The Gift by Cecelia Ahern (Hardcover)
New York Times bestselling author Cecelia Ahern spins a witty, warm, & wise modern-day fable of love, regret, hope, & second chances. Lou Suffern, the classic workaholic who never has a moment to spare, he is always multitasking while shortchanging his devoted wife & their adorable children. One frigid morning, he buys a cup of coffee for Gabe, a homeless man huddled outside his office building. Inspired by his own unexpected act of kindness, Lou decides to get Gabe a job in his company’s mailroom. Gabe seems to know more about Lou than Lou does about himself, & perhaps more disturbingly, Gabe always seems to be in two places at once. As Christmas draws closer, Lou starts to understand the value of time. He sees what is truly important in life yet at the same time he learns the harshest lesson of all. This is a story about people who not unlike parcels, hide secrets.They cover themselves in layers until the right person unwraps them & discovers what’s inside. Sometimes you have to be unravelled in order to find out who you really are. For Lou Suffern, that took time.
The Demigod Files (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series) by Rick Riordan RRP: RM49.90 Price: RM30
How do you handle an encounter with Medusa on the New Jersey interstate? What’s the best way to take down a minotaur? Become an expert on everything in Percy’s world with this must-have guide to the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Complete with interviews, puzzles, games, & original short stories by Rick Riordan.
The Battle of the Labyrinth (#4 Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan RRP: RM27.90 Price: RM20
This thrilling New York Times bestselling series of modern-day mythology continues. Time is running out as war between the Olympians & the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half Blood is growing more vulnerable. To stop them from invading, Percy & his demigod friends must go on a quest through the Labyrinth.
Coraline (Movie Collector Edition) by Neil Gaiman RRP: RM83.00 Price: RM28
Gaiman’s first novel for children comes to the big screen on February 6, 2009, in an animated adaptation from Focus Features & Universal Pictures International. This beautiful jacketed edition features movie art on the cover & an 8-page, full-colour insert featuring concept art & film stills.
Twilight (Mediator Series #6) by Meg Cabot RRP: RM49.90 Price: RM28
Suze has gotten used to ghosts. She’s a mediator, after all, & communicating with the dead is all in a day’s work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a 19th- century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak. It means she can alter the course of history … & prevent Jesse’s murder, keeping him from ever becoming a ghost — & from ever meeting Suze. Will Jesse choose to live without her, or die to love her?
Mostly Ghostly#1 – Who Let the Ghosts Out? by R.L. Stine RRP: RM23.90 Price: RM16
Max’s life wasn’t going so well even before two ghosts moved into his closet. But when Nicky & Tara show up, claiming that they used to live in his room, everything changes for Max! Soon they’re following him to school, using their invisibility to embarrass him in front of the girl of his dreams. And to make matters worse, there’s some other totally evil spirit named Phears following him around turning animals inside out!
Emily the Strange by Rob Reger, Chronicle Books RRP: RM54.90 Price: RM25
Meet Emily, the peculiar soul with long black hair, a wit of fire, & a posse of slightly sinister black cats. Emily the Strange, her first book, captures the quintessential Emily, featuring her most beloved quips &a host of new ones. Anarchist, heroine, survivor, this little girl with a big personality appeals to the odd child in us all.
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
With bridal magazine covers to her credit, Mackensie "Mac" Elliot is most at home behind the camera - ready to capture the happy moments she never experienced while growing up. Her father replaced his first family with a second, and now her mother, moving on to yet another man, begs Mac for attention and money. Mac's foundation is jostled again moments before an important wedding planning meeting when she bumps into the bride-to-be's brother...an encounter that has them both seeing stars.
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks RRP: RM99.90 Price: RM30
When U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the dirt during his third tour of duty in Iraq, his first instinct is to toss it aside. Instead, he brings it back to the base for someone to claim, but when no one does, he finds himself always carrying the photo in his pocket. Soon Thibault experiences a sudden streak of luck—winning poker games and even surviving deadly combat that kills two of his closest buddies. Only his best friend, Victor, seems to have an explanation for his good fortune: the photograph—his lucky charm.
Marley & Me by John Grogan RRP: RM32.90 Price: RM18
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous horrific divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which--after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing--gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with Gilbert's trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, Committed attempts to "turn on all the lights" when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Gilbert's memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.
Reach for the Skies by Richard Branson
An exhilarating and highly personal story of flight by the world-famous adventurer and businessman. As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, and funded them, and flown with them. I admire them, and trust them, and I think they and their kind are our future. In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired me. These are tales of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air (and space) travel.
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