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THE OTHER 9780307263155 DAVID GUTERSON When two boys -- John William Barry and Neil Countryman -- meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they're brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington's remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him towards a life as a devoted school teacher and family man. But John William makes a radically different choice, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods, convinced that it is the only way to live without hypocrisy. When John enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, Neil finds himself drawn into a web of secrets and often agonizing responsibility, deceit, and tragedy--one that will finally break open with a wholly unexpected, life-altering revelation. The Other S$34.94 LITERATURE
THE DARK VOLUME 9780670917563 G.W.DAHLQUIST With old loyalties tested by new and unlikely alliances, Miss Temple, Doctor Svenson, and Cardinal Chang must call on every reserve of courage to face a new and desperate struggle - after all, the integrity of their very minds is at risk. From palace intrigue and a city in turmoil to wolf-haunted mountains, underground tunnels and a suspicious hidden factory, they must overcome war and heartache to battle old enemies and a host of new villains, all hoping to seize for themselves the power of the blue glass books. Now one glass book in particular drives them all, its deadly contents the key to controlling the secrets of the blue glass, or destroying it forever. The Dark Volume S$38.47 LITERATURE
THE WIDOWER 9780330456043 RAY KLUUN Following Ray Kluun's debut novel "Love Life", Dan tries to pick up the pieces after his wife Carmen's death. He is now the sole parent of little Luna. But inevitably in his grief he goes right off the rails. His friends worry for him and for Luna, and Rose finds it difficult to reconnect with him. His hedonism becomes self-destructive and he deep down he knows it's better to have Luna stay with friends than for her to witness his decline. Dan reaches rock bottom and realises he can't go on like this. His friends advise him to go on a long trip, taking Luna with him, and to try and take stock of his life. He decides to take Luna to Australia, via Bali and Thailand. There as they travel across the continent they begin to tentatively establish a relationship - a new relationship - and Dan finally comes to realise what it is he wants and needs in his life. The Widower S$18.50 LITERATURE
BREATH 9780330456111 TIM WINTON Bruce Pike, or 'Pikelet', has lived all his short life in a tiny saw milling town from where the thundering sea can be heard at night. He longs to be down there on the beach, amidst the pounding waves, but for some reason his parents forbid him. It's only when he befriends Loonie, the local wild boy, that he finally defies them. Intoxicated by the treacherous power of the sea and by their own youthful endurance, the two boys spurn all limits and rules, and fall into the company of adult mentors whose own addictions to risk take them to places they could never have imagined. Caught up in love and friendship and an erotic current he cannot resist, Pikelet faces challenges whose effects will far outlast his adolescence. A story of lost youth recollected: its attractions, its compulsions, its moments of heartbreak and of madness. Breath S$32.95 LITERATURE
BEYOND THE BLOSSOMING FIELDS 9781846880643 WATANABE JUNICHI As a young girl, Ginko Ogino seems set for a conventional life, cushioned by the male-dominated society of nineteenth-century Japan. But when she contracts gonorrhoea from her husband - an illness then thought to be incurable - she is divorced and disowned by her own family. Unable to bear the humiliation of being treated by a male doctor, she resolves to become a doctor herself. As more and more obstacles are placed before her, will she give in to social pressure or continue to fight against her world and her times? Beyond the Blossoming Fields S$40.61 ASIAN LITERATURE
PAPER BUTTERFLY 9780330456098 DIANE WEI LIANG In China, prisoner 3424 is released from camp and seven years of grueling work in the mines. A young man named Lin was imprisoned for activism in the protests at Tiananmen Square. His student ideals were crushed, and now he makes his long way back to Beijing. A private detective Mei Wang is hired on the case of a missing person by magnate Mr Peng, a contact of her glamorous sister Lu. Kaili is a gorgeous young pop star whose life was not as glittering as it first appeared. As the case rapidly slides into murder, Mr Peng chooses a corporate cover-up over the risk of finding out too much of the truth. But Mei is compelled by her instincts to do just that, and is drawn on a trail that takes her from the high rises and boulevards into the old hutong district, where superstitions are very much alive. Following a mysterious clue in a beautiful handmade paper butterfly, she uncovers events that take her back to her own memories of the heady days of Tiananmen that ended so brutally. Paper Butterfly S$32.95 ASIAN LITERATURE
