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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.
The Unending Surprises in Marriage by...
When getting married, some of us assume that we know everything about our spouses and other
stakeholders like friends and relatives.
However, as time passes, we see changes in their behaviors, perspectives, attitudes, and beliefs and we are surprised. If the changes are negative, we find ourselves doubting the essence of marriage and its ability to last a lifetime. If the changes are positive, we celebrate.
This book is for all married couples, irrespective of their age in marriage, and those who are planning to get married, to inform them that they will discover something new about their spouses and other stakeholders. It has real-life stories of negative and positive surprises. It also has solutions that will help you to deal with negative surprises and make your marriage fulfilling.
Busy Office vs Responsible Fatherhood...
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.
Move On – Bounce Back from Life...
Even in Our best form, we are never quite prepared for the impact of misfortunes, catastrophes, accidents, or other life debilitating Setbacks. We drain our energies daily trying to prop our achievements and prevent our fortunes from caving in.
We writh and wallow endlessly, when we encounter a multilitude of Setbacks, for they open us up to feelings of fear, inadequacy, failure and frustration.
The Author Jacob T. Kaimenyi aims to spur you to fortify yourself not against failure or loss, but against becoming obsolete in the face of such circumstances, for it is the ability for a comeback in the event of foreseeable and unforeseeable Setbacks in your life that matters.
The book also seeks to grant its readers the power to embrace the moral strength to confront the reality of their pain and loss., rise from the dust, reinvent themselves and give life another shot!
Foreign Gods Inc by Okey Ndibe
Foreign Gods Inc by Okey NdibeForeign Gods, Inc., tells the story of Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery.
Ike's plan is fueled by desperation. Despite a degree in economics from a major American college, his strong accent has barred him from the corporate world. Forced to eke out a living as a cab driver, he is unable to manage the emotional and material needs of a temperamental African American bride and a widowed mother demanding financial support. When he turns to gambling, his mounting losses compound his woes.
And so he travels back to Nigeria to steal the statue, where he has to deal with old friends, family, and a mounting conflict between those in the village who worship the deity, and those who practice Christianity.
A meditation on the dreams, promises and frustrations of the immigrant life in America; the nature and impact of religious conflicts; an examination of the ways in which modern culture creates or heightens infatuation with the "exotic," including the desire to own strange objects and hanker after ineffable illusions; and an exploration of the shifting nature of memory, Foreign Gods is a brilliant work of fiction that illuminates our globally interconnected world like no other.
In the arms of a stranger by Caroline...
In the arms of a stranger is a book made up of memoirs of a young girl's experiences from childhood to young adulthood.
Caroline loved and still loves scripting her circumstances since she was a young child, Updating her Diary through her life found her doing the same through very difficult years. At the sunrise from the darkness that engulfed her after a period that looked purposeless, dark, painful, confused:
She has compiled these memoirs from her dairy as a story, All true to inspire anyone else that's going through a difficult period
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.
The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she “the people’s princess,” who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Only Tina Brown, former editor-in-chief of Tatler, England’s glossiest gossip magazine; Vanity Fair; and The New Yorker could possibly give us the truth.
Life Journeys Scaling Heights: Conver...
Carving of a Firebrand: A journey of ...
Through a life filled with struggle, meaning, tragedy, and accomplishment, Irene Kendi has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era.
As the Deputy President of the Students Organisation of the University of Nairobi (SONU) — the first female student leader to serve in that role — she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive student leadership in Kenya’s student leadership history.
While at it, she established herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in Kenya and worldwide. She showed us a few dance moves along the way, regaled us with her pulsating humorous banter, raised a down-to-earth son, and kept her family dignity under an unforgiving media glare.
In this memoir, Kendi invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood in Maua, on the northwestern slopes of Nyambene Hills and west of Meru National Park, to her years as a trade unionist, civil servant, and advocate. She tells of balancing the demands of motherhood and work at Kenya’s most famous address - Nairobi.
With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her struggles, triumphs, and disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her terms.
