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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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The Race For Capital

Nigerian/African

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

THE RACE FOR CAPITAL (And Other out-of-the-box Economic Arguments), is my third book and an aggregation of some my most important economic and financial thoughts in recent times, as distilled from my weekly column and elsewhere. The book’s title derives from the biggest economic argument of the day – the problem of inequality – which has finally been noticed by important economists around the world but to which no solution has yet been found. In this book, that argument is further advanced and an African perspective is added, because when ever important economic arguments such as this goes on, that most-vulnerable continent does not feature in the analysis. But the perspective of this book is not all about complaining about the state of Africa and its position development-wise, but also on solutions. Some germane solutions are hereby offered for African economies especially but every other economy around the world which seeks to reposition its people and make a dent in these hard-to-solve quagmires facing the world today. There are no simple solutions apparently.

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Trump University: Branding 101

Entrepreneurship

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

Trump University books are practical, straightforward primers on the basics of doing business the Trump way – successfully. Each book is written by a leading expert in the field and includes an inspiring foreword by Trump himself

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Revolution of Ideas

Nigerian/African

₦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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Blink

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByMalcolm Gladwell

An art expert instantly spots a fake. A cop decides whether to shoot. A psychologist accurately predicts a couple’s future in minutes. This book is about those moments when we ‘know’ something without knowing why. It shows that honing your instincts could change the way you think about thinking forever

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Fake

Entrepreneurship

₦6,000.00 ₦6,000.00

ByRobert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education

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Competitive Strategy

Entrepreneurship

₦6,000.00 ₦6,000.00

ByMichael E. Porter

Competitive strategy has transformed the theory practice and teaching of business strategy throughout the world. Electrifying in its simplicity like all breakthroughs porter’s analysis of industries captures the complexity of industry competition in five underlying forces. Porter introduces one of the most powerful competitive tools yet developed. His three generic strategies-lowest cost, differentiation and focus which bring structure to the task of strategic positioning.

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Beyond Talent

Entrepreneurship

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

ByJohn C. Maxwell

John C Maxwell shows that talent is just the starting point for s successful impact in any organization. It is what takes you beyond your talent that matters.

People everywhere are proving him right. Read the headlines, watch the highlights, or just step out your front door. Some talented people reach their full potential, while others self-destruct or remain trapped in mediocrity. What makes the difference? Maxwell, the go to guru for business professionals across the globe, insists that the choices people make not merely the skills they inherit propel them to greatness. Among other truths, successful people know that.

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Blink

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByMalcolm Gladwell

“If you want to trust my snap judgment, buy this book: you’ll be delighted.” – David Brooks, New York Times Book Review

In his international bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in BLINK, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within.

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The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success

Entrepreneurship

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

Why are some people more successful in business than others, why do some business flourish where others fail? Renowned business speaker and author Brian Tracy has discovered the answers to these profoundly puzzling questions. In this eye opening practical guide, he presents a set of principles or universal laws that lie behind the success of business people everywhere.

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Crushed

Nigerian/African

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

CRUSH-ED is not another whining story about the African experience, even though the title may lead in that direction. The title is really an acronym for the strategies that Africa (the sub-Saharan region in Particular), must adopt if it is not to face extinction in the medium to long term. The book presents pungent and urgent, analysis of the precarious situation that region of Africa has found itself; a situation foisted not only by the historical facts of slave trade and colonialism (as most texts on the subject are wont to aver), but most importantly the failure of the African states themselves to properly interpret their cultures and how those clash with the ones they are try to adopt and adapt to.

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Change is Going To Come

Nigerian/African

₦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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Burden Of Service

Nigerian/African

₦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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Love Does Not Win Elections

Nigerian/African

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

Love Does Not Win Elections is a book about her experiences in the electoral process and Nigerian Politics as a whole. … The book also provides insight into the role that money plays in Nigerian elections.

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Revolution of Ideas

Nigerian/African

₦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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My Vision – Challenges in the Race For Excellence

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByMohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

“With each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or stave. It is no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster than others to survive.

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

Nigerian/African

₦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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Abba Kyari – Portrait Of A Loyalist

Nigerian/African

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

ByMagnus Onyibe

What this book contains is a compilation of the good sides of the former Chief of Staff as espoused by his admirers whom I refer to as The Good; the not so bad accounts by those who felt let down and sidelined in the course of discharge of his duty as the ears and eyes of President Buhari, but tempered their anger with a balance of disappointment and compassion, and whom I have categorized as The Bad; and the very bitter ones amongst us who appear not ready to forgive Abba Kyari even in death and make no bones about their willingness to dance on his grave if they find the opportunity, perhaps owing to deep feelings of hurt arising from the loss of loved ones due to direct and indirect actions of Abba Kyari who they love to hate.

