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Dear Karl Maier, This House Has Not Yet Fallen

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Being extracts from In the House of Dogs (Kindle Edition) by Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi; King of Kings Books International; 1 edition; November 2011. It’s not easy to state who started it or how many died. But the horror for those affected is clear . — Craig S. Keener, June 2010. Dear Karl Maier , This house has not yet fallen, but it is shaking. Our house is full of strange bed fellows of lunatic fringe elements of the black sheep of a dysfunctional family. One is turbaned and goes round the bend bowing to the crescent moon and star suffering from a very contagious Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of his mad cows. The other one has gone loco from sniffing too much hydrocarbons in his littoral states at the bottom of the river Niger. Imagine living in the house of nightmares, cast between the devil and the deep blue sea and caught in the snares of the sirens. Our house is like a home full of Wole Soyinka’s “Madmen and Specialists”, swimming in the whirlpool of the vicious circle of the...

Get A Kindle for Life

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Amazing Things in your Kindle for Life . Lighter, More Compact Than Ever Less than 6 ounces. Lighter than a paperback, fits in your pocket. Holds 1,400 Books Carry up to 1,400 books - keep your library with you wherever you go. Most Advanced E Ink Display Kindle's high-contrast E Ink display delivers clear, crisp text and images. Read in Bright Sunlight Kindle's E Ink screen reads like real paper, with no glare. Read as easily in bright sunlight as in your living room. One Month Battery Life No battery anxiety - read for up to one month on a single charge with wireless off and a half hour of reading per day. Books in 60 seconds Find a book and start reading in seconds with our fast, free wireless delivery. Built-In Wi-Fi Connect to Wi-Fi hotspots at home or on the road. Simple to Use Kindle is ready to use right out of the box - no setup, no software to install, no computer required to download content. Adjustable Text Sizes Read comfortably with eight different sizes and three...

Amazon.com Is Selling More E-books Than Other Books

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Yes. Amazon.com is now selling more e-books than paperback and hardbound combined. When you are releasing your new books, make sure you also release the electronic downloads as well. Versions of books in Kindle have sold more than the titles in print. The Nigerian Fools Who Think They Can Fool God by Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi is one of the most demanded book on Nigeria. Kindle, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Pearl Display Have I forgotten anyone? Dozens, hundreds----I’m certain. Anyone who ventures to survey must prepare to live with a haunting sense of omission.” ~ Sven Birkerts , from SNAPSHOTS FROM THE BRIDGE , an essay on contemporary writers in post modern American Literature. Meanwhile, the proportion of readers in the United States seems to have grown and I find it always a pleasure to see on the New York City subways ethnically diverse young people reading good books. There is no reason to worry about the future of books in the United States. ~ Jason Epstein . Click here to...