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In Every Mirror She is Black by Lola ...
A timely and arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world.
Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people.
Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the U.S. to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation's largest marketing firm, to help fix a PR fiasco involving a racially tone-deaf campaign. A killer at work but a failure in love, Kemi's move is a last-ditch effort to reclaim her social life.
A chance meeting with Jonny in business class en route to the U.S. propels former model-turned-flight-attendant Brittany-Rae Johnson into a life of wealth, luxury, and privilege—a life she's not sure she wants—as the object of his unhealthy obsession.
And refugee Muna Saheed, who lost her entire family, finds a job cleaning the toilets at Jonny's office as she works to establish her residency in Sweden and, more importantly, seeks connection and a place she can call home.
Told through the perspectives of each of the three women, In Every Mirror She's Black is a fast-paced, richly nuanced yet accessible contemporary novel that touches on important social issues of racism, classism, fetishization, and tokenism, and what it means to be a Black woman navigating a white-dominated society.
Lola Akinmade Åkerström is an African-American (Nigerian-American) award-winning author, speaker, and photographer based in Sweden. This is her first novel.
Geological Highlights of East Africas...
The national parks and reserves of East Africa are widely known for their rich and abundant wildlife. This book presents a new and exciting angle – the geological highlights of the region’s intriguing landscape. East Africa’s cataclysmic volcanic legacy, caused by rifting of the landmass, has resulted in a rich source of geological wonders. These range from the seemingly endless, peaceful plains of the Serengeti to the stark skyscraper walls of extinct calderas and the boiling magma cauldrons and belching vents of the Nyiragongo Volcano.
This handy guide escorts users around all the major – and some minor – parks of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, as well as the Virunga Mountains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Descriptions of each park and its wildlife offerings, both fauna and flora, preface discussion of the geological origins, influences and current conditions. Key geosites in the parks, and how to access them, are indicated. Maps, satellite images and diagrams, along with vivid photography, help explain the dramatic landforms, both close up and from above.
For anyone planning a safari to the legendary East African game parks and reserves, this book adds an exciting new dimension.
A Boy Named Salah by Sahara Abdi R...
Adhabu Ya Maisha By Elishaphan Wachira
Mwaisambe alipata taarifa kwamba katika jimbo lao la Matusitusi kulikuwako na mganga mashuhuri. Mganga huyo aliwatibu watu kwa dawa za kienyeji alizokuwa nazo daima. Basi baada ya kusikia habari kumhusu mganga huyo, Mwaisambe aliamua kwenda kumtembelea.
Ndugu Mwaisambe anaonekana kuishi maisha ya kubahatisha. Ni mfano wa vijana wanaoonekana kukosa ruwaza, wanabebwa hobelahobela na upepo wa nakama na kuwaangamiza. Mwaisambe yu safarini kumtafuta mganga mashuhuri asiyemjua asili wala fasili yake. Anapanda milima na kuivuka miamba hadi katika eneo la Kivunja Kimya. Atafaulu kumpata mganga wake? Jisomee upate kujua…
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Bwana Elishaphan Wachira ni miongoni mwa waandishi wanaochipuka kwa kasi sana. Anajikusuru daima kuandika kwa lugha ya Kiswahili na kukiendeleza. Kwa sasa ni mwalimu wa Kiswahili katika shule ya upili ya Wasichana ya Rarakwa katika Gatuzi la Murang’a. Anajaribu kwa udi na uvumba kukiendeleza Kiswahili kupitia kazi bunilizi. Kwa sasa anamiliki shahada ya ualimu kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Kenyatta.
Kengeza La Jasiri By Shisia Wasilwa
Jasiri ana Kengeza. Kengeza hilo halimpi amani. Linamsumbua maishani. Hilo kengeza linayaunganisha maisha yake ya zamani na usasa. Kalipata ujanani. Amekataa kulizika katika kaburi la sahau. Je, Jasiri atapata tiba ya kengeza hilo analopenda, kulificha pembeni mwa kijoyo chake? Anagundua pia marehemu babake kaaga dunia kutokana na hilo kengeza. Je, haya makengeza ndiyo nini? Ni masimulizi yanayonata, yaliyosheheni taharuki na maudhui mazito.
Kuhusu mwandishi
Shisia Wasilwa ni mwandishi na mwanahabari stadi wa siku nyingi. Aliwahi kuhudumu na Shirika la Habari nchini Kenya-KBC, China Radio Kimataifa, Citizen Tv na Radio, BBC na Deutsche Welle-DW. Baadhi ya kazi zake ni pamoja Makovu ya Uhai na Dunia Tambara Bovu. Alihariri Ndoto ya Almasi chake Ken Walibora, mwongozo wa Utengano wa Said. A. Mohammed miongoni mwa kazi nyingine teule. Kwa sasa anazamia shahada ya uzamili katika masuala ya mawasiliano katika chuo Kikuu cha Aga Khan.
