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• Broken: Not a Halal Love Story - NGN 13,000

A story of imperfect love. Broken from the start; yet constant.
Fa’iza Mohammed grew up very sheltered in a conservative Muslim home. Her otherwise sane life is thrust into turmoil when she finds herself falling for someone with a completely different set of values from hers when she comes to Toronto for University. She tries to fight it, but there’s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. She soon realizes that they are probably better apart – but can they stay away from each other?

Ahmad Babangida believes everything is a construct. Society and religion condition people to be sheep, and he goes out of his way to live his life on his terms. His attraction to Fa’iza doesn’t help as the lines between halal and haram start to become blurred.

When a revelation breaks them apart, they hold a secret, one that could tear the seams of the Islamic upbringing their family holds in high regard. Five years later, is it too late for them, or is the road to redemption shut against them for crossing the lines into forbidden paths?

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• With Love, Miss Americanah - NGN 9,500

17-year-old Enore Adesuwa doesn’t dive into things, she walks in carefully. So when she, her mother, and her sister move from Nigeria to America shortly after her father’s death, she wants to be extremely prepared before attending an American high school. Her cousin, Adrian, doesn’t have time to explain the ins and outs to her but, luckily, he recommends the perfect research tool: teen movies.

Still dealing with grief but armed with a set of rules of survival gathered from these movies (including the crucial rule of keeping a low profile), Enore is ready for her senior year. But when she meets Davi Santiago, it may be much harder than she thought to keep to her rules. Because not only is he super thoughtful (and okay, very good looking), he constantly encourages her to share her incredible singing talent. Enore prefers the background but it just might be time for her to take center stage, even in spite of her mother’s strict expectations.

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• The Parlour Wife - NGN

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• Sister Spirit - NGN 9,500

Sixteen-year-old adopted Tara has questions—about who she is, where she belongs, why she dreams...

When her nightmares darken, fears swarm like a flock of ravens and she traces her visions to the ancient Olumo Rock in Nigeria. It is a sacred place, full of magic, myth, and where whispers of the past linger.

Travelling from England and enrolling in a boarding school at the foot of Olumo, Tara begins a journey to seek the truth of her roots and the spirits that pursue her.

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• Heartstopper Vol. 2 -

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• Uncommon Type - NGN 6,000

A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life.

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• Undercover Bromance - NGN 7,000

Braden Mack thinks reading romance novels makes him an expert in love, but he’ll soon discover that real life is better than fiction.

Liv Papandreas has a dream job as a pastry chef at Nashville’s hottest restaurant. Too bad the celebrity chef owner is less than charming behind kitchen doors. After she catches him harassing a young hostess, she confronts him and gets fired. Liv vows revenge, but she’ll need assistance to take on the powerful chef.

• Isn't it Bromantic? - NGN 7,000

With his passion for romance novels, it was only a matter of time before Vlad wrote one.

Elena Konnikova has lived her entire adult life in the shadows. As the daughter of a Russian journalist who mysteriously disappeared, she escaped danger the only way she knew how: She married her childhood friend, Vladimir, and moved to the United States, where he is a professional hockey player in Nashville.

• Crazy Stupid Bromance - NGN 7,000

Alexis Carlisle and her cat café, ToeBeans, have shot to fame after she came forward as a victim of a celebrity chef’s sexual harassment. When a new customer approaches to confide in her, the last thing Alexis expects is for the woman to claim they’re sisters. Unsure what to do, Alexis turns to the only man she trusts—her best friend, Noah Logan.

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• The Heart Principle - NGN 7,500

A woman struggling with burnout learns to embrace the unexpected—and the man she enlists to help her—in this new New York Times bestselling romance by Helen Hoang.

When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too. Translation: She’s going to embark on a string of one-night stands. The more unacceptable the men, the better.

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• Beyond Black - NGN 5,000

“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Africa’s problems are not going to be solved at the same level of thinking that created these problems. Tunde makes a strong case in this book for elevated and deep thinking. Away with shirking responsibility and blaming others for our problems. No one is going to help us; it is up to us to rise to the challenge of creating a new narrative for the black race. …an inspiring book and a clarion call to Africans to rise up and take charge. The world is waiting for us." Ayodele Arogbo

Every healthy person is blessed with the capacity to think and is therefore capable of thought. The difference is the willingness to think and the quality of our thoughts, not race or skin colours

Being Black is being human. So, right off the bat, Beyond Black launches you into space where you are free to think and desire a quality of life beyond the colour of your skin. We must, however, think for the change we desire, because life doesn’t hand things to us just because you show up every day. Regardless of what we’ve been told or experienced, there’s always more to life.

