montague and Juliet a Capulet-and the two families are sworn enemies. Watch tragedy unfold as the ‘star-crossed’ lovers try to overcome the obstacles ahead of them.

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The Land That Time Forgot

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

ByEdgar Rice Burroughs

Your ship sinks, your rescuers are attacked by a hostile U-boat built by your own family’s shipyard, and your fate is inextricably tied to those of your fellow survivors and adversaries. Then, to make matters infinitely worse, you land on a remote, pre-historic island that was assumed to be extinct!

How would you survive? Who would you trust and what would you do?

Bowen, our young hero, could never have imagined the adventures he’d be forced to embark upon when he arrived on the inhospitable coast of Caspak and set up camp there. He could never have fathomed having to cope in an alien landscape inhibited by dinosaurs, Neanderthals, aerial monsters and an almost unearthly flora and fauna…

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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

When Professor Von Hardwigg and his nephew discover a mysterious parchment, little do they know that it will change their lives forever.

After many hours of studying the manuscripts, and a great deal of painstaking research, they finally decipher the hidden code. It dates back to the sixteenth century, and is written by an Icelandic philosopher who claims to have found a passage to the centre of the Earth. Is it a hoax? Or is it the greatest scientific discovery of the day? There is only one way to find out.

And so begins an adventure where the two men, accompanied by their guide Hans Bjelke, set out to climb Mount Sneffels. On reaching the top of the mountain they search for the crater that will supposedly take them to the centre of the Earth. The promise of finding a subterranean fantasy world, filled with prehistoric life forms and mythical monsters, drives them on. Will they really reach the centre of the Earth, or is it a myth?

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African Myths

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

Graphic Myths bring to life a world of gods and monsters in dynamic picture strip.

The ancient Africans loved to tell stories and sing songs. Oral storytelling over generations has given us the African Myths we know today. Originating from many different tribes and places, African Mythology is a treasure chest of colourful, larger-than-life characters

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Fiction

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Tuesday Night At The Blue Moon

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

ByDebbie Fuller Thomas

When Marty Winslow’s thirteen-year-old daughter dies of a devastating genetic disease, she discovers the truth- her precious middle child had been switched at birth. After learning that he actual biological daughter was recently orphaned,she decides to fight for custody. Winning the court case was the easy part.

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The Sicilian

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

“One of the 10 best books of the year… A Grandiose tale of treachery and violence”. – People

“An offer of evil and romance that cannot be refused. Mario Puzo Remains one of America’s best popular storytellers”. – Time

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The Maze

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

ByPanos Karnezis

Little Infamies was one of the great successes of 2002: a collection of extraordinary stories that gained rapturous reviews and very strong sales. Now Panos Karnezis brings us his first novel, The Maze, a book that will propel him to the very first rank of young writers.

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Alarums

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

ByRichard Laymon

Beautiful violinist Melanie Conway has visions of death, and when she collapses at a concert her boyfriend, Bodie, is there to hear her premonition. Penelope Conway is even more stunning than her sister … but her looks have attracted an obscene caller. All three are drawn into a nightmare that is fired by sex and haunted by blood

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