Warm, wise, and revelatory, Carving of a Firebrand is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations — and whose story inspires us to do the same.
Raila Odinga: An Enigma in Kenyan Pol...
Raila Amolo Odinga was the main opposition candidate in the disputed 2007 presidential election. Following a post-electoral crisis that resulted in the deaths of 1,500 people and the displacement of 600,000 more, Odinga took office as Prime Minister, at the head of a national unity government, in April 2008. He has played a key role in the modern political life of Kenya. This timely biography gives an overview of politics in Kenya over the last sixty years, and traces Raila's role in them.
The author is a political scientist who seeks to explain and assess Raila's political life. He covers background about the Luo, Raila's background and inheritance as the son of a prominent political leader, the one-party state by fiat, the failed coup, detention, exile & return, cooperation with KANU, the Rainbow Alliance, Kibaki's succession in 2002, Raila as a Minister.
An epilogue gives verbatim extracts from many of those interviewed, including Raila himself. Babafemi Badejo is a political scientist and lawyer, a past University senior lecturer from Nigeria, and worked from Nairobi for a decade. "His achievement is to render accessible both the complex political history of Kenya and the personal story of one of the most influential and controversial actors on the contemporary Kenyan political scene. "Raila Odinga: An Enigma in Kenyan Politics" is an excellent introduction for the uninitiated to the complex landscape of Kenyan politics." - Dr.
Jeremy Matam Farrall, University of Tasmania, Australia "The quest for democracy in Kenya is illuminated by this empathetic account of the travails of an intrepid politician." Richard L. Sklar, Emeritus Professor, University of California Los Angelos "Raila Odinga is a poster politician in Kenya, and, indeed, in any African country.
Given the crisis of political leadership in Africa and the burning quest for alternative political leadership on the continent, Raila Odinga's biography provides an interesting case study that in part provides for for serious thought on both issues." Dr. Willy Mutunga, former Executive Director, Kenya Human Rights Commission. "I found this book very absorbing, and a sympathetic portrayal of an African post-independence leader from an African perspective.
As such, I think it is of great interest." David Stephen, former Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia and later Guinea-Bissau
After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for ...
This soulful collection is filled with illuminating reflections on loss, fear, bravery, healing, love, acceptance, and more.
• Readers follow along her journey as she transforms challenging experiences—a difficult childhood, painful romantic relationships, and single parenting as a young mom—into fuel for her career as a successful entrepreneur and author driven by purpose and pasion
• Filled with Elle's signature candor and warmth
• Includes empowering affirmations and meditations for readers to practice in their own lives
After the Rain is a soulful guide to help you embrace all the beauty, love, and opportunity life has to offer.
• Presented in luminous package with a foil case and gold accents
• A beautiful gift for anyone on the path to self-discovery, and an uplifting reminder that there is always sunshine after the rain
• Perfect for the friend who loves meditating, self-care, journaling, or seeking personal transformation and empowerment
• Great for those who loved Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist, 100 Days to Brave by Annie F. Downs, and anything written by Brené Brown, Rupi Kaur, Rachel Hollis, and Elizabeth Gilbert
Wired Weird by Wairimu Kanyi
It is surreal to sit and start putting the story of your life on paper. It makes you reflect, breaks you, offers mental shifts or aha moments and most of all helps you identify the previous-ness of God all through. You sift through the many precious lessons, achievements, happy & hurtful memories and choices that had lasting impact and those that have had none at all. Mainly you appreciate how each God orchestrated moment is not just for one person’s destiny but is attached to that of others.
This book is written to allow you to paint the story of who you really are and discover the true journey of what we are calling your weird wiring.
Wired Weird is about my life, my story from A-Z. I don't know your story but in here I believe you will find pointers that will allow you to journey through your own life story. You will appreciate your past, present and how that has already shaped you for the future.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind By Wil...
When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba’s Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone’s crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind.
Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how – even in the worst of times – a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by ...
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.
Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.
But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.