Lessons from the past
Book Title: 912 Batu RoadAuthor: Viji KrishnamoorthyPublisher: Clarity PublishingYear published: 2021ISBN: 978-967-17657-4-6Price: RM39 Each day is marked by the grating sound of razor-sharp bayonets in practice combat and the dull thud of bodies falling to the ground as we go through our routine. The plots and time stamps that occurred during World War II were what […]
Excitement, danger under the sea
Book Title: Daughter of the DeepISBN: 9780241538203Author: Rick RiordanPublisher: Puffin BookPublication Year: 2021Price: RM49.95 BY ELEAZAR BARRICK PETER I’m a Dolphin. I believe that communication can solve any problem if the parties have the will and the intelligence to learn to understand each other. – Ana Dakkar This latest novel by the amazing Rick Riordan […]
Where there’s fragility, there’s hope
Book title: Life On The LineISBN: 978-0-06-307338-8Author: Emma GoldbergPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersPublication year: 2021Price: RM123.90 In a war you have some idea of where the bullets are coming from. But here you don’t. You have no idea where your enemy is. It’s everywhere, really. BY CAROLINE JACKSON Like in Malaysia and elsewhere, the world was slowly […]
An exploration of the human heart
Title: Atlas of the Heart Author: Brené Brown ISBN: 9780399592553 Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty. We have to ask questions, admit to not knowing, risk being told that we shouldn’t be asking, and, sometimes, make discoveries that lead to discomfort. – Brené Brown […]
The rise of Genghis Khan
Title: Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World Author: Frank McLynn ISBN: 9781784703509 Publisher: Vintage Price: RM29.90 By Fakhry Asa’ad Just as God gave different fingers to the hand, so has He gave different ways to men. — Genghis Khan Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose […]
Mothers — more than just a mom
Book title: Please Look After Mom ISBN: 978-0-307-73951-3 Author: Shin Kyung-Sook Publisher: Vintage When was the last time you’d told mom about something that had happened to you? At a certain point, the conversations between you and mom became simplified. Even that was not done face to face, but by telephone. Despite having already read […]
Jimi could have deserved better …
Book title: Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The TruthISBN: 978-0-330-43353-2Author: Sharon LawrencePublisher: Pan BooksPrice: RM42.90 I will be dead in five years’ time, but while I am here, I will travel many highways and I will, of necessity, die at a time when my message of love, peace, and freedom can be shared with […]
From friends to romance
Book title: You and Me On Vacation ISBN: 978-0-241-99223-4 Author: Emily Henry Publisher: Penguin Books Publication year: 2021 Price: RM49.95 On vacation, you can be anyone you want. Like a good book or an incredible outfit, being on vacation transports you into another version of yourself,” – Emily Henry, Author This is the story of […]
A love story
Title: A Walk To Remember Author: Nicholas Sparks ISBN: 9781538764701 Publication Year: 2021 Publisher: Grand Central Price: RM44.90 It wasn’t that long, and it certainly wasn’t the kind of kiss you see in movies these days, but it was wonderful in its own way, and all I can remember about the moment is that when […]
A tale of hope, human frailty, love
Book title: One Two Three ISBN: 9781250236777 (ISBN10: 1250236770) Author: Laurie Frankel Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication year: 2021 Price: RM63.00 If you look closer, if you go slowly, there can be story even without progress or plot, life in small change, like Dante and Beatrice, like fish swimming hard against the current just […]
