You. Me. Us: 2009

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Between The Assassinations

By: ryan 4:35 PM Fiction - Aravind Adiga No comments

Title: Between The Assassinations Author: Aravind Adiga Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN: 9781843872073 Back Cover text 'Adiga...has boldly gone where few Indian writers choose to venture, casting his gaze beyond the complacent smugness of middle-class drawing rooms to the anger and squalor lurking in the underbelly of urban India.' Vikas Swarup, Guardian 'Between the Assassinations takes seven days in the life of a fictional...

Hot, Flat, & Crowded

By: ryan 2:58 PM Non-Fiction - Thomas L. Friedman No comments

Title: Hot, Flat, & Crowded Author: Thomas L. Friedman Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780141036663 Back Cover text Thomas Friedman's phenomenal The World is Flat helped millions of people see globalization in a new way. Now he takes a fresh, provocative look at the biggest challenge facing us today, our hot, flat and crowded world. Climate change and rapid population growth mean that it's no longer possible for...

Movies - Best of 2009

By: ryan 9:14 AM Movies No comments

Every years, movies that produced are getting better and better, sequel after sequel and with much higher anticipations. Most of the movies produced or released in 2009 are sequels that top the box office. According to Yahoo, here are the top 10 movies that has made to the highest-grossing films in the box office.1. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen, total gross: $402,111,8702. Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, total...

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

By: ryan 2:43 PM Personal Growth, Self-Help - Deepak Chopra No comments

Title: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Author: Deepak Chopra Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing ISBN: 9781878424112 Back Cover text This is a book you will cherish for a lifetime, for within its pages are the secrets to making all your dreams come true. In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra distills the essence of his teachings into seven simple, yet powerful principles that can easily be applied...

The Secrets of A Young Millionaire

By: ryan 2:22 PM Business - Ray Ling, Self-Help - Ray Ling 3 comments

Title: The Secrets of A Young Millionaire Author: Ray Ling Publisher: Kanyin Publications ISBN: 9789833789238 Back Cover text How to build a successful multi-million dollar business from nothing. even during an economic downturn? Youth implies opportunities, and the thought of opportunities excites enthusiasm, we know is a necessary ingredient in creating wealth and enhancing our life. From fearless rookie to an entrepreneur,...

The Princess and The Frog

By: ryan 2:14 PM Junior No comments

Title: The Princess and The Frog Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 9789673206970 Back Cover textget ready for a whole new spin on a classic fairy tale! Tiana is a beautiful, hardworking young woman who dreams of owning her own restaurant someday. She has no idea how far that dream will take her, but with the help of friends and the courage to overcome the greatest odds, Tiana learns what she really needs to make her dreams become a reality....

Dreams From My Father

By: ryan 12:28 PM Biography - Barack Obama No comments

Title: Dream From My Father Author: Barack Obama Publisher: Canon Gate ISBN: 9781847673510 Back Cover text Before Barack Obama became a politician he was, among other things, a writer, Dreams From My Fatheris his masterpiece; a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking the big questions about identity and belonging. The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama recounts an emotional...

The Christmas Carol - The Movie Storybook

By: ryan 11:37 AM Junior No comments

Title: The Christmas Carol - The Movie Storybook Publisher: Pelican ISBN: 978967323949 Back Cover textPrepare To Be Visited By Three Ghosts...The festive sound of holiday hymms, a blazing Yule log by the hearth, mistletoe dangling in the doorway, is there anyone whom would not find these things joy-filled and comforting?Yes, a man named Ebenezer Scrooge, the feared, avaricious proprietor of the Scrooge and Marley countinghouse....

Merry Christmas!!

By: ryan 6:23 PM Random Thought No comments

We Wish You a Merry♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Christmas♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪We Wish You a Merry ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Christmas ♥ ♥ ♥We Wish You A Merry ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Christmas ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪...And A Happy NewYear!♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪Christmas has becoming the largest celebration in Malaysia. Every years, the numbers of shoppers and the congestion's on the road has increased and it can be felt throughout the week,...

Gifts For Me

By: ryan 4:45 PM Gifts No comments

Many many thanks to Ms J, without your book's vouchers, I can't even manage to get these titles without having me have to burn my purse. So many books to read. Coincidentally enough all the holidays fall on weekend which I'm going to lay down the whole day on my bed (I wish). Anyway, thanks again for the gifts. Merry Christmas to you and to your famil...

The Joy of Giving

By: ryan 3:38 PM Random Thought No comments

2 more days and we’re going to celebrating X’mas. Every year, on the week before this special day, I will go shopping looking for gifts and every year I did the same crazy thing and I reminded myself not to do the following year, but still…The story is like this, on last year, when I went to shop for books as X'mas gift, I told myself that I must buy only for others but end up, I bought a lot for myself and these resulted I spend...

