Books in Kenya

A brilliant new novel about love and marriage in the modern world - from the author the bestselling novel Essays in Love Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever after? This is a love story with a difference. From dating to marriage, from having kids to having affairs, it follows the progress of a single ordinary relationship: tender, messy, hilarious, painful, and entirely un-Romantic. It is a love story for the modern world, chro... 

Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civ... 

"A truth-riot of a book!"―Shonda Rhimes New York Times Bestseller #1 Washington Post Bestseller Red book “20 Books By Women You Must Read this Fall” Good Housekeeping.com “17 New Best New Books to Read This Fall” Book Riot “100 Must-Read Hilarious Books” Good reads Choice Awards Finalist Now in development with "Shondaland" and ABC Signature Studios as cable television series Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at Awesomely Luvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi, serves up necessary advice... 

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now, this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process – and showing us all just how easy it can be. By sharing stories from her own life, as well as those from her friends and the people that have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us to embrace our curiosity, tackle what we most l... 

'She could out-class any girl who did not know what to do with her God-given female talent' Jagua Nana - brash, generous, no longer young but still irresistible to every man she meets - lives a life of hedonism in Lagos, filled with parties, fights, scandal, drama and wild nights at the Tropicana club. Determined to help her young boyfriend Freddie pay for his education, she uses all her resources to get what she wants, until tragedy breaks the spell of the city for her. In this fast-paced, rauc... 

Tequila Mockingbird is the ultimate cocktail book for the literary obsessed. Featuring 65 delicious drink recipes — paired with wry commentary on history’s most beloved novels — the book also includes bar bites, drinking games, and whimsical illustrations throughout. Even if you don’t have a B.A. in English, tonight you’re gonna drink like you do. Drinks include: The Pitcher of Dorian Grey Goose The Last of the Mojitos Love in the Time of Kahlua Romeo and Julep A Rum of One’s Own Are You There,... 

Cat Eyes is the story of Pededoo, a country boy, who struggles to maintain a civil relationship with his father who had just returned home after many years abroad with a family of Cat Eyes. Despite his resentment for his father and the new family, Pededoo is hardly able to resist and truly dislike Melissa-Jane, the amiable and dashing cat-eyed blonde. Cat Eyes by Pever X is a bildungsroman, a book of family, adventure, self-discovery and love that would take readers on a voyage they would hold d... 

Nanjala, a young Bukusu girl, is captured by the fierce Tondo warriors during a raid in which they also killed her father. In this beautifully written story, Captured by Raiders, Benjamin Wegesa describes Nanjala’s new life among the proud Tondo, who changed her name to Chesebe. But, inspite of danger, ‘Chesebe’ decided to escape when she was ordered to marry the Tondo Chief. Her subsequent thrilling adventures before her return to Bukusu complete this enchanting book.