The Skinny B***h first burst onto the scene in 2005, telling people how to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous. Recently, one of the author has ventured out on her own with this book that talks about being an informed consumer. It’s all presented in a witty almost snarky-like tone, which is what makes it so entertaining to read.

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Masterji is a retired school master highly respected by the inhabitants of Tower A in Vishram Society. When a developer makes an offer to buy the tower, Masterji refuses to sell out. This is the author’s – Adiga – third book and by far the best, according to the reviewer.

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Join Aku & Kamu, Malaysia’s first Polar Bear and Koala Bear for an exciting afternoon of games. Or, come listen to stories brought to life by Usborne and Genius Aulad storytellers.

Plus, Digital SLR Photography Magazine will share on photography techniques with Sony NEX and learn how to identify trends in the market with Dr Jacinta Chan.

Other authors making an appearance at MPH this month include Liow Ren Jan, Tan Twan Eng & Rusydi Ramli Al-Jauhari.

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Summer And The City opens just a day after The Carrie Diaries ended, with Carrie having arrived in New York City, all set to explore the Big Apple. She’s there to take a writing class at The New School but there’s the other goal of trying to stay out of Brown College.

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1. Dare to be a Champion by Dato’ Lee Chong Wei

2. Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

3. Steve Jobs: A Biography by Walter Isaacson

4. The Best of Chef Wan by Chef Wan

5. The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma

6. The Definitive Book of Body Language by Allan & Barbara Pease

7. How To Talk To Anyone by Leil Lowndes

8. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

9. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

10. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Fiction

1. Room by Emma Donoghue

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

3. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

4. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

6. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

7. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks

8. The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern

9. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Dominion by Eric Van Lustbader

10. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire

Local Author

1. Dare to be a Champion by Dato’ Lee Chong Wei

2. Lessons of Success by Victor S.L. Tan

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

4. Economic Transformation Programme by Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU)

5. PS, I Laugh You! by David Tong

6. MYDIN: The Untold Story by Dr Hajah Siti Hawa Mohd

7. Dr Who: Capturing the Life and Times of a Leader in Cartoons by LAT

8. What Your Teacher Didn’t Tell You by Farish A Noor

9. The Tiger That Lost its Roar: A Tale of Malaysia’s Political Economy by Tony Pua

10. Lots More Lat by LAT

Weekly list compiled by MPH Megastore 1 Utama, Selangor.

Queen of America is about Teresa Urrea, who was revered as the “Saint of Cabora” by Mexico’s indeginious Mayo and Yaqui populations. Her popularity with the Indians and the poor made the Mexican Government nervous, and after her exile, she came to the United States and briefly stayed in Arizona before embarking on a tour across some major US cities.

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

2. The New Collected Short Stories by Jeffrey Archer

3. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

5. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

6. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

7. To Kill a Mockingbird (1961 Pulitzer Prize) by Harper Lee

8. The Time Of My Life by Cecelia Ahern

9. Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer

10. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

Non-Fiction

1. Steve Jobs: A Biography by Walter Isaacson

2. Dare to be a Champion by Lee Chong Wei

3. Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? by William Poundstone

4.Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki

5. Kamus Dwibahasa 5ed Kemaskini by Fajar Bakti

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

7. Lessons Of Success by Victor S.L. Tan

8. Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

9. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

10. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray

Local Author

1. Dare to be a Champion by Lee Chong Wei

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

3. Lessons of Success by Victor S.L. Tan

4. PS, I Laugh You! by David Tong

5. Teohlogy by Patrick Teoh

6. What Your Teacher Didn’t Tell You by Farish A Noor

7. The Tiger That Lost its Roar: A Tale of Malaysia’s Political Economy by Tony Pua

8. Laughter The Best Malaysian by David Tong

9. Looking Back: Monday Musings and Memories by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al- Haj

10. MYDIN: The Untold Story by Dr Hajah Siti Hawa Mohd

Weekly list compiled by MPH Megastore 1 Utama, Selangor

The results for December’s Read & Reap is out! Congratulations to Christina Soh (1001 Ways Not to Piss Your Mom off), your 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.

• Sandra Chuo (My “ITliterate” Mother)
• Liew Chee Keong (Prankenstein)
• Kok Ying Fan (You’ll Die After Reading This)
• Lau Li Kung (Flashing Red, White and Blue)
• Danny Oh (Marriage Fundamental Flaws: Treating Your In-laws Like Outlaws)

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 a local newspaper).