A Walking Tour Kuala Lumpur

 By: ryan    6:26 PM  Travel   No comments

Title: A Walking Tour Kuala Lumpur Author: Audrey Southgate and G. Bryne Bracken Publisher: Marshall Cavendish ISBN: 9789812615923 Back Cover textKuala Lumpur is a twenty-first-century, with glittering skyscrapers linked by state-of-the-art transport infrastructure. Yet nestling amid the tropical greenery that still graces much of the city center are reminders of the city's colonial past. Elegant mansions, pretty shop-houses...

Read More

Why Is God Laughing?

 By: ryan    5:55 PM     No comments

Title: Why Is God Laughing Author: Deepak Chopra Publisher: Rider ISBN: 9781846041419 Back Cover textWhy Is God Laughing? is a profound yet light-hearted parable about the connection between spiritual awareness, optimism and humour. It tells the story of successful comedian. Mickey Fellowers, and his friend Francisco as they explore how to overcome fear, egotism and addiction (the three major obstacles to joy), and learn how...

Read More

Death In Venice and Other Stories

 By: ryan    4:56 PM  Classic   No comments

Title: Death In Venice and Other Stories Author Thomas Mann, Michael Henry Heim (Translator) Publisher: Vintage U.K. Random House ISBN: 9780099428657 Back Cover text Death In Venice is a story of obsession. Gustave von Aschenbach is a successful but ageing writer who travels to Venice for a holiday. One day, at dinner, Aschenbach notices an exceptionally beautiful young boy who is staying with his family in the same hotel....

Read More

The Bite-Size Bible

 By: ryan    12:08 PM  Religion - Christianity   No comments

Title: The Bite-Size Bible Author: Andy Bianchi Publisher:Collins ISBN: 9780007248513 Back Cover textThe Bible is packed with amazing stories, from Noah's Ark to Moses and the parting of the Red Sea, David and Goliath to Daniel in the lion's den, and the feeding of the five thousand to the resurrection. But it's such a big book; how do you know where to start?With The Bite-Size Bible, you can just start at the beginning and...

Read More

The Sky Is Crazy

 By: ryan    12:06 PM  Travelogue   No comments

Title: The Sky Is Crazy Author: Yvonne Lee Publisher: Marshall Cavendish ISBN: 9789833318162 Back Cover textEveryone has a plane story to share, but no one tells it better than the one who sings the "Chicken-or-beef, Sir?" rhapsody.The Sky Is Crazy: Tales From a Trolley Dolly is a humorous collection of airplane anecdotes that shows you a wild kaleidoscope of tales trawled from a crazy sky.A norrow cabin aisle turns into a wrestling...

Read More

Carry Me Down

 By: ryan    11:42 AM  Fiction   No comments

Title: Carry Me Down Author: M.J. Hyland Publisher: CanonGate ISBN: 97841959719 Back Cover text"This is fiction writing of the highest order..John Egan is a brave, resourceful boy, intelligent and self-aware, yet skating on the edge of madness. The story of John's twelfth year is both sympathetic and disturbing. It is also rich un understated humour." J.M. Coetzee---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More...

Read More

Song Yet Sung

 By: ryan    10:02 AM  Fiction - Literature   No comments

Title: Song Yet SungAuthor: James McBridePublisher: HodderISBN: 9780340976494Back Cover Text" The past is living. It is linked to the present, and the work ain't done yet..."In the tense days before the American Civil War, in the swamplands of the Maryland shore, a wounded slave girl and her visions of the future tear a community apart in a riveting drama of hope and redemption.Kidnappings, gunfights and chases ensue in this...

Read More

The Road

 By: ryan    9:48 AM  Fiction   No comments

Title: The Road Author: Cormac McCarthy Publisher: Picador ISBN: 9780330469487 Back Cover textA father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they wearing, a cart of scavenged food and each other.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For...

Read More

Big Bad Wold Sale..

 By: ryan    8:11 PM  Sales   No comments

Venue: Level 3, Amcorp MallDate: 26 Nov - 2 Dec 2009When on Sat morning, reached there about 2pm and the crowd was not as good on Thurs and Fri. The books are not remains that many too. But eventually, I still managed to grabs 23 books for just RM170++. Cheap huh?Just to my disappointment, the venue should be held on larger places such as the previous one that in Dataran Hamodal. And this time, it make us to queue before we...

Read More

 By: ryan    12:11 PM  Religion - Buddhism   No comments

Title : The Buddha SaidAuthor: OshoBack Cover text"No belief is required to travel with Buddha. You can come to him with all skepticism - he accepts and welcomes you, and he says, 'Come with me'."This rich and refreshing book invites us to travel with the Buddha on a path or radical wisdom. In his inimitable style, Osho interprets the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters - a scripture compiled by a Chinese emperor in the first century...

Read More

Big Bad Wold Is Coming To Town Before Santa!!

 By: ryan    2:07 PM  Events   No comments

Ho, Ho, Ho...hemm hemm...should be Ah Wu..wu..wuuuuu....Big Bad Wolf is roaming the town again and this time is in Amcorp Mall. I don't want to describe much and just see for yourself..Make sure you take leave or pretend sick to be able to make yourself at this craziest book sale starting 26 Nov to 02 Dec 2009..Free bookmarks with every purchase, while stock last!!-------------------------------------------------------------...

Read More

Two Books That I've Bought....

 By: ryan    11:38 PM  Classic, Fiction   No comments

Title: The Pilgrimage Author: Paulo Coelho Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9780007214709 The Price: RM21.90 (+15% discount)Back Cover textIn his first major book, which paved the way for his bestselling phenomenon The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho documents the experiences of his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on a contemporary quest for ancient wisdom.Following the legendary road travelled by pilgrims of San Tiago, Coelho's...

Read More

What I Bought Today

 By: ryan    11:06 PM  Half-Broke   No comments

1. Books, Baguettes & Bedbugs, Jeremy Mercer (9780753820582)2. Walking English, David Cyrstal (9781590202630)3. Letter From Father Christmas, J.R.R. Tolkien (978000728049...

Read More

 By: ryan    4:22 PM     No comments

Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Some famous books by Paulo:1. The Pilgrimage (1987)2. The Alchemist (1988)3. Bride (1990)4. The Valkyries (1992)5. The Diary of a Magus (1992)6. By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1992)7. The Fifth Mountain (1996)8.The Manual of The Warrior of Light (1997)9. Veronika Decides to Die (1998) 10. The Devil and Miss Prym (2000)11. Eleven Minutes...

Read More