A selection of non-fiction book from Tarbiyah Books Plus, the leading Bookshop in Abuja, Nigeria.
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The Smartest Guys In The Room
₦22,000What went wrong with American business at the end of the 20th century?
Until the spring of 2001, Enron epitomized the triumph of the New Economy. Feared by rivals, worshipped by investors, Enron seemingly could do no wrong. Its profits rose every year; its stock price surged ever upward; its leaders were hailed as visionaries.
Then a young Fortune writer, Bethany McLean, wrote an article posing a simple question – how, exactly, does Enron make its money?
Within a year Enron was facing humiliation and bankruptcy, the largest in US history, which caused Americans to lose faith in a system that rewarded top insiders with millions of dollars, while small investors lost everything. It was revealed that Enron was a company whose business was an illusion, an illusion that Wall Street was willing to accept even though they knew what the real truth was. This book – fully updated for the paperback – tells the extraordinary story of Enron’s fall.
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Nigeria Against the IMF
₦7,000Thirty-years after Yusufu Bala Usman published the book Nigeria Against the IMF: The Home Market Strategy, the analysis and conclusions of the book have remained so relevant to the current situation in Nigeria. Forty years after the World Bank/IMF influence on policy came to the forefront, the country is still struggling with the same challenges. The adoption of IMF conditionalities has not transformed the lives of most of the Nigerian people. Nigeria is today almost at the bottom of the world poverty index despite its massive natural resources and the ingenuity of her people. Fully enmeshed in the neo-liberal paradigm which the World Bank/IMF and other international lending agencies virtually imposed on the country in the 1980s, the economic condition of a large segment of Nigerians remains untouched by economic progress, not much better than when the book was first published. ‘The failure of the current structure to bring a substantial number of people out of poverty is inherent in the system. The continued marginalization of the Nigerian people is a direct result of the nature and structure of the Nigerian economy incorporated into a globalization process in which it has remained uncompetitive. Western-style capitalism has not created the wealth for the majority of Nigerians as its proponents have always insisted that it could. There are alternatives and Nigeria should interrogate them.’
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Minority Report & Draft Constitution for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1976
₦4,500‘What the masses of our people want, as most of humanity in the modern era, is NOT a coalition of mini unviable states whose human and material resources are at the arbitrary disposal of their separate ethnic and regional notables. Our people need a country, Nigeria, operating at full capacity and unshackled by the thieving activities of a good for nothing ruling class whose only operating agenda is looting the national treasury.’ – Olusegun Osoba, 2018.
‘It seems quite clear that, if their constitution is adopted, far from moving towards national cohesion and democracy Nigeria will become torn with ethnic and religious disunity and sectionalism. Far from providing a basis and framework for the development of national cohesion and democracy, there will be an intensification of the present grossly uneven pattern of underdevelopment, greater capitalist and bureaucratic greed, individualism and chaos. When that happens the Nigerian people will be accused of being too immature and irresponsible for democracy and preparations will be made for consolidating the status quo and ensuring “law and order” through repression and terror. From the individualism, greed, chaos and thuggery of capitalist bureaucrats and politicians we shall move to the indiscipline, chaos, individualism, greed and repression of capitalist bureaucrats and soldiers.’ – Yusufu Bala Usman, For the Liberation of Nigeria, 1979
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The Power Of Ignored Skills
₦2,500Do you want to know how some of the skills we generally tend to ignore, play a significant role in our success? How observations led to important scientific inventions? How world leaders used communication skills to achieve their objectives? How MNCs use the power of purpose to connect with customers and employees? Why India is left behind in the economic race, and how fire helped humans become wiser?
Through various examples and stories, all the above questions are answered in Power of Ignored Skills. This book not only highlights problems but also offer solutions to some of the most complex problems. This book is a handy resource for a student, a leader or anyone climbing the corporate ladders. More than fifty examples and stories make the book interesting.
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Anatomy Of Female Power
₦3,000Anatomy of female power: A masculinist dissection of matriarchy by Chinweizu
Anatomy of Female Power–Powerful and must read!!ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chinweizu is an institutionally unaffiliated Afrocentric scholar. A historian and cultural critic, his books include The West and the Rest of Us (1975), Second, enlarged edition (1987); Invocations and Admonitions (1986); Decolonising the African Mind (1987); Voices from Twentieth-century Africa (1988); Anatomy of Female Power (1990). He is also a co-author of Towards the Decolonization of African Literature (1980). His pamphlets include The Black World and the Nobel (1987); and Recolonization or Reparation? (1994) He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.He was was educated at Government Secondary School, Afikpo and later attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and SUNY, Buffalo. While studying in America, during the civil rights era, Chinweizu became influenced by the philosophy of a black arts movement. He is commonly associated with Black orientalism.
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Summary of The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
₦3,000The Laws of Human Nature (2018) takes an in-depth look at the many aspects of the human condition that often go overlooked or unacknowledged. As author Robert Greene explains, we are all a bit narcissistic, irrational, short-sighted and prone to compulsive and aggressive behavior. But once we accept and start to understand these aspects of human nature, we can begin to control and even benefit from them.
