A young girl who is invited to an art contest is assisted by a sun-woman, a paint brush, palettes, and canvas. Their supernatural abilities give life to the painted image of a daunting dinosaur on her canvas. A treasure hidden deep inside the forest, is connected with the victory of the contest. The forest girl and her company embark on a search for the treasure. Although frustrated by the dinosaur and the spiky-virus invaders, they are sustained by the ministration of the elves, hare and fox sent by the king of the forest.

The Sayings of the Wise  is a collection of Ibibio – a Nigerian language- proverbs and idioms. It is written by Anietie Akpabio. 

Written by Anietie Akpabio

Marshall Press, 8 Paul Bassey Street, Uyo

Source: Internet Archives (Free Public Domain Book)

“Whether or not you have the power in your hands, matter little if control isn’t yours”

F.L.U.X is  a fictional story delving in the  Nigerian politics  and military arm. This story   focuses on a special ops unit of the military .

In this issue, Waterloo, join Arthur, Brown and the rest of their squad as they stakeout the famous Niger Delta Mangrove.

Tincan is a  blend of fiction, fantasy and action in the indigenous setting of Nigeria.Part 1-the genesis introduces the beginning of the journey of a young man -Richard- in an unexpected and uncharted territory – a cosmic territory.

Tincan is a sequel produced by the FourSevenComic team: Prosper Mayor, Ugo Ngwu, Kingsley Ezeh.

A Book of Three Plays consists of three One-Act plays. The author, Ifedimma Onwugbufor shines light on  girl-child  marriage  through  the dialogues in her one – act plays.

This Thing Called Love:  Memuna’s ready acceptance of Elder Razak, a sixty-year old man, is borne out of frustration induced by her family. This she divulges to them when it is almost late. Was she really ready to be the old man’s bride at 13? Many very young females caught in such web usually make daring decisions in their bid to extricate themselves from the mess. A child will always be a child.

Song of an Owl: Tramples on the ideology of marriages involving two women. This social practice embodies a complication that erodes the 21st century socio-political strata of the Igbo society. Young girls who become pregnant by unwilling males, are mostly married into such circumstances, and the consequence encompasses Ifeoma’s situation when she becomes married to Obiageli solely for procreation. By this arrangement, Ifeoma is robbed of her future as her ambition and survival are dependent on her subservience to her female ‘husband’; and most probably, on the goodwill of the inappropriate or undesirable men who are brought to copulate with her by her female ‘husband’.

My Lane and Yours: Tells the story of superstition of Maami who visits her only granddaughter, Toke Douglas and her young husband, Boma Douglas in Lagos. Toke had been delivered of a new baby and Maami’s one month stay with the Douglases is disrupted by Maami’s constant meddling which wears the new couple out.

An Igbo playlet by Enyinna Akoma published by Ibadan University Press in 1979. It was published in memory of Micheal Echeruo and 1973 Writers Workshop.

Ije Odumodu Jere is one of the earliest novels written in Igbo language by Bell-Gam, Leoplod published in 1963 by Longman, London. On one hand, Bell-Gam through intercultural travels of Odumodu, the protagonist, draws attention to the interrelationshp between humans, flora and fauna. On the other hand, he sensitizes humans on the need to respect one another irrespective of differences of colour, race or culture. In a captivating artistic manner, the author shares from an indigenous Igbo perspective useful tips on Education, Engineering, Architecture, Agriculture and Fishery thereby establishing the kind of balance needed for the emergence of a knowledge society.

”Cocktail Ladies” is a compendium of a series of broadcast by Mr Nkwoh on Eastern Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation.It was part of the Community Social Register programme which analysed social behaviour of the nigerian society in the 1960s.

History of Igbo Language & Suggested Study Materials compiled by the Igbophile, Frances W. Pritchett.

Understanding Igbo Poetry is the English translation of the book “Ighota Abu Igbo” a handbook/guide to understanding and critiquing Igbo poems. It is written by Ihechukwu Madubuike and translated to English by Frances W. Pritchett.

Written by Stephen Felix. A handbook on love, this drama deals on love and what it requires.

Destined Vows is a Nigerian romance story written by Ogochukwu Echezona.

