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Abuja Free Book Library and Renting Bookstore/Bookshop at PositiveNaija Art Gallery and Gift Shop

The general public is welcome to read books of various genres for free and rent in the bookstore/bookshop section at the PositiveNaija Art Gallery and Gift Shop in Karu, Abuja.

The goal of the Abuja free book library and renting is to encourage easy access for knowledge acquisition, critical thinking and inventiveness.

• Contact: 09064503292
• Registration fee: None
• Free book reading: At the gallery
• Renting of books: 100 Naira per day per book.
• Books available: About 1,000 books
• Account details: Moniepoint – 9064503292 – United Green Stars Worldwide Limited
• Financial support and free book donation (old or new) to the library is welcome.
• Address: PositiveNaija Art Gallery and Gift Shop, Opposite Total Academy, Karu site, Abuja.

Book Donors

• Ibrahim Mohammed (Mr. Mo): 14 books [Praxis; A Raisin in the Sun; Reader’s Digest Condensed Books; Successful Nigerian Entrepreneurs – How They Started; The Lekki Headmaster by Kabir Alabi Garba; Running Dreams by Olu Obafemi; A Selection of African Poetry; Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again by Ola Rotimi; Guided Examples in Mathematical Topics – Graphs and Coordinates II by J. W. Bradley; Commerce for Senior Secondary Schools; Hamlet; President and Power in Nigeria – The Life of Shehu Shagari; Violence by Festus Iyayi; Apartheid Unmasked by the Africans]
• Salamantu, Amina, Maryam and Fatima: 10 books [Encore Valentine; The Manning Brides; The Manning Sisters; Falling for Christmas; Half Bad; The Visitor; The Pursuit; The Mulberry Tree; Americanah; Black Sunday]
• Dr. Ndubuisi Onyema: 8 books authored by himself [Detox Your Mind; Masked – Unlocking Life’s Code; SWIM CODE – Overcoming the Phobia, Become a Pro; Japa Yet in Sapa: It Can Be Greener Where You Are; LEAP: Overcoming The What Ifs of Life; Spotlight: Making Your Voice Heard Despite The Noise; Business Sense: Connecting the Dots; Shades: Unlocking Life Blind Spots]

 

Available Books at the PositiveNaija Art Gallery, Gift Shop, Booskhop and Public Library

1. Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA 2005)
2. The War Against Counterfeit Medicine – My Story by Dora Nkem Akunyili
3. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. Of Political Concepts and Cliches in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic – Essays in honour of Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu
5. The Life and Times of Nigeria’s Mallam Aminu Kano
6. Making it Big – Lessons from a Life in Business by Femi Otedola
7. Power, Politics and Death by Olusegun Adeniyi
8. Nigeria’s Decades of Blood by Jan H. Boer
9. Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria’s Military Coup Culture (1966-1976) by Max Siollun
10. The Smart Money Woman by Arese Ugwu
11. Obi – The Political Change Agent by Ike Abonyi
12. How to Make Nigeria the Greatest Country in the World by Sunday Adelaja
13. Nigeria Yesterday Today by Godwin Sogolo
14. President and Power in Nigeria – The Life of Shehu Shagari by David Williams
15. Facts versus Fiction: The True Story Jonathan Years Chibok, 2015 and the Conspiracies by Reno Omokri
16. Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again by Ola Rotimi
17. Small Business Big Money by Akin Aabi
18. How to sell to Nigerians by Akin Alabi
19. Running Dreams by Olu Obafemi
20. Stunted Nigerian Dreams by Eddie Mbadiwe
21. There Was a Country – a personal history of Nigeria by Chinua Achebe
22. The Forgotten Era by Max Siollun
23. In Biafra Africa Died by Emefiena Ezeani
24. Because I Am Involved by Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu
25. Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
26. No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe
27. Successful Nigerian Entrepreneurs – How They Started by YouWin Connect
28. History of Nigeria 2 – Nigeria in the nineteenth century by T Falola, A Mahadi, M Uhomoibhi and U Anyanwu
29. History of Nigeria 3 – Nigeria in the twentieth century by T Falola, A Mahadi, M Uhomoibhi and U Anyanwu
30. Success with Wealth and Joy by Sayling Wen and Tsai Chih Chung
31. Nigeria in God’s Agenda by Dotun Adedeji
32. How to Treat Others by Ayo Oyategbe
33. Nigeria’s Fourth Coup D’Etat by S. G. Ikoku
34. Current Affairs by Mike Orem
35. Japa Yet in Sapa – It Can Be Greener Where You Are by Dr. Ndubuisi Onyema
36. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
37. The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
38. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
39. Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
40. The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
41. This House Has Fallen – Nigeria in Crisis by Karl Maier
42. Violence by Festus Iyayi
43. Interventions – Nigeria VI by Patrick Wilmot
44. The Concubine by Elechi Amadi
45. The Economics of Corruption in Nigeria by Victor O. Onukogu
46. Make Your Youth Count by Victor M. Tukura
47. Building A Fulfilling Marital Relationship by Peace House Discipleship Works
48. My Command – An Account of the Nigerian Civil War 1967 -1970 by Olusegun Obasanjo
49. Prince Ogbe Yonwuren by J. o. S. Ayomike
50. A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe
51. The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali
52. Eze Goes To School by Nzekwu and Crowder
53. The Beaautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah
54. Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham
55. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
56. Nearly All The Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku
57. A Selection of African Poetry – Introduced and annotated by K. E. Senanu and T. Vincent
58. The Revolutionary Years West Africa since 1800 by J B Webster and A A Boahen with M Tidy
59. School Certificate History of West Africa AD 1000-1800 Book One by K BC Onwubiko
60. School Certificate History of West Africa 1800-Present Day Book Two by K BC Onwubiko
61. Apartheid Unmasked by the Africans
62. A Selection of African Poetry – Introduced and annotated by K. E. Senanu T. Vincent
63. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
64. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
65. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
66. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
67. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
68. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
69. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
70. Garage Kombat – Askari vs Iya Bash
71. Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela
72. Pelé The Autobiography
73. Kind of the World – Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero by David Remnick
74. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
75. Plato Republic
76. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
77. Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
78. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
79. Aladdin
80. Animal Farm by George Orwell
81. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
82. One World Divisible – A Global History Since 1945 by David Reynolds
83. Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins
84. The Second World War III The Grand Alliance by Winston S. Churchill
85. Dresden by Frederick Taylor
86. The Emperor’s Revenge by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
87. The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor
88. Voyages of Delusion by Glyn Williams
89. Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
90. Travelling to Infinity – The True Story Behind The Theory of Everything by Jane Hawking
91. The Testament by John Grisham
92. The Scandal by John Grisham
93. The Chamber by John Grisham
94. What If? – Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been: Edited by Robert Cowley
95. The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
96. Conquest by Stewart Binns
97. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
98. The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
99. Dissolution by C. J. Sansom
100. The Sisters of Auschwitz by Roxane Van Iperen
101. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
102. Last Man Down – The Fireman’s Story by Richard Pitch Picciotto
103. Ravens by George Dawes Green
104. The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
105. Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
106. Shadow Baby by Margaret Forster
107. The Sealwoman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson
108. Meet Me Under the Clock by Annie Murray
109. Worst Idea Ever by Jane Fallon
110. The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville
111. My Heart Goes Bang by Keris Stainton
112. The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
113. Viral by Helen Fitzgerald
114. Deafening by Frances Itani
115. The Island by Victoria Hislop
116. Desert God by Wilbur Smith

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