DEVIL MAY CARE 9780718154189 SEBASTIAN FAULKS An Algerian drug runner is savagely executed in the desolate outskirts of Paris. This seemingly isolated event leads to the recall of Agent 007 from his sabbatical in Rome and his return to the world of intrigue and danger where he is most at home. The head of MI6, M, assigns him to shadow the mysterious Dr. Julius Gorner, a power-crazed pharmaceutical magnate, whose wealth is exceeded only by his greed. Gorner has lately taken a disquieting interest in opiate derivatives, both legal and illegal, and this urgently bears looking into. Bond finds a willing accomplice in the shape of a glamorous Parisian named Scarlett Papava. He will need her help in a life-and-death struggle with his most dangerous adversary yet, as a chain of events threaten to lead to global catastrophe... Devil May Care S$34.19 MYSTERY/ THRILLER
THE FRONT 9781408700525 PATRICIA CORNWELL Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is given one of his most challenging cases yet when he is asked to investigate the death of a young British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Assumed to be a victim of the Boston Strangler, blind Janie Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962. With no DNA and sketchy police records, this is a case that will test Garano to his limits. It will take him on a journey through the archives, into the latest innovations in forensic technology, and into partnership with senior officers at London's New Scotland Yard. And as Garano unearths deadly secrets from the past, his hard-nosed boss Monique Lamont is putting both their lives in jeopardy with her lust for power and success. With past and present colliding, the tension mounts with every page... the front S$29.91 MYSTERY/ THRILLER
SAIL 9781846052552 JAMES PATTERSON As Peter Carlyle waves his wife, children and brother-in-law off on a sailing holiday, all they have in mind is lying back and relaxing. But as a violent storm breaks out, an explosion causes the boat to vanish without a trace and the family are lost, presumed dead. Until now. When a message in a bottle is washed up on a shore, it becomes apparent that there must have been at least one survivor. Peter is a broken man, he appears to struggle to contain his grief as he holds a heartfelt TV interview about his loss. But all is not as it seems, beneath the grief lies a more sinister side, Peter is involved with a beautiful (and dangerous) younger woman and it soon transpires that he knows more about his family's disappearance than he is letting on.He seeks to find whatever remains of his family, but is he really looking for a happy reunion? And could it be that it isn't just Peter who is hot on the Dunne family's trail? The race is on to rescue any survivors and discover what happened aboard the luxury yacht. Sail S$28.34 MYSTERY/ THRILLER
THE REAPERS 9780340936665 JOHN CONNOLLY In John Connolly's latest thriller book, he writes about the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects. A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis's blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss. Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them? The Reapers S$28.89 MYSTERY/ THRILLER
BROKEN WINDOW 9780340937235 JEFFREY DEAVER Lincoln Rhyme and partner Amelia Sachs return to face a criminal whose ingenious staging of crimes is enabled by a terrifying access to information. When Lincoln's estranged cousin Arthur Rhyme is arrested on murder charges, the case is perfect - too perfect. Forensic evidence from Arthur's home is found all over the scene of the crime, and it looks like the fate of Lincoln's relative is sealed. At the behest of Arthur's wife, Judy, Lincoln agrees to investigate the case. Soon Lincoln and Amelia uncover a string of similar murders and rapes with perpetrators claiming innocence and ignorance - despite ironclad evidence at the scenes of the crimes. Rhyme's team realizes that this may be the result of masterful identity theft and manipulation. An information service company - the huge data miner Strategic Systems Datacorp - seems to have all the answers but is reluctant to help the police. Still, Rhyme and Sachs and their assembled team begin uncovering a chilling pattern of vicious crimes and cover-ups, and their investigation points to one master criminal, whom they dub "522." the broken window S$28.89 MYSTERY/ THRILLER
FRACTURED 9781844138616 KARIN SLAUGHTER When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail's life forever. When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl's life in danger, the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team - teamed with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting. But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta's wealthiest, most privileged communities - before it's too late. Fractured S$32.64 MYSTERY/ THRILLER
