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Get it right Mathematics Practical Pa...
This book offers a comprehensive summary of all the topics required for the KCSE Mathematics Paper 1 examination. It is a suitable revision tool for students in Forms | and 2 as well as students in Forms 3 and 4 who wish to remind themselves of the mathematical concepts they studied in Forms 1 and 2. The book is especially suitable to candidates who are about to sit for the K.C.S.E. Mathematics Paper 1 Examination. Teachers of mathematics who would like to expose their students to K.C.S.E-type questions will also find the book very useful.
The surest way to understand mathematics is to practice answering mathematics questions. To assist in this the book has captured all concepts in Form 1 and Form 2 topics in the 50 test papers. The 24 questions in each test paper are varied to cover as many topics as possible.
The listing of all the solved and supplementary questions after the summary of each topic makes this book well suited for students who like using topical revision books.
Nearly Every Man is Mad and Other Sto...
Nearly Every Man is Mad? & Other Stories is a collection of fresh and exciting stories that seek to educate, entertain, correct and invite us to reflect on various contemporary issues that affect our society. The stories explore and present, brilliantly and interestingly, themes such as parenting, love, faith, moral decay, environmental degradation, hypocrisy, injustice, extortion and betrayal among others. Moreover, the stories are written in a simple language using various literary techniques to help readers understand, appreciate and relate with the experiences easily.
About the Author
Wafula Khisa is a Kenyan poet, writer and teacher. His poetry and prose have appeared in various (online and in print) literary journals, magazines and anthologies such as Nthanda Review, The African Writer Magazine, Tuck Magazine, Elixir Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review, Writers Space Africa, The Legendary Magazine, Dwarts Literary Journal, Agape Review, African Voices: A Call for Freedom, Nalubaale Review Literary Magazine, Armageddon & Other Stories, Lunaris Review (issue 7), Advaitam Speaks Literary Magazine, Aubade Magazine, Antarctica Journal, New Ink Review, Hope: An Anthology of Poetry, Better Than Starbucks Poetry & Fiction Journal and Best New African Poets anthology series among others. Some of his poetry has been translated into French. He was long listed for the Babishai Niwe Poetry Prize in 2018. He has published two collections of poetry: A Cock’s Seduction Song & Other Poems (2019) and When I Hear My Mother’s Voice & Other Poems (2022).
Dar es Salaam by Night by Ben R. Mtobwa
It is a city of magic. An amorous city in which men and women love and hate. They scheme, plot, steal and even kill in Dar by night. They are hungry for money, sex, blood and power. This is what rules the lives of Peterson, Hasara and Rukia in the strange love and hate triangle that brings them together.
Descent From Cherangany Hills: Memoir...
The life story of B. E. Kipkorir (1939-2015) is a stunning account told with the grace and ease of a seamless symphony; in captivating literary language, complete with rhetorical flashes of gripping phrases and simple sentences mortised to astonishing tightness. It is a story about the ultimate triumph of a man who beat great odds to scale the highest heights he possibly could.
A singular raconteur, the author weaves a tapestry – spanning many years – in quick rapid fire, both vivid and compelling. It’s a story to make you laugh, a story to make you cry, to build your faith to maximize your potential, for it is a story about possibilities.
We read fascination as the quintessential Marakwet village boy, with almost frightful upbringing turns into a consummate academic (albeit reluctantly), as he makes an epic journey through GAS Tambach, Alliance High School, Makerere University and finally, to Cambridge University, England.
Kipkorir, an amazing figure of pure will, took his burning ambition to equally deadly and fierce combat zones of war: study, the corporate world and public service; working, as a Deputy Clerk of the Sirikwa County Council, a lecturer at the University of Nairobi, Executive Chairman of the Kenya Commercial Bank and later, as Kenya’s Ambassador to Washington.
Then, in a cruel twist of fate, disaster struck the Kipkorir’s closely-knit family, with the force of a hurricane - and the family was shaken to a jolt - when Kipkorir’s wife, Lea, was diagnosed with cancer. The author nostalgically relieves his last days with Lea, in a language that is heartbreaking, poetic and haunting; he recounts joys past and envisions what could have been.
