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Author: Nnamdi Ehirim Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1640091688 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 171
Book Description
A provocative debut novel by a brilliant young Nigerian writer, tackling politics, class, spirituality, and power as a group of friends come of age in Lagos Growing up in middle–class Lagos, Nigeria during the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ihechi forms a band of close friends discovering Lagos together as teenagers with differing opinions of everything from film to football, Fela Kuti to spirituality, sex to politics. They remain close–knit until tragedy unfolds during an anti–government riot. Exiled from Lagos by his concerned mother, Ihechi moves in with his uncle’s family, where he struggles to find himself outside his former circle of friends. Ihechi eventually finds success by leveraging his connection with a notorious prostitution linchpin and political heavyweight, earning favor among the ruling elite. But just as Ihechi is about to make his final ascent into the elite political class, he reunites with his childhood friends and experiences a crisis of conscience that forces him to question his world, his motives, and whom he should become. Nnamdi Ehirim's debut novel, Prince of Monkeys, is a lyrical, meditative observation of Nigerian life, religion, and politics at the end of the twentieth century.
Author: Nnamdi Ehirim Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1640091688 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 171
Book Description
A provocative debut novel by a brilliant young Nigerian writer, tackling politics, class, spirituality, and power as a group of friends come of age in Lagos Growing up in middle–class Lagos, Nigeria during the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ihechi forms a band of close friends discovering Lagos together as teenagers with differing opinions of everything from film to football, Fela Kuti to spirituality, sex to politics. They remain close–knit until tragedy unfolds during an anti–government riot. Exiled from Lagos by his concerned mother, Ihechi moves in with his uncle’s family, where he struggles to find himself outside his former circle of friends. Ihechi eventually finds success by leveraging his connection with a notorious prostitution linchpin and political heavyweight, earning favor among the ruling elite. But just as Ihechi is about to make his final ascent into the elite political class, he reunites with his childhood friends and experiences a crisis of conscience that forces him to question his world, his motives, and whom he should become. Nnamdi Ehirim's debut novel, Prince of Monkeys, is a lyrical, meditative observation of Nigerian life, religion, and politics at the end of the twentieth century.
Author: Gene Luen Yang Publisher: DC Comics ISBN: Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 28
Book Description
Introducing the newest hero in the DCU, the great sage, equal to the heavens, better than his predecessor the legendary Monkey King, even better than the Justice League-and definitely the Teen Titans-(actually, all the heroes combined), everyone put your hands together for…the Monkey Prince! Marcus Sun moves around a lot because his adoptive parents are freelance henchpeople, so this month he finds himself as the new kid at Gotham City High School, where a mysterious man with pig features asks Marcus to walk through a water curtain to reveal himself as who Marcus really is…someone who has adventured through The Journey to the West, can transform into 72 different formations, can clone himself using his hairs, and is called…the Monkey Prince!
Author: Emily Gravett Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442499729 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
Book Description
Monkey and me, Monkey and me, Monkey and me, We went to see... A little girl and her toy monkey love imitating different animals, everything from jumping like kangaroos to waddling like penguins! Open this book and play along with them. Can you guess what animal they are now?
Author: Gene Luen Yang Publisher: DC Comics ISBN: Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 26
Book Description
Batman and Robin fight with Pigsy over…a part of Monkey Prince’s body that fell off and is rolling around moving on its own? And Pigsy better grab it quickly, before Monkey Prince transforms back into Marcus Sun, because there’s no way a regular teenager could survive that!
Author: Quentin Blake Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780062670670 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 40
Book Description
Hilda Snibbs has three little monkeys. Their names are: Tim and Sam and Lulu. Each day, Hilda comes home to find a big mess! Will these silly little monkeys ever learn to behave? This funny, chaotic, and utterly delightful picture book from renowned children’s book author and illustrator Quentin Blake and celebrated illustrator Emma Chichester Clark is a perfect story to treasure together.
Author: Danny Gregory Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1440341176 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
Hear that voice inside your head? The one that nitpicks all your new ideas? That's your monkey. This hypercritical little critter loves to make you second-guess yourself. It stirs up doubt. It kills your creativity. But it can be stopped. And acclaimed author Danny Gregory is here to show you how. After battling it out with his own monkey, he knows how to shut yours down. Gregory provides insight into the inner workings of your inner critic and teaches you how to put it in its place. Soon you'll be able to silence that voice and do what you want to do—create. Now follow his lead and Shut Your Monkey.
Book Description
The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
Author: Lynne Avril Publisher: ISBN: 9781602535305 Category : Children's poetry Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A counting book in which one by one the little monkeys jump on the bed only to fall off and bump their heads. End notes list the benefits of children's poems and songs.
Author: Nnamdi Ehirim
Author: Nnamdi Ehirim
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Author: Gene Luen Yang
Author: Nnamdi Ehirim
Author: Emily Gravett
Author: Gene Luen Yang
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Author: Danny Gregory
Author: Wu Cheng'en
Author: Lynne Avril