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• EPE Principle - NGN 5,000

Only a tree grows on one spot. You are not a tree. You are human. You were designed to move. From one stage to the other. One phase to another. From time, humans have gone through various stages. Making exploits and reaching new heights. All driven by an opportunity. Opportunity to fill a need.

Amida delves into the lifecycle of opportunities to take the reader on a journey of how they can maximize whatever opportunity they find themselves. Through the EPE principle, he establishes a leading and provoking thought line that sets a new path for how opportunities are perceived. The principles showcase how humans must continuously refresh, recycle, and leverage their ‘opportunity web’ to generate extraordinary growth.

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• Love does not win Elections - NGN 5,500

In 2014 Ayisha answers a call from within to contest the primaries for a seat in the National Assembly on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling party – the Peoples Democratic Party. She is dissatisfied with the quality of representation – both from the men and women in office and after years advising on and working to get more women into leadership positions, she is curious about what it would take to contest and win.

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• Tide Taken at the Flood - NGN 5,000

This is not a tale of “rags to riches” but the intriguing grass to grace story of a man who overcame the difficult circumstances of his early life to attain success through hard-work, providence and a honed instinct for opportunities. He serially took the “Tide at the Flood” to triumph at various projects he embarked upon, a shining example and role model for many aspiring entrepreneurs. The book is sometimes brutally frank about issues and accurately captures the fine texture of the society in which the author lives and thrives.

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• How to get over a boy - NGN 9,000

Are you fed up with thinking about that guy every minute of every waking hour, when he doesn’t even reply to your texts?



Are you reeling from the pain of a break-up, unsure of where to turn?



Are you single and looking to be happy with your choices in the face of society’s constant questioning?



In How to Get Over a Boy, bestselling author Chidera Eggerue will show you, once and for all, how to reframe the stale goal of finding a man. She will equip you with tangible and applicable solutions for every part of your dating life, helping you recognise that men hold as much power in our romantic lives as we grant them.

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• I'm Judging You - NGN 6,000

Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi, serves up necessary advice for the common senseless in this hilarious book of essays. "This truth-riot of a book gives us everything from hilarious lectures on the bad behaviour all around us to the razor-sharp essays on media and culture" (Shonda Rhimes, New York Times best-selling author of Year of Yes and executive producer of Scandal and Grey's Anatomy) "I don't know how Luvvie Ajayi got so smart so young about so many things, from feminism to social media, from the pervasiveness of r**e culture to the excellence of Red Lobster's Cheddar Bay Biscuits. I'm just grateful she has chosen to share her wisdom with the rest of us..." (Jennifer Weiner, number-one New York Times best-selling author of Best Friends Forever) "You will love Luvvie Ajayi's I'm Judging You, and you will argue with it, laugh hysterically at it, shout 'AW HELL YES' at it, and carry parts of it in your heart to dissect or inspire... Perfect for starting important and meaty discussions about all of the topics your mama told you never to bring up at polite dinner parties." (Jenny Lawson, New York Times best-selling author of Furiously Happy).

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• The Va**na Monologues - NGN 7,500

The Va**na Monologues is an episodic play written in 1996 by Eve Ensler which developed and premiered at HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway in New York and was followed by an Off-Broadway run at the Westside Theatre. The play explores consensual and nonconsensual sexual experiences, body image, ge***al mutilation, direct and indirect encounters with reproduction, vaginal care, menstrual periods, prostitution, and several other topics through the eyes of women with various ages, races, sexualities, and other differences.

A Non-Romantic Reading of Nasiba Babale's Pickled Moments
by Paul Liam

'Pickled Moments is a collection of about 70 poems divided into five sections with subthemes including “Why Not Love”, “The Price of a Homeland”, This is Not a Home, This is Not a Country”, “This is Me” Pickled Moments” and “A Buffet of Loss”. The 127-page collection enjoys a generous introduction by the cerebral poet, Su'eddie Vershima Agema who describes it as “a collection of seasons that can be described as predominantly personal narratives with broad socio-political themes.” The overall packaging and print quality are commendable, the cover design is simple yet catchy to the eyes.'

