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Celebrate STAEDTLER World Kids Colouring Day 2011 & Mother’s Day with Erra Fazira. Or, join Genius Aulad for Mother’s Day Storytelling Fun-Fest and perform something special for your Mom with Blubricks Speech and Drama Centre.

Kids can also take part in a fun-filled event session with Disney Playhouse and win great prizes, plus learn how to care for animals and be responsible for them in the proper way with PAWS Animal Welfare Society.

Other authors making an appearance at MPH this month include Robert Raymer, Bernice Chauly, Sharon Bakar, Chris Tan, Ahmad Fadzli, Abooain & many others!

Click on the event leaflet for all the details!

In how many ways can you tell your mother the three simplest yet meaningful words ‘I LOVE YOU’?

Now here is your chance to do so.

As a special tribute to all mothers this coming Mother’s Day, show us your love and appreciation for that special woman in your life in the most creative way. Express your gratitude and affection for the woman that you call ‘mama’, ‘mommy’ or ‘ibu’ with any painting medium like colour pencil, crayon, oil pastels and such on paper in the size of A4. It could be a portrait, or a memory of your mother that you may want to share through your artwork.

Draw and add colour to your love this Mother’s Day and you stand a chance to be one of the winners!



Non-Fiction

1. A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

2. Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going by Han Fook Kwang, et al

3. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive: 101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark

4. Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

5. The Power by Rhonda Byrne

6. Flipnosis: The Art of Split-Second Persuasion by Kevin Dutton

7. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

8. People Who Changed the World by Igloo Books Ltd

9. No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline by Brian Tracy

10. The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons

Fiction

1. Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

2. The Confession by John Grisham

3. The Ambassador’s Mission by Trudi Canavan

4. Water For Elephants (Film Tie-In) by Sara Gruen

5. Big Girl by Danielle Steel

6. The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth

7. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

8. The 9th Judgement by James Patterson

9. Worth Dying For by Lee Child

10. Room by Emma Donoghue

Local Author

1. A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

2. Ikhtiar Penyembuhan Penyakit Dengan Ayat-Ayat Dan Doa-Doa Mustajab by Tuan Guru Dato Dr Haron Din

3. Di Mana Dia Di Hatiku? ALLAH itu Hampir Tapi, Kenapa Aku Masih Meminggir? Akalku Alpa Berfikir, Hatiku Lupa Berzikir…by Pahrol Mohd Juoi

4. 101 Rekreasi Hati: Buat Diri Ku yang Mudah Lupa by Dr Zahazan Mohamed;Nik Wafdi Nik Jaafar

5. Questioning Arms Spending in Malaysia (First Full Expose of the Malaysian Military) by Kua Kia Soong

6. Allah is Calling: Himpunan Kisah Insan Hebat dari Barat yang Mendapat Hidayah Allah dan Menyebarkannya by Zainudin Hashim

7. A Map of Trengganu by Awang Goneng

8. Aku Terima Nikahnya: Titipan Erti Sebenar Perkahwinan Medan Memberi yang Paling Mulia (Kompilasi Best-Seller 3 dalam 1) (Kemudi Rumah Tangga) by Hasrizal Abdul Jamil

9. Perubatan Islam Menangkis Kejahatan Makhluk Halus by Sharhan Shafie;Fakhrul Ridzha Abd Rahman

10. Ajaibnya Wanita by Muhammad Jaya

Weekly list compiled by MPH Bookstores, Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur

Congratulations! Here are the contest winners for MPH READ & REAP Contest March 2011:

Main Prize Winner:

iRiver eBook Reader (x 1)

- James Ho (A Handful of Dreams & 10 Copper Coins)

Consolation Prize Winner:

RM100 MPH Book Vouchers (x 5)

- Meng Yew Choy (The Ultimate Secret of Law of Attraction Unveiled)

- Meor Shariman (Dream City: The Lost Traveller)

- Himmat Singh (The Art of Mentalism)

- Cheng Yee Mei (Monkey See Monkey Do)

- Ho Muh Chann (Flyjack)

Panel of judges includes Chan Siew Fun (MPH Bookstores Sdn Bhd), Ibrahim Bin Maidin (Managing Director of Suzuki Malaysia Automobile Sdn Bhd), a representative from Samsung Malaysia Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd and Lim Gim Ean, an experienced Editor from a local daily newspaper.

MPH will email the prize collection details to you soon.

Fiction

1. The Ambassador’s Mission by Trudi Canavan

2. Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

3. The Confession by John Grisham

4. The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth

5. Worth Dying For by Lee Child

6. That Perfect Someone by Johanna Lindsey

7. Girl in the Mirror by Cecelia Ahern

8. Room by Emma Donoghue

9. It Happened One Season by Stephanie Laurens; Jacquie D’alessandro; Candice Hern; Mary Balogh

10. Fever Dream by Lincoln Child; Douglas Preston

Non-Fiction

1. A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

2. Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going by Han Fook Kwang, et al

3. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

4. People Who Changed the World by Igloo Books Ltd

5. Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock by Alan Shadrake

6. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

7. His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage by Willard F. Jr. Harley

8. The Power by Rhonda Byrne

9. WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy by David Leigh; Luke Harding

10. Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude by Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Amy Newmark

Local Author

1. A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

2. Ikhtiar Penyembuhan Penyakit Dengan Ayat-Ayat Dan Doa-Doa Mustajab by Tuan Guru Dato Dr Haron Din

3. 101 Rekreasi Hati: Buat Diri Ku yang Mudah Lupa by Dr Zahazan Mohamed;Nik Wafdi Nik Jaafar

4. Pasport Muhammad Rasulullah by Mohd Khalil Haji Nordin

5. Kerana-Mu Aku Berubah: TUHANku Perkenankanlah… by Ruhana Zaki

6. Even A Moron With A Dream by Pathman Senathirajah

7. Nota Jutawan, Nota Kewangan: Jadikan Kewangan Mandiri Matlamat Utama Anda! (Dapatkan Teknik Urus Wang Secara Bijak!) by Irfan Khairi

8. Aku Terima Nikahnya: Titipan Erti Sebenar Perkahwinan Medan Memberi yang Paling Mulia (Kompilasi Best-Seller 3 dalam 1) (Kemudi Rumah Tangga) by Hasrizal Abdul Jamil

9. Jadi ‘Cool + Positif: Psikologi Suka-Suka (Kompilasi Ruangan Psikologi Majalah Remaja edited by Wan Erni Liza Mat Izatzi

10. A Map of Trengganu by Awang Goneng

Weekly list compiled by MPH Bookstores, Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur

 This is for the most part, a happy book. It is a rock and roll autobiography unlike any other you’ve read before. Patti Smith does not indulge in those broken boozy whispers. She is neither bruised nor battered. Not yet.

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It is that time of the year when the literary legends are honoured and the sale of reading glasses increases tenfold: on April 23, the planet will celebrate World Book Day. If you haven’t been on the planet in the last few years, this is how the day began…

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When a werewolf lurks among the people of Daggerhorn, no one is safe. Anyone could end up in the savage jaws of the beast or worse, be accused as the beast and end up on the villagers’ pitchforks. Since the villagers began laying out monthly livestock sacrifices, the werewolf had not attacked a single human. But one day, Valerie’s sister Lucie is found brutally killed.

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