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WAYWARD EASTLANDERS by Okanga Ooko
In the hustles of Eastlands, nobody wins. One dame is desperate and calculatingly manipulative. The other is a gash who just makes hash of the arrogant male romantic interest through her offhand sexuality. This is a story about misfits. An ugly woman who is a wall climber, a cripple in a wheelchair who calls the shots, a pastor who is a big con, a shylock who wants to be an MP.
Atieno Mara Bella owns AMBA Advertising. She is an artist and designer whose struggles with her work, doubts about her talent, and complicated relationships often puts her at odds over affections associated with men. Akombe Bosibori is a backstabbing marketer who wants to take over the company. She has designed a campaign for a multi-million national disability project. Funds are given through pre-qualified advertising agencies to raise awareness in the low income areas of Nairobi. However the whole thing is orchestrated by a man in a wheelchair, the flamboyant Tutu Kulundeng, the beetle. A genius with a reputation as an organiser of grand schemes for the cartel-run Government. And in Nairobi, Kenya, corruption is king. He wants an existing advertising agency to take over and use it to siphon millions from the government. Using the scrawny underdog, Kiprotich, he knows how to manipulate Bosibori.
Realising that they are each losing, Atieno and Bosibori place their bet on four unreliable characters: Atieno on Papa Kamande, a shylock, a shark—a money lender, auctioneer and broker, who also runs a matatu cartel, and on Ojuku, a ghetto thug. Bosibori places hers on Kulundeng and then on Pastor Otodo, a fake two-timing preacher who runs a church in Jerusalem, Nairobi, who sees her as a way out of poverty and brainwashes with intent to get her to take over AMBA and add it to his wealth as an assets of his church. Kulundeng, Otodo, Kamande and Ojuku think they know the ropes; and women. Maybe they do. But they don’t know Atieno too well, otherwise they’d have realised that they are just flies stumbling into the deadly web of a woman who is beautiful to look at but lethal to mess with.
INHERITED DANGER by Okanga Ooko
The nine stories mainly feature strong woman-led characters in their businesses, work places, and in other circumstances.
In Inherited danger, a ruthless activist-turned-politician must get married to her dead husband’s brother to save her organisation from the schemes of a shrewd competitor. Aftermath takes place in the guerilla-controlled Northen Uganda. Four girls fleeing into the forest to avoid being turned into sex slaves run into a bigger danger. In Moni Afinda, a middle-aged brand manager carries the memories of her father’s failures into her business. She must win a contract at all costs and succeed because she cannot repeat her father’s mistakes. In Kichorochoro, a tumult of personal tragedies pushes a young social worker into the frontier of doom without a back-up plan. She throws herself into her work of reshaping the lives of ragamuffin homeless boys in a dangerous Nairobi slum. Rude Awakening is about
the return of Ajwang Nyar Kadem, the famous femme fatale in Luo lore. The haunting cinema-esque Happy 9th Birthday is about a nine-year-old girl who is sexually abused by her father and its horrific aftermath. She throws the spanner into the works and into a nightmare of suspense and stark terror. The two last stories are about elderly musicians in a changing world. Kiss Ya Bangongi is set in the degenerate world of Congolese music and demonstrates that chasing greatness spurs doubt, self hatred, failure, and pain especially when the conditions for greatness are deemed by the sort of egotistical man the protagonist is. In First and Second Rhythm Guitars In an Old Benga Song, an old Benga guitarist must drop his personal principles and give benga music a facelift in order to save it from extinction. The two stories are linked inextricably to innovation in the guitar music, to chord changes, and voiced heartaches.
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verg...
The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years.
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl—and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi—will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.
A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.
The Me In We by Patrick Lavince
This classic masterpiece, a collection of poetry, explores the deep recesses of a Poet's soul, birthed from the dying embers of the journey within.
The anthology, a four-faceted themed book on Healing, Self-Worth, Discernment & Rebirth, takes a reader on a voyage of a lifetime — through the waded waters of loss, canopy of grace, silent storms of renaissance, tides of hope, regimen of seraphic and divine nourishment and ripples of blues — all in their truest test.
I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt...
Buy as many lattes as you want. Choose the right accounts and investments so your money grows for you—automatically. Best of all, spend guilt-free on the things you love.
Personal finance expert Ramit Sethi has been called a “wealth wizard” by Forbes and the “new guru on the block” by Fortune. Now he’s updated and expanded his modern money classic for a new age, delivering a simple, powerful, no-BS 6-week program that just works.
I Will Teach You to Be Rich will show you:
• How to crush your debt and student loans faster than you thought possible
• How to set up no-fee, high-interest bank accounts that won’t gouge you for every penny
• How Ramit automates his finances so his money goes exactly where he wants it to—and how you can do it too
• How to talk your way out of late fees (with word-for-word scripts)
• How to save hundreds or even thousands per month (and still buy what you love)
• A set-it-and-forget-it investment strategy that’s dead simple and beats financial advisors at their own game
• How to handle buying a car or a house, paying for a wedding, having kids, and other big expenses—stress free
• The exact words to use to negotiate a big raise at work
Grumpy Greg and other stories by Caro...