Despite the passionately penetrating, often unflattering accounts of his personal and family life, these memoirs are a work of history. Of no less relevance are his accounts of the incredibly amateurish approaches of European missionaries to the social engineering of African societies and their culture, aided in so small measure by colonial administrators, employing Africans’ own resources for the purpose! These memoirs are the history of his people, both local and national, in his time and circumstances. They inform and challenge. They are intended to inspire others to contribute further to the illumination of our time.
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu: August, 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together, the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer, Mick Riva.
The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud—because it is long past time to confess something to the brother from whom he’s been inseparable since birth.
Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can’t stop thinking about promised she’ll be there.
And Kit has a couple secrets of her own—including a guest she invited without consulting anyone.
By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come bubbling to the surface.
Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them... and what they will leave behind.
Be Good For Good : Stories of goodnes...
Do you you know one good person?
Are you a good person yourself?
Goodness is a trait that is desirable in every society. Good people are honoured and respected. Goodness is encouraged and supported.
One of the ways that the message of goodness has been taught is through stories. Just like the ones Anthony shares here.
In our African setting, goodness was taught from the earliest age and practiced by everyone. We grew hearing good stories that taught us lessons on being good. This book contains some of the stories that emphasize this trait. It also contains experiences too that Anthony has gone through in his life which have taught him lessons. If being good and remaining good is your desire, read these stories and apply the lessons in your daily life.
Enjoy your reading.
An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso
How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead?
This is the question which takes a mother on an unusual journey of self-discovery, both mental and sexual. When her daughter Yinka dies, Mojisola is finally forced to stop running away from the difficulties in their relationship, and also come to terms with Yinka the woman.
Mojisola’s grief leads her on a journey of self-discovery, as she moves into her daughter’s apartment and begins to unearth the life Yinka had built for herself there, away from her family. Through stepping into Yinka’s shoes, Mojisola comes to a better understanding not only of her estranged daughter, but also herself, as she learns to carve a place for herself in the world beyond the labels of wife and mother.
A bold and unflinching tale of one women’s unconventional approach to life and loss.
Miracle Merchant by Wahome Mutahi and...
Apostle Paul Meshak Mpevu of the African Church of Modern Apostles is preacher per excellence. Crowds pack his crusades to receive divine guidance and healings that the apostle is famous for. Unknown to them, however, the Apostle has an uncanny craving for things worldly—money, influence, name it.
To achieve his ends he is in league with pretenders. extortionists, drug dealers and cartels of all descriptions. It takes the efforts of one Dhlakama, private investigator and former policeman, to unearth the mighty Apostle. But not before a number of lives have been lost and others rendered useless...
Wahome Mutahi and Wahome Karengo, well-known for their prolific journalistic and theatre exploits, join hands in this blockbuster that explores religious hypocrisy and indoctrination in the most penetrating and captivating of ways.
A Monkeys Wedding by Lisa Christoffersen
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence.
In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality.
In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates more than twenty years after its writing.
Betrayal of Public Trust by Prof. Jac...
Many people in the world find themselves taking oaths of office pledging to abide by certain ethical practices, the constitution, and other laws. The society expects leaders to treat all people under them with care and without breaching trust regardless of the circumstances.
In this book, Prof. Jacob T. Kaimenyi is appealing to those who destroy public trust with minimal regard of the consequences. The author also wants to prick the conscience of all people who have taken different oaths that they should abide by them without wavering.
Rage and Bloom by Lena Grace Anyuolo
Beaten Odds: Footprints of uncertaint...
Stephen Mabea was born to newly converted Seventh Day Adventist (SDA parents as British missionaries made inroads into Western Kenya. With a life punctuated with challenges, Mabea's Christian upbringing, dedication to service and excellence saw him triumph at every turn.
