The Star Online: Lifestyle: Bookshelf
The Star Online: Lifestyle: Bookshelf |
| Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT For the month of August, 2011: Non-fiction 1. A Doctor In The House: The Memoirs Of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad 2. Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story Of His Trip To Heaven And Back by Todd Burpo & Lynn Vincent 3. Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going by Han Fook Kwang et al 4. Einstein: The Life And Times by Ronald W. Clark 5. A World Without Islam by Graham E. Fuller 6. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff 7. Speeches That Changed The World edited by Emma Beare 8. Brain Rules: 12 Principles For Surviving And Thriving At Work, Home, And School by John Medina 9. The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 10. We Are A Muslim, Please: One Girl, Two Lives by Zaiba Malik Fiction 1. A Dance With Dragons: A Song Of Ice And Fire by George R. R. Martin 2. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King 3. Love Always by Harriet Evans 4. Theodore Boone: The Abduction by John Grisham 5. Fall Of Giants by Ken Follett 6. The Tennis Party by Madeleine Wickham 7. Luka And The Fire Of Life by Salman Rushdie 8. The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obréht 9. The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender 10. Insatiable by Meg Cabot ■ This month's list compiled by MPH Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur; www.mphonline.com. |
| Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT YES, the MPH Distributors' warehouse sale is back, all you book lovers will be glad to know. With discounts on everything from children's books and educational titles to bestselling fiction and non-fiction books, you'll want to mark Sept 15 to 18 on your calendar. Another date you will want to make note of is Sept 13. That's the day on which Star2 will offer selected titles at further marked down prices exclusively for The Star's readers. The sale will be held from 8am to 7pm, Sept 15-18, at Bangunan TH, No. 5, Jalan Bersatu, Section 13/4, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. "Like" the sale on Facebook at "MPH Distributors Warehouse Sale" for the latest updates and a chance to win books daily. |
| Posted: 28 Aug 2011 12:59 AM PDT Big Nate – Boredom Buster WELCOME to the world of Nate Wright – a sixth grader who is also the drummer in a band called Enslave The Mollusk; a tween who loves art and fortune cookies; writes for his school newspaper; carries a torch for schoolmate Jenny; and is a cartoonist extraordinaire. On the flip side, he is almost every teacher's nightmare and often gets sent to detention class. In fact, his claim to fame is being the all-time record-holder for detentions! Nate can't stand his bossy big sister, Ellen, but loves hanging out with Francis the brainiac, Teddy the sports nut and Spitsy the dog. His worst enemy is Gina (aka Ms Goody Two-shoes), and his least favourite teacher is Social Studies teacher Mrs Godfrey (aka Godzilla). Vying with Nate for Jenny's attention is his rival, Artur. Once you get to know him, Nate is a very engaging character. With his expressed interest in doodling, comics and art, he goes all out to help get his readers started as cartoonists (like himself!) in Big Nate – Boredom Buster. Already, on the imprint page, Nate invites and entices readers to "write", "draw", "laugh" and "scribble". We know we are in for a lot of fun within its pages when even Jeff Kinney, author of the bestselling Diary Of A Wimpy Kid remarks on the cover: "Big Nate is funny, big time." So, let's get this clear: this may look like a storybook but it is not. It is, however, a "boredom buster", and it is brimming with ideas and activities to get the creative juices flowing. There's never a dull moment – there are doodles to scribble, coded messages to decode, pop quizzes to take, funny scenes and faces to draw, and lots more. You can also turn a scribble into a more meaningful picture, unscramble word puzzles, search for "hidden" words, invent nicknames or wacky words, get lost in a maze, make up your own jokes, create captions, fill in speech bubbles in a comic strip. There are step-by-step instructions on how to draw faces, too. Among the most fun things to do is the poetry slam, which involves thinking up rhyming words, and writing couplets or making up a rap. With Nate taking the lead, the activities will fire up the imagination, set creative thought processes in motion, and draw out the artist/cartoonist/storyteller in the reader. The book is designed, ultimately, to unleash the cartoonist within. This is a great book for eight- to 12-year-olds to delve into during the school holidays or on lazy afternoons or rainy days. Break the monotony of routine – and certainly, banish boredom! |
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