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  • Across an Empty Land
    Virginia Egbujor
    A young man, left home in Africa with his close friend; for the shores of Western Europe.He was convinced as much as his friend that his country had nothingFor him, as far as progress, peace or prosperity is concerned.They traversed through the scorching heat of the arid desert landscape, the wild open ocean and the rugged cold mountain.According to him and other youths of many...
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    16,84 €

  • Broken or Stunted Wings
    Virginia Egbujor
    He had grown up, hearing that his father’s ancestral home is 'The Giant of Africa' tagged with the emblem of a majestic: Eagle; the bird.Sadly for Pete, as a teen and a young adult in England; he had received jibes and taunts from friends and peers, referring the same as: 'An Eagle that will not fly' The contrast appeared irreconcilable to him.Then he decided to mobilise his t...
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    16,56 €

  • Shadows of a Man
    Virginia Egbujor
    It all started with a duplicated, or a double, ’Stop and Search’ procedure by the police, carried out on the same young man, in a 60 minutes interval. The investigative journalist to be; took it further, to explore the challenges and shadows, that becloud and dodge the paths of the man with a black skin. What the student of journalism, discovered, was astounding to him; and was...
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    16,81 €

  • In the Solitude of the Night
    Virginia Egbujor
    A volunteer named Joyce Ryan lost her befriended elderly lady; in an unexpected circumstance. In general terms, it brought to the fore the widespread concept of loneliness and isolation; particularly in the elderly and the disabled. The sad occurrence caused the bereaved volunteer, and her associates to instigate debates and discussions, including reviews of the structure of ca...
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    16,94 €

  • The dreams we left behind
    Virginia Ada Egbujor
    A failed family-arranged marriage in Europe made a young woman, to give up her dreams of living and working in England. She had also dreamt of having and rearing her children in the new country. She returned to her country of origin, when the arrangement failed. She left, despite acquiring ‘a legal right to stay’. The rejection by the man she had come to marry, in real terms, p...
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    21,32 €

  • REFLECTIONS IN THE CROWD
    Virginia Egbujor
    The novel is a reminiscence and analysis of social events and experiences of a retired social worker. It is sombre reflections of his more than twenty-five years in social work. His views transcend the realms of social work and are not limited to the United Kingdom where the novel is set. He viewed contemporary and near global issues. They touch on the affairs and behaviours of...
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    21,51 €

  • The Wounded Warrior
    Virginia Egbujor
    The 12 year-old was conscripted to fight a losing-war between Nigeria and the new state of Biafra. He was taken alongside his uncle on their way to harvest fruits in the rural parts of the Igbo heartlands, much against their will. It was determined as a desperate attempt of the nearly vanquished army in the uneven sided war of genocide waged against the much hated ethnic group....
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    22,74 €

  • A Lonely Place To Be
    Virginia Egbujor
    The novel is set in contemporary Europe. It brings to focus the often complex and turbulent experience of people who leave home for other parts unfamiliar to them. A young Modern Languages graduate of his country’s University, left the true, steadfast and reassuring love of his dedicated family in the West Coast of Africa for faraway Europe. He left home in pursuit of the much-...
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    17,98 €

  • Footprints of the Amazons
    Virginia Egbujor
    The Title of the novel typifies the mythical independent females; said to have ruled the Amazon region of the South American rain forest many years ago. The novel is set in a remote part of Eastern Nigeria. It is depicted as an emerging and progressive story dating from the nineteen and twenty centuries, till the present time. Here; the great grand daughter tells her friend a l...
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    17,99 €

  • As the Sky Darkened
    Virginia Egbujor
    As the Sky Darkened: The Untold Story of Biafra the Homeland gives a vivid narrative of the war that took place in Nigeria in the second part of the twentieth century. It recounts the events that preceded the war and culminated in the widespread massacres that targeted the Igbo tribe of Southeastern Nigeria and the Igbo west of the Great River Niger. The novel provides a lucid ...
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    17,89 €