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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
What if the greatest forces shaping our lives are the ones we never see coming? The Black Swan plunges into the world of improbable events—rare, unpredictable, and colossal in impact—unveiling how our blind faith in patterns and probabilities leaves us vulnerable to chaos. With sharp wit and philosophical depth, the book dismantles our illusion of certainty, urging us to rethink what it means to understand risk, randomness, and the unknowable. Are we prisoners of the past, forecasting the future through a broken lens? This is a provocative exploration of how fragility, arrogance, and surprise dance at the heart of every decision we make.
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher : Random House Publishing Group, 2011
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 480
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141034591
- Access: Members
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Chip War: The Fight For the World’s Most Critical Technology
Invisible to the naked eye yet powerful enough to shape empires, the microchip is the modern world’s most precious—and contested—resource. Chip War peels back the layers of global conflict not fought with missiles, but with silicon, code, and supply chains stretching across continents. In this high-stakes techno-thriller of nonfiction, nations race to control the circuitry that powers economies, armies, and everyday life. As alliances falter and dependencies deepen, one question echoes louder than ever: who holds the future when power lies in something smaller than a fingernail? Gripping, urgent, and chillingly real, this is the untold story of the silent war redefining our century.
- Originally Published: 2022
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2023
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 431
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781398504127
- Access: Members
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Things Fall Apart
In a land where tradition sings through drumbeats and ancestral fire, Things Fall Apart follows Okonkwo, a fierce warrior haunted by fear of failure and consumed by a need to escape his father’s shame. As colonial forces creep into the Igbo world, bringing both alien faith and foreign rule, the fragile balance between honor and change begins to crack. Through stark prose and lyrical intensity, the novel confronts a painful paradox: when the old ways falter, is it strength or surrender that preserves the soul? What happens to a man—and a people—when the pillars of their world begin to crumble? Achebe crafts a haunting elegy for a culture on the cusp of dissolution, where dignity and downfall are bound in the same breath.
- Originally Published: 1958
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 1994
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 209
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780385474542
- Access: Members
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Leviathan
KSh 0.00In Leviathan, the raw, unruly passions of human nature clash with the need for peace, order, and survival. From the shadow of perpetual conflict emerges Hobbes’s chilling vision: a towering, artificial sovereign—crafted not from iron or stone, but from the collective will of humankind. Is the surrender of freedom the price of civilization, or the beginning of tyranny cloaked in security? This is not merely a treatise on power, but a mirror held to the soul of society, asking what we are willing to trade to escape the war of all against all. With austere eloquence, it dares to confront the chaos beneath the crown.
- Originally Published: 1651
- Genre: Political Philosophy
- Release Date: March 2021
- Pages: 623
- Book Type: ebook (pdf)
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Ego is the Enemy
KSh 1.00In a world that rewards noise, ambition, and self-promotion, Ego is the Enemy is a quiet rebellion—an urgent call to master the inner war between aspiration and humility. With stories of rise and ruin from history’s corridors, it unveils how ego—disguised as confidence or vision—can quietly sabotage success, cloud judgment, and sever meaning from achievement. What if the greatest obstacle to fulfillment is not the world outside, but the unchecked voice within? Clear-eyed and fiercely practical, this book offers a path not to glory, but to greatness born of self-mastery. In the silence after ego fades, what might we finally hear?
- Originally Published: 2016
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2016
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 256
- Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1591847816
- Access: Members
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Devil on the Cross
In a land where the soil is rich but the people starve, Devil on the Cross follows a young woman returning to her homeland only to confront a grotesque masquerade of power, greed, and betrayal. As she journeys through the heart of postcolonial Kenya, she finds herself caught in a surreal pageant of thieves who celebrate the plunder of their own nation. Told with searing lyricism and satirical fire, the novel exposes a world where devils wear the faces of patriots and justice is a song barely remembered. Can a wounded soul ignite a revolution when the devil himself is nailed not to punishment—but to praise? This is a haunting fable of resistance, dignity, and the desperate poetry of survival.
- Originally Published: 1980
- Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2017
- Pages: 320
- Genre: Novel
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780143107361
- Access: Members
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Fathers and Sons
In Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev captures the eternal tension between generations through the story of Arkady Kirsanov, who returns from university with his radical friend Bazarov, a self-proclaimed “nihilist” who believes in nothing but science and rejects all traditional values. What begins as a clash between old aristocratic ideals and new revolutionary thinking evolves into something far more nuanced—a meditation on how love, family bonds, and human nature itself resist the neat categories we try to impose on them. Turgenev’s genius lies in his refusal to take sides, instead showing us how both the romantic idealism of the older generation and the harsh materialism of the young contain their own truths and blindnesses. Can any philosophy, no matter how logically constructed, truly account for the messy complexities of the human heart? This masterpiece of Russian literature offers no easy answers, but it provides something more valuable: a deeply compassionate understanding of why each generation believes it has discovered the key to life, and why each is both right and profoundly wrong.
- Originally Published: 1862
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 215
- BookType: Hardcopy (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780192833921
- Access: Members
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Sons & Lovers
In Sons and Lovers, D.H. Lawrence crafts an achingly intimate portrait of Paul Morel, a young artist caught between his suffocating devotion to his mother and his desperate need to forge his own identity through love and creative expression. Lawrence draws from the raw materials of his own working-class upbringing to explore how family bonds can simultaneously nurture and destroy, creating a psychological landscape so vivid you can feel the coal dust settling on your skin. The novel asks a question that resonates across generations: How do we break free from the very relationships that shaped us without losing ourselves entirely in the process? This is Lawrence at his most accessible yet penetrating—a book that will leave you examining your own family dynamics long after you’ve turned the final page.
