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BITS OF MY LIFE by Ephantus Mwenda

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He had a simple plan: leave the village, make his fortune in Nairobi, and return to marry Connie, the love of his life. In the sprawling, unforgiving streets of Nairobi, honest work is a slow path to nowhere. When a charismatic and dangerous gangster named Jim offers him a shortcut, Bob is seduced by the promise of fast money and the power it brings. He becomes the ghost in the machine—the bank's trusted, innocent-faced messenger boy by day, the inside man for a ruthless robbery crew by night. The deeper he sinks into the city's criminal underworld, the further he drifts from the man Connie believes him to be. Just as he's about to lose himself completely, a ghost from home arrives with earth-shattering news: Bob is a father. Now, he has a new reason to escape, a real future to fight for. He plans one last, massive heist—the score that will set him free and send him home. But in a world where the only rule is every man for himself, can you rob your way to redemption? Or is the price of a future with her the cost of his soul?

THE MYTH OF THE GOAT WIFE

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“In every home, every heart, there lives a myth of endurance. Sixteen wives stand beneath the moon — each carrying her truth, her rebellion, her healing. This is their hymn of survival.”

When The River Bends by Susan Gitari

KShs1,500.00
What if the greatest bends in life become the beginning of your purpose? When the River Bends is a captivating Kenyan novel that follows Wangui, a young woman whose life is forever changed by heartbreaking loss. As she navigates grief, poverty, love, ambition, and leadership, she discovers that resilience is forged in life’s darkest moments. Rich in emotion and inspired by the strength of the human spirit, this unforgettable story is a powerful reminder that even when life takes an unexpected turn, hope can still lead the way. A moving story of courage, resilience, and the triumph of the human spirit.

The Architecture of Tides

KShs1,800.00
Building Love Against the Rising Tide. Two architects. A forgotten blueprint. A coast on the verge of change. Maya Omondi is the "iron rule" of design, brilliant, precise, and guarded. Having built an emotional fortress after a devastating betrayal seven years ago, she relies only on the cold, unyielding certainty of concrete and steel. But when a prestigious eco-resort contract in Lamu demands a collaborative bid, her past walks straight back into her boardroom. Juma Ndlovu is the creative tide, fluid, organic, and deeply connected to his Swahili heritage. He is the man who vanished with a single note a lifetime ago, leaving Maya to pick up the pieces. Now, they are forced into the same studio to design the breathtaking Baobab Retreat. As they blend her brutalist structural piers with his organic canopy, the intense professional rivalry reignites an undeniable, long-suppressed passion.

Whispers from the bloodied soil by En...

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In the decaying grandeur of a forgotten Louisiana plantation shrouded by ancient oaks and treacherous bayous, Whispers from the Bloodied Soil unearths the festering wounds of America’s racial sins through a lens of unrelenting gothic horror. Elara Thorne, a brilliant yet fractured historian of African American descent, inherits Blackwood Manor from an estranged white relative—a man whose lineage was forged in the fires of slavery and exploitation. As she excavates the manor’s shadowed archives and confronts the spectral remnants of her enslaved ancestors, Elara grapples with the insidious threads of generational trauma that have woven through her family for centuries. Her abusive marriage to a domineering academic mirrors the historical subjugations etched into the estate’s very foundations, amplifying her descent into obsession. Driven by a thirst for revenge against the symbols of her oppressors, Elara unleashes forces that blur the boundaries between justice and self-annihilation. This intellectual horror narrative, sparse on romance and heavy on dread, dissects systemic racism, inherited suffering, and the destructive cycle of vengeance, culminating in a cataclysm where the past devours the present. With vivid, eye-catching prose that fuses scholarly depth with supernatural terror, the novel challenges readers to confront the horrors lurking in history’s unquiet graves.

Wonder: A New Testament by Britton Le...

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Wonder: A New Testament is Britton Lee's highly personal and intimate collection of short stories and poems that breathe new life into love and creation. It reads - in part - as a loose personal memoir intertwined with folklore, while containing philosophical themes steeped in fantasy. Lee intertwines parts of his life story with spiritual tales and ancestral mythology. Cleverly managing to serve them as candy coated nuggets of wisdom. Then he seamlessly mends your heart after stirring your soul with his sweet illustrious language. To call it his first book would be largely incorrect. Lee has been producing books since he got his grasp of the English language, in both written and verbal forms, at a very early age. His first book, albeit bound by red ribbon taken from his grandmother's sewing kit (without her knowing), was illustrated with crayons and colored pencils. Which qualifies the book you are now holding as the first book that Lee has decided to share with the world. Read it for its linguistic beauty. Read it for its charming philosophical strength. Read it for its brilliant simplicity. Or read it for its ability to make you smile, then Wonder... and then Wonder some more...

Wamuyu Heroine’s Journey : The ...

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Wamüyü, the baby of the family of Gīküyü and Műmbi, she wasn’t just another face in the crowd. In Kikuyu

Between Two Shadows by Leodickens B. ...

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How do you hold onto love without losing yourself? Between Two Shadows is a quiet rebellion disguised as a story — the kind that slips into the room uninvited, like a memory you didn't ask for but needed to face. Set between the fading values of yesterday and the loud freedoms of today, it follows men and women trying to love in a world where love has become both weapon and refuge. Marriages crack under modern independence. Dreams buckle under poverty and pride. Young hearts are pulled between passion and responsibility. This is a novel that doesn't shout. It watches. Every character is a mirror — reflecting who we are, and exposing what we fear becoming.
A story of the choices we celebrate, the ones we regret, and the ones we make simply because no one taught us better.