The Airlift Orphan
The seed from which this book germinated was the Tom Mboya/Kennedy airlifts which took place in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Dozens of young bright students from Kenya were given a chance to further their education in the United States of America. A Kenyan visionary, politician and trade unionist, Tom Joseph Mboya, had seen that an independent Kenya would need its own well educated citizens to steer the new nation as most of the colonial government workers were leaving.
Kendi, the chief persona in the story, is daughter of a man who left his pregnant lover behind and failed to come back. The travails that Kendi and her mother go through at the hands of a ruthless society is the real gist of this story.
The story is entirely fictional but is primarily based on a historical event which actually took place.
The Airlift Orphan is a moving tale of, betrayal, sorrow, love and ultimate redemption. Despite being based on historical happenings, the story is timeless and will entertain readers for generations to come.
Lifted From the Pit of Brokenness and...
A real life account of the author's battle with depression and an attempted suicide after going through a painful relationship breakup.
The author candidly shares the details around the relationship break-up, the struggle with humiliation, shame and despair - but also her journey of healing.
Complete with advise on how to bounce back from a hurtful relationship break-up.
Carnival Spotlight by Stacey Marie Ro...
Carnival Spotlight by Stacey Marie Robinson tells the tale of "Delia, a former Toronto dance hall queen, is drawn back by the allure of her past and the dance culture she helped build, leading to several misadventures that rock the stable life she has built, leaving her struggling with the question, which passions do you have to let go and outgrow for new ones in the hope of a stable husband, family and home? Excellently penned by Stacey Marie Robinson, the vividness of the story jumps off the pages creating a visual drama as all good dramas do. "
Available at Nuria bookstore for 800/-
Compass Book by Catherine Njore
Through the Leopards Gaze by Njambi M...
Beaten to pulp and left for dead, 13 year old Njambi found the courage to escape, fearing her assailant would return to finish her.
She walked all night risking wild animals, robbers and murderers in the Kenyan countryside, before being picked up by two shabbily dressed men. She spent her life burying memories of that fateful day and night, ending up in London with a British husband and children.
She had moved on, or so she thought until one day a simple unassuming wedding invitation card arrived in her mailbox causing her house of matchsticks to come crashing down.
Najivunia Kuwa Mnandi Na Ishamel Rono...
Baada ya kuchinjwa, matumbo hukaguliwa na iwapo hakuna ishara yoyote ya ugonjwa, sherehe hutangazwa kuwa njema. Iwapo kondoo atapatikana na ishara ya ugonjwa, hii ikiwa nadra kwa kuwa umakinifu uliwekwa unapochaguliwa, mwingine hutakaswa na kuchinjwa tena. Rafiki zake bwana harusi wanapopeana habari njema, wazazi na wale kina mama wa ubatizo hunyunyiza maziwa na pombe…
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Riwaya hii ni ya kihistoria ya jamii ya Wanandi. Inamulika masuala ainati ya asili katika utamaduni na mila zao. Namna jamii ya Wanandi ilivyojisuka na kujitawala katika uongozi, imani na matumaini katika maisha yao na majukumu yao katika kujikidhia matakwa ya kimsingi katika maisha. Riwaya hii ni mfano bora wa kazi zinazosimulia utamaduni wa Mwafrika na mfumo wa kujikuza na mielekeo ya maisha.
The Greedy Barbarian by Kakwenza Ruki...
When Bekunda and her toddler son, Kayibanda, cross an international border, they are in dire straits. and desperately need sanctuary, human kindness and divine favour.
The new country gives them sanctuary, the natives show them kindness and the local spirits do the miraculous on their behalf.
But can Kayibanda be as gracious to his new country as it has been to him? Can he overcome his profoundly flawed nature, which appears to be hereditary?
Nyumba Ya Msonge Ya Nyanya Yangu
Title: Nyumba ya Msonge ya Nyanya Yangu
Series: Msururu wa Discovery
Author: Toroitich Patrick Yegon
Target Class: Early Readers grade 1-3
Hadithi hii inalenga kukuza uelewa wa watoto wa mazingira yao na kuwawezesha kutunga hadithi kuhusu vifaa, wanyama, maliasili na vitu vingine vingi wanoatumia kila siku.