Life in the sky by Jimnah Albert Muchene
Jimnah Albert Muchene is a rare gem in Kenya's Aviation Industry. In this equally rare book. He gives invaluable inside knowledge of how the Aviation Industry should be run, pitfalls to avoid, and most importantly, what it takes to run a successful and profitable Airline.
Jimnah strongly believes that the success or failure of any Airline largely depends on two things: Good timekeeping and Excellent in-fight services offered by flight attendants. From his humble beginnings as ground personnel with Kenya Airways in 1978, he rose Albert reluctantly to become one of the most decorated flight attendants in Kenya Airways' history.
In a career span of nearly four decades, Jimnah retired with full honors from Kenya Airways in 2016. For three years; in 2011,2014 and 2015 he won the coveted Kenya Airways Best Flight Attendant Award of the Year, in a field of over 800 flight attendants. He has since continued to offer consultancy services to emerging Airlines and Aviation Colleges within the Eat African Region.
The Identity Project by Kevin Tindi
In The Identity Project, Kevin Tindi believes that once you know who you are, you will know who you are not. This is because we live in a world where you can become anything as people are living who they are not supposed to be. Throughout the book, Kevin explains how we wrestle with who we are and hence miss out on what God is doing in every season. To keep the reader engaged in discovering who they are, each chapter contains biblical principles, practical exercises, thought-provoking questions, reflection quotes and many citations.
This book is an invitation to a journey in knowing our identity in Christ and fulfilling God's purposes. Whether you are in school, working or in-between jobs, single or dating, married or separated, this book is for you. You are the most important person in this project. As a reader, be sure to derive a deeper understanding, wisdom and knowledge about the Holy Spirit and how He is always ready and willing to walk with you every day in this journey of knowing who you are. We are living in the dispensation of the Holy Spirit and we cannot do without Him.
DECADE 2.0 by Dinah Muthuka
DECADE 2.0 is an open journey told from a wiser perspective. It is about the fun, the fast and the fatal. A collection of life experiences, the mistakes made, the really messed up stuff and the lessons picked along the way.
DECADE 2.0 is a great read not just for the 20 something but for anyone willing to make the most out of their productive years.
Forced by Fate and Driven by Faith: T...
The Pains We Live by Sophie Kiwelu (M...
Sakagwa Ng’iti: A Kisii Prophet
Sakagwa Ng'iti exerted substantial influence on Gusii society and beyond in the latter part of the 1800s. He was many things: a medicine man, rainmaker, an unelected community strategist in dealing with raids from the warring Maasai and Kipsigis, and a prophet whose many prophecies have come to pass, according to those that keenly follow his story.
His death was mysterious, leaving many wondering what really happened. Did he, as some accounts claim, eventually settle among the Kipsigis? Was he carried away by chisokoro (ancestors) to join them in the netherworld as happened with Jesus of Nazareth? How come that his spiritual roles (seer, medicine man, and rainmaker) that ran in the family, waned and eventually died off?
Peter Okari Nyambasora's Sakagwa Ngi'ti, a Kisii Prophet provides some answers to these questions. It traces the emergence of Sakagwa as a prominent player in Gusii of his time, even as he had no formal power accorded by clan, tribe or lineage. Compiled from oral tales, one on one interviews with family members, and written works, the book provides the most authoritative account of Sakagwa yet written.
Sacked so What Power of Hope and Acti...
In today’s challenging work environment where so many who graduated college several years ago, with previously enviable and admirable degrees, are still looking for elusive jobs, getting fired from one’s job can feel like the very end of the road. “Not so!” says Vincent Ogutu, a six-time author of powerful motivational books. In this epic book, “Sacked! So What? ~ Power of Hope and Action”, he persuasively shows us that sometimes being sacked could signal the beginning of a great future in entrepreneurship. This book, is a must read GEM
Grasses of East Africa by Dino J Martins
Grasses of East Africa describes 100 species of common, ecologically important or remarkable grasses found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Grasses comprise one of the largest plant families on Earth, but are possibly the most overlooked. Yet it is these ubiquitous and important plants that have the greatest impact on our daily lives – providing a wide range of staple foods for humans globally, a fundamental source of grazing for livestock, and food and shelter for an infinite variety of wildlife.
This book includes: Clearly laid out and easy-to-use species descriptions; beautiful line and water colour illustrations with labels highlighting notable features; full-colour photographs; a concise introduction covering the economic significance of grasses, their ecology, habitats and conservation.
Grasses of East Africa will prove invaluable to students, scientists, travellers and nature lovers as it aids identification while also highlighting the functions of these important and often beautiful plants.