Date of Publication: 2014;

ISBN: 978-1-4969-9068-6(e)

E-Publisher: The Crater Library and Publisher

Written by Njoku, Nathan. A comedic drama on King Johnson and his wayward wives who plan to kill him and take over his kingdom with the help of their boyfriend/servant, Okoronkwo.

The Author of Omenuko is a biography about Pita Nwana, the author of the first Igbo novel Omenuko , a special man among men, a man who trusted his personal god and did a special work for the public without receiving any money.

Written by Njoku, N.O. This booklet throws light on money grubbing women who fleece men of their hard earned money. The author warns his fellow men of these type of women and advice them on how to avoid their company.

Odenigbo is a lecture series created by the Catholic Archdioceses of Owerri. It featured prof. Chinua Achebe as a guest speaker in  its 1999 series themed Echi Di Ime: Taa bu Gboo ( Tomorrow is Uncertain: Today is soon Enough)

The event brochure was translated from Igbo to English By Frances W. Pritchett.

Contains bonus ( Igbo Izugbe- standard Igbo, and Olu be – dialectal Igbo) documents of Prof. Chinua Achebe’s speech delivered in Igbo at the event.

This anthology (collated over a 10-year period) is written with the sole aim of  reawakening the diminishing appreciation of poetry and to rekindle its glowing passion. The poems have been carefully selected and arranged into four (4) parts – poems on societal consciousness, love and other emotions, nature and spiritual poems. It contains poems for all aspects of life—spirit, soul and body – making it an ageless book with its true verses built to feed all aspects of our shared humanity. So read, ring, meditate and fill your soul with pleasant melodies.

They Were All Thieves and Other Stories is a children’s book written by Felicia Obioma Ononye. It was published in 1988.

Table of contents include :

• They Were All Thieves
• ‘Eyes’ and “No-eyes’
• Dozie’s Flight from Home

Omenuko by Pita Nwana, was published after winning an all-Africa literary contest in indigenous African languages organized by the International Institute of African Languages and Culture. Pita Nwana was the first Igbo to publish fiction in the Igbo language. The first edition was in the Protestant Orthography, but it was soon issued in the other orthographies.

This edition was translated by France W. Pritchett.

Published by J.C Brothers in the 1960s.Do you find yourself in need of a love letter tutorial or sample? This 1960’s model might work for you. It contains samples of engagement or love letters and a simple drama on how to find a wife in a city of girls with questionable morals.

The Mask We Wear  irradiates the struggle of the Nigerian teenager in walking the path of discovery either prescribed by society, family or self.

The writer, Chigozirim Okoli is an SS2 student of Purple Krown College, Enugu. Her short story fiction emerged best entry for the maiden edition of Dr Emmanuel C. Adukwu Prize for Literature which was administered by  Crater Library & Publisher for  2019 Crater Literary Festival Enugu.

Emmanuel C. Adukwu Prize for Literature seeks to encourage and reward students who show a strong voice and excellent literary vision.

Cascades is a collection of poems by Okey Uzoechina. He attempts to capture some of his flowing feelings expressed in writing. It covers two decades of expressing emotions in writing from his university days in Enugu, Nigeria, through his work travels to many parts of Africa, Europe and America, to his current abode in Abuja, Nigeria. The collection of 20 poems for 20 years embraces a rainbow of emotions like joy, love, hope, beauty, wonder, faith and soul searching.

Odumodu’s Journey is one of the earliest novels written in Igbo language by Bell-Gam Leopold published in 1963 by Longman, London and translated for English readers by Frances W. Pritchett.

Written by Onwuka,Wilfred in the 1960s. Learn and teach yourself English,  public speaking, letter and telegraph writing,agreements,applications and composition.

A.W Banfield, who lived among the Nupe Tribe, wrote this book in 1905 in order to give the people of America an insight of that part of the great West Coast of Africa, known as Nigeria, and especially Northern Nigeria, which is Great Britain’s latest Protectorate. He also hoped it would aid the missionaries who came down to West Africa to convert the natives.

Written by Nkwoh, Marius, this book addresses bribery and corruption in the Nigerian society.it is important to note that as far back as 1965,corruption was a bane to the Nigerian society as much as it is presently.