Hadithi hii imeandikwa kulingana na maisha ya kijijini. Inazungumza kuhusu maisha yake nyanya ya msimulizi na jinsi anavyoishi na wanajamii wengine, marafiki, wageni na pia wanyama wao.
Holiday Upcountry by Toroitich Patric...
Title: Holiday Upcountry
Series: African Stories
Author: Toroitich Patrick Yegon
Target Readers: Class 5,6,7,8
Holiday Upcountry tells of an explorative childhood experience of Kaplelekwo where Shani spent her April Holidays. Never in her life had Shani imagined that there would have come a moment she had to cry that she was leaving Kaplelekwo for the city.
So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefelle...
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians.
Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul "etched with uncommon objectivity and literary grace . . . as detailed, balanced, and psychologically insightful a portrait of the tycoon as we may ever have" (Kirkus Reviews).
Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller's exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book will indelibly alter our image of this most enigmatic capitalist.
Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world's richest man by creating America's most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America.
Rockefeller was likely the most controversial businessman in our nation's history. Critics charged that his empire was built on unscrupulous tactics: grand-scale collusion with the railroads, predatory pricing, industrial espionage, and wholesale bribery of political officials. The titan spent more than thirty years dodging investigations until Teddy Roosevelt and his trustbusters embarked on a marathon crusade to bring Standard Oil to bay.
While providing abundant new evidence of Rockefeller's misdeeds, Chernow discards the stereotype of the cold-blooded monster to sketch an unforgettably human portrait of a quirky, eccentric original. A devout Baptist and temperance advocate, Rockefeller gave money more generously--his chosen philanthropies included the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of Chicago, and what is today Rockefeller University--than anyone before him.
Titan presents a finely nuanced portrait of a fascinating, complex man, synthesizing his public and private lives and disclosing numerous family scandals, tragedies, and misfortunes that have never before come to light.
John D. Rockefeller's story captures a pivotal moment in American history, documenting the dramatic post-Civil War shift from small business to the rise of giant corporations that irrevocably transformed the nation.
With cameos by Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Jay Gould, William Vanderbilt, Ida Tarbell, Andrew Carnegie, Carl Jung, J. Pierpont Morgan, William James, Henry Clay Frick, Mark Twain, and Will Rogers, Titan turns Rockefeller's life into a vivid tapestry of American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is Ron Chernow's signal triumph that he narrates this monumental saga with all the sweep, drama, and insight that this giant subject deserves.
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Livin...
Nearly 2,300 years after a ruined merchant named Zeno first established a school on the Stoa Poikile of Athens, Stoicism has found a new audience among those who seek greatness, from athletes to politicians and everyone in between.
It's no wonder; the philosophy and its embrace of self-mastery, virtue, and indifference to that which we cannot control is as urgent today as it was in the chaos of the Roman Empire. In Lives of the Stoics, Holiday and Hanselman present the fascinating lives of the men and women who strove to live by the timeless Stoic virtues of Courage. Justice. Temperance. Wisdom.
Organized in digestible, mini-biographies of all the well-known--and not so well-known--Stoics, this book vividly brings home what Stoicism was like for the people who loved it and lived it, dusting off powerful lessons to be learned from their struggles and successes. More than a mere history book, every example in these pages, from Epictetus to Marcus Aurelius--slaves to emperors--is designed to help the reader apply philosophy in their own lives.
Holiday and Hanselman unveil the core values and ideas that unite figures from Seneca to Cato to Cicero across the centuries. Among them are the idea that self-rule is the greatest empire, that character is fate; how Stoics benefit from preparing not only for success, but failure; and learn to love, not merely accept, the hand they are dealt in life.
A treasure of valuable insights and stories, this book can be visited again and again by any reader in search of inspiration from the past.
Poems from East Africa by David Cook ...
The spirit of the poetic flowering of the 1960s is encapsulated in this comprehensive anthology. The collection gives voice to some fifty poets from Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, writing in English.
The diversity of the interests and styles of the individual poets is illustrated: a blend of the gentle lyricism that is a feature of East African writing. All the major poets are included, and many not so well known.
The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que...
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Tran family, set against the backdrop of the Viet Nam War.
Tran Dieu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Noi, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Ho Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart.
Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Viet Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope. This is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s first novel in English.
Switch on your future by Abdirahman F...
If you are reading this book you are probably looking for some answers, right? Well you have chosen right. Switch On Your Future is a simple book that not only inspires and speaks to a versatile rage of people, but it also gives you a few tricks up your sleeves to apply whey you want ignite yourself to the next level in life.