- Originally Published: 1913
- Publisher: VIVI Books, 2014
- Genre: Literary Fiction
- Pages: 435
- Book Type: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9788182529007
- Access: Members
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Northanger Abbey
When seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland arrives in Bath with her head spinning from gothic novels, she expects to find mystery, danger, and brooding heroes lurking in every shadowed corner. Instead, she discovers something far more treacherous: the labyrinth of human nature itself, where friends may deceive and enemies may charm, and where her own imagination proves both her greatest asset and most dangerous flaw. As Catherine navigates the glittering social world of Regency England, she must learn to distinguish between the thrilling fantasies she craves and the quieter, more complex truths of real affection and genuine character. Can a young woman raised on tales of midnight terrors find happiness in a world where the most profound revelations happen not in crumbling castles, but in drawing rooms and ballrooms? Austen’s most playful novel asks whether we must abandon our dreams entirely to embrace reality, or if wisdom lies in learning which dreams are worth keeping.
- Originally Published: 1817
- Publisher: Collins Classics, 2010
- Genre: Gothic Satire
- Pages: 230
- BookType: Hardcopy (Paperback)
- ISBN: 9780007368600
- Access: Members
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To The Lighthouse
In the fleeting hours of a single summer day, the Ramsay family gathers at their Scottish seaside home, where promises hang suspended like morning mist—will they finally make that longed-for journey to the lighthouse? Virginia Woolf transforms ordinary moments into profound meditations on time, memory, and the fragile threads that bind us to those we love. As consciousness flows between characters like tidal currents, each voice reveals the weight of unspoken desires and the ache of impermanence. Can we ever truly reach the destinations we set for ourselves, or do we discover that the journey itself has already changed us beyond recognition? This luminous novel captures the exquisite tension between what we hope for and what we ultimately become.
- Originally Published: 1927
- Publisher: Vintage, 2004
- Genre: Novel
- Pages: 198
- BookType: Hardcopy(Paperback)
- ISBN: 9780099478294
- Access: Members
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Madame Bovary
Emma Bovary is dying of boredom in her small French town, married to a kind but dull doctor who can’t ignite the passion she craves. She loses herself in novels, dreaming of grand love affairs and glittering society balls, until fantasy begins to bleed into reality through reckless affairs and ruinous spending. As her desperate hunt for beauty and meaning spirals beyond control, Emma discovers that some hungers can never be satisfied—and that the price of living entirely for desire might be everything she holds dear. What happens when a woman refuses to accept the life she’s been given and reaches for something that may not exist at all?
- Originally Published: 1857
- Publisher: VIVI Books, 2018
- Genre: Literary Realism
- Pages: 372
- BookType: Hardcopy/Hardcover
- ISBN: 9789386869289
- Access: Members
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The Concise Laws Of Human Nature
Beneath the polished surface of civility lies a labyrinth of impulse, emotion, and primal instinct—and The Laws of Human Nature hands you the torch to navigate it. With a tone both surgical and haunting, this book exposes the timeless patterns that govern how people think, act, and deceive—even themselves. Can mastering the hidden currents of human behavior lead to deeper empathy, or does such power risk manipulation? Equal parts mirror and map, it dares you to confront the shadows within and around you. What you do with that knowledge may define your influence—or your downfall.
- Originally Published: 2018
- Publisher: Profile Books, 2020
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 287
- Book Type: Hardcopy(Pocket Version)
- ISBN: 9781788161565
- Access: Members
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Time is an illusion, suffering its echo—and The Power of Now invites you to step beyond both. In luminous, meditative prose, it unravels the mental noise that binds us to regret and anxiety, offering instead the stillness of the present moment as a gateway to peace. But can we truly awaken without first dying to the identities we’ve built? This is not a promise of escape, but a call to return—to a place you’ve never left but have forgotten how to feel. In the quiet between thoughts, a deeper life waits.
- Originally Published: 1997
- Publisher: Yellow Kite, 2020
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 224
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0340733509
- Access: Members
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The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: Unlock Your Master Key to Success
Beneath the noise of waking thought lies a silent force that shapes your destiny—The Power of Your Subconscious Mind reveals how to unlock it. With clarity and conviction, this guide explores the untapped reservoir within, where beliefs become reality and imagination births truth. Are you the master of your mind, or merely its obedient echo? This is a journey into the hidden architecture of your life, where healing, success, and peace are not external conquests but inner awakenings. To read it is to remember the power you’ve always had—and to finally wield it.
- Originally Published: 1963
- Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2022
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 296
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0143453604
- Access: Members
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You Can Win: A Step-by-Step Tool for Top Achievers
You Can Win is a clarion call to those who long not merely to succeed, but to thrive with integrity and purpose. With stories that stir the heart and strategies that sharpen the mind, it builds a ladder from self-doubt to self-mastery—one rung at a time. Is winning reserved for the few, or does it begin with a choice that anyone can make? Through timeless principles and actionable insights, the book invites you to rise above circumstance and craft a life shaped not by luck, but by character. It is not just a guide to achievement—it is a manifesto for becoming the kind of person who deserves it.
- Originally Published: 1998
- Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2014
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 314
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-9832951711
- Access: Members
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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
Option B is a luminous testament to the human spirit’s resilience when life shatters its first, best plan. In the wake of unspeakable loss, it asks: when Plan A is no longer possible, can we find strength, grace, and meaning in the imperfect contours of Plan B? Through deeply personal reflections and psychological insights, the book becomes both lantern and ladder—lighting the dark and lifting the fallen. It offers not just solace, but a roadmap for rediscovering joy without denying pain. In a world where heartbreak is inevitable, Option B dares us to believe that healing—and even hope—can still be chosen.
- Originally Published: 2017
- Publisher: WH Allen, 2019
- Pages: 240
- Genre: Self-help
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0753548295
- Access: Members