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Luther’s World Of Thought

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

ByHeinrich Bornkamm

This provocative analysis of Martin Luther’s thought and work encourages readers to delve into the social, political, and religious climate of the sixteenth century. How sis the patterns of thought Luther inherited from his mentors and teachers influence him? How did the evolving European class system and political climate support and hinder his reforming efforts? This classic text establishes the significance of Luther’s ninety-five these, then explores the great reformer’s ideas on topics as varied as faith, life and death, nature, the state, and the practice of translation.

Heinrich Bornkamm was a professor at Heidelberg University in Germany.

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The Race For Capital

Nigerian/African

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

THE RACE FOR CAPITAL (And Other out-of-the-box Economic Arguments), is my third book and an aggregation of some my most important economic and financial thoughts in recent times, as distilled from my weekly column and elsewhere. The book’s title derives from the biggest economic argument of the day – the problem of inequality – which has finally been noticed by important economists around the world but to which no solution has yet been found. In this book, that argument is further advanced and an African perspective is added, because when ever important economic arguments such as this goes on, that most-vulnerable continent does not feature in the analysis. But the perspective of this book is not all about complaining about the state of Africa and its position development-wise, but also on solutions. Some germane solutions are hereby offered for African economies especially but every other economy around the world which seeks to reposition its people and make a dent in these hard-to-solve quagmires facing the world today. There are no simple solutions apparently.

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Outsider Inside

Nigerian/African

₦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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Nigeria’s Story Is My Story

Nigerian/African

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

This is my sixth book and one in which I’ve been a bit more revealing. It should make very interesting reading because it is not a boring rant about economic and financial issues, but interesting dialogues on matters of mostly Nigeria’s sociopsychology and aspects of history. I personally enjoy such discourses better than the drone on the stiff subject of money and how it is made.

I think this is a more important aspect of the development quest of African people because from a systems point of view we should interrogate our lifeviews, our paradigms and of perspectives. Once the sociopsychological aspects are dealt with, development and progress becomes fairly easy and sustainable. The writings here reflect my mindset and perspective which fuses into my understanding of the larger issues towards ensuring that my people attain a better existence in this present world where no nation waits for another.

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Things To Do Before Your Career Disappears

Nigerian/African

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

This book is a clarion call, an urgent alarm. It purviews beyond the problem of global unemployment, but speaks to economic and social decisions being made by individuals, households, companies and governments. The author seeks to find an intricate balance in between all of these. At least, if a balance was not achievable, he seeks to add his voice as one of those who pulled back the world from extremism. This time, the focus is on economic extremism.

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Thought Of A Village Boy

Nigerian/African

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

ByOluwadele L. Boluwatife

Oluwadele, in my opinion, has succeeded in bringing together an assembly of his writings over the years. The book – Thoughts of a Village Boy, represents a compendium of different areas of human endeavor and expression of author’s views on different issues in our national life.

The book is very rich in events and ideas from which people of all ages can learn. He is a very knowledgeable and highly talented writer. He has succeeded in prompting whoever reads this book to think deeply on how our country can be better governed and the role elites should as a matter of priority assume from now on. His take on his perception of Tinubu’s Philosophy of Poverty Management is worth considering. I believe the message is for our politicians and those aspiring office holders.

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Entrepreneurship

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The Rules Of People

Entrepreneurship

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

ByRichard Templar

These rule are guiding principles that show you how to connect with anyone, build strong relationships with friends with friends and colleagues, and even get the best out of difficult people. They will help you say the right thing, do the right thing, and know instinctively how to handle every situation.