PROMISE OF THE WOLVES 9781416591146 DOROTHY HEARST What is the promise of the Wolf? Never consort with humans. Never kill a human unprovoked. Never allow a mixed-blood wolf to live. At least that's what the wolves of the Wide Valley believe. Until a young wolf dares to break the rules-and forever alters the relationship between wolves and the humans who share their world. This is the story of such a wolf. Born of a forbidden mixed-blood litter and an outcast after her mother is banished, Kaala is determined to earn a place in the Swift River pack. But her world is turned upside down when she saves a human girl from drowning. Risking expulsion from their pack and exile from the Wide Valley, Kaala and her young packmates being to hunt with the humans and thus discover the long-hidden bond between the two clans. But when war between wolves and humans threatens, Kaala learns the lies behind the wolf's promise. Lies that force her to choose between safety for herself and her friends and the survival of her pack-and perhaps of all wolf- and humankind. Promise of the Wolves S$32.10 FANTASY
CHASING HARRY WINSTON 9780007268603 LAUREN WEISBERGER The bestselling author of "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Everyone Worth Knowing" is back with a delicious new novel about a trio of best friends. Leigh, Adriana and Emmy are best friends, all leading very different lives and about to make some extreme choices. Emmy has just split with her boyfriend of five years. A serial monogamist, she suddenly realises how much she's missed the thrill of single life. A new job traveling across the globe could offer her the one thing she is craving. How far would you go to change your life in a year? Emmy finds herself single for the first time in years. She vows to find a man on every continent for some pure no-strings-attached fun. Adriana is stunning and can have any man she desires.Yet she wants an eligible bachelor who'll slip a five-carat Harry Winston diamond on her finger. Leigh has a doting boyfriend that most girls would kill for. But when literary bad boy Jesse Chapman asks to work with her, she just can't refuse. Knocking back raspberry mojitos one night, the three friends make a pact - to change one thing in their lives by the end of the year... Chasing Harry Winston S$17.12 LIGHT READS
GLITZ 9780755336050 LOUISE BAGSHAWE All is fair in love and war - especially when there's a trust fund at stake...Haughty, social climber Juno, her ditzy, style-free sister Athena and their cousins, IT girl Diana and wannabe actress Venus are accustomed to living the high life, thanks to a trust fund set up by their super-rich, reclusive Uncle Clem. But when Uncle Clem summons his nieces to his mansion in the Seychelles to announce his engagement to Bai-Ling, a woman young enough to be their baby sister, the four girls instantly know trouble's afoot...Can they stop the wedding? What happens when four pampered princesses have to cope without their trust fund? Who will learn to stand on their own two feet...and who will fall? Glitz S$17.07 LIGHT READS


Non Fiction - New Arrivals Information (July 2008)
Title ISBN Author Description Cover Price Location
Obama: From Promise to Power 9780061689406 David Mendell Mendell has covered Obama since the beginning of his campaign for the Senate and as a result enjoys far-reaching access to the new Senator - both his professional and personal life. He uses this access to paint a very intimate and revealing portrait of Obama and his life pre and post Senate, including his new status as a sex symbol now that going into a crowd to shake hands with constituents carries the added concern of being groped by women, and the toll this has had on his marriage. Mendell also describes the dirty tactics sanctioned by Obama - who has steeped his image and reputation on the ideals of clean politics and good government - to win his Senate seat by employing David Axelrod, a Chicago-based political consultant (consultant to the John Edwards' campaign) with what the author describes as 'an appetite for the Big Kill'. Positioning Obama as the savior of a fumbling Democratic party, Mandell shows how the senator conquered Illinois politics and paved the way brick by brick for a galvanizing, historic presidential run. Obama S$17.12 SOCIOLOGY
Ladyboys: The Secret World of Thailand's Third Gender 9781905379484 Pornchai Sereemongkonpol and Susan Aldous An intimate portrait of Thailand's ladyboys: the men who have chosen to become women. Funny, passionate, angry and provocative, Ladyboys is a no-holds-barred look at the secretive lives of Thailand's transsexual men. Here, they offer intimate details of the lives that they've never publicly revealed. They talk about the choices they've made, their relationships, families, frustrations and hopes. The stories include those of an exotic cabaret performer, a sex worker and even a Muay Thai boxing champion. Ladyboys S$26.22 SOCIOLOGY
