A selection of Biography Books and Biographies at Tarbiyah Books Plus, Abuja. Nigeria’s leading retailer of audio books and other products.
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A Handbook of Prophetic Characteristics by Ibn Daud
₦54,000- ISBN13:Â 9781916824126
- Publication Date:Â 02-02-2025
- Format:Â Paperback
A Handbook of Prophetic Characteristics offers a transformative approach to embodying the timeless virtues of the Prophet Muhammad ï·º. It blends tradition with practical applications for modern life, enriching the literature on Islamic character (akhlÄq). This accessible guide resonates with readers of all ages and backgrounds, whether believers or seekers of inner peace and moral clarity.
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We Still Have Words By Azdyne Amimour
₦24,000‘A powerful, inspiring book’ Observer
Georges Salines lost his daughter Lola in the attack on the Bataclan Theatre in Paris on 13th November 2015. Azdyne Amimour lost his son. Both were aged 28.
Lola was one of the 90 victims, Amimour’s son one of the attackers.
From his meeting with Azdyne Amimour, an unprecedented dialogue emerged. Georges Salines carries the memory of his daughter and many other victims, while Azdyne Amimour seeks to understand how his son was able to commit acts which he condemns without appeal. Driven by mutual curiosity, the two tell their stories and unfold the story of ‘their’ 13th November.
In the course of this conversation, a deep respect was born between these two fathers whom everything should nevertheless have opposed. Their testimony feeds a peaceful reflection on radicalization, education and mourning.
Because if there are words left, there is also hope.
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Son Of Hamas
₦5,000Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence, and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader. In Son of Hamas, Mosab Yousef―now called “Joseph”―reveals new information about the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own role, his agonizing separation from family and homeland, the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public, and his belief that the Christian mandate to “love your enemies” is the only way to peace in the Middle East.
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Work And Worship: Selected Speeches of Sir Ahmadu Bello KBE
₦3,000Sardauna was regarded by many, especially from the southern part of the country as vain, arrogant, haughty dictatorial and dubious. Someone to be feared and someone to be avoided at all times, but to us who were close to him. He was a simple man of warmth and affection, open and giving, generous ever too generous, fair, compassionate and loyal.
If you happen to visit him everyday or every week or every month, if you fail to turn up twice, the Sardauna would send someone or go himself personally to find out what was wrong. He was very easily affronted but always quick to make amends. He was no less humble for his failings and always put the fear of God and God’s blessings in all his undertakings.
The Sardauna had a wonderful capacity for serving the people. He was never tired of traveling either by road or by air in order to render services to the people. In one of his speeches he said, “I personally dedicate myself to work untiringly for the progress and happiness of the new North. I swear in the name of Allah that if I die today, I would leave nothing but a legacy of a struggle for the liberation, welfare and dignity of the masses of this country”.
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Albert Schweitzer by Patricia Morris
₦4,000Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was already famous as a musician, philosopher and theologian when he qualified as a medical doctor and forsook Europe’s comforts to live ethically, with what he called “Reverence for Life”. In pursuit of this aim, in a jungle in equatorial Africa, he built a hospital and a leper village for isolated hunter-gatherers. His achievements were recognized with international awards, honorary degrees and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. In his last years Schweitzer was a vehement protester against the development of nuclear arms and against foreign interference in the Congo. Suddenly he became an easy target for criticism. Schweitzer’s biography reminds us of the sacrifice required to live a moral life, including that our well-intended actions are as likely to arouse excoriation as admiration.
In Part One the author takes a fresh look at Schweitzer’s life story, acknowledging the often grinding toil and emotional demands that interrupt, even preclude, success. Her account illuminates Part Two, the brief diary kept by her father, the orthopedic surgeon Cecil Morris, on his working visit to Schweitzer.
Patricia Morris is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She is the author of Freud, Politics and Civilization, and Love & Sex: 50 therapy lessons, the latter about problems in relationships that bring people into therapy.
In a review of Albert Schweitzer: The Difficulty of Doing Good, Martin Birdseye of Christian CND wrote, “The characters are very human and portrayed sometimes in what seems like a hard light, so you may feel disappointed if you are hoping for a hagiography or even just a feel-good story. But the story is about how hard it is to do good and not just to be good. . . . A man with a profound and ultimately prophetic view of the world could not in the end maintain an apolitical stance. From his overwhelming “reverence for life” [Schweitzer] felt compelled to condemn nuclear weapons and to engage with this and some other issues on a world stage. This book is not just an encouragement but also an elemental and tangible part of the story towards nuclear weapons abolition.”
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
₦28,000The inspirational tale of eight women who defied the confines of life in revolutionary Iran through the joy and power of literature.
‘That room for all of us, became a place of transgression. What a wonderland it was! Sitting around the large coffee table covered with bouquets of flowers…We were, to borrow from Nabokov, to experience how the ordinary pebble of ordinary life could be transformed into a jewel through the magic eye of fiction.’
For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Azar Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. They were all former students whom she had taught at university. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; several had spent time in jail. Shy and uncomfortable at first, they soon began to open up and speak more freely, not only about the novels they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams and disappointments. Their stories intertwined with those they were reading – ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Washington Square’, ‘Daisy Miller’ and ‘Lolita’ – their Lolita, as they imagined her in Tehran. Nafisi’s account flashes back to the early days of the revolution when she first started teaching at the University of Tehran amid the swirl of protests and demonstrations. In those frenetic days, the students took control of the university, expelled faculty members and purged the curriculum.
Azar Nafisi’s luminous tale offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran. It is a work of great passion and poetic beauty, written with a startlingly original voice.
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The Prophet Of Mercy
₦30,000This short and wonderful book provides 70 examples of difficult situations from the life of the Prophetï·º and the wisdom with which he faced each and every struggle. May it offer many enlightening lessons from the Seerah of the Prophet of Mercyï·º. Our life in this world is a trial. We will experience ups and downs and face difficult situations. Who better to learn from than our beloved Prophetï·º, our guide and a role model to emulate in our daily lives.
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Machiavelli by Alexander Lee
₦9,000Synopsis
‘A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.’ – Jessie Childs, author of God’s Traitors.
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State and Economy in the Sokoto Caliphate by Kabiru S Chafe
₦8,500This book examines the socio-economic policies and practices of the Sokoto Caliphate with particular reference to the metropolitan districts in the period 1804 to 1903. The main objective is to analyze the social and economic origins of the Caliphate so as to have insight into the social conditions that produced the economic program of the Caliphal government.
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Life of the Prophet – a Biography of the Prophet Mohammed by Leila Abouzeid
₦11,000Biography of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), by Leila Abouzeid.
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Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullah The Living Martyr
₦3,500Muslims who seek Allah’s forgiveness and Paradise follow the heroes of Islam who were men of greatness and virtue, one such personality was Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullah. He was greatly loved and admired by the Holy Prophet and was given the tidings of being Porphet Muhammad’s neighbour in Paradise. His life was an epitome of benevolence. Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullah (R) is one of the greatest heroes of Islam
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The African Caliphate
₦25,000This scholarly work, The African Caliphate, focuses on the establishment in 1809, in what is today Northern Nigeria, of the celebrated Sokoto caliphate, which may well have been the last complete re-establishment, anywhere in the world, of Islam in its entirety, comprising all its many and varied dimensions.