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On Consulting

Entrepreneurship

₦5,500.00 ₦5,500.00

ByWilliam A. Cohen

I am constantly amazed at how Bill Cohen is able to effectively and elegantly draw on his experiences as Drucker’s student and then tie it together with his own research. The result is something unexpectedlyelegant and highly unique. His newest book peter Drucker on consulting is immensely useful, enjoyable to read and genuinely motivating. If you want to apply Drucker’s theories and see how to do them in the real world, this book is definitely the place to start

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Grow To Be Great

Entrepreneurship

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

ByJoao P.A. Baptista

No company ever shrank to greatness, conclude Dwight Gertz and Joao Baptista. Drawing upon their new study of more than 1000 large companies, the authors argue that managers must move beyond the current wave of downsizing, restructuring and reengineering. Contrary to current management fads, they contend that companies must grow to be great. Managers now involved in downsizing must consider long term goals for growth alongside short term measures for slimming. Gertz and Baptista shatter population corporate myths by revealing that growth opportunities are everywhere across all business sectors even in stable industries and in companies too big to grow.

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The Business Coach

Entrepreneurship

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

ByBradley J. Sugars

Follow along as the coach demonstrate how to successfully navigate the challenges and recognize the opportunities business owners face every day. The Business Coach uses strategies developed by sugars and the business coaches at action international, who have helped nearly a million business owners worldwide realize their dream. You will learn;

The story of business basics for beginning and experienced business owners
How to pinpoint problem areas, develop winning strategies, and measure your progress
The secrets to true financial freedom by building a successful company that runs itself.

Politics

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Party Coalitions In Nigeria

Nigerian/African

₦4,000.00 ₦4,000.00

ByAnthony Akinola

This book is a comprehensive appraisal of the political history of Nigeria since colonization, with emphasis on political parties. The author argues that party coalitions in Nigeria can be explained by the factors of heterogeneity as well as political systems the country has experimented with. He asserts the influence of the institution of the presidency in the current trend towards a two-party system.

“A panaromic nugget book for students in Political Science and History—it will serve well the public interest who are trying to find answers to the maze I the political landscape

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Israel – The Will To Prevail

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

Danny Danon is one of Israel’s emerging leaders and a force for keeping Israel free and strong. He unabashedly rejects the notion of making concessions and capitulations to terrorists, whether individuals or rogue nations.

His skills as a political figure are exceptional and matched by his keen intellect and commitment to a strong and stable Israel. You will love the strength, thought, and clarity of this book.

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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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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.

Biography

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Going Gently

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

Kate Copson, born in 1899, is the oldest patient on Ward 3C, Whetstone General Hospital. With her hundredth birthday approaching at the speed of an express train, Kate is engaged in a race against time with a difference: she wants her life to crash into the buffers before she has to listen to the Queen’s telemessage and a rousing chorus of “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow”, but not before she’s worked out which of her three sons is responsible for the murder of her fourth – or is it fifth? – husband, Graham Eldridge. Confined to bed after suffering a massive stroke, Kate is alert and rational. Although she retains limited power of movement, she feigns paralysis in order that she may, free of distractions, replay the mental video of her life and, she hopes, eliminate two of her sons from suspicion of murder.

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Britney: Inside The Dream

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

Britney Spears – the princess of pop – is making a comeback, and there isn’t a person out there who hasn’t heard about it. In this fully up-to-date and authoritative biography, Steve Dennis reveals all there is to know about the much-loved star.

Hitting our radios for the first time in 1998 with ‘…Baby One More Time’, Britney Spears quickly became a pop idol. Now, at just 27 years of age, she has racked up five number one albums, seven top-ten singles and seven sell-out world tours, as well having performed on stage with both Madonna and Michael Jackson. Just a decade after breaking onto to scene, she has become nothing short of a pop legend.

Her private life, however, has not been so easy. In 2004 Britney famously married a childhood friend at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas; since then her personal life has seemingly been thrown into turmoil. In the last five years she has had numerous failed relationships and endured a very public divorce and custody battle – all in the full glare of the international media.

Drawing on exclusive interviews with those closest to the superstar, Britney: Inside the Dream is a engrossing portrait of fascinating star. A frank biography, with no detail spared, it reveals the real Britney Spears, like you’ve never known her before.

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Glorious Summers & Discontents

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

ByMike Atherton

‘Terrorism, match-fixing and financial malpractices are not topics that a cricket writer might think of as his bread and butter, but cricket has suffered a traumatic period of late. Many of the pieces here are an examination of the game and where it is heading, and under whose control, as it faces up to the challenge of retaining its traditions in a rapidly changing market place.

In a world dominated by Twitter, where the rush to judgement is so overpowering, the ability to step back from the fray, and to be able to take at least a short time to organize thoughts and opinions, make some calls and hopefully find out a little more, is important’

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My Vision – Challenges in the Race For Excellence

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByMohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

“With each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or stave. It is no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster than others to survive.

