Two West African plutocrats save war over custody of a long list medicinal formula, a formula reputed too prolong life. This battle between Jesse and Lindsay will lead to a split in their community that strangers - slave treaders , and colonialists - will take advantage off. Imminent River is a story that spans big a world, from the fetus swamps off West Africa to the banks of the Mississippi...

A desperate doctor commits murder to appease his wife. A drug-dealing family comes undone following a police raid. A young foreign-educated graduate, brimming with patriotic zest, returns to Nigeria to help rebuild her country, but quickly becomes disillusioned as the hassle and unpredictability of Lagos overwhelm her. And in jaunty, pointed observations, “Two-Way Streets” collects and reflects on..

Jagua Nana - brash, generous, no longer young but still irresistible to every man she meets - lives a life of hedonism in Lagos, filled with parties, fights, scandal, drama and wild nights at the Tropicana club. Determined to help her young boyfriend Freddie pay for his education, she uses all her resources to get what she wants, until tragedy breaks the spell of the city for her. In this fast-pac..

What starts out as a joyous celebration — the wedding of his old friend Felix Leiter —becomes a nightmare which takes James Bond on a path of revenge against the evil billionaire drug lord Franz Sanchez. 007 is prepared to ignore Secret Service orders and even sacrifice his licence to kill to avenge his friends. Bond can expect no official assistance from the British or the Americans: his sol..

A deadly terrorist group is planning to attack a British aircraft carrier. On board will be the leaders of the UK, USA and USSR, gathered together for a summit meeting. M promotes Bond to Captain and returns him to the Navy in order to prevent the most audacious ransom plot ever attempted. But Bond's involvement has not gone unnoticed. A stunning and lethal assassin has already been given orders t..

Joe Trace — in his fifties, door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, erstwhile devoted husband — shoots dead his lover of three months, the impetuous, eighteen-year-old Dorcas. At the funeral, his determined, hard-working wife, Violet, who is given to stumbling into dark mental cracks, tries with a knife to disfigure the corpse. Passionate and profound, Jazz brings us back and forth in ..

The Last Days at Forcados High tells the story of Jimi Solade, the most popular boy at the elite Forcados High School. As he begins his final year in senior secondary together with his friends, the sweet-hearted and devout Nene and Ansa, the nerdy art genius, he’s determined it’s going to be his best year yet. But Jimi’s rogue brother, Wole, is back – which means trouble can’t be far behind. ..

Seen through the eyes of Owoicho, a television presenter seeking a better life for himself and his family, Leave My Bones in Saskatoon spans two cultures and continents. It is honest, heartfelt and enlightening. The story begins with good news from Owoicho. He cannot wait to tell his family that their permanent residency application to Canada was successful. But while he was in Abuja, happy about ..

libations for Africa is a rendition of pure poetic eulogies to Africa's past, with its many glorious and inglorious aspects, from which nothing much seems to have been learnt, and which is sadly slipping away through the conspiratorial agencies of modernity, alien civilization, globalization, and her snobbish sons and daughters.it is hoped that this poetic exercise will help recapture a passing sp..

Dr. Morayo Da Silva, a cosmopolitan Nigerian woman, lives in San Francisco. On the cusp of seventy-five, she has a zest for life and makes the most of it through road trips in her vintage Porsche, chatting to strangers, and reminiscing about characters from her favourite novels. Then she has a fall and her independence crumbles. Without the support of family, she relies on friends and chance encou..

These are thoughts and reflections - both funny and poignant, personal and universal, sorrowful and life-affirming - from the master of insight and inspiration, Paulo Coelho. ..

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