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Etat : Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Etat : Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Etat : Like New. African Folktales for the Young at Heart: Hausa Tales of Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder, is a captivating collection of traditional stories from the Hausa-speaking regions of Northern Nigeria. These tales, passed down through generations of oral storytelling, are imbued with moral lessons, humor, and wisdom, capturing the essence of African cultural heritage. Written in English by Abubakar Yusuf Ibrahim, and richly illustrated, these stories, reveal the enchanting world of Hausa folklore, where animals speak, cunning tricksters outwit their foes, and valuable life lessons are shared. Ideal for both young readers and adults, this book of African folktales is a must-have for anyone interested in world literature, folklore, or African culture. Nwabuzor, Malachy (illustrateur).…

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Etat : Like New. African Folktales for the Young at Heart: Hausa Tales of Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder, is a captivating collection of traditional stories from the Hausa-speaking regions of Northern Nigeria. These tales, passed down through generations of oral storytelling, are imbued with moral lessons, humor, and wisdom, capturing the essence of African cultural heritage. Written in English by Abubakar Yusuf Ibrahim, and richly illustrated, these stories, reveal the enchanting world of Hausa folklore, where animals speak, cunning tricksters outwit their foes, and valuable life lessons are shared. Ideal for both young readers and adults, this book of African folktales is a must-have for anyone interested in world literature, folklore, or African culture. Nwabuzor, Malachy (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In the distant future, while studying the land of Barzakh in the Sahara, members of the Institute for the Archeology of Human Thought unearth the bones of Gara, a young man, whose Myelin will unravel the secrets of his ancient consciousness. A foreigner in his own land, Gara, in search of a better humanity, has traveled through three eras, from the 11th-century deserts of Mauritania to the dystopic future, inadvertently sowing the seeds of his own destruction. An innovative masterpiece that symphonizes mysticism, religion, and Mauritanian culture into a dystopian reflection on the human condition, this unique blend of science fiction and philosophy will interest those looking for new voices and perspectives in science fiction. Translated from French by Marybeth Timmermann, this would be the first official English publication of the work. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Etat : Like New. At 17, Kadsa is weary of traveling with her grandpa in search of their lost mystical home world. She yearns for a normal life--a chance to go to college, have friends, and a stable home. However, a web of lies about her identity leads her to a startling discovery and a quest to save her kidnapped grandfather. In a realm of dark forces and ancient deities, Kadsa must find the courage to prevent the world's annihilation. This adventure is a transformative odyssey, offering insights into resilience, truth-seeking, and the power of youth.…

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : Like New. At 17, Kadsa is weary of traveling with her grandpa in search of their lost mystical home world. She yearns for a normal life--a chance to go to college, have friends, and a stable home. However, a web of lies about her identity leads her to a startling discovery and a quest to save her kidnapped grandfather. In a realm of dark forces and ancient deities, Kadsa must find the courage to prevent the world's annihilation. This adventure is a transformative odyssey, offering insights into resilience, truth-seeking, and the power of youth.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. "Waiting for Maria" delves into the harrowing experiences of female inmates entangled in the sluggish justice system of Nigeria. The book follows several female inmates and their stories as they vie for the one amnesty slot granted by the government on Nigeria's National Day. The arrival of an executioner intensifies the urgency, casting a shadow of mortality over the inmates. Yet, in the face of adversity, the spirit of human compassion emerges, offering a sliver of redemption.This book, a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize offers a profound exploration of the feminine condition, the systemic challenges faced by women across various societal roles, underscored by themes of justice, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of hope. