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  • Foreign Gods, Inc.

    par Okey Ndibe ...
    From a disciple of the late Chinua Achebe comes a masterful and universally acclaimed novel that is at once a taut, literary thriller and an indictment of greed’s power to subsume all things, including the sacred.Foreign Gods, Inc., tells the story of Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York ... En savoir plus

    $11.19 CAD

  • Arrows of Rain

    par Okey Ndibe ...
    In Nigerian novelist and journalist Okey Ndibe's powerful debut novel, living to tell the tale is not enough—you must also tell it. Twenty years after its original publication, and now with a new Foreword by the author, Arrows of Rain remains a vital exploration of the importance of story in opposition to corruption and the steep cost of speaking truth to power.“A story that must be told never ... En savoir plus

    $11.19 CAD

  • Never Look an American in the Eye

    A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American

    par Okey Ndibe ...
    The author of Foreign Gods, Inc. and Arrows of Rain tells his own immigrant’s tale, where what is lost in translation is often as hilarious as it is harrowing.Okey Ndibe’s funny, charming, and penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential—but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency—African Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibe ... En savoir plus

    $11.19 CAD

  • War and Peace: An essay from the collection, Of This Our Country

    par Okey Ndibe ...
    To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or images.Yet here, through personal essays from 24 of its writers, a more accurate picture comes into view, and in his essay Okey Ndibe explores the country that draws conflicting emotions from him ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD

  • Arrows of Rain

    par Okey Ndibe ...
    Okey Ndibe's critically-acclaimed debut novel, Arrows of Rain is a vital exploration into the importance of speaking truth to power even when no one is listening.In the country of Madia, the General has declared himself Life-President of the Republic. According to him, ninety-nine percent of Madians voted for it.On the day of his ascendency, however, a young sex worker is found dead on a beach. ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

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    Arrows of Rain

    par Okey Ndibe ...
    Lu par Peter Jay Fernandez ...

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    8 heure 43 min

    Originally published in Heineman's prestigious "African Writers Series," this is Arrows'first publication in the US. Coming only months after the whirlwind of publicity for Foreign Gods, Inc., we expect continued attention for Okey Ndibe as a major new voice in world literature. Set in a fictitious post-colonial African nation, the discovery of the body of a drowned prostitute leads to an ... En savoir plus

    $28.84 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    Foreign Gods, Inc.

    par Okey Ndibe ...
    Lu par Dominic Hoffman ...

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    11 heure 25 min

    Foreign Gods, Inc. tells the story of Ike, a New York–based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery.Ike's plan is fueled by desperation. Despite a degree in economics from a major American college, his strong accent has barred him from the corporate world. Forced to eke out a living as a cab driver, he is ... En savoir plus

    $32.15 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    Never Look an American in the Eye

    A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American

    par Okey Ndibe ...
    Lu par Peter Jay Fernandez ...

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    8 heure 4 min

    Okey Ndibe's funny, charming, and penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential-but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency-African Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibe's relationships with Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and other literary figures; examines the differences between Nigerian and American etiquette and politics; ... En savoir plus

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    This internationally bestselling historical novel follows two children and a mysterious narrator as they navigate the falsehoods and wreckage of World War II GermanyGermany, 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who excises prohibited words ("promise", ... En savoir plus

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    New England Bound

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    The Lost Eleven

    The Forgotten Story of Black American Soldiers Brutally Massacred in World War II

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    Their story was almost forgotten by history. Now known as the Wereth Eleven, these brave African-American soldiers left their homes to join the Allied effort on the front lines of WWII. As members of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, they provided crucial fire support at the Siege of Bastogne. Among the few who managed to escape the Nazis’ devastating Ardennes Offensive, they found refuge in ... En savoir plus

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    One Night in Georgia

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    Set in the summer of 1968, a provocative and devastating novel of individual lives caught in the grips of violent history—a timely and poignant story that reverberates with the power of Alice Walker’s Meridian and Ntozake Shange’s Betsey Browne.At the end of a sweltering summer shaped by the tragic assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy, race riots, political protests, and ... En savoir plus

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