Zee Zee is head and shoulders above her friends when it comes to flying the fastest. Can she find the balance between celebrating her talents, and humility?Zee Zee The Humble Bee is a fun rhyming story about the joys of learning, teaching, and being humble.The author, Michael Obiora explains about the writing of this book: When I was eleven years old I was walking down the corridor of my secondary school. My Head of Year was walking tow...

Brought to you by Penguin.Four new tales of Doctors Catt and Fisher...Scholars, shopkeepers, collectors... aficionados. Obtainers of rare antiquities; relic hunters who can't resist a lead, even when it takes them into terrible danger. There's always an opportunity to be found amid the confusion, in the wake of the terrible Kinslayer War. There's always a deal to be done, a tomb to open, a precious thing to... obtain.From encounters with the monstro...

Brought to you by Ladybird.A collection of original audio stories for those days when it is too wet for outdoor adventures. Especially written for little dreamers and young explorers who never let the weather get in the way of their next adventure.This edition is filled with creative and engaging sound effects and is the perfect wet weather companion for little listeners everywhere.Narrated by Michael Obiora and Pearl Mackie, best known for her portrayal of Bill in ...

August is a God-fearing track star who leaves Enugu City to attend university and escape his overbearing sisters. He carries the weight of their lofty expectations, the shame of facing himself, and the haunting memory of a mother he never knew. It’s his first semester and pressures aside, August is making friends and doing well in his classes. He even almost has a girlfriend. There’s only one problem: he can’t stop thinking about Segun, an openly gay student who works at a local cybercafé....

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2022LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZEA monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics and conscience set in parallel LondonsThe Ark was built to save the lives of the many, but rapidly became a refuge for the elite, the entrance closed without warning.Years after the Ark was cut off from the world, a chance of survival within its confines is grant...

A hard science-fiction novel featuring an assassin-for-hire, a witchdoctor, and an astronomer, this fast-paced thriller is perfect for fans of Arrival.When a non-communicative alien spacecraft suddenly appears in the sky, global powers are thrown into turmoil.But for Tope, a principled Nigerian assassin with a talent for lethality in the employ of the mysterious witchdoctor known as "Baba," it's all just business as usual. At least until a job goes...

Brought to you by Penguin.Dillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton - joining in 1965 - and the first to complete his education there. Written at just 21, this is a deeply personal, revelatory account of the racism he endured during his time as a student at the prestigious institution. He tells in vivid detail of his own background as the son of a Nigerian judge at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, of his arrival at the school, of the curricu...

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history'I loved this book so much' ANN PATCHETT'Brilliantly varied and with a galloping pace' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A masterpiece' JANE SMILEY'Thrilling' NEW YORK TIMESKentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understand...

A definitive guide to calling out racial stereotypes and understanding the meaning behind them___________Clapback: [Noun / Verb] Responding to a (often ignorant) notion with a withering comeback; with the aim of shutting. it. down.___________In order to have an honest and open conversation about race, we need to identify areas where things are not right....

Bloomsbury presents Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka, read by Michael Obiora.'Soyinka's greatest novel ... No one else can write such a book' – Ben Okri'A high-jinks state-of-the-nation novel' – Chibundu OnuzoA FINANCIAL TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARA towering figure in world literature, Wole Soyinka aims directly at the corridors of power as he warns against corruption both of high office and of the soul, with ...

Puffin presents the audio edition of Are We Nearly There Yet? read by Daniel Weyman and Michael Obiora.A collection of some of Puffin's best-loved stories all about travel and adventure featuring books by...Quentin Blake, Giles Andreae & Korky Paul, Benedict Blathwayt, Matt de la Pena & Christian Robinson, Emma Thompson, William Steig, Joel Stewart, Shirley Hughes, Peter Bentley & Helen Oxenbury and Nadia Shireen.

Brought to you by Penguin.George Orwell's searing account of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact over timeOrwell's graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unem...