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Etat : Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Etat : Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Literary historical fiction set in post-war Freetown, where a widow fleeing violence must navigate grief, memory, and the fragile possibility of healing among survivors who carry their own unbearable losses.In a city haunted by war and memory, a widow searches for solace among the ruinswhere the living and the lost are never far apart. Cairo's ancient desolation is no refuge for Marie, newly widowed by violence she cannot name. Her husband, Daniel, once sought a new beginning far from Sarajevo's scars, but that fragile hope dissolves in the haze of loss. Fleeing to Freetown, Sierra Leonea city lush and broken, where the ghosts of war walk in daylightMarie finds herself shadowed by a silent child and the memory of a love torn away. The streets pulse with noise and heat, yet loneliness clings to every surface. Among amputee camps, crowded markets, and the relentless green, Marie's grief is both private and public. She is watched, haunted, and slowly drawn into the stories of those who survived horrors she can barely imagine. There are no easy comforts hereonly small offerings of kindness, the ache of what is missing, and the fragile possibility of learning how to breathe again. With the moral weight of Cormac McCarthy and Albert Camus, and the emotional intimacy of Kristin Hannah, Wally Lamb, and Ellen Marie Wiseman (The Things We Cannot Say, The Lies They Told, The River Is Waiting), Mourning is literary historical fiction that refuses to look away from pain. Echoing the layered, humane vision of Richard Powers' The Overstory and the unsettling psychological depth of Shirley Jackson, it traces the blurred boundary between survivor and witness, the living and the mourned. Mourning offers a quiet, devastating, and ultimately hopeful journey into the heart of loss.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - In this African diaspora coming-of-age novel, Fineland follows a Tanzanian student in small-town Finland as hope collides with poverty, isolation, and first loveand every choice is shadowed by the family depending on him back home.A hopeful journey from Tanzania to Finland becomes a stark test of belonging, survival, and love in a world far colder than any dream. A Tanzanian student's dream of escape carries him from the sun-soaked chaos of Dar es Salaam to the icy hush of Finlandwhere longing, survival, and love are never as simple as a plane ticket home. Fineland is an intimate African diaspora novel that follows Msafiri, a young man who believes education is his family's salvation. When he finally boards a flight from Tanzania to Finland, his pockets are nearly empty but his hopes are full. Yet the promised land of Kajaani is colder than any photographits silence heavy, its streets indifferent. Rent comes due, jobs are scarce, and home is a memory that aches as much as it sustains. What begins as a bold study-abroad adventure becomes a relentless test of endurance, exposing the hidden costs of chasing opportunity across borders. In this sharply observed coming-of-age story, Msafiri navigates new rules and old wounds: friendships forged over cheap bread and borrowed Wi-Fi, nights spent scavenging bottles in the snow, and the fragile, electric beginnings of love with Changying, a fellow outsider searching for her own place in the world. Every choice is shadowed by duty to his sisters back home, and the knowledge that failure would mean more than shameit would mean returning empty-handed. Vivid, tender, and unsentimental, Fineland is a portrait of the hunger for belonging and the quiet heroism of making a life when you are far from everything you know.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A warm mommy and me picture book where two siblings discover that helping together is better than magic when Mommy wishes for eight arms to do everything at once.When Mommy wishes for eight arms like a spider, her little children discover the real magic is in helping together! Can two little helpers really be better than eight extra arms Join Mina, Bala, and Mommy as they discover that the strongest magic doesn't come from spellsit comes from love, laughter, and working together as a team. Mommy's Many Arms is a warm mommy and me picture book about empathy, teamwork, and emotional regulation for kids. When Mommy sighs that she wishes she were a spider or an octopusso she could have eight arms to do everything at onceMina and Bala turn the moment into playful problem-solving. With a pencil "magic wand," Mina grants Mommy ten arms (including two just for self-care), and the children realize they can be Mommy's extra arms by helping at home. A joyful, interactive read-aloud, this story invites kids to tidy toys, pitch in with simple chores, and practice being helpfulmaking it ideal for ages 37, preschool and kindergarten classrooms, circle time, and family bedtime. With humor, heart, and a gentle celebration of modern parenting and sibling cooperation, Mommy's Many Arms honors the everyday heroes in every household and sparks meaningful conversations about supporting the people we love.