In a snowbound village in the German mountains, a young woman discovers an extraordinary secret. Before she can reveal it, she disappears. All that survives is a picture of a mysterious medieval playing card that has perplexed scholars for centuries.Nick Ash does research for the FBI in New York. Si..
Bako Thomas lives a solitary life, a calm centre in an increasingly unstable world. The City outside his apartment is sliding towards a dystopia as a fuel crisis holds citizens to ransom. He is down to his final chance with Avé, his girlfriend of two years, and his relationships with his neighbours,..
The Carnivorous City is a story about love, family and just desserts but it is above all a tale about Lagos and the people who make the city by the lagoon what it is.Rabato Sabato aka Soni Dike is a Lagos big boy; a criminal turned grandee, with a beautiful wife, a sea-side mansion and a questi..
Hudaybiyyah, the Pledge of Allegiance of Ridwan and the Treaty of Peace.From the Siras of Ibn Hisham and Ibn Sa'd, the Muwatta of Imam Malik and ash-Shifa of Qadi'Iyad...
An unpredictable U.S. president. Trumped by the Russians. A ruthless assassin known as The Contractor. He has orders dangerous enough to launch World War III. The Contractor has never failed on a mission. Only one woman could stop him. And she works in the White House.The Secret Service has rea..
“An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King’s greatest literary achievement” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), The Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series.A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger introduces readers to one of..
This beautifully written book relates fascinating stories about their parents, the Prophet and Khadija, their growing up in the vicinity of the Kabah, marriage, motherhood and their contribution to the spread of the message of Islam..
Olabode Adetoyi founded the global brand Hi-Nutrients International Limited, Nigeria in a small flat Ogba Lagos. This autobiography sheds light on the dynamics of starting a business in Nigeria, and then growing a business in a challenging and unfriendly business environment...
A cautionary but optimistic book about the world’s changing climate and the fate of humanity, from Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac—who led negotiations for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of 2015.The authors outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one,..
This is the secret history of your world. Since the thunderous dawn of creation, there has been a secret war between what is and what was. The Khaous, survivors from the universe before the Big Bang twisted into a cancerous, eldritch force, seek to consume the entirety of our reality in order to rec..
Lavishly illustrated and annotated, this first and definitive collection of letters to and from Coward provides a divine portrait of an age, from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond. The incomparable Noël Coward loved to correspond with friends, enemies, the famous and infamous, the talented and t..
In the City of Lies, they cut out your tongue when you turn thirteen, to appease the terrifying Ajungo Empire and make sure it continues sending water. Tutu will be thirteen in three days, but his parched mother won’t last that long. So Tutu goes to his oba and makes a deal: she provides water for h..