 |  Stealth War
Promoted on the cover as 'the military thriller of the year; a novel of America's stealth warriors.' The story is spurn around a warmongering group—The Huntsmen—that wanted the US to lead the world by force and soon began using assassinations to influence US foreign policy. Their latest plot called...  |
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May 14, 2009 01:15 PM by Lemeechi  | |
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| | Code: Alpha
The story is that of Hussein's planned revenge against the West, following defeat by US and Allied forces after his invasion of Kuwait. This revenge called for the hiring of a brutal terrorist to attack the USA using biological weapons. Now rather overtaken by current events, the fast paced plot... |
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May 11, 2009 01:40 PM by E_Pluribus_Unum | |
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| | Marriage Is A Lottery; Relationships Are Freaky [Book Review]
Sofola’s brand of column writing provides a refreshing departure from the usual exertions over serious problems of growth and development, natural and man-made disasters, the economy, and the shortcomings of the political and business elite. Her writings touch men and women alike where it matters... |
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May 8, 2009 01:17 PM by Omowa2 | |
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![The Poet Who Is No Longer Here [Book Review]](http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/geek/gars/images/types/3/taiwo-book-tn.jpg) | The Poet Who Is No Longer Here [Book Review]
Bioye Taiwo was at her parents’ Oduduwa Crescent, Ikeja GRA home one evening when two of her friends came visiting. They met her working on her computer, and although she did not feel like going out that evening, her friends convinced her to let them spend a few minutes down the road; a perfectly... |
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May 5, 2009 02:13 PM by Robot | |
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| | Eko Dialogue
Inspired by a facinating cluster of sckpetism, bravado, charade and wittiness assosiated with lagos - the city of hustlers, Eko Dialogue reverberates the daily tete-a-tete of a cosmopolitan city crammed with a flurry of startling interests and passions.... |
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May 1, 2009 08:19 PM by Nyben | |
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Apr 29, 2009 04:39 AM by Nonadavid | |
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| | James Hardley Chase
Fellow villagers,
Recently I have been writing several essays where I have had the need to quote from that popular book of our good ol' youthful days - James Hardley Chase. However, each time I have ran into the same problem, that is, how to reference novels....then suddenly, I remember... |
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Apr 29, 2009 04:23 AM by Nonadavid | |
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 | You Must Set Forth at Dawn
Margaret Busby is fascinated by Wole Soyinka's witty, dramatic account of his life, You Must Set Forth at Dawn |
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Apr 18, 2009 05:00 PM by denker | |
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| | [Book Review] Serpents And Doves: A Masterpiece For Our Time
Serpents and Doves: A Masterpiece for Our Time Author: Dr Emmanuel Onwe Publishers: Wisdom and Brothers, UK Pages: 334 Hardback ISBN: 978-0-9561770-0-1 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9561770-1-8 Reviewed by J.H. Osimiri I first came across this excellent novel by way... |
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Apr 11, 2009 11:44 AM by Robot | |
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Mar 10, 2009 01:56 AM by Count1 | |
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| | [Book Review] Udo Udoma: In The Shelter Of The Elephant Rock
The Hon. Justice Sir Egbert Udo Udoma was one of the most important Nigerians of the 20th century, he rose to become an iconic figure, not just in Nigeria and Africa but in the entire Commonwealth through the distinction of his achievements in every field in which he was... |
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Mar 9, 2009 11:09 PM by ariteni | |
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| | Why managers cant lead and leaders cant manage
WHY MANAGERS CAN'T LEAD AND LEADERS CAN'T MANAGE is the book that addresses the perennial problem facing all executives in struggling to maximise their productivity, efficiency and effectiveness potentials, in their effort to become great managers as well as great leaders at the same time. The book... |
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Mar 7, 2009 09:47 PM by liloldlady | |
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| | [Book Review] Leap Africa: Organisations And The Ethical Imperative
BOOK REVIEW LEAP Africa: Organisations and the Ethical Imperative By Reuben Abati ______________________________ ______________________________ _____ LEAP Africa, Building A Culture of Ethics: A Practical Guide for Leaders in the African Public, Private and Non-Profit Sectors.... |
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Mar 3, 2009 07:10 AM by S. Njokede | |
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| | Play To Win -by Larry & Hersch Wilson
Play To Win! is compelling and very readable. Play To Win captures the importance of how to change the way you see and do things.
