The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories

The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories PDF Author: Tikum Mbah Azonga
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956558354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Book Description
The wooden bicycle -- Fateful ride -- One way ticket -- One of a kind -- The money -- Moment of truth -- Caught in-between -- A matter of choice -- Daddy's boy -- Chicken soup.

The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories

The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories PDF Author: Tikum Mbah Azonga
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956558354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Book Description
The wooden bicycle -- Fateful ride -- One way ticket -- One of a kind -- The money -- Moment of truth -- Caught in-between -- A matter of choice -- Daddy's boy -- Chicken soup.

The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories

The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories PDF Author: Mbah Azonga
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956717266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Book Description
The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories is a compilation of eight compelling short stories which immediately engage the reader, regardless of which story is selected for reading. Just like the author's other collection of short stories, Cup Man and Other Stories, the book is a depiction of the joys and pains of everyday life in the typical African country or even in the West Indies. This dimension includes an in-depth look at life within the African community in the West - an experience which is, of course daunting as the immigrant struggles to adjust to the new dispensation. Azonga once again shows outstanding skill in narrative techniques by adopting a style that is at once simple and intricate, entertaining and instructive.

The Wooden Bicycle

The Wooden Bicycle PDF Author: Kiriakos Iosifidis
Publisher: Images Publishing
ISBN: 9781864707144
Category : Bicycles
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Book Description
The Wooden Bicycle is a handy reference for those who have a true passion for the beauty and aesthetics of the modern bicycle in the wooden form, and a strong belief in a more sustainable way of living.

Cup Man and Other Stories

Cup Man and Other Stories PDF Author: Tikum Mbah Azonga
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956558419
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Book Description
This is a collection of eight fictional short stories on themes such as the intrigues of the civil service, drunkenness, theft, matrimonial relations and living as an African immigrant in the West.

Evolution of the Bicycle

Evolution of the Bicycle PDF Author: Neil S. Wood
Publisher: L-W Promotions
ISBN: 9780891454748
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 237

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Book Description
Since 1790, bicycle designs have been improved and become popular. This comprehensive book introduces bicycle history, design changes, newsletters and dealers for today's enthusiast. Hundreds of bicycles are shown in advertising, catalogs, postcards and collectibles.

Laughing Store

Laughing Store PDF Author: Linus Tongwo Asong
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956578320
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Book Description
Laughing Store is just what we need in times of troubles and uncertainties such as these. A book of humour from an acclaimed master of laughter, it lifts our hearts and raises our spirits. Jokes that touch about every domain of existence - from sex to religion, from births to deaths, from politics to the beer parlour, from the courtroom to the hospital. And most important of all, conceived in the supremely original Cameroonian flavour of jokes.

Gironimo!

Gironimo! PDF Author: Tim Moore
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448156408
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Book Description
A 3,162 km race. A 48-year-old man. A 100-year-old bike. Made mostly of wood. That he built himself. Tim Moore sets off to recreate the most appalling bike race of all time. The notorious 1914 Giro d'Italia was an ordeal of 400-kilometre stages, cataclysmic night storms and relentless sabotage - all on a diet of raw eggs and red wine. Of the 81 who rolled out of Milan, only eight made it back. Committed to total authenticity, Tim acquires the ruined husk of a gearless, wooden-wheeled 1914 road bike with wine corks for brakes, some maps and an alarming period outfit topped off with a pair of blue-lensed welding goggles. From the Alps to the Adriatic the pair relive the bike race in all its misery and glory, on an adventure that is by turns bold, beautiful and recklessly incompetent.

Feathers in Reverse

Feathers in Reverse PDF Author: Azonga, Tikum Mbah
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
ISBN: 9956791792
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Book Description
Feathers in Reverse is the ideal gift for a loved one who is scared of poetry. It engages and immerses readers with the luring subtlety of a serpent. Themes treated include good and evil, heaven and earth, man and woman, birth and death, urbanism and rural life, wealth and poverty. As much as the poet highlights salient issues and conflicts in everyday life, he suggests answers to burning problems as well. A common thread runs through the over 300 poems feathered and featured in this collection. The notion of the 'feather' is cross-cultural. It reminds us of the feather used as a pen in ancient Europe and the 'red feather' that is stuck on the caps of African notables as a mark of distinction. Feathers in Reverse is a magic pudding to be sampled, shared and indulged.

The Cowrie Necklace

The Cowrie Necklace PDF Author: Mbah Azonga
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 995672890X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 70

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Book Description
The Cowrie Necklace is a graphic account of the struggle for meaning in life. The poems are a carefully woven sizzling and cracking attempt to mirror society. The poet runs a long and wide gamut of poetic themes which include the intricacies of joy and sadness, God and the devil, nature and nurture, good and evil, love, deceit and treachery. The narrative style is reminiscent of Wole Soyinka, Francesco Nditsouna and D.H. Lawrence. The Cowrie Necklace is a must read.

Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon

Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon PDF Author: Mark Dike DeLancey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538119684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 831

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Book Description
Cameroon is a land of much promise, but a land of unfulfilled promises. It has the potential to be an economically developed and democratic society but the struggle to live up to its potential has not gone well. Since independence there have been only two presidents of Cameroon; the current one has been in office since 1982. Endowed with a variety of climates and agricultural environments, numerous minerals and substantial forests, and a dynamic population, this is a country that should be a leader of Africa. Instead, we find a country almost paralyzed by corruption and poor management, a country with a low life expectancy and serious health problems, and a country from which the most talented and highly educated members of the population are emigrating in large numbers. To all of this is recently added a serious terrorism problem, Boko Haram, in the north, a separatist movement in the Anglophone west, refugee influxes in the north and east, and bandits from the Central African Republic attacking eastern villages. This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Republic of Cameroon.