Bar Flower: My Decadently Destructive Days and Nights as a Tokyo Nightclub Hostess 9780312368975 Lea Jacobson During daylight hours, the city of Tokyo is the quintessential image of robotic conformity. But at night, it transforms into a "floating world" of escapism, as "all-work" salary men seek a place to play. Though fascinated by Japanese language and culture, American Lea Jacobson, who has an M.A. in East Asian studies and a B.A. in English and Japanese, had some difficulty conforming to Japan's rigidly structured society. When she was fired from her job as an English teacher, Lea found work as a nightclub hostess on Tokyo's Ginza strip, and transformed herself into a "Barbie doll" fantasy whose job it was to flatter, flirt and engage in mock- relationships with her middle-aged clients. A direct descendant of the geisha tradition, hostessing quickly became lucrative and addictive. Her perceptions distorted by the alcohol she was paid to consume, her identity confused by the fake personalities she spun nightly, Jacobson began to lose herself in this fantasy culture. As she descended into self-abuse and alcoholism, she found that the seductive lifestyle she loved so much seemed impossible to escape. According to Kirkus Reviews, "Her debut memoir intrigues because it opens a window into a little-seen portion of Japanese culture: ‘the floating world' of transience and personal gratification." Bar Flower S$43.90 SOCIOLOGY
Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea 9780434017669 Chelsea Handler Life isn't easy for Chelsea - but then she doesn't make it easy. In Are you There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea, she recalls her myriad embarrassments, trials and tribulations with hilarious frankness. Like the time she told some girls at school that she was shooting movies with Goldie Hawn on location in the Galapagos, or when she decided to broaden her sexual horizons with 'Big Red', despite the fact that she was seeing a perfectly good, dark-haired man at the time. With tips on dining in pitch black restaurants, reservations about getting dry-humped by an aggressive masseuse, and an (ex-) boyfriend who comes to help her dog sit two Peekapoos, but ends up getting along rather too well with 'Daisy' - Chelsea has done it all, including meeting a real mini-Chelsea. Whatever the scenario, the author, who is also an American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress, writes with biting wit, and a smart, sassy and anything-but-shy attitude. This memoir-in-stories, which is her second New York Times #1 bestselling book right after My Horizontal Life, will have you rolling around with laughter. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea S$39.95 SOCIOLOGY
ID: Quest for Identity in the Twenty First Century 9780340936061 Susan Greenfield Our individuality is under attack as never before. Two huge new forces - technological advances and the rise in fundamentalism - are in their different ways combining to threaten our control of our minds and so the whole way our society functions. We have never more urgently needed to look at what we want for ourselves as individuals - for our children, and for our future society. ID: Quest for Identity in the Twenty First Century will draw on the latest findings in neuroscience to show how far we are (and can be) in control of the development of our brains and minds - and the actions we need to take now both to safeguard our individuality and to find the fulfilment which our current unfettered materialism cannot provide. All this inevitably poses many questions about human nature, our past, what makes us individual, the connection between the brain and the mind, what a society of fulfilled individuals would actually mean, all of which this book will attempt to answer. ID S$35.95 SOCIOLOGY
Getting Rich First: Life in a Changing China 9780099488798 Duncan Hewitt The peasant revolutionary turned lifestyle guru, the former Shaolin monk working on a Shanghai building site, the once-conservative father running a gay hotline - and the teenagers who just want to dress up as their favourite Japanese cartoon characters - welcome to the new China, a nation in motion, where whole streets are rebuilt in a week, car ownership is soaring, education goes private and rural workers migrate to the cities in search of a better life. It is a transformation that has swept through the country since the first economic reforms of the 1980s, when Deng Xiaoping announced that China would have to 'let some of the people get rich first'. But while many have benefited under the new 'aspiration nation,' others are struggling to keep up in what is now one of the most divided societies on earth. Former BBC's China correspondent and current Newsweek writer, Duncan Hewitt lives and works in China and has witnessed first hand the impact and speed of these vast social and economic upheavals. His timely book speaks with the voices of everyday people as they learn to adapt to one of the most rapid transformations in human history. The Sunday Times commented, "A brilliant insider's account of life in the new China." Getting Rich First: Life in a Changing China S$26.95 HISTORY
Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922 9780340962343 Giles Milton On Saturday 9 September 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two million people were caught up in a disaster of truly epic proportions. Written by a bestselling historian, Paradise Lost unfolds through the memories of the survivors, many of them interviewed for the first time, and the eyewitness accounts of those who found themselves caught up in one of the greatest catastrophes of the modern age. Paradise Lost S$35.95 HISTORY
Life with God 9780340954942 Richard Foster Many of us want to make the Bible the foundation of our way of life, but struggle to make sense of this huge, apparently disjointed book. Why is that Christians try so hard to place the Bible at the centre of their lives, but in reality get very little from it in terms of genuine life-transforming practice? Richard Foster believes that it is because we fail to grasp the overriding coherent message of the Bible - that all of Scripture is unified around the theme of living a vibrant and dynamic life with God. Breaking up history into fifteen epochs that reveal the unfolding of God's plan for seeking out a relationship with us, Foster sees the Bible as 'the loving heart of God made visible and plain.' Readers will discover a whole new way to read Scripture, making it a doorway to a lifestyle we can master, rather than merely knowledge we understand. Life with God is Foster's first major new work for nearly a decade and is of similar magnitude to his classics: Prayer, Celebration of Discipline and Streams of Living Water. Life with God S$29.95 RELIGION
The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions 9780307396266 David Berlinski This provocative counterattack against the leading proponents of today's radical atheism--including Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens who have dominated bestseller lists with their books denigrating religious belief as dangerous foolishness--maintains that their arguments are in fact irrational, unscientific, and often simply wrong. The Devil's Delusion S$45.95 RELIGION
Signs of Success: The Remarkable Power of Business Astrology 9780814474419 Steven Mark Weiss J.P. Morgan once famously remarked, "Millionaires don't have astrologers. Billionaires do." However modern business professionals hold on to the idea that what's in the stars might have some bearing on the very cut-and-dried, numbers-dominated corporate environment may seem pretty "out there." But time and time again, the science of astrology has been shown to provide uncanny insight into timing and trends. Signs of Success examines the accomplishments of hundreds of business greats--from Walt Disney to Oprah Winfrey to Bill Gates--through the remarkable and surprising lens of astrology. It gives all readers, be they astrological doubters, dilettantes, or devotees, a practical and entertaining overview of the many applications of astrol­ogy to business endeavors. The book provides an analysis of the 12 zodiacal business personality types, and fascinatingly recounts how an understanding of the stars has affected landmark business events throughout history. Rather than deal with the issue of “belief,” Steven Mark Weiss, an award winning journalist and business consultant, points out the brilliance of the astrological conceptual framework with regard to the description of human values. Witty, wise, and practical, this delightful book shows readers that when it comes to real-world business and leadership, the sky truly is the limit. Signs of Success S$41.20 METAPHYSICS
Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want 9781847441768 James Ray Harmonic Wealth will help you open up to a life of abundance and contentment, free from feelings of dissatisfaction and insecurity. It's a gratifying way to live, and it's within your reach. James Arthur Ray received international fame for his contribution to the bestselling The Secret and now presents his practical, results driven programme for becoming absolutely unstoppable in achieving what you want in life. Using a combination of ancient wisdom traditions and cutting-edge research, this Sunday Times bestselling book, reveals how abundance, well-being, and fulfillment - true wealth can only be achieved when five key pillars of life - financial, relational, mental, physical, and spiritual - are in harmony with one another. Learn how to increase your creativity, intelligence and mental functioning, strengthen your personal relationships, achieve financial success, increase your energy level and invigorate your body, and vanquish the fears that have held you back in your life - James Ray tells you exactly what you need to do to create the life you want. Harmonic Wealth S$29.91 SELF-HELP
