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As the year draws to an end, we’d like to make it one that’s memorable for you. We have a total worth of RM690 book vouchers to give away. Just answer all questions (clues can be found in our blog entries) below, give your best shot at the tie breaker and email it together with your particulars. Good luck!

A long awaited follow up to the worldwide bestseller The Secret, the latest book from Rhonda Byrne basically reiterates the theory of law of attraction – wth more practical ideas to apply everyday. Continue reading the rest of the review here.

Drop in at Alamanda Putrajaya for some worthy bargains on books! There are also activities lined up for kids.

Escaping Daddy: A Heartbreaking True Story of a Brave Little Girl by Maria Landon

Non-Fiction

1) Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything
9780747585664          (Elizabeth Gilbert)

2) The Power
9781439181782          (Rhonda Byrne)

3) The Grand Design
9780593058305         (Stephen Hawking;Leonard Mlodinow)

A Christmas Promise by Mary Balogh

Non-Fiction

1) The Power by (Rhonda Byrne)
2) 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success (Extraordinary Comebacks) by (John A. Sarkett)
3) Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything by (Elizabeth Gilbert)
4) The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by (Gary Chapman)
5) The Secret by (Rhonda Byrne)
6) The Grand Design by (Stephen Hawking;Leonard Mlodinow)
7) Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times by (Barry Wain)
8. Mein Kampf by (Adolf Hitler)
9) Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice In The Dock by (Alan Shadrake)
10)Lauren Conrad Style by (Lauren Conrad)

January 1937.

Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life.

My first impression of these books is that they were illustrated like manga comics to appeal to the current anime and manga craze.

The girls in these books are all illustrated with big bug eyes.

My dislike for bug eyes aside, these books do justice to the tales in them. It’s never easy trying to retell an old tale to appeal to a new and young audience. Author/illustrator Mohamad Salmi has succeeded in doing this well.

While this series is called Asian legends, the stories are only from Malaysia and Singapore.

Read the rest of the review here.

Who would’ve thought that a book contains many different parts! Here’s a breakdown of those parts:

Board or cover – the front and back of the book.

Joint – a small groove where the book boards are attached to the book and bends when the book is opened.

Spine – considered the book’s backbone, the spine usually displays the title, author and publisher of the book.

Head – the top part of the spine.

Tail – the bottom part of the spine.

Pastedown & free-end paper – this is usually made up of one piece of paper that joins the book block to the cover. Sometimes the pastedown and free-end paper is made up two separate sheets joined together.

Hinge – the part that bends when the book is opened.

Fore edge – this is the trimmed edge of the opposite of the spine and can sometimes be painted or gilded on higher end books.

Headband – colored cloth band designed to protect the book spine.

Text block – also sometimes referred to as book block, this is the inside pages that make up the book.

Dust Jacket / Dust Wrapper (not shown in diagram) – commonly called the jacket, it is a protective paper or plastic wrapper that wrap around the covers of the book for protection.

Ref: http://www.aboutbookbinding.com/anatomy/Parts-of-a-Book.html

20 million Americans left their jobs to escape workplace bullies, most of whom were their bosses. It takes true courage to admit that you can be a better boss than what you are now. If you agree with this statement, this book could help you.