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The Rules Of Everything By Richard Templar
₦28,000The Rules of Everything: A complete code for success and happiness in everything that matters
Whether it’s at work or in their relationships, as parents or managing their money, the Rules have described how happy and successful people behave for over 25 years. The Rules of Everything contains the top 100 rules from the bestselling Rules books, as voted for by readers, so you can follow the common-sense advice on how to be happier and more successful.
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How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis
₦6,000Making money is a knack, a knack that can be acquired. And if someone like me can become rich, then so can you – no matter what your present circumstances. Here is how I did it and what I learned along the way.’ So writes Felix Dennis, who believes that almost anyone of reasonable intelligence can become rich, given sufficient motivation and application. “How To Get Rich” is a distillation of his business wisdom. Primarily concerned with the step-by-step creation of wealth, it ruthlessly dissects the business failures and financial triumphs of ‘a South London lad who became rich virtually by accident’. Part manual, part memoir, part primer, this book is a template for those who are willing to stare down failure and transform their lives. Canny, infuriating, cynical and generous by turns, “How To Get Rich” is an invaluable guide to ‘the surprisingly simple art of collecting money which already has your name on it.
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How To Become A People Magnet
₦3,000Do you sometimes not know what to say or how to start a conversation? Do you find it difficult
to convince your colleagues to follow your lead?
Do you want to improve your relationship with others?
In How to Become a People Magnet, international bestselling author and personal development consultant,
Marc Reklau reveals the secrets behind successful relationships with people. In this practical and
straightforward guide, you will learn specific principles that will help you to build more powerful
relationships, stronger connections, and leave a positive, lasting impression on everyone you get in
touch with.
Practice these easy to follow guidelines, and you will realize that becoming a people magnet is easier
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the war of art
₦4,000Internationally bestselling author of Last of the Amazons, Gates of Fire, and Tides of War, Steven Pressfield delivers a guide to inspire and support those who struggle to express their creativity. Pressfield believes that “resistance” is the greatest enemy, and he offers many unique and helpful ways to overcome it.
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Winning The War In Your Mind
₦4,000MORE THAN 500,000 COPIES SOLD! We’ve all tried to think our way out of bad habits and unhealthy thought patterns, only to find ourselves stuck with an out-of-control mind and off-track daily life. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel understands deeply this daily battle against self-doubt and negative thinking, and in this powerful new book he reveals the strategies he’s discovered to change your mind and your life for the long-term. Drawing upon Scripture and the latest findings of brain science, Groeschel lays out practical strategies that will free you from the grip of harmful, destructive thinking and enable you to live the life of joy and peace that God intends you to live. Winning the War in Your Mind will help God has something better for your life than your old ways of thinking. It’s time to change your mind so God can change your life.
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Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford (Hardcover)
₦22,000‘Ranging expertly across business, politics and the arts, Tim Harford makes a compelling case for the creative benefits of disorganization, improvisation and confusion. His liberating message: you’ll be more successful if you stop struggling so hard to plan or control your success. Messy is a deeply researched, endlessly eye-opening adventure in the life-changing magic of not tidying up’ Oliver Burkeman.
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The Boko Haram Doctrine
₦5,000The Boko Haram Doctrine offers an unprecedented collection of essential texts, documents, videos, audio, and nashids (martial hymns), translated into English from Hausa, Arabic and Kanuri, tracing the group’s origins, history, and evolution. Its editors, two Nigerian scholars, reveal how Boko Haram’s leaders manipulate Islamic theology for the legitimisation, radicalisation, indoctrination and dissemination of their ideas across West Africa.
Mandatory reading for anyone wishing to grasp the underpinnings of Boko Haram’s insurgency, particularly how the group strives to delegitimise its rivals and establish its beliefs as a dominant strand of Islamic thought in West Africa’s religious marketplace.
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Understanding the mind of Malcolm X – Paperback by Mr Vukulu Sizwe Maphindani
₦2,000Malcolm X was an African-American social and human rights activist, a face of Black cognitive development and structural activism. He is well known for his historical speech “By any means necessary” and has been widely referred to as a “violent civil rights activist and Negroe” by detractors, particularly White right-wingers who promoted the factionalism of race hate and the performances of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). They termed him this because of his fearless rhetoric concerning the advancement of “Black people’s fight for freedom, justice and equality” and against the unjust treatment of Black people.
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The Boy in 7 Billion By Callie Blackwell
₦5,000He and his parents were told that there was no hope of survival and so at the age of 14, after four years of intensive treatment, exhausted by his fight and with just days to live, Deryn planned his own funeral.
But on the point of death – Deryn’s condition suddenly and dramatically changed. His medical team had deemed this an impossibility, his recovery was nothing short of a miracle. Unexplainable. However, Deryn’s desperate mother, Callie, was hiding a secret…
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Under the Persimmon Tree By Suzanne Fisher Staples
₦18,000Under the Persimmon Tree By Suzanne Fisher Staples is about an American woman, Elaine, whose Islamic name is Nusrat, is also on her own. She waits out the war in Peshawar, Pakistan, teaching refugee children under the persimmon tree in her garden while her Afghan doctor husband runs a clinic in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.