'Babale’s reputation as a romantic poet overshadows her most evocative and critical intervention on the state of the nation and the turbulence it is struggling to overcome, hence, this incursion will briefly highlight what this reviewer considers the most representative of the collective anguish and travails of the land. Babale is a deeply conscientious poet who is not only aware but is also troubled by the state of dystopia in the country. She is in consonant with the state of impoverishment and strife bedeviling society and is unpretentious in her expression of anger of same. Babale reminds us of what the social critics refer to as the responsibility of the poet, writer, or intellectual to society; the documentation and representation of truth.'

Order Pickled Moments by Nasiba Babale today at:
1. The Third Space , Kano, Abuja, Kaduna.
2. Rovingheights, Abuja and Lagos.
3. Adam’s Pages, Abuja.
4. Spine and Label Books, Abuja.
5. PAGE Book Connoisseurs, Lagos.

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• After the End - NGN 9,000
• In the name of our Father - NGN 4,500
• Vaults of Secrets - NGN 4,000

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• Allow me to introduce myself - NGN 12,000

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• Colours of Hatred - NGN

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• A Bouquet of Dilemma - NGN 2,500

Good girls don’t mix with bad boys,” that’s what they told young, conservative Tobi, when she’s smitten by alluring, pl***oy Richard. Ignoring his background and an uncertain future, she plunges into his exciting world of romance. But Richard disappoints them all, giving Tobi an engagement ring before leaving for London.

Tobi’s world is shattered when Richard brutally dumps her. Can she ever love again? Or will the refined, self-accomplished Oba remain a distraction from her heart-broken stupor?

• Echoes from the Past - NGN 3,500

Holding on to the past can affect the future forever ... A product of an illicit affair, Tara distrusts all men, but a chance meeting with her ex-boyfriend awakens buried emotions, exposing her vulnerabilities. While grappling with Tara’s insecurities and their inability to have a child, Tokunbo suspects she’s having an affair and the discovery of his unknown son only creates more chaos. Daisy has to live with the effect of a bad decision, yet tries to help Tara break away from past misdeeds and hurts. Can both women help each other find forgiveness and another shot at life?

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• Children of Blood and Bone
• Children of Virtue and Vengeance
• Children of Anguish and Anarchy

Price: NGN 16,500 Each

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• We were once girls - NGN 7,000

Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to be best friends, ever since their grandmothers sat next to each other on a dusty bus to Lagos in the late 1940s, forging a bond that would last generations. But over half a century later, Nigeria is a new and modern country. As the three young women navigate the incessant strikes and political turmoil that surrounds them, their connection is shattered by a terrible assault. In the aftermath, nothing will remain the same as life takes them down separate paths.

For Ego, now a high-powered London lawyer, success can’t mask her loneliness and feelings of being an outsider. Desperate to feel connected to Nigeria, she escapes into a secret life online. Zina’s ambition is to be anyone but herself; acting proves the ultimate catharsis, but it comes at the cost of her family. And Eriife surprises everyone by morphing from a practising doctor to a ruthless politician’s perfect wife.

• Tomorrow i become a Woman - NGN 6,000

When Gozie and Obianuju meet in August 1978, it is nothing short of fate. He is the perfect man: charismatic, handsome, Christian, and – most importantly – Igbo. He reminds her of her beloved Uncle Ikenna, her mother’s brother who disappeared fighting in the Civil War that devastated Nigeria less than a decade before. It is why, when Gozie asks her to marry him within months of meeting, she says yes, despite her lingering and uncertain feelings for Akin – a man her mother would never accept, as his tribe fought on the other side of the war. Akin makes her feel heard, understood, intelligent; Gozie makes her heart flutter.

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• Haven - NGN 4,500

She’s autistic; he’s gay. A marriage of convenience seemed like the perfect plan. Until it wasn’t.

Tyrell Alagoa, a die-hard romantic, only believes in one thing—loving the right woman. When he found his missing piece in Janelle Lafayette, he wasted no time beginning plans to seduce her.

Then he discovered she was not only engaged to be married to Ahmed Gusau, a northern billionaire and influential politician, but Ahmed had a burning grudge and an unsettled score to even out with him.

• Call me Naeto

Every rise masks a deadly fall. Especially his. Being Seventeen and about to graduate secondary school should have been good. Only it isn’t. Not for Naeto.

With desiring a life contrary to his father’s plans, getting a full-ride scholarship to a top-tier ballet academy in Arizona, and simmering sexual tension threatening to ruin his friendship with his best friend Zino, Naeto’s life is a twisting mass of complications. A twisty mess that plunges him into a world of lies, awakened desires, secrets, heartbreak, and questions of who he really is becoming.