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In conjunction with the launch of Upin & Ipin The Magazine, NYLA Sdn Bhd and MPH Bookstores is proud to organize The Search for The Malaysian Junior Writer 2011 Essay Competition.

Plus, don’t miss out on exciting events by STAEDTLER and learn to recycle with Fancy Bugs. Or, come meet the cast of Aladdin The Musical for some games, story telling and even a photo or two!

Join Feng Shui Grand Master Tan Khoon Yong to explore what surprises lie in store for you in 2012.

Other authors making an appearance at MPH this month include John Robert Christian, Shivani Sivagurunathan, Fazley Yaakob, Dr.Shah Razali & many others!

Click on the event leaflet for full details. (Please be patient, the entire leaflet may take a while to load).

Cawangan-cawangan  MPH yang terlibat dalam kempen ini adalah seperti berikut: MPH Mid Valley, MPH Taman Maluri, MPH Alpha Angle [Kuala Lumpu], MPH 1 Utama, MPH Subang Parade, MPH Sunway Pyramid, MPH Bukit Raja, MPH The Curve, MPH SACC, MPH Giant Stadium Shah Alam, MPH Alamanda Putrajaya, [Petaling Jaya], MPH Tesco Sungai Petani, [Kedah], MPH Jusco Seremban, MPH Giant Senawang [Seremban], MPH JB City Square, MPH Taman University [Johor], MPH Mydin MiTC, MPH Mahkota Parade [Melaka], MPH The Spring [Sarawak]

Non-Fiction

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

2. The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life’s Most Difficult Problems by Stephen R. Covey

3. Conversations With Myself by Nelson Mandela

4. Wonders of the World: 100 Incredible and Inspiring Places on Earth by Igloo Books Ltd

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

6. Personality Plus at Work: How to Work Successfully with Anyone by Florence Littauer, Rose Sweet

7. 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

8. Faces of Fortune: The 20 Tycoons to Bet on Over the Next 10 Years by Tee Lin Say

9. The Night the Angels Came by Cathy Glass

10. Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens

Fiction

1. The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern

2. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks

3. Room by Emma Donoghue

4. Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer

5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

6. Legacy by Danielle Steel

7. The Sense Of An Ending (2011 Man Booker Prize) by Julian Barnes

8. The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson

9. Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks

10. In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster by Stephanie Laurens

Local Author

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

2. Hotel Tales: A Little Adventure and Some Unexpected Tales by Hanley Chew

3. Ensiklopedia Solat: Kombinasi Fakta Hukum dan Sains (Fiqah, Falsafah, Sejarah, Saintifik) (Ilustrasi & Foto Menarik) by Datuk Haji Md Hashim Yahaya

4. Beduk Diketuk by Pahrol Mohd Juoi

5. Notes To The Prime Minister: The Untold Story Of How Malaysia Beat The Currency Speculators by Wong Sulong

6. Patriots & Pretenders by Kua Kia Soong

7. Khalifah Ganti Superman: Strategi dan Senjata Paling Penting ialah Menjadikan Bisnes Satu Jihad… Teras Sistem Ekonomi Khalifah by Muhammad Ali Hashim

8. Air Mata Ibu: Setitis Air Mata Ibu yang Tumpah dek Penderhakaan Anak Akan Menyemarakkan Api Neraka by Norani Abd Hamid

9. 9 July 2011 What Really Happened by Nathaniel Tan

10. Ps, I Laugh You! by David Tong

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

In 1937, the Japanese army invadedNanking, raping, torturing and murdering hundreds of thousands of Chinese. Amid the carnage, a small band of Westerners set up a safety zone to shelter civilians. Read the rest of the review here.

Matriarch Rachel Brinkley loves being the centre around which her large family revolves, and despite the fact that her sons are now all grown up and married, she still insists on fussing over and controlling them.  One of her daughter-in-law is opinionated and has no intention of falling into step with the Brinkleys and her insubordination has been steadily getting on Rachel’s nerves. Slowly Rachel realizes that she is also losing control over her family. Read the rest of the review here.

Perhaps you have heard that the winner for this year’s Man Booker Prize for Fiction went to Julian Barnes for his novel The Sense of An Ending. But what you probably didn’t know was the controversy that followed soon after the announcement. To find out what was the fuss about, read it here.

Oh Teik Peng, would you like to drive home a Suzuki Grand Vitara? Well, you just might because your entry ‘(Sixty Six Successful Steps for Staying Single Single-handedly)’ has made you our Main Prize Winner for September, and you’re in the running!

Congratulations too to our consolation winners:

• Mimi Chang (The Orchid Affair)
• Ang Ming Hew (SuperCute)
• Alex Foo Chuan Lit (The 1 Dollar that I Did Not Get) 
• Lim Teong Hean (Aliens?! Who isn’t?)
• Oh Teik Bin (Terrifying Tales to Tell)

We will contact the winners in one to two weeks’ time for your prize collection. If you’ve given us your home number, do alert your family members to expect a call from us. In the event that you do not hear from us two weeks from today, drop us a line with subject MPH Read & Reap Contest together with your name and contact number at contests@mph.com.my

Winners are being determined by:

1. Purchases of RM 50 and above (in the same month of purchases) in MPH Bookstores or mphonline.

2. Correct Books Count submitted.

3. Most Creative Book Title determined by panel of judges.

Panel of judges comprises of representative from MPH Bookstores, Samsung Malaysia Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd, Managing Director of Suzuki Malaysia Automobile Sdn Bhd and Ms Tan Gim Ean (experience editor from local newspaper).

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. Quantum Leaps: 100 Scientists Who Changed The World by Jon Balchin

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

5. The Power of X: Enter the 10 Gods by Joey Yap

6. Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change by Timothy D Wilson

7. Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens

8. I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else’s Maze by Deepak Malhotra

9. Wonders of the World: 100 Incredible and Inspiring Places on Earth by Igloo Books Ltd

10. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking

Fiction

1. Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer

2. Legacy by Danielle Steel

3. The Affair by Lee Child

4. A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

6. Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman

7. Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan

8. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

9. Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson

10. The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

Local Author

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

2. Ensiklopedia Solat: Kombinasi Fakta Hukum dan Sains (Fiqah, Falsafah, Sejarah, Saintifik) (Ilustrasi & Foto Menarik) by Datuk Haji Md Hashim Yahaya

3. 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

4. Beduk Diketuk by Pahrol Mohd Juoi

5. 9 July 2011 What Really Happened by Nathaniel Tan

6. Life Through My Eyes by Muhamad Hafiz Ismail

7. Labbaikallah – Secubit Halwa Penawar Jiwa: Corat-Coret Menjadi Tetamu ALLAH di Tanah Suci, Pengalaman untuk Diri Sendiri, Pengajaran untuk Orang Lain (Tarbiah Rohani) by Hj Zainal Hj Bujang

8. Growing Up With Ghosts by Bernice Chauly

9. On the Wings of Thought by Vijay Eswaran

10. Patriots & Pretenders by Kua Kia Soong

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

The absurdist, often cartoonish, story about a hard-to-kill World War II pilot trapped in a perverse bureaucratic cycle, has sold more than 10 million copies and introduced the English lexicon one of the most penetrating, new phrases of the 20^th century.

Read what the hype is all about here.