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A darkly comic and surreal literary novel set in a South African township, where a young crematorium worker and obituarist navigates family betrayal, mythic beasts, and the blurred line between rumor, grief, and survivalA crematorium nightshift, a township in revolt, and a young obituarist haunted by ghostsliving, dead, and imagined. Welcome to Ward 52, where nothing stays buried for long. Mxabanisi Bulawayo, twenty-one and already burnt out, spends his nights tending the fires at Despatch Crematorium and his days writing unauthorized obituaries for the forgotten and the infamous. His world is a fever dream of township gossip, family betrayals, and the hollow sound of lightweight bodiesdogs, men, and memorieswaiting to be claimed or incinerated. When Mxabanisi's beloved grandmother dies under strange circumstances, the township's uneasy peace fractures. Enter Baba Bouka, mythic keeper of beasts and nightmares, who upends everything Mxabanisi thought he knew about inheritance, loyalty, and the stories we tell to survive. Between gossip-soaked shebeens, violence lurking in the streets, and surreal creatures of the night, he stumbles through a landscape where rumor is more real than fact and grief is a shape-shifting shadow. Unathi Slasha's novel is a wild, irreverent ride through the absurd and the sacred, the tragic and the darkly comic. Think Lincoln in the Bardo if the spirits wore township dust and cackled at the living. For readers drawn to the uncanny, the unsayable, and the wild poetry of survival, this is a book that refuses to go quietly into the fire.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Trapped behind prison walls, hope is the last thing they're allowedbut the only thing they cling to. Behind the crumbling walls of a colonialera fortress, more than five hundred women await executionand one among them may hold the key to their survival. Freeman Fort was built to break dissent; today it cages mothers, daughters, and wives whose testimonies echo through its suffocating cells. Chief Superintendent Marcellina's fall from authority to inmate exposes the brutal machinery of a justice system corroded by poverty, neglect, and graft. As a newly hired executioner tightens the noose and longstalled sentences loom, the women forge fragile bondssharing confessions of domestic violence, wrongful conviction, and impossible choices. When whispers of presidential amnesty arrive, they must navigate a world where mercy is bartered and the price is everything. Waiting For Maria is Nigerian literary fiction with the urgency of social justice fiction and the emotional depth of feminist literary fiction. Readers who love Reese Witherspoon book club picks and conversation-starting novels will find powerful themes for discussion: capital punishment, colonial legacy, and the resilience of women under impossible pressure.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - An intimate epistolary novel following a Sierra Leonean woman's journey from civil war refugee to survivor of trafficking and exploitation, refusing to be silenced by the global forces that prey on the vulnerable.When war scatters her family and fate drives her to the edge, Adamasay must navigate a world that devours the innocentand find a voice that refuses to be silenced. In Sierra Leone, Adamasay's childhood fractures in the thunder of civil war. She flees across bordersfirst as a refugee in Guinea, then as a survivor in Freetown, and later in the shadows of Londoncaught in a world where displacement and exploitation shape every choice. Pushed toward prostitution and forced to negotiate dignity day by day, Adamasay confronts human trafficking, domestic worker abuse, and gender-based violence. Yet her story is also one of fierce resilience: a brother to protect, strangers who become lifelines, and the memory of a friendship that once shimmered with hope. Told in an intimate epistolary voice, The Brilliance of a Million Suns explores the inseparable weave of the personal and the politicalwar and migration, Islamophobia and racism, colonial legacies, and the global forces that prey on the vulnerable. Unflinching and deeply human, it is a powerful testament to survival and the quiet revolution of a woman who refuses to be erased.