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The book’s here, Max, moves with his family to a house by the seaside. In between getting off the train and arriving at the new home, his sister picks up a stray cat and there is something sinister about it. Later, from the bedroom window, Max sees an enclosed graveyard with life-sized figures. Intrigued, he goes to investigate. The central figure is a clown and as Max turns away, he is sure the figure moved and changed its position.

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Non-Fiction

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

2. 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

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

4. When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind — Or Destroy It by Jonathan Watts

5. Make Yourself Unforgettable: How to Become the Person Everyone Remembers and No One Can Resist by Dale Carnegie Training

6. How to Get Things Done: Organize Your Life and Achieve the Results You Want by Ann Jackman

7. Hospital Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones

8. The Power by Rhonda Byrne

9. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

10. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Fiction

1. Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

2. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

3. Room by Emma Donoghue

4. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

5. Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson

6. Big Girl by Danielle Steel

7. The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

8. The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg

9. One Day (Movie Tie-in) by David Nicholls

10. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham

Local Author

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

2. Legacy of Honour: Dato’s Ja’afar Mohamed; Dato’ Onn Ja’afar; Tun Hussien Onn by Zainah Anwar

3. Pasport Muhammad Rasulullah by Mohd Khalil Haji Nordin

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

5. Allah is Calling by Zainudin Hashim

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

7. 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

8. Terapi Patah Hati by Salahudin Abdul Razak; Rusyi Ramli Al -Jauhari

9. A Map of Trengganu by Awang Goneng

10. Greater KL : The Rise Of Bukit Bintang (Part 1) by Ho Chin Soon

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

As a pop culture journalist, author and ghostwriter, Neil Strauss had, among other things, fire off guns with rapper Ludacris, been kidnapped by Courtney Love, made Lady Gaga cry, received Scientology lessons from Tom Cruise, tucked Christina Aguilera into bed, and more.

Using over 200 handpicked minutes out of his trove of unused interview material, Strauss has come out with a mishmash of often funny and revealing anecdotes, Q&As, and narratives.

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Perdana Leadership Foundation will organise the CEO Forum 2011, on 23rd of June 2011, themed, “Transforming Malaysia: Challenges on the road to becoming a high-income economy”.

The Forum will gather industry leaders, managers and executives to share their knowledge, opinion and experience and to interact with one another on Malaysia’s journey towards becoming a high-income economy.

Non-Fiction

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

2. 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

3. How to Get Things Done: Organize Your Life and Achieve the Results You Want by Ann Jackman

4. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

5. When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind — Or Destroy It by Jonathan Watts

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

7. Asia: A Concise History by Arthur Cotterell

8. Run, Mummy, Run by Cathy Glass

9. On the Stage of Egypt by Alaa Al Aswany

10. Hospital Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones

Fiction

1. Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

2. Something Borrowed (Movie Tie-In) by Emily Giffin

3. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

4. Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson

5. The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

6. Room by Emma Donoghue

7. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham

8. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

9. Big Girl by Danielle Steel

10. The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim

Local Author

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

2. Allah is Calling by Zainudin Hashim

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

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

5. Legacy of Honour: Dato’s Ja’afar Mohamed; Dato’ Onn Ja’afar; Tun Hussien Onn by Zainah Anwar

6. Greater KL : The Rise Of Bukit Bintang (Part 1) by Ho Chin Soon

7. 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

8. Ancaman Sihir Dan Kejahatan Syaitan by Amini Amir Bin Abdullah

9. Pasport Muhammad Rasulullah by Mohd Khalil Haji Nordin

10. Ajaibnya Wanita by Muhammad Jaya

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

Congratulations! Here are the winners for MPH Read & Read Contest April 2011.

Main Prize Winner             

iRiver eBook Reader (x 1)

Teh Chong Foo  (Absence makes the heart grow bonkers)                           

Consolation Prize Winners:

RM100 MPH Book Vouchers (x 5)

Jane (Words, Humans Front Line)                                              

Muhamad Helmi Bin Sohor  (Safeguard the Future Vanguard)                                            

Shamini Muniandy (Do you Still Use Pencils?)                                                 

Maderasa Hj Siri (They Will Never Learn: Corporate Scandal in Malaysia)        

Mimi Chang  (The Farting French Fry)

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 all winners soon.

The Sixth Man by David Baldacci

Former sercret service agent Sean King believes he owes his former mentor, lawyer Ted Bergin, big time. So he feels good when his friend hires him and his partner, Michele Maxwell, to help in the defence of alleged serial killer Edgar Roy. When Ted ends up dead, Sean discovers that Edgar has incredibly powerful enemies at the top levels of government who want him dead without a trial.

Afterlife by Claudia Gray

Afterlife deals with not only vampires but ghosts, or wraiths as they are known. It is Romeo and Juliet with a twist when both falls in love with one another, despite the circumstances which vampires and wraiths are deadly enemies.

Read the rest of the review for both books here.

Non-Fiction

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

2. Confidence Booster Workout: 10 Steps to Beating Self-Doubt by Martin Perry

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

4. The Power by Rhonda Byrne

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

6. 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

7. Run, Mummy, Run by Cathy Glass

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

9. Hospital Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones

10. Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley

Fiction

1. Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

2. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

3. Kate’s Wedding by Chrissie Manby

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

5. Something Borrowed (Movie Tie-In) by Emily Giffin

6. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

7. The Confession by John Grisham

8. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham

9. Worst Case by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

10. The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly

Local Author

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

2. A Map of Trengganu by Awang Goneng

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

4. Allah is Calling by Zainudin Hashim

5. Ajaibnya Wanita by Muhammad Jaya

6. Diari Hamil: Menanti Detik Keindahan Bersamamu (Panduan Lengkap Kehamilan) by Khairun Nisa’ Zakaria; et al

7. Greater KL : The Rise Of Bukit Bintang (Part 1) by Ho Chin Soon

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

9. Sengsara Kem Kamunting: Kisah Hidup Dalam Penjara ISA by Saari Sungib

10.The Right to Differ: A Biographical Sketch of Lim Kit Siang (includes the New Documentary DVD ‘Life and Times of Lim Kit Siang’) by Ooi Kee Beng

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