The Accidental Billionaires

 By: ryan    11:50 PM  Self-Help, Self-Help - Ben Mezrich   No comments

Title: The Accidental Billionaires Author: Ben Mezrich Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing ISBN: 9780385529372   Back Cover text The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leagues, trying to increase their chances with opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook. Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends, outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time...

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A Gift To My Children

 By: ryan    9:32 PM  Self-Help, Self-Help - Jim Rogers   No comments

Title: A Gift To My children Author: Jim Rogers Publisher: John Wiley ISBN: 9780470742686 Back Cover text When I was a boy, my father often pulled me aside to convey lessons intended to build what we generally refer to as "character". Often his advice was very simple, work hard, think for yourself, do right by others but I believe those lessons provided the foundation for everything that has followed in my life. Now that I'm...

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Buddha Sakyamuni

 By: ryan    2:00 PM  Buddhas, Shakyamuni   No comments

About 2500 years ago, this noble prince decided to renounce his throne and family in order to get an answer of all suffering. So he went for the quest and He eventually found it while meditating under a Bodhi tree with the vows he took of not leaving the spot he meditating no matter what happen. He thus became the Awakened One, or the Buddha.He has many names:Siddhartha GautamaGautama BuddhaThe Honored OneThe Wise OneShakyamuni...

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How To Save Your Own Life

 By: ryan    10:12 AM  Self-Help - Michael Gates Gill   No comments

Title: How To Save Your Own Life Author: Michael Gates Gill Publisher: Gotham Books ISBN: 9781592405213 Back Cover text The author of the New York Times bestseller How Startbucks Saved My Life shares inspiring lessons on finding true happiness at any age and any stage of life.  In his heartwarming memoir How Starbucks Saved My Life, Michael Gates Gill shared the story of starting life over in his fifties. As he travelled...

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Googled

 By: ryan    3:16 PM  Business - Ken Auletta   No comments

Title: Googled Author: Ken Auletta Publisher: Virgin Books ISBN: 9780753522424 Back Cover text There are companies that create waves and those that ride or are drowned by them. Bestselling author, Ken Auletta, takes readers for a ride on the Google wave, telling the story of how it formed and crashed into traditional media businesses from newspapers to books, to television, to movies, to telephones, to advertising, to Microsoft...

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What I've Bought!!

 By: ryan    3:01 PM  Half-Broke   No comments

1. The Secrets of Happiness, Richard Schoch 2. The Accidental Billionaires, Ben Mezrich 3. A Gift To My Children, Jim Rogers 4. How To Save Your Own Life, Michael Gates Gill 5. The Princess And The Frog: Graphic Novel 6. Googled : The End of The World As We Know It, Ken Aulet...

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The Success Principles

 By: ryan    2:15 PM  Self-Help - Jack Canfield   No comments

Title: The Success Principles Author: Jack Canfield Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780060594893 Back Cover text Jack Canfield, cocreator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, turns to the principles he's studied, taught, and lived for more than 30 years in this practical and inspiring guide that will help any aspiring person get from where they are to where they want to be. The Success Principles...

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Bestsellers (as at 16th January 2010)

 By: ryan    3:15 PM  Bestsellers   1 comment

Kinokuniya, Kuala Lumpur Fiction  1. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel 2. Path of Glory, Jeffrey Archer 3. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold 4. Between The Assassinations, Aravind Adiga 5. Have A Little Faith, Mitch Albom 6. Ford County, John Grisham 7. Lost Symbol, Dan Brown 8. Twenties Girl, Sophie Kinsella 9. The Gift, Cecelia Ahern 10. Gathering Storm, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson Non-Fiction 1. Superfreakonomics,...

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Superfreakonomics

 By: ryan    9:25 AM  Economics - Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner   No comments

Title: Superfreakonomics Author: Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780713999914 Back Cover text They're back. And this time it's sensational. Here at last is the long-awaited follow-up to the international bestselling phenomenon Freakonomics. Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have uncovered the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, and with their...

