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Everybody loves Phineas and Ferb! That’s right, the awesome adventure series airing on Disney Channel (ASTRO Channel 615) has wooed kids and families from all over the world! Now, Disney Channels’s new Phineas and Ferb Magazine and MPH Kidz Club are giving you the cool opportunity to experience all things Phintastic and Ferbulous at an up-coming “Turn Up Your Holiday with Holiday with Phineas and Ferb” party in December too!

Get to watch a never-before-shown Phineas and Ferb show, participate in cool games and get loads of special goodies PLUS watch out for an exciting surprise at this bash. To join all the fun and merry-making, refer to the details below:

- This contest is open to MPH Kidz Club Members only aged 7 – 12 years.

Non-Fiction

1. Steve Jobs: A Biography by Walter Isaacson

2. The Night The Angels Came by Cathy Glass

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. Body Language at Work: Read the Signs and Make the Right Moves by Peter Clayton

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

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

7. Your Head Here by Sherwin Ng

8. Guinness World Records 2012 by Guinness World Records Limited

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

10. Spontaneous Happiness by Andrew Weil, MD

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. Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

6. Aleph by Paulo Coelho

7. The Best Little Book Club in Town ( Supporting Breast Cancer Care) by Various

8. One Day (Movie Tie-In) by David Nicholls

9. Because You’re Mine by Lisa Kleypas

10. The Litigators by John Grisham

Local Author

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

2. Straight A’s Student by Chin Wynn

3. The Best of Chef Wan: A Taste of Malaysia by Chef Wan

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

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

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

7. Kahwin Pada Usia Muda: Bahagia Atau Derita by Fuad Hj Sam

8. Travelog Misteri Israel Kuasai Dunia: Awas! Kempen Kenali Musuh-Musuh Islam by Mohd Nadzri Kamsin

9. Patriots & Pretenders (The Malayan Peoples’ Independence Struggle) by Kua Kia Soong

10. Beduk Diketuk by Pahrol Mohd Juoi

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

The results for October’s Read & Reap is out! Are you this month’s main prize winner? Congratulations to Chong Kwok Leong (Stupid Cupid, Simply Splendid), your splendid entry has just won you an e-book reader and you’re now in the running to drive home a Suzuki Grand Vitara.

Congratulations go out as well to our consolation winners, you each win book vouchers.

• Alex Foo Chuan Lit (Black Sleeves, Worn Blue Jeans and Rounded Glasses)
• John Cheah (An Apple A Day Keeps Others At Bay)
• Nur Syafiqah (Pocketful of Sunshine)
• Noran Shah Bin Nordin (Bisikan Fatamorgana)
• Rusnida Talib (Self 2D – Destroyed & Developed)

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 (experienced editor from local newspaper).

A mother loses her child to a kidnapper who resembles her. Her bank accounts are emptied and her identity stolen. Who is it that is out to steal not only her child but her life? Read the full review here.

We have come a long way and achieved so much and for that we would like to thank you with a few sweet offers we have lined up. Here’s a peek at what awaits:

• RM5 book vouchers
• 30% off selected titles
• Free MRC membership

Here are more books that will be discounted at the MPH Carnival. Just present the original copy of this page in The Star today.

Don’t miss out on exciting events by STAEDTLER happening the entire month of November 2011!

MPH Carnival is coming up in December and here’s a little teaser of what awaits.

We have TV, radio, light bulb, microwave and portable game consoles, yet there isn’t the same hullabaloo for those inventors as compared to Jobs. What makes him so different? Isaacson has done a good job in charting Jobs’ life and this is one book Apple fans must have. For the rest of us, this makes a good read. More of the review here.