Be Happy Without Being Perfect: How to Break Free from the Perfection Deception 9780749928520 Alice D. Domar Chasing perfection is a phenomenon that leads women to underappreciate and loathe their lives. Be Happy Without Being Perfect is about learning how to reset unrealistically high expectations and replace them with realistic, attainable goals that will result in success rather than failure. It explains how to create reasonable expectations for your home, your family, your relationships, your job, your body and your bank account. Dr. Alice Domar, an executive director of the Domar Centre for Mind/Body Health in Boston and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, will share lessons such as - Why we expect so much of ourselves and how failure to live up to our own expectations can affect our emotional and physical health, how to create realistic expectations, set attainable goals, and stop being so hard on yourself when you fall short of your own expectations, how to alleviate the guilt and shame that perfectionism can trigger, and, how to accept inadequacies in the areas in which perfectionist thinking is particularly prevalent and damaging. This book provides the keys to releasing women from the straitjacket of stress and worry, showing them how to relax, enjoy and embrace what they have. Be Happy Without Being Perfect S$40.95 SELF-HELP
Trust No One 9780752893303 Teresa Cooper Thrust into care at six months of age because of an alcoholic father and mentally ill mother, Teresa Cooper's life began in a less than perfect way. Teresa spent an unsettled childhood in a variety of children's homes before being sent at thirteen to Kendall House in Gravesend, Kent, which would become her prison and worst nightmare. Teresa found herself a victim of a terrible regime; being injected with dangerously high doses of drugs and sexually abused. This cruel and vicious treatment, accompanied by punishments such as 163 days spent in solitary confinement, meant that it was not long before Teresa began to harm herself and even attempt to take her life. After three years of hell, Teresa thought her nightmare was over but another was about to begin. Trust No One is an extraordinary memoir of how a young girl fought against the most evil abuses in a care system that was meant to protect her to become the survivor she is today. Trust No One S$19.94 PSYCHOLOGY
The Price of Passion 9780091923204 Carla van Raay A former nun and prostitute, Carla van Raay thought she had come to terms with her traumatic past. But then she received a phone call that threatened to upset the balance once again. Carla had first met Aaron at a tumultuous time in her life. She had left a convent after 13 years of bitter cruelty, lost her virginity in a brutal fashion to a man she barely knew, and then hastily got married before giving birth to a beautiful daughter. Now Aaron was back. And what's more he wanted to resume a relationship that had been intense, yet short-lived. But so much had happened since then. Carla had left her husband and, after years of repression in the convent, had turned to prostitution. An eagerly awaited sequel to Carla van Raay's international bestselling memoir, God's Callgirl -The Price of Passion is a very personal story written with honesty about two people who have tried to overcome abusive pasts embarking on a new, yet equally challenging, journey; but neither could have foreseen what lay ahead. The Price of Passion S$22.50 PHILOSOPHY
Breaking the Chain: Abuse, Revenge, Redemption: The True Story of a Damaged Childhood 9781843172529 Andy McQuade Andy McQuade was just twelve years old when he plunged an axe into the head of his father. After suffering years of sadistic abuse at his hands, and watching his mother slowly lose the will to live, it seemed his only option. However, his father survived the attack, dying several years later, a shadow of his former self, leaving his son to live with the overwhelming guilt of his actions. At sixteen, Andy ran away from home and moved to London, where he lived as a near-derelict, became addicted to drugs, and worked as a dealer. At seventeen, he overdosed on heroin and 'technically' died, coming round three days later in a filthy bedsit. Realizing that it was time for a change, he made the decision to turn his life around. From these traumatic beginnings Andy has become a successful and award-winning actor, writer and director. Breaking the Chain is a self-penned memoir of his incredible journey encompassing abuse and revenge, and of his struggle for redemption. Breaking the Chain S$23.19 PSYCHOLOGY


Art & Design Book New Arrivals Information (July 2008)
Title ISBN Author Description Cover Price Location
