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Category: Bookshelf Written by Brett Arends
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The pace of modern life forces us to ignore one of the most powerful parts of our brain – the body clock. But at what cost?
Category: Bookshelf Written by William Leith
The pace of modern life forces us to ignore one of the most powerful parts of our brain – the body clock. But at what cost?
Peter Enahoro said in his 1966 book “How to be a Nigerian” that it is not easy to write a book, because first you have to get a book, and then you have to write in it. It was therefore not easy for Hajia Ramatu Ali Ohioma to write this book, so we congratulate her for her effort.
Category: Bookshelf Written by Mahmud Jega
Peter Enahoro said in his 1966 book “How to be a Nigerian” that it is not easy to write a book, because first you have to get a book, and then you have to write in it. It was therefore not easy for Hajia Ramatu Ali Ohioma to write this book, so we congratulate her for her effort.
After an internet-based survey conducted by Weekly Trust in which a total of 297 people participated, 175 (representing 58.9 percent) prefer print books. The remaining 122 respondents (or 41 percent), however, say e-books serve them better. So we hit the streets to hear from readers. Shiktra Shalangwa, 25, said she prefers to read “normal” books. “We all know the situation in the country today. Power supply is still epileptic, just as the networks fluctuate. It is so bad that you find it very difficult to do simple things. So whether it is reading newspapers or books, I prefer the hard copy to the electronic ones for reasons I have mentioned,” the Abuja resident said.
Category: Bookshelf Written by Abbas Abubakar & Yetunde Peters
After an internet-based survey conducted by Weekly Trust in which a total of 297 people participated, 175 (representing 58.9 percent) prefer print books. The remaining 122 respondents (or 41 percent), however, say e-books serve them better. So we hit the streets to hear from readers. Shiktra Shalangwa, 25, said she prefers to read “normal” books. “We all know the situation in the country today. Power supply is still epileptic, just as the networks fluctuate. It is so bad that you find it very difficult to do simple things. So whether it is reading newspapers or books, I prefer the hard copy to the electronic ones for reasons I have mentioned,” the Abuja resident said.