Management

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The Paradox Of Asset Pricing

₦5,000.00 ₦5,000.00

ByPeter Bossaerts

Asset pricing theory abounds with elegant mathematical models. The logic is so compelling that the models are widely used in policy, from banking, investments and corporate finance to government. To what extent, however, can these models predict what actually happens in financial markets? In the Paradox of Asset Pricing, a leading financial researcher argues forcefully that the empirical record is weak at best. Peter Bossaerts undertakes the most thorough, technically sound investigation in many years into scientific character of the pricing of financial assets.

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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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The Practice Of Management

₦3,500.00 ₦3,500.00

ByPeter F. Drucker

A classic since its publication in 1954, THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT was the first book to look at management as a whole and being a manager as a separate responsibility. THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT created the discipline of modern management practices. Readable, fundamental, and basic, it remains an essential book for students, aspiring managers, and seasoned professionals.

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The Handbook Of Fixed Income Securities

₦4,500.00 ₦4,500.00

ByFrank J. Fabozzi

The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities is the investing industry’s most authoritative, widely followed fixed income reference. Institutional and individual investors rely on the handbook for its scope and detail, along with the unquestioned global authority and expertise of its contributors.

Children

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The Wimpy Kid – Do-It-Yourself Book

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, you’re the author, illustrator and main character. Filled with loads of interactive pages and plenty of space to write your own life story, this book is all you need to create your masterpiece. Whatever you do, make sure you put it someplace safe after you finish. Because when you’re rich and famous, this thing is going to be worth a fortune.

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The Bermuda Triangle

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

There is an area to the east of north America in atlantic ocean that has seen many strange occurrences. From planes disappearing from radar screens, to ghost ships whose crews have vanished, one thing links these mysteries……. Nobody has been able to solve them.

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Photobooth

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

ByLewis Helfand

He wanted to change his past, but first he would have to alter the future…

A new deadly drug is about to flood the streets of new York city. The police has no leads on who is producing the drugs, or where it is coming from. As far as Praveer Rajani, a ruthless Interpol agent, is concerned, the only way to prevent countless deaths lies in handful of mysterious photographs.

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Coping With Crying And Colic

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

BySiobhan Mulholland

Babies who cry often or excessively can create stress for parents by preventing sleep or causing concern over what the cries may mean. This comprehensive guide offers parents practical and reassuring advice on why their babies cry and how to respond to and reduce their outbursts. Hints are also provided on learning to interpret certain cries, as are key remedies that will soothe and relax a child. The exact nature of colic is also outlined, as are common misconceptions about colic and the top methods to ease its effects.

Fiction

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No Such Thing As A Free Ride?

₦2,500.00 ₦2,500.00

ByShelly Fredman

A literary road movie to take you on the trip of a lifetime, this is a unique collection of hitch-hiking tales from around the world by over 90 contributors

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The Camel Bookmobile

₦2,000.00 ₦2,000.00

ByMasha Hamilton

Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease. Her intentions are honorable, and her rules are firm: due to the limited number of donated books, if any one of them is not returned, the bookmobile will not return.

But, encumbered by her Western values, Fi does not understand the people she seeks to help. And in the impoverished small community of Mididima, she finds herself caught in the middle of a volatile local struggle when the bookmobile’s presence sparks a dangerous feud between the proponents of modernization and those who fear the loss of traditional ways.

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The Last Sin Eater

₦2,000.00 ₦2,000.00

ByFrancine Rivers

All that matters for Cardi Forbes is finding the one man who can set her free from the sun that plagues her days and nights…the sun that has stolen her mother’s love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible justice.

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Kluge

₦3,000.00 ₦3,000.00

How is it that we can recognize photos from our high school yearbook decades later, but cannot remember what we ate for breakfast yesterday? And why are we inclined to buy more cans of soup if the sign says “LIMIT 12 PER CUSTOMER” rather than “LIMIT 4 PER CUSTOMER?” In Kluge, Gary Marcus argues convincingly that our minds are not as elegantly designed as we may believe. The imperfections result from a haphazard evolutionary process that often proceeds by piling new systems on top of old ones—and those systems don’t always work well together. The end product is a “kluge,” a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. Taking us on a tour of the essential areas of human experience—memory, belief, decision making, language, and happiness—Marcus unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the evolution of the human mind and simultaneously sheds light on some of the most mysterious aspects of human nature.