Witch and Wizard

By: ryan 2:22 PM Fiction - James Patterson No comments

Title: Witch and Wizard Author: James Patterson Publisher: Hachette Book Group ISBN: 9780446555661 Back Cover text Your books, music, and art, banned by the new order! You are holding an urgent and vital narrative that reveals the forbidden truth about our perilous times.... This is the astonishing testimonial of Wisty and Whit Allgood, a sister and brother who were torn from their family in the middle of the night,...

The Yellow-Lighted Bookstore

By: ryan 2:02 PM Memoir - Lewis Buzbee, Non-Fiction - Lewis Buzbee No comments

Title: The Yellow-Lighted Bookstore Author: Lewis Buzbee Publisher: Graywolf Press ISBN: 9781555975104 Back Cover text using his retail experience as a point of departure, Lewis Buzbee gives readers a guided tour of the book business from the ancients to today. As much a history of bookstores as a meditation on the reading life. The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop speaks to the book lover in all of us. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I...

The Hakawati

By: ryan 12:07 PM Fiction - Rabih Alameddine No comments

Title: The Hakawati Author: Rabih Alameddine Publisher: Picador ISBN: 9780330469692 Back Cover text Listen. Let me take you on a journey beyond imagining. Let me tell you a story...... The al-kharrats are a loveable, irrepressible family going through a difficult time. Osama has returned to Beirut after a long absence to be with his ailing father and join the vigil around his bedside, and since storytelling runs in the...

Total Feng Shui

By: ryan 11:57 AM Metaphysics - Lilian Too No comments

Title: Total Feng Shui Author: Lilian Too Publisher: Popular Book Co. ISBN: 9781905695959 Back Cover text Finally, everything you need to know about Feng Shui in one colorful, inviting book, internationally renowned expert Lilian Too gives you the tools to bring the power of Feng Shui into every aspect of your life. Packed with great information in an interactive, easy-to-use format, Total Feng Shui is the handbook...

What I've Bought Today!!

By: ryan 10:13 PM Half-Broke No comments

1. Witch & Wizard, James Patterson2. The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Lewis Buzbee3. The Hakawati, Rabih Alameddine4. Total Feng Shui, Lilian T...

The Vagrant

By: ryan 5:20 PM Fiction - Yi Yunli No comments

Title: The Vagrant Author: YiYun Li Publisher: BookArmy ISBN: 9780007196636 Back Cover text In 1970s China, a young woman, Gu Shan, is executed for her loss of faith in Communism. Her father is unable to accept what his rebellious daughter has become, while her mother is devastated by the loss of her only child. The citizens of her own town, including seven year old Tong, crippled Nini, the idler Bashi and beautiful...

The Secret Life of Bees

By: ryan 12:08 PM Fiction - Movie Tie In No comments

Title: The Secret Life of BeesAuthor: Sue Monk KiddPublisher: Headline ReviewISBN: 9780755349814Back Cover textLily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was just four years old. Now, at fourteen, she yearns for forgiveness and a mother's love. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father, her only friend is Rosaleen, a black servant.When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, and...

The Witch of Portobello

By: ryan 10:27 AM Fiction - Paulo Coelho No comments

Title: The Witch of Portobello Author: Paulo Coelho Publisher: Haper Collins ISBN: 9780007251889 Back Cover text How do we find the courage to be true to ourselves, even if we are unsure of who we are? That is the central question posed by Coelho's riveting new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of Athena, a mysterious young woman born in Romania, raised in Beirut and living in London. Her life is told by...

What I've Bought!!

By: ryan 9:38 AM Half-Broke No comments

1. The Vagrants, Yiyun Li2. Just After Sunset, Stephen King3. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd4. The Witch of Portobello, Paulo Coel...

Shifting

By: ryan 4:03 PM Random Thought No comments

Recently, my current department which situated on 10th floor is going to be shifted to 8th floor. I'm a newly joined and heard that the shifting issues is being planned, talked and discussed since the beginning of the year and now it has been almost the end of the year. And yet, the shifting work is done in a very slow pace. So we just have to bear with the instruction from the higher management on when is our official moving...

Best of 2009

By: ryan 3:06 PM Random Posts No comments

Another year is approaching. In just less than 2 weeks, we're celebrating Christmas and also 2010. And two more years we're doomed, cause of 2012 hahahaha...jokes aside. Well, according to Amazon, here are the list for some bestselling books in year 2009.Here fromAmazonWashington PostAbeBooksInkWell Bookstore BlogNot forgetting my 10 favorite books of 20091. Between the Assassinations, Aravind Adiga2. Nine Lives: In Search of...

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