To read this book is to change how you do things! Guaranteed.
If I was making decisions at Nigeria's University Commission, I will make this book a must read... |
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Feb 27, 2009 11:11 PM by Uncle Sam | |
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Feb 25, 2009 12:06 PM by Dewdrops | |
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Feb 23, 2009 01:10 AM by Gbolly | |
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Feb 11, 2009 08:47 AM by Robot | |
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| | Naija - Clotilda Africans- Researcher
Yoruba, Fon, Bache, Chamba, Atakar, Jaba, Kaninkon & Gwari – The Clotilda Africans
Y’all,
I could not help myself. I put this book at the head of my “to read list.” It is very interesting. In Dreams Slyvaine have the Africans a voices to tell their own story. We got know what they... |
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Feb 6, 2009 11:17 PM by Pooky | |
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 | Book Review: Children of a Retired God
There are 2 types of books: the ones that inform, and the ones that challenge. Textbooks inform; Chinweizu’s ‘The West and the Rest of Us’ challenges. Okonkwo’s book, ‘The Children of a Retired God’ will challenge your core beliefs. |
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Jan 7, 2009 03:42 AM by noellej | |
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 | Yoruba Nem! Slave Ship! Clotilda! Mobile, Alabama!
This book is wonderful. This book is excellent. This book is so educational and knowledge filled, without being an academic bore. I don’t even know where to start. I will say buy your hard back copy now. This author deserves financial support through the purchase of this book. The story of the... |
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Dec 22, 2008 10:36 PM by Pooky | |
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| | As a man thinketh by James Allen
A powerful mind changing book which focuses on the thought process. This classic will change your way of thinking. I know because it changed mine. It isn't a religious book but one which you'll pass down to many generations.
Read it for free here
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Dec 11, 2008 05:58 PM by Rose | |
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| | Letter To My Daughter
Just finished reading this book,full of inspirational wisdom, to different aspects of life, it is a good read you would not want to put down till it is finished,it teaches,entertains,savour,cherish,re-read and to pass on. |
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Dec 7, 2008 10:21 PM by oh baby | |
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| | Holiday Blues
Take two teenage friends, cross their paths with two bad brothers during one holiday break, and what you get is Holiday Blues. The secondary school-attending friends are Jon, schooling out of town at Port Harcourt, and Lasy whose school is closer home to their small town of Aboh near Orlu in... |
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Dec 7, 2008 05:25 PM by Lemeechi | |
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| | The innocent man
This book written by John Grisham is his first work of non-fiction |
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Nov 18, 2008 03:25 AM by WaleAkin | |
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| | Now I Know: A Review of Half of a Yellow Sun
<p>At the 41st anniversary of the pogrom of 1966, I wrote a short story I called The Blank Tape. It is a story of a video tape in which frames of the pogrom were recorded ends up blank when played back. The blank tape is a metaphor for all that we do not know about the events that led to the... |
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Nov 13, 2008 12:18 PM by GamineGirlie | |
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| | Kelemo's Woman by Molara Wood
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We heard about the coup d'état on television. The twenty-year-old British sitcom dumped on our third world audience was zapped off like a page flipped by an impatient hand. Martial music interrupted our lovemaking and snatched us back down to earth. The tight rhythm of our... |
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Nov 6, 2008 06:40 PM by Anike | |
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Nov 1, 2008 02:27 AM by Danmeka | |
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 | Ibo Monday aka Monday Gell
Denmark Vesey chose five Lieutenants to head various ethnic arms of the rebellion. Ibo Monday' was chosen to head up the Ibo constituency. Not only did he give up all the details about Denmark's plan, but he gave the name of all of his ibo brethrens to save his butt.
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Oct 17, 2008 01:41 PM by Pooky | |
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 | Chimamanda Adichie short stories
What can I say? I'm a groupie and collect her short stories like people collect stamps, stones and sea shells. I plan to dedicate this thread to her short stories. I have to go look at my collections and fish out those she has written in times past
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Oct 15, 2008 02:27 AM by Pooky | |
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 | Sefi Atta’s “Lawless & Other Stories”
Finally, a good writer is the one who doesn’t force us to accept her point of view, but is the one who speaks to us through her writing. Sefi Atta is an ingenious writer of ideas and attention must be paid to her work. The issues she tackled in “Lawless & Other Stories” are large, substantial... |
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Oct 6, 2008 09:36 PM by Ph3y | |
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