New York Detective Michael Bennett returns in this best-selling thriller, and this time, he has to deal with not one but three master criminals. With the trio of bad guys wreaking separate trails of havoc through the city, Michael turns to former colleague FBI agent Emily for help and finds his affection for her growing stronger as the work.

Then he stumbles across a shocking discovery that exposes a killer’s pattern and leaves his entire family open to attack.

American Conor Grennan is on a year’s break, travelling the world in search of fun and adventure, when he volunteers for three months at the Little Princes Children’s Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal.

He’s shocked to discover that the cheerful children he works with aren’t actually orphans but rescued victims of child traffickers. Grennan then makes the decision to help reunite these lost children with their families. This is the heartwrenching true tale of one man’s decision to try to make the world a better place for innocent souls.

When British surgeon Edward Hammond performs a live-saving operation on Serbian gangster Dragan Gazi, little did he think that it would change his life. Dragan goes on to lead his men in killing thousands in the Serb-Croat war; years after the war ends, he is captured and charged with crimes against humanity – and desperately needs money to escape his fate.

Dragan’s family track Edward down and blackmail him with the fact that he had saved the life of a criminal 13 years ago. The plan: they want Edward to find the man who holds the key to all the money Dragan hid before he was caught. Edward soon finds himself scouring Europe for the elusive money man, desperate to save his life and career.

American veterinarian Lorna Polk is ferried out into the Louisiana swamplands to investigate a shipwrecked trawler full of exotic animals. At first she thinks this is an ordinary if tragic case of illegal trafficking in animals, but she soon realises that there is something strange and uncanny about these creatures.

Joining forces with US Border patrol agent Jack Menard, Lorna sets out to uncover the truth. When one of the animals escapes, she discovers that it poses a threat to the world’s ecology and she is quickly running out of time to put things right.

Non-Fiction
1) 9789675997228 A Doctor in the House
2) 9789814276634 Conversations with Mahathir Mohamad
3) 9780857342553 Wonders of the World

A Doctor In The House: The memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, officially went on sale 8 March 2010. Retailing at RM100, the book covers comprehensive chapters of Tun’s upbringing, his ascend to the post of Prime Minister, governing the country for 22 years, up to his post-retirement.

For the curious, below is an excerpt from the book. To read more, click here and here.

Chapter 2 Family Values

By no means am I saying that monogamous marriages are perfect. In Practice, disagreements cannot be avoided but they should not cause any break-up in husband-wife relations. For example, I am a stickler for time. Hasmah, however, is always late, inevitably having something to sort out just before we have to leave. At first this difference caused a lot of friction. Now I make jokes about her tardiness and make exaggerated efforts at helping to find what she is looking for. I irritate her by following her around the room. I lie and say we have to leave at 8pm when we actually have to leave later. Still, she is incorrigible. Mutual regard and good humour, as this small example shows, can preserve a marraige. To be happy, one must learn to make compromises with grace.

Chapter 52 Currency Crumble

I bought books on currency trading to better understand its mechanisms because I believed it was currency trading, not the basic condition of our economy itself or our currency which was affecting the ringgit. I had met Camdessus earlier and he seemed like a nice man. As Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar met the IMF head quite often. I asked Anwar to appeal to Camdessus to stop currency trading and argued that it was unnecessary and damaging to the economy of developing countries. I do not know whether Anwar stated my case to Camdessus, but no attempt was made to stop currency trading.

The world condemned our currency controls and many economists said that they were not in keeping with the open-market trading system. Experts predicted disaster for Malaysia and gleefully anticipated its return with a begging bowl. But we were not deterred. We believe we had found the right answer to the plundering of small countries by the rich currency traders. It may have been unconventional, but it worked. Even IMF eventually admitted that our way had worked, though they would not recommend it to other countries. Even Soros later acknowledged that Malaysia had done the right thing in not submitting to the IMF.

Christopher McDougall was on an assignment in Mexico when he heard about the legendary people Tarahumara Indians. They can easily cover over a hundred kilometres with nary a sweat. That’s how the book came about, as he search to learn more about them, and an elite group of ultra runners who aspire to be like the running tribe.

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At over 800 pages, A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad takes readers on a journey known to very few outside Tun Dr Mahathir’s immediate family: from his earliest memories of childhood; through the most important events in the history of Malaya’s struggle through the sunset of British colonialism, World War, and Independence; to his life as a doctor; his constant struggles as a politician to improve the lot of his fellow citizen; his single-minded pursuit of his country’s goals; his greatest fears; and his most cherished hopes.

Briefly, here’s some chapters of what readers can expect to find in the former premier’s book (courtesy of MPH Group Publishing): Becoming Prime Minister, I Am A Malay, The Tunku Makes A Proposal, Expelled, In The Political Wilderness, Anwar Joins Umno, Daim Becomes Finance Minister, Ops Lalang, Vision 2020, Financial Crisis Fallout, Resignation, Problems With Singapore.

An excerpt from the Preface of the book, courtesy of MPH Group Publishing.

This is the story of Malaysia as I see it. This is also my story.

I have written about the wisdom of our founding fathers who crafted a political system that has enabled the country to democratically and peacefully resolve the problems and challenges inherent in a complex society.

Malaysia may not be styled after the liberal democracies of the West, but it is led by governments elected by the people at the central and state levels. Not many former colonies have been able to make democracy work. We have. In Malaysia, Opposition candidates can win, and be successful enough to gain control of state governments, if not the central government. Although the Alliance Party and its successor, the Barisan Nasional, have won all the national elections since Independence, there have been exhilarating highs and worrying lows. As I write this, the coalition remains vulnerable, having lost five states to the Opposition at the 2008 General Election. To regain its robustness, Barisan Nasional must make an honest assessment of  ts virtues and its failings, and must be prepared to take radical measures if it is to be a relevant and effective leader of Malaysia in the new millennium.

The book will be available from 8 March at all MPH bookstores and other bookstores nationwide, and retails at RM100.

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