DESIGN FOR SPECIAL EVENTS 9781592534166 Peleq Top Special events either get noticed or fail. Design is the most important factor in which course an event will take. With often a very large investment and high expectations for turnout at the pressure of the design team to create a memorable visual and aesthetic is huge. Modeled on the format and presentation of Business Graphics, this book will feature a vast collection of designs for special events from around the globe. Designing for special events such as fundraisers, trade shows and conferences is becoming commonplace for many designers as the need to compete for attendance at these events increases. Design for Special Events S$73.50 DESIGN
APRTMENT THERAPY PRESENTS: REAL HOMES, REAL PEOPLE, HUNDREDS OF DESIGN SOLUTIONS 9780811859820 Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan From the Web site that attracts more than 3 million unique visitors a month, this groundbreaking book features 40 homes decorated by real people. Over 400 photos show details of all sorts of abodes from a tiny rental in Brooklyn to a condo in San Diego to a ranch-style in Miami. Each home profile includes floor plans, detailed resource lists, and "how I did it" explanations from the renters and owners who created fresh and entirely original interiors. Edited and written by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, Apartment Therapy founder and frequent makeover expert on HGTV, this bible of accessible design ideas is the ultimate home decor book for the DIY-savvy. apartment therapy S$41.30 DESIGN
THE ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF GRAPHIC DESIGN 9782940361809 Debbie Millman The Essential Principles of Graphic Design is a one-stop practical resource book for students. It is structured around five progressive sections--principles, elements, process, practice, and production--to give students a thorough grounding in designing and producing their own work.The book begins with clear outlines of the basic principles of good design, then moves on to explain the specific building blocks of graphic design. This leads to process and production, with outlines of the technical processes required to get a job done, and the tools and equipment required to prepare, output, and publish work. Subsequent chapters deconstruct the work of respected professionals and emerging talents. Chapters on illustrations and photographs include advice on sourcing images and details precisely what will and won't provide reproducible quality. They also cover the vital issues of usage and copyright. Essential production considerations and advice are given in the context of creating a killer portfolio, giving tips and hints, pros and cons for paper, digital, and electronic presentations. The book concludes with a showcase of inspirational design. the essential principles of graphic design S$68.80 DESIGN
THE BIG BOOK OF ILLUSTRATION IDEAS 2 9780061215148 Roger Walton What if you need someone to draw salad on a plate with a glass of wine next to it? You could go through the above processes, and—after a while—you'd probably find someone to draw or paint it in the style you wanted. Or you could simply pick up The Big Book of Illustration Ideas 2 flip to the section marked "Food and Still Life," and find pages and pages of illustrators who can draw all kinds of food in all kinds of styles: pencil, crayon, watercolor, collage, and so on, and so on. It's a smorgasbord of illustration ideas. In fact, within these pages are the best illustrators from all over the world, found together in one place along with all their contact information. A pocketful S$74.90 DESIGN
PATTERNS 2 DESIGN, ART & ARCHITECTURE-HB 9783764386443 Petra Schmidt, Barbara Glasner & Ursula Schondeling (Editor) N/A Big Book of Illustration Idea 2 S$137.20 DESIGN
CUBE COLLECTION: GREAT NEW CHARACTERS 9789812455789 N/A A character is defined by the individual characteristic traits that distinguish one person from another. A designer who creates a fictional character gives birth to something unique, and individual. This is precisely what the contrubutors to "Great New Characters" have achieved. They have created men, women, children, animals, even strange creatures beyond categorisation. They are cartoon figures, caricatures, some just outlines, some barely recognisable as creatures. Some can walk, talk, even fly, some can do non. They's re pretty, ugly, nice or nasty. Regardless whether they's ve been barely sketched or elaborately shaped, they all have one thing in common: they are great new characters, each with their own life and spirit. Thei book is the result of a new competition held by zeixs and provides and up-to-date survey of the international creative scene. CC Great New Characters S$34.90 DESIGN
CUBE COLLECTION: WEBSITES 2 9789812454980 N/A Everybody's on the internet. There's no other place or medium where images and projections of the self can be presented almost without limitations. The possibilities are endless, it seems, and this makes the World Wide Web the most exciting and fast-moving medium. The latest aesthetic tendencies, new communication codes and visual languages are always to be found on the net first. It's quite simply the world's biggest creative playground. Millions of busy homepage-providers ensure an immediateness that no other medium can match. Technically, the only limitation is the fact that a homepage has to function quickly and to be comprehensible. Images, typography, music, design, films and animation - it's all at the disposal of the creative mind. The World Wide Web is also the world's most democratic medium. CC Websites 2 S$34.90 DESIGN