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A lost love, an unbreakable friendship, and the quiet beauty of growing older.Are you searching for one of the best books to read in 2025 Discover a trending contemporary women's fiction novel set in the heart of South African wine country. The Man with Yellow Hair is a moving story of friendship, grief, hope, and resilienceideal for readers of book club fiction, winemaking fiction, and those who love novels about breast cancer, terminal illness, and the enduring power of second chances. On a horse farm nestled between the Helderberg mountains and the Cape Dutch gables of Stellenbosch, Stella finds solace in the rhythms of animal care and vineyard life. But her world is upended when her oldest friend Faye refuses life-saving treatment for breast cancer, forcing Stella to confront the boundaries of love, loyalty, and regret. As Faye's illness deepens, the story explores the emotional intricacies of grief and loss, the complexity of female friendship, and the quiet strength found in homecomings. Through old photo albums, a lost love with yellow hair, and a mysterious girl on a distant farm, Stella is drawn into a journey that unravels the secrets of the past and the hope for healing in the present. Set against the evocative backdrop of a working vineyard, this novel will resonate with fans of Kristin Hannah, Jojo Moyes, Ann Patchett, and The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club.…

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In the distant future, while studying the land of Barzakh in the Sahara, members of the Institute for the Archeology of Human Thought unearth the bones of Gara, a young man, whose Myelin will unravel the secrets of his ancient consciousness. A foreigner in his own land, Gara, in search of a better humanity, has traveled through three eras, from the 11th-century deserts of Mauritania to the dystopic future, inadvertently sowing the seeds of his own destruction. An innovative masterpiece that symphonizes mysticism, religion, and Mauritanian culture into a dystopian reflection on the human condition, this unique blend of science fiction and philosophy will interest those looking for new voices and perspectives in science fiction. Translated from French by Marybeth Timmermann, this would be the first official English publication of the work. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Translated from French and Arabic, The New Eve is an exploration of love, identity, and resistance in a society where emotional connections are seen as a disease. In a future where human reproduction is controlled by technology and gender roles are policed by a totalitarian society, Adam and Maneki forge a forbidden connection that transcends their world s rigid structures. As their journey unfolds, they uncover the hidden costs of their society s technological advancements: gender segregation, the criminalization of love, and the suppression of individuality. Amidst the rigid enforcement of heterosexual norms, they encounter androgynes who defy binary categories, opening the door to a broader understanding of identity, desire, and self-expression.The New Eve tackles questions about gender fluidity, the ethics of technological progress, and the resilience of the human spirit. This English edition, translated by Paul Roochnik, a retired tenured professor at The Defense Language Institute, California, captures the philosophical depth and literary brilliance of Moussa Ould Ebnou s original work, bringing this essential African speculative novel to a wider audience. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. Lesedi s Little Light is a heartwarming tale that helps children and their caregivers navigate the dense topic of grief. The picture book shines a spotlight on the strength of community in times of sorrow and reminds us that even the smallest among us can bring light to the darkest moments.Lesedi, whose name means "Light" in Setswana, is the radiant center of her family s world in Botswana. Raised by her devoted mother and grandmother, she grows strong and joyful, her brightness illuminating their lives. But tragedy strikes when Lesedi loses her mother. Through the gentle guidance of her grandmother and the enduring power of love, Lesedi discovers the meaning behind her name. With the uplifting refrain, "This little light of mine," Lesedi and her grandmother rebuild their lives and reclaim their shared joy, reminding us that even the tiniest spark can dispel the deepest darkness. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. Maatla the Magnet is a delightful story about friendship, being yourself, and finding where you truly belong. Maatla, whose name means strength in Setswana, is a little magnet with a big heart. He feels left out because the other magnets always push him away. When he tries to make new friends, he attracts things like pins and coins, but it doesn t feel quite right. Just when Maatla feels like giving up, he meets Thata, another magnet whose name means Love. Together, they discover that true friendship feels easy and fun. With Thata s help, Maatla learns that being yourself is the best way to connect with others.This charming book, with its bright pictures and gentle message, is perfect for kids who are learning about friendship, kindness, and being confident in who they are. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…