One of the first teachers from his locality in pre-independent Kenya, he focused on shaping and moulding the lives of young people. Hard work and creativity saw each of his schools record stellar performance. Many of his students went on to pursue successful careers across the country and elsewhere in the world.
As a Staffing and Education Officer in Kisii and Siaya, he was central to implementing education programmes, improving teaching outcomes, streamlining teacher recruitment, and reforming the school equipment programme. Away from education, Mabea worked with fellow pyrethrum and tea farmers to get better returns for their sweat and toil.
Discipline and dedication to service have been key guiding principles in his work as a teacher, an education administrator and community leader. He professes that success through hard work, resilience, honesty and determination is its own reward. Doing what is right, at the right time and in the right way is most gratifying, he adds.
In retirement, Mabea spends time at his Borabu home farming, and serving the community and the church. They look up to him as a teacher, an advisor, mentor and a role model.
Vyama Institutions of Hope
This book makes the case for informal sector institutions in development theory. Through practical examples and interviews conducted in Kenya, the author captures how ordinary people organize themselves to meet daily economic and development challenges. The author traces how ordinary people (wananchi) use non-mainstream mechanisms in the form vyama (social groups) to enable individual, group and community development. The book offers insights into the evolution of vyama (institutions of hope) and the role these institutions continue to play in realizing economic growth: wealth creation and distribution; investments, social protection; and general community development.
The work shows how, despite historical disruptions, modernization and neo-liberal policies, ordinary people creatively borrow from tradition. In the process, they use collective mechanisms for resource mobilization, investment, risk-sharing and shared gains for the common good. The author offers pointers into the future and how the chama concept can become mainstream in a people’s economic development.
What others say
“The analysis is rigorous. It is highly original, emotive, and an excellent piece of work. It makes a major contribution to our knowledge of the proto-proletariat and the informal sector in the developing world. - How the author beautifully weaves anecdotes from classical African novels into her analysis to reinforce her argument makes this work distinctive and unique.” - Professor MBK Darkoh, University of Botswana
“This book is based on real life cases in an area that most scholars have not ventured into. It is a major addition of new findings in the body of knowledge. The presentation is clear, understandable and would appeal to most readers.” –Paul Kamau, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, University of Nairobi
“The strength of this book is the way it has managed to present the lives of the ordinary people as not hopeless, but rather the base where future development for Africa could be emerging. The book starts from the grassroots and the development actions and innovations taking place there based on the needs as experienced by the ordinary people, rather than the technical fixes of development experts that follow the books rather than the actual needs of the people being developed.” – Professor Beth Maina Ahlberg, PhD, Professor of International Health, Uppsala University
“This book demonstrates how ordinary citizens have discovered the power in tapping into social relations and are proactively solving their own socio-political and economic challenges. It calls for the incorporation of the ordinary citizen in development planning with a view of enabling them to receive value from and add value to the globalization and integration process. For anyone who is interested to see Africa play an important role in the global agenda, this is not a book to be ignored.” -- Josephat Juma, Managing Editor, The African Executive magazine.
Many in One and Other Stories from Af...
Many in One and Other Stories is a convergence of stories by budding writers of both genders from diverse regions of Kenya. The anthology breaks the monotony of classical Kenyan writers and captures emerging voices on the Kenyan literary scene. This meticulous and careful selection has considered a range of subjects from post election violence, political animosity, national integration, greed, broken love and cultural alienation. Set in contemporary African settings with vivid characters, the stories seek to entertain, challenge, inform and chastise the readers.
With precision of eye and word, the writers in this anthology make lucid their creative territories. Ingenious and original, this anthology of resonant, assured and gratifying stories comes from a true connection with lived places and experiences accruing there-from. All the writers treasure language and deftly use its resources of metaphor, voice and syntax to explore their worlds and offer readers new knowledge about their worlds. I trust that readers will find this anthology a sizzling good yarn bubbling with edutainment.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshik...
What would you change if you could go back in time?
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.
In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.
But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beautiful, moving story explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before by...
Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers…and you can’t trust any of them?
When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong when an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain.