Archives for November 2009

November

25

A Lion Called Christian Review

In 2008, YouTube.com featured an extraordinary two-minute film clip that became an overnight phenomenon. It shows the remarkable, highly moving reunion of two men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free’s George Adamson, who would introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.
A Lion Called Christian [...]

9780593063309
November

25

Christmas for Dummies

Recommended Christmas for Dummies books include:

iPod & iTunes for Dummies
Rugby Union for Dummies
Drums for Dummies
Digital Photography for Dummies
DIY & Home Maintenance All-in-one for Dummies
Grow Your Own Fruit & Veg for Dummies
Starting & Running a Business All-in-one for Dummies
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Dummies
Cricket for Dummies
Writing a Novel and Getting Published for Dummies
Macs for Dummies
Raising Chickens for [...]

Christmas for Dummies
November

25

2009 Costa Book Awards Short List

On 24th November 2009, Costa, UK’s fastest-growing coffee shop chain, has announced on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row programme, the shortlists for the 2009 Costa Book Awards. The award is one of the most prestigious and popular literary prizes in the UK for and recognises the most enjoyable bookswriters based in the UK and Ireland. The [...]

9781406322477
November

25

MPH Best-Sellers List for Week Ending Nov 22, 2009

Non-fiction
1. Rich Dad’s Conspiracy Of The Rich: The 8 New Rules Of Money by Robert T. Kiyosaki
2. Guinness World Records 2010 by Guinness World Records Limited
3. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
4. Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want [...]

9780446406185
November

24

Contest # 2

We’re back with the second contest!
This is a good book for those of you who aspires to further their studies in the Masters of Business Administration.
We have 5 copies of the book to be given away.
Winners will be announced on Dec 1st 2009. So, keep the answers rolling in…
If there are more than 5 persons answering Contest #2’s question, [...]

MBA Edge
November

23

Contest # 1

Hi, wanna win some books from Book Galaxo?
Here’s what you have to do – take a look at the pictures on the left. There are parts of 3 different book covers.
Name any of the titles of the books correctly, and win a copy of the book!!
The first correct answer/s will win.  So, leave your answers at the comment [...]

Picture 1
November

22

Jeet Kune Do: The Arsenal Of Self-Expression Review

Teri Tom, the “top student” of Bruce Lee’s protege Ted Wong, returns to the world of Jeet Kune Do with her new book, Jeet Kune Do: The Arsenal of Self-Expression. In a natural progression from her first work, The Straight Lead, Tom takes some of the basic mechanics and strategies covered in that book and [...]

9780804839327
November

22

2009 National Book Awards

The mission of the National Book Foundation and the National Book Awards is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the value of good writing in America. The awards were first given on March 16, 1950 to writers, by writers to honor the year’s best work in fiction, nonfiction, [...]

Let The Great World Spin
November

19

Su Tong wins the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize

BEST-SELLING Chinese novelist SU TONG’s soon to be published The Boat to Redemption (Doubleday, January 2010)  has been awarded the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize. It is a picaresque, political fable set in a small town in eastern China during the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. The book will be translated from Chinese to English by Howard Goldblatt. Su Tong is the second [...]

Su Tong
November

19

“Open: An Autobiography” by Andre Agassi

Book Description:

Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would define him. Now, in his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story [...]

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