Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines
By: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
4.01
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
A frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo…
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1. Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours
By: Shirzad Chamine
4.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In his popular Stanford University lectures, Shirzad Chamine reveals how to achieve one’s true pote… read more
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2. Invisible Man
By: Ralph Ellison
3.91
Format: 581 pages, Paperback
First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more
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"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
3. Long Walk to Freedom
By: Nelson Mandela
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Paperback
The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i… read more
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5. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
By: Lola Shoneyin
4.25
Format: None pages, Hardcover
African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi's Wives,… read more
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6. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
By: Bryan Stevenson
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our bro… read more
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7. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
By: Matt Ridley
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Life is getting better--and at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are u… read more
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8. A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
By: Miyamoto Musashi , Victor Harris , Lew Hartman
4.15
Format: 32 pages,
Miyamoto Musashi fue el mas celebre de los guerreros (samurais) japoneses. En este texto presenta s… read more
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9. Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
By: Adam M. Grant
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and lead… read more
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10. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
By: Niall Ferguson , Dambisa Moyo
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from… read more
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12. Stay with Me
By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expect… read more
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13. How You Can Be Led by the Spirit of God
By: Kenneth E. Hagin
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
Step by step guidance through the Scriptures to steer Christians away from spiritual pitfalls and h… read more
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14. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more
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15. Nervous Conditions
By: Tsitsi Dangarembga
4.54
Format: 253 pages,
A modern classic in the African literary canon and voted in the Top Ten Africa's 100 Best Books of … read more
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16. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.73
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more
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"Let us not reason like cowards,"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"There is no story that is not true."-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
17. Half of a Yellow Sun
By: None
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence o… read more
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18. No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline
By: Brian Tracy
4.40
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
You don't need to have been born under a lucky star, or with incredible wealth, or with terrific co… read more
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19. The Psychology of Money
By: Morgan Housel
4.30
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavio… read more
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"Saving is the gap between your ego and your income."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
"Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
"To grasp why people bury themselves in debt, you don’t need to study interest rate: you need to sturdy the history of greed , insecurity and optimism."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
20. Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him
By: Jackie Hill Perry
4.40
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Why is it so hard to trust God sometimes? We say we trust Him with our mouths, but often not with… read more
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"The soil from which all sin grows is unbelief."-Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him
"Sin at its core is selfish. Holiness at its core is self-giving."-Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him
"Holiness is what makes real love possible. Without it, love is purely sentimental, easily misplaced, and unconditionally conditional."-Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him
"Holiness (and goodness) should never be determined by the whims, wishes, and standards of a created thing or even a whole culture. Especially when that culture’s ideas are so easily influenced by dec…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him
21. In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black #1)
By: Lola Akinmade Åkerström
3.82
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An AMAZON Best of the Month Pick Good Morning America (GMA) Book Club Buzz Pick Finalist - 20… read more
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"Privilege comes in levels, Brit,"-Lola Akinmade Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black #1)
22. The Son of the House
By: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
SHORTLISTED for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 • FINALIST for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 20… read more
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23. Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
By: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good … read more
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24. Notes on Grief
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.22
Format: 86 pages, Hardcover
Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Ch… read more
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"I liked to call him 'a gentle man and a gentleman'."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"I am afraid of tomorrow, and all the tomorrows after..."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"It was not supposed to happen like this, not like a malicious surprise.."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
"Je vais parfaitement bien. Et c'était vrai. Jusqu'à ce que cela cesse de l'être."-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
25. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
By: Damilare Kuku
4.03
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity … read more
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26. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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27. The Nigerwife
By: Vanessa Walters
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, an… read more
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"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife
28. Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad
By: Michela Wrong
4.42
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do … read more
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29. Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
By: Tade Thompson
3.75
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Tade Thompson's Rosewater is the start of an award-winning, cutting edge trilogy set in Nigeria, by… read more
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"It is never a good idea to cause pain to angels."-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
"What’s a quantum extrapolator?’ I ask. ‘You are,"-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
"...even the Gujarat-bot dreams of electric sheep."-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
"The Yoruba say ‘o d’oju ala’ when someone dies. I will see you in dreams."-Tade Thompson, Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
30. Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons
By: Julia Gillard
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and… read more
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31. Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines
By: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
4.01
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
A frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo… read more
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