Aide the Dirty Boy

Aide the Dirty Boy
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Aide was a dirty and lazy boy. His dirtiness and bad habits earned him the reputation as the dirtiest boy in his class to his dismay. He succeeded in hiding his dirtiest from his busy mother but couldn't escape the eagle eyes of his class teacher. She reprimanded him, but taught him about the importance of good hygiene. Aide had to seek the help of his mother to become the neatest boy in class. Indeed, it pays to be a neat kid!

Beautiful Avah

Beautiful Avah
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Avah was the only daughter of a poor widow who lived in an old hut in a village. She was very beautiful and hardworking. She loved to sing and dance and would have loved to go to the village dance school to learn more, but her mother couldn't afford the fees. She was scorned by her peers and an intolerable village songstress. One windy night, the wrath of nature in the form of a terrifying thunderstorm and a near-drowning incident pushed Avah and her mother onto the path to a new destiny. Afterwards, a kind old woman taught Avah how to sing and dance. In the end, with courage, dedication and continuous practice, Avah perfected her skill and eventually won the great prize as the best dancer in the village music festival.

My Very Big Head

My Very Big Head
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Handsome Cletus had the biggest head in his class. Some of his classmates and a class bully named Toby taunted him and that made him really sad. His big head almost succeeded in affecting his self-esteem negatively but for the timely intervention of his observant mother. She taught him to love, accept and appreciate himself, just the way he was and to look beyond his physical attributes. In the end, the whole class learnt that; ‘Indeed, in life, our physical appearance matters the least. What matters most is who we are inside.

Limes and Lemonades Part One

Limes and Lemonades Part One
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre:
ISBN:

An Estonian proverb says, “If the bread in the oven is a failure, you lose a week; if the harvest is a failure, you lose a year, but if a marriage is a failure, you lose a life. ‘For better for worse’ is a ubiquitous marriage vow expression. But the ultimate question is: does true love truly conquer all? Kelvin and Anne were a happily married couple – having fallen in love during their university days. Life was rosy and the colours of their rainbow shone ever brightly…until life threw them a number of curves that eventually bursts their bubble of happiness. Kelvin lost his writing job at a major publishing house as a result of his unyielding scruples – leaving Anne, a banker, to shoulder the family responsibilities, including caring for their young son. Pretty soon the financial strain became more than she could handle, as her moralist husband failed to secure another job. The emotional and psychological effects of their dire situation, slowly began to eat at the fabric of their union and eventually tore the once-loving couple apart. A demanding job, an overbearing superior, her perceived nonchalant attitude of Kelvin, towards their plight, and the lure of a luxurious life by another man, eventually compelled Anne to walk out of her marriage and into an illicit affair. But she soon learnt the reality of the adage: all that glitters isn’t gold. Meanwhile Kelvin, engulfed by ineffable feelings of rejection and abandonment found himself in a very dark place. Haunted by an unrelenting sense of failure, he spiraled into depression, prompting him to commit suicide… Limes and Lemonades is a powerful and poignant story about love, lust, power, and betrayal. Readers will definitely be thrilled from the very first page to the last sentence

Dirty Work

Dirty Work
Author: Eyal Press
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0374714436

A groundbreaking, urgent report from the front lines of "dirty work"—the work that society considers essential but morally compromised. Drone pilots who carry out targeted assassinations. Undocumented immigrants who man the “kill floors” of industrial slaughterhouses. Guards who patrol the wards of the United States’ most violent and abusive prisons. In Dirty Work, Eyal Press offers a paradigm-shifting view of the moral landscape of contemporary America through the stories of people who perform society’s most ethically troubling jobs. As Press shows, we are increasingly shielded and distanced from an array of morally questionable activities that other, less privileged people perform in our name. The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn unprecedented attention to essential workers, and to the health and safety risks to which workers in prisons and slaughterhouses are exposed. But Dirty Work examines a less familiar set of occupational hazards: psychological and emotional hardships such as stigma, shame, PTSD, and moral injury. These burdens fall disproportionately on low-income workers, undocumented immigrants, women, and people of color. Illuminating the moving, sometimes harrowing stories of the people doing society’s dirty work, and incisively examining the structures of power and complicity that shape their lives, Press reveals fundamental truths about the moral dimensions of work and the hidden costs of inequality in America.

Kanyine the Cruel Hunter

Kanyine the Cruel Hunter
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Kanyine was a famous and skilled hunter. He was the strongest and bravest hunter in Idu land but he was also the meanest. He hunted not only for daily bread but for pleasure and out of cruelty. He used destructive hunting methods, damaged the forest and mercilessly killed more animals than he needed; both the young and old. He had no regard for the heritage, customs and animals of the land. In the end, he paid a very costly price for his ignorance.

The Secret of the Kainji Dam

The Secret of the Kainji Dam
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Sule and Idris went to the electric store in the village to buy batteries for their mother's old torchlight. There, with the help of an old and retired electrical engineer they had the opportunity to learn about the river Niger, dams, water turbines, hippopotamus, electric eels, torchlights, batteries, electricity and also ‘the secret of the Kainji Dam’ .

Limes and Lemonades Part Two

Limes and Lemonades Part Two
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre:
ISBN:

An Estonian proverb says, “If the bread in the oven is a failure, you lose a week; if the harvest is a failure, you lose a year, but if a marriage is a failure, you lose a life. ‘For better for worse’ is a ubiquitous marriage vow expression. But the ultimate question is: does true love truly conquer all? Kelvin and Anne were a happily married couple – having fallen in love during their university days. Life was rosy and the colours of their rainbow shone ever brightly…until life threw them a number of curves that eventually bursts their bubble of happiness. Kelvin lost his writing job at a major publishing house as a result of his unyielding scruples – leaving Anne, a banker, to shoulder the family responsibilities, including caring for their young son. Pretty soon the financial strain became more than she could handle, as her moralist husband failed to secure another job. The emotional and psychological effects of their dire situation, slowly began to eat at the fabric of their union and eventually tore the once-loving couple apart. A demanding job, an overbearing superior, her perceived nonchalant attitude of Kelvin, towards their plight, and the lure of a luxurious life by another man, eventually compelled Anne to walk out of her marriage and into an illicit affair. But she soon learnt the reality of the adage: all that glitters isn’t gold. Meanwhile Kelvin, engulfed by ineffable feelings of rejection and abandonment found himself in a very dark place. Haunted by an unrelenting sense of failure, he spiraled into depression, prompting him to commit suicide… Limes and Lemonades is a powerful and poignant story about love, lust, power, and betrayal. Readers will definitely be thrilled from the very first page to the last sentence

The Four Baboon Gangsters

The Four Baboon Gangsters
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Old Tagadi, the leader of a large baboon troop knew he would have to appoint a new leader soon. But that decision had proven to be very tough and sad because his favourite son and heir had joined the baboon gangsters. The gangsters were exiled from the troop and finally found their freedom but that soon became a disaster. In the end, only one baboon found his way back. Yet, he still had to win back old Tagadi's trust and earn his place in the troop.

The Mystery of the Red Ruby Necklace

The Mystery of the Red Ruby Necklace
Author: Chizoba Chiamaka Asika
Publisher: Amadorrah Nigeria Limited
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Dike was a handsome and charming boy who was orphaned when an evil queen invaded his village. He became a refugee in another kingdom and later a young warrior. To fulfill his destiny, he must find the red ruby necklace, pass through the forbidden forest and a dark narrow cave; after which he would enter the kingdom of the evil queen, defeat the evil queen, rescue the princess and finally earn the honour and reward of the king.