Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Title/Author: Eat Pray Love/Elizabeth GilbertPublisher: Bloomsbury PublishingNo. of pages: 349ISBN 13: 9780747589358Price: RM10.00 (Discounted price) In a nutshellThe whole world knows what Eat Pray Love is all about, so I’m going to skip this bit. Ok. Maybe a short description. It’s mainly about Liz going on a self-discovery journey that revolves around the Pursuit of…

Interview with Dr. Rob Yeung

Thank you Odelia from Pansing for arranging this interview for me 🙂To those of you who haven’t heard of Dr. Rob Yeung, he’s a British psychologist, business speaker, and management author. He was recently in Singapore to promote his latest book, The Extra One Per Cent. I asked him about what got him into psychology…

Sky Burial by Xinran

Title/Author: Sky Burial/XinranPublisher: Random House CanadaNo. of pages: 206ISBN 10: 0-679-31360-5Price: RM20.00 (Discounted price. Hardcover) In a nutshellXinran received a phone call from a listener of her programme asking her to meet a woman who had just crossed the border from Tibet to China. Xinran made a trip and met Shu Wen who recounted the…

Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo

Title/Author: Everything Asian/Sung J. WooPublisher: Thomas Dunne BooksNo. of pages: 328ISBN 13: 978-0-312-53885-9Price: RM49.90In a nutshellDavid Kim, his fifteen-year-old sister and mom arrived in New Jersey a month ago to be with his dad whom he’s meeting for the first time in five years. He’s finding it hard to cope, his sister is feeling miserable…

A Year in Tibet by Sun Shuyun

Title/Author: A Year in Tibet/Sun ShuyunPublisher: Harper PerennialNo. of pages: 246ISBN 13: 978-0-00-726512-1Price: RM19.90 (Discounted price) In a nutshellThe idea of writing this book came about when Sun Shuyun was asked to direct a documentary series about a year in the life of ordinary Tibetans. So, the author and her crew spent a year in…

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New Malaysian Essays 3, edited by Yin Shao LoongISBN: 9789834484552Pages: 89 (e-book)Layout & Typesetting: Liza Manshoor (Eclectic Design)Cover: Teck Hee Price: FRRRRREE!!!! Sole Edition: September 2010 Thanks to Amir Muhammad, we can have this book for FRRRREEE! More about the book/to download the book, click here

The Japanese Mind by Roger J. Davies & Osamu Ikeno

Title/Author: The Japanese Mind/Edited by Roger J. Davies & Osamu IkenoPublisher: Tuttle PublishingNo. of pages: 270ISBN 13: 978-0-8048-3295-3 In a nutshellThe Japanese Mind is a collection of 28 essays that offer readers an overview of contemporary Japanese culture. These essays were written over a period of several years by students a Ehime University in Matsyama…

Fun for Kids in Malaysia by Lydia Teh

Title/Author: Fun for Kids in Malaysia/Lydia TehPublisher: Marshall CavendishNo. of pages: 360ISBN 13: 978-983-3845-48-4Price: RM29.90 In a nutshellSo. You have a bunch of hyperactive kids who become even more hyperactive during weekends and school holidays. What do you do? No no no. Turn off Astro. Whip out Fun for Kids in Malaysia and get the…

Found in Malaysia (The Nut Graph)

Title/Author: Found in Malaysia/The Nut GraphPublisher: ZI PublicationsNo. of pages: 211ISBN 13: 978-967-5266-13-3Price: RM45 In a nutshellIf not for Shanon Shah who came up with this idea and Jacqueline Ann Surin who loved it and for everyone else at The Nut Graph, Found in Malaysia wouldn’t be born. So hats off to this group of…