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 By: ryan    10:24 AM     No comments

This is a place where I am going to post everything on Buddhism and how Buddhism influence my life.This blog will discuss from the teaching of Buddha, Zen, Dharma, books on Buddhism,  and other types of media and sources. Here, I am by no means an expert on Buddhism rather I am simply a lay Buddhist who is following the path like anyone else. I just hope that by setting up a blog like this will benefits others on getting...

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Letters To Sam

 By: ryan    9:54 PM  Non-Fiction - Daniel Gotlieb   No comments

Title: Letters To Sam Author: Daniel Gottlieb Publisher: Sterling Publishing ISBN: 9781402756689   Back Cover text "What does it mean to be human?" asks acclaimed psychologist and talk show host Dan Gottlieb at the beginning of this award-winning book. The answers are in these pages. With The gentle ad guiding voice that has endeared him to millions readers and listeners, Dan describes how we gain deeper wisdom and...

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WooHoo!

 By: ryan    12:16 PM  Movie   No comments

Exactly in one month, we're celebrating 2 big festivals coincidentally. One is Chinese New Year and another is Valentine Day. For those who have partner, bf or gf, thus it's a double celebrations for Chinese's around the world. For those who are still single, nevermind la, you and me just celebrate Chinese New Year will do. But what's good about this year was, many Chinese movies are produced in conjunction for this coming...

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Dear John

 By: ryan    11:27 AM  Fiction - Nicholas Sparks, Movie Tie In   No comments

Title: Dear John Author: Nicholas Sparks Publisher: HachetteBookGroup ISBN: 9780446698320   Back Cover text From #1 New York bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes an unforgettable tale of a man who must make the most heartrending decision of his life, in the name of love.... "Dear John," the letter read. And with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives changed forever. When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes...

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A Bend In The Road

 By: ryan    10:46 AM  Fiction - Nicholas Sparks   No comments

Title: A Bend In The Road Author: Nicholas Sparks Publisher: HachetteBookGroup ISBN: 9780446611862   Back Cover text Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jonah's...

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MPH Best Selling List (as at 10 January 2010)

 By: ryan    3:15 PM  Bestsellers   No comments

Non-fiction 1. How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be: The 25 Principles of Success by Jack Canfield 2. 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself by Steve Chandler 3. Why Mars and Venus Collide: Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men and Women Cope Differently with Stress by John Gray 4. Think Like a Winner by Walter Doyle Staples 5. A History of the Unexplained by Karen Hurrell, Brenda Ralph-Lewis, Brendan Kilmartin...

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Microtrends

 By: ryan    10:55 AM  Forecasting - Mark J. Penn   No comments

Title: Microtrends Author: Mark J. Penn with E. Kinney Zalesne Publisher: TwelveBooks ISBN: 9780446536431   Back cover text Now discover.... Microtrends Mark Penn, the man who identified "Soccer Moms" as a crucial constituency in President Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, is known for his ability to detect relatively small patterns of behavior in our culture. Microtrends that can wield influence on a global scale....

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You Need This Book To Get What You Want

 By: ryan    2:46 PM  Self-Help - Mark Palmer   No comments

Title: You Need This Book To Get What You Want Author: Mark Palmer & Scott Solder Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781847377043 Back Cover text Imagine how much better your life could be if you had the skills of effortless persuasion. If you could get people on your side instantly to get what you want and what you need. You Need This Book is the simplest and most powerful recipe for getting what you want. Whether...

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What I've Bought!!

 By: ryan    10:55 AM  Half-Broke   No comments

1. The Success Principle, Jack Canfield2. Super Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner3. Letter To Sam, Daniel Gottlieb4. A Bend In The Road, Nicholas Sparks5. Microrends, Mark J. Penn6. You Need This Book To Get What You Want, Mark Palmer & Scott Sold...

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