CUBE COLLECTION: T-SHIRT DESIGN 9789812455512 N/A The T-shirt is the perfect medium to demonstrate one's personla taste: Whether aesthetic taste, lifestyle, favourite band, Dadaist attitude or political opinion - a shirt can basically express everything that moves people and that is presentable two-dimensionally. T-shirts in their characterictic T-shap took hold in the first half of the 20th century. At first it was only a convenient understhit for soldiers that replaced the scratchy A-shirt (strapless undershirt, also called 'wife-beater') CC T Shirts S$34.90 DESIGN
WORLD'S COOLEST HOTEL ROOMS,THE 9780061353864 Bil Tikos Written by one of the world's leading trend spotters and proprietor of the widely-read www.coolhunter.net, Bill Tikos, The World's Coolest Hotel Rooms opens the doors to more than fifty of the hippest, sexiest, newest, and most unusual rooms across the seven continents. Featuring the work of today's top architects and interior designers, this book offers diverse accommodations with one thing in common: impeccable taste with edge. So wherever wanderlust may take you—from an idyllic getaway in Scotland's remote Jura Island to the bright lights and nonstop action of Berlin—there is an amazing place to stay, and Tikos has roamed the globe to find it and the best room in the house. the worlds coolest hotel rooms S$45.00 DESIGN
COMICKERS COLORING BOOK 9780061242045 Comickers Magazine Comickers Coloring Book features fascinating manga illustrations from top Japanese artists, along with a step-by-step guide to manga coloring techniques so anyone can enjoy this popular art form. Regardless of age or skill level, from budding artist to polished professional, anyone with an interest in coloring manga characters will find Comickers Coloring Book fun and engaging. comickers S$28.50 DESIGN
COMICKERS ART 2-CREATE AMAZING MANGA 9780061452543 Comickers Magazine Comickers Art: Create Amazing Manga Characters delves deep into the creative process of manga and shows how to transform two-dimensional sketches into detailed, life-like characters. With beautiful full-color art from cover to cover, this second volume in the Comickers Art series showcases authentic instructions and original advice from the best manga creators—along with finished illustrations from each featured artist. Both visually-stunning and extremely informative, this book is an essential guide for all aspiring manga artists. Comickers Art 2 S$37.50 DESIGN
TIM WALER PICTURES 9783832792459 Tim Walker This book offers us a privileged glimpse into the artistic process used by top fashion photographer Tim Walker. This comprehensive overview of his work brings us deep inside his glamorous world of adventure. Featuring a wide array of sketches, contacts and Polaroids share in source materials normally hidden within the photographer's studio. The evocative images are rich with textured nuance and intriguing details. Walker gives full rein to his playful side and intersperses collages among the photographs. The over-sized format showcases some of the most imaginative and exuberant art being produced today. tim walker S$194.10 DESIGN
NEW SEASIDE INTERIOR-HB 9783836503877 Angelika Taschen (Editor) Extraordinary coastal living on five continents--from Iceland to Chile--showcases designs from minimalist to cozy, from ethnic to modern, all reflecting the owners' love for the deep blue. New Seaside Interior S$75.00 DESIGN
AROUND EUROPE PROMOTION 9789812457103 Andres Fredes Welcome friends to another edition of AroundEurope . This time, we are into 'Promotion'. As it is already common in this book series, we will visit different European countries looking for the most interesting graphic work of a huge variety of studios standing out by their quality output. In this volume, enjoy this flight through European graphic design and savour the varied selection of menus design studios all around Europe have to offer. around europe promotion DESIGN
THNK: CMYK 9789812457257 Zeixs(Editor) The "Think CMYK" series demonstrates how limitations like these can spur on creativity to produce good and innovatitve designs. Each ook is dedicated to one of the four colours of the CMYK colour model. Combined, the four volumes provide a perfect guidebook and source of inspiration. Also, they simply make a good collection of inventive graphic design. Cyan, often simply referred to as " turquoise", is a bluish-green colour. The name is derived from the Greek Kuavos, meaning dark blue, it has been established by the Euroscale standard. THNK CMYK DESIGN