White But Black by Samuel Irungu Njau

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White but Black is fictional book about a 12 year old Kenyan albino girl during the coronavirus pandemic who goes to fight the witch to recover a stove that was used by the queen to brew the cure for the pandemic. She successfully brewed the cure and healed the world and she was declared hero

The Two Body Problem by Jacob Aliet

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The Two Body Problem What if everything you were told about love, sacrifice, and partnership was wrong? In The Two-Body Problem, Jacob Aliet dismantles the silent script that has derailed countless men: give everything, expect loyalty, lose yourself. With clinical precision and emotional candor, he exposes how modern men are conditioned to trade ambition for affection, sovereignty for supportiveness—and how that trade often ends in betrayal, invisibility, or quiet collapse. This is not a book about blaming women. It is a manual for remembering who you are. Drawing from evolutionary psychology, real-life case studies, and unapologetic red-pill truths, Aliet reframes masculinity not as toxic or outdated, but as purposeful, strategic, and non-negotiable. You’ll journey through: • The hidden epidemic of male emotional erasure • Why “supporting her dream” may cost you your purpose • How the digital age created a Simp Economy—and how to escape it • The real stakes of the Two-Body Problem in dual-career relationships • Frameworks for reclaiming masculine edge, emotional autonomy, and mission clarity From boardrooms to bedrooms, from broken marriages to broken men, this book is a mirror, a map, and a manifesto. Whether you're newly in love, recovering from loss, or seeking to lead without losing yourself—The Two-Body Problem offers the language, the tools, and the fire to rise again. You don’t have to abandon love. You just have to stop abandoning yourself.

Heir of Nubia by Elias Kaboro

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Two sons of one king come into conflict after the death of their father, with an entire kingdom set to suffer over a bitter family dispute.

THE FALL OF KINGS by Franz Owano

KShs1,500.00
Ancient Egypt, 1353 BC Amenhotep III is dead. An end to a long and definitive reign. His son Amenhotep IV, a privileged & self-absorbed prince ascends the vacant throne. Torn between honoring the precedents of the past and forging a novel path. All while wrestling to temper the ambitions of his beguiling yet sly Queen Consort; in a hostile conspiratory court. Will his radical political and religious reforms kindle progress or fan the flames of destruction? A tale of terrible beauty in which two desperate and friendless boys, lurking in the fringes of nobility turn to each other to find the courage to aspire, dream and summon the most potent force of all: The Will to Power. This prequel to The Heart of a Prince weaves a saga of bitter conflict, smoldering desires and undying love. Kings will fall and conversely rise in a passionate struggle for a revered land.

Petals of Fate by Collins Teurey

KShs1,450.00
Carlos Otieno struggles to balance the demands of academics with the restless pull of adolescence. Known among his peers for his poetry and unmatched talent in crafting love letters, he becomes the quiet force behind many blossoming romances, earning a few coins along the way. While his closest friends, Adrian and Voke, plunge into flings and secret affairs, Carlos holds back, resisting the tide that sweeps everyone else along. Everything, however, changes when Adrian, playing matchmaker, introduces him to Linda. What begins as a hopeful leap into love unravels into a cruel twist of stolen identity and betrayal. For the first time, Carlos must wrestle not only with desire and loyalty, but with the heavy hand of fate itself.

GHOSTS OF ILLEMI by Otieno Ogai

KShs2,190.00 KShs1,890.00
Ghosts of Illemi is a seminal work of historical fiction, a tapestry of fact and fiction, mythology and religion, war and peace. Set in late 19th century Sudan; a territory of the Ottoman Empire, the book follows the lives of Jokobam Andries Liech, and his three brothers, sons of Anywaa, a Luo nation. Growing up in the village of Aluru nestled on the banks of the Sobat river, we share their adventures; joining them on the Great Elephant hunt, festivities, love and marriage. As turmoil engulfs the Bahr el Ghazal, each navigates his way in a changing world. The elder brothers; Semo and Ouma venture into the southern territories as part of an expedition led by the Italian adventurer, Romolo Gessi to suppress the slave trade. Jokobam Liech and his twin, Kinding Dirwath join the catholic mission of Khartoum to receive western education and travel to foreign lands. The novel brings to life historical personalities i.e. Bishop (Saint) Daniel Comboni; Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa, Gordon Pasha; Governor-General of Sudan, the slaver Suleyman Zubayr, native chieftains to name a few.

ABUBAKAR’S DREAM by Otieno Ogai

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Set in the late nineteenth century, this is the tale of the Sultanate of Witu, a Swahili city state within the Lamu Archipelago. It chronicles the period of the Nabahani dynasty, the lives of her Sultans and their subjects. Abubakar Bwana Kodo is the son of the Imam of Witu. A sailor and soldier he is taught his peoples culture and history. He sails the Indian Ocean, visiting coastal settlements and serves as a captain in the Witu army. Walter 'Hassan' Fox, a Royal Marine, is a descendant of al-Hassan bin Ahmad, the last Swahili Sultan of Mombasa. He participates in the anti-slavery blockade mounted by the Royal Navy. Contained herein is a comprehensive record of native cultures, polities, and a catalogue of historical events.

Nyokabi and Konyeki: An Interweaving ...

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This novelette weaves together different Gîkûyû folktales into one coherent narrative- more memorable and more dramatic.

Love in Colour: Mythical tales from a...

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Bolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in her debut collection. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines iconic... By Bolu Babalola