Lawrence Darmani is a Ghanaian novelist and publisher. His first novel, Grief Child, won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize as best first book from Africa. He is editor of Step magazine, and CEO of Step Publishers. He also writes devotional articles for Our Daily Bread, which touches the lives of many Christians around the world.
He is married and lives in Accra with his family. Lawrence enjoys church life and volunteers at other Christian ministry activities. He says that he derives writing ideas “out of personal experiences, reading, testimonies, and observing the world around me.”
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Bookset: Work People Do (13 books)
Work People Do is a series of story books for children. They all tell interesting ways people do their work.
This bookset contains 13 books, with the following titles:
- The Farmer
- The Police
- The Nurse
- The Journalist
- The Dressmaker
- The Trader
- The Roaster
- The Caterer
- The Book Publisher
- The Carpenter
- The Mason
- The Teacher
- The Pastor
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God Bless Our Homeland Ghana: Understanding, Appreciating and Living by the Principles of Our National Anthem
The school prefect stood straight before his mates and gave a simple command. At once, like the eruption of thunder, the students began to sing: God Bless Our Homeland Ghana … and they sang it religiously.
This ritual is repeated throughout the country routinely-in schools, at conferences, on soccer pitches, at durbars, on radio and television, and even as caller-tunes. But what does the national anthem really mean? What role does it play on our national psyche?
The author shows how relevant the national anthem is to us. He believes that it evokes patriotism and fellow-feeling, but it also tests our words and actions.
In his down-to-earth manner of writing, the author invites you to journey with him along the poetic phrases and lines of all three stanzas of the Ghana National Anthem. Enjoy this literary-style exposition and commentary, the hidden meanings and implications of the anthem, and their links to certain sacred songs of the land such as the national pledge.
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Grief Child
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Africa
It was midnight. The little village of Susa slept in darkness in the heart of the forest farms, among the tall trees. The mahoganies and sapeles stood tall in the dark sky, providing a canopy over the village and deepening the density of the pitch-dark night. From a distant cluster of neighboring villages, Adu heard a dog bark. Another dog howled. In this village midnight was a dangerous time. It was better not to be awake or hear noises….
In this haunting tale the power of light struggles with the power of darkness to claim the life of Adu, the “grief child”.
₵40.00Grief Child
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Sick Village
The Dumasi Hospital was full of people. Many people in the village were sick. They didn’t know why. Some months later, the health inspectors visited the village once again after reading a newspaper report. The “Sick Village” has now turned into the “New Village”. What caused the great transformation?
₵35.00Sick Village
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Danger in Town
The chief called a meeting at Tongu. Something terrible was happening in the town, and everybody’s life was in serious danger.
A deadly disease had hit the town and there was need to live carefully₵35.00Danger in Town
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Abiba’s Journey
The crops haven’t done well this year. Food is even scarcer than last year’s situation but family has to be taken care of. The times are hard for Abiba and her children. This story takes you from Sabonjida, Abiba’s village, on the strange journey of a woman who only wants something better for herself and her family.
₵35.00Abiba’s Journey
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Today in Paradise and Other Stories (Biblical Fiction Series)
If you were the man who heard the Teacher say, “Today, you will be with me in paradise,” how would you feel? Very happy, yes, but also maybe very doubtful. Will the promise of Paradise be fulfilled? Will a criminal arrive in Paradise?
In this story book, the man truly found himself in Paradise. What he saw there, how he felt, and what he heard will marvel you. He tells his own story in a beautiful way.
Other stories in this book, narrated by those who met the Teacher personally, reveal great truths and lessons for everyday life.
These are great stories for your reading adventure. The lessons and the truths the narrators learnt are yours for your everyday experience.
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Climbing a Sycamore and Other Stories (Biblical Fiction Series)
If you were a very short man, and if you wanted to see the Teacher who was surrounded by many people, what would you do? Well, Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree.
In this story book, he tells why he climbed the tree, what he saw and how he felt when the Teacher looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down. I am staying in your house today!”
Other stories in this book, narrated by those who met the Teacher personally, reveal great truths and lessons for everyday life.
These are great stories for your reading adventure. The lessons and the truths the narrators learnt are yours for your everyday experience.
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Washing Dirty Feet and Other Stories (Biblical Fiction Series)
If you were Simon Peter, what would you do or say if your Master fetched water from a container and began to wash your feet? Remember that his feet and those of his friends were very dirty, smelling and cracked at the heels.
In this story book, Simon Peter tells his own story: why he didn’t think the Master should wash his feet, what he learnt about the incident and why, many years later, he wrote to his children to serve in humility.
Other stories in this book, narrated by those who met the Teacher personally, reveal great truths and lessons for everyday life.
These are great stories for your reading adventure. The lessons and the truths the narrators learnt are yours for your everyday experience.
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Choices: Memorable Short Stories
Choices is a set of memorable short stories of young people. It has practical situational dilemmas you can easily relate to as you enjoy the stories. The choices these young people made determined their destiny. Make a good choice now.
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Journeys of an African Father
Chamba Jato was a witty old man full of practical wisdom and a lively attitude to work and life. This biographical book is full of such valuable lessons from the old man’s journeys of experiences.
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Just Between Us: Highly Sensitive Matrimonial Love Letters
If you had the opportunity to write a critical letter to your spouse, what would the content of that letter be, especially if no one else but just the two of you would ever know what you wrote?
In Just Between Us, twenty-four love-constrained people, having travelled several years into their matrimony, write letters to their spouses, revealing top secrets, scandalous confessions, bizarre observations, childish suspicions, irreversible regrets, real fear, unbelievable actions, and even laughable inhibitions – all of them quite shocking and a bit disturbing.
“This is a work of fiction,” admits the author, “the figment of a fertile imagination.” Yet, this product of the author’s thought is so real that it will challenge your own wildest ideas about matrimonial relationships.
You will find the stories in these letters to be highly sensitive and sometimes uncomfortable, but they are unforgettable and deeply touching.
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Palm Tree Parables
Palm Tree Parables is full of inspirational stories and heart-warming ideas showing how everyday events hold great lessons for our personal growth.
₵35.00Palm Tree Parables
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The Heritage: A Story to Remember
Sosu and his mates are put to test by their teacher, to search for the meaning of national pledge and national anthem.
This story has something to tell every boy or girl, man or woman, whose lives among people who value their heritage.
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