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Hello dear booklovers, It’s a magical time at Asia Books as we focus on fiction and non-fiction in our ‘Magic of Reading’ promotion. Our feature article “Our Books on the Human Brain: Discover the World Inside Your Head” is an especially good read with a wealth of insight into what makes us all magically tick. And as the theme is magic, are you ready for the return of everyone’s favorite wizard Harry Potter? The all-new Harry Potter and the Cursed Child takes us into Harry’s world 19 years later. There’s so much to look forward to at Asia Books, isn’t there? See you soon!



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9781455595556 SEE ME By NICHOLAS SPARKS Paperback

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9781473620681 COMMITMENT: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY By DIDIER DROGBA Paperback

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9781784703509 GENGHIS KHAN: THE MAN WHO CONQUERED THE WORLD By FRANK MCLYNN Paperback

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9780241255360 THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO IT HERE! By JOHN KOTTER & HOLGER RATHGEBER Hardback

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9780141361321 THE BFG (FILM TIE-IN) Paperback

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9781941815236 KINFOLK VOLUME 20 By KINFOLK Paperback

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9789810991722 START SKETCHING, START DRAWING! By DAVID TSNEN Paperback

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9781780892733 BULLSEYE By JAMES PATTERSON Trade Paperback

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These days we find ourselves increasingly concerned about reaching our full potential and understanding ourselves better to lead a more meaningful and happier life. Since psychology is a gateway to self-comprehension, as well as the human mind and its functions, it’s no wonder why it is one of the most popular genres in bookstores today. If you venture into Asia Books’ Psychology section, you’ll find at least four different groups of books that you can benefit from. First, there are books on how to get the most out of your brain. The chapters of the bestseller Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by molecular biologist Dr. John Media, explain what brain scientists know for certain about how our brains work like the fact that physical activity gets our brains working at their best and that memories are volatile. We also have, available for the first time ever in English, Estanislao Bacharach’s The Agile Mind: How Your Brain Makes Creativity Happen. This publishing sensation reveals that, contrary to popular belief, creativity does not diminish over time and shows us how with the right techniques we can all become more creative! Getting the most out of your brain also involves ridding your mind of the idea that some people are just born gifted. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericson & Robert Pool proves that the individuals we once


thought of as truly exceptional gained their special abilities through training and that we are all born with the same unique ability to develop our brains and bodies through our own efforts. Through books like these, you’ll discover how much you can achieve.

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The second book group I’d like to share with you is the key to making better decisions by first understanding how we think and behave. There’s the New York Times bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow by Nobel-Prize winning Daniel Kahneman that provides clarity on the two ways we make decisions: fast, intuitive thinking and slow, rational thinking. You’ll learn how our minds are affected by error and prejudice plus how to think more slowly and smarter. You’ll also benefit from Philip E.Tetlock and Dan Gardner’s Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction. Everything we do involves forecasts about the future, but we’re not very good at it. Superforecasting’s co-authors offer sensational insight gained from people extraordinarily talented at predicting future outcomes that can in turn help us forecast better. And did you know, despite the belief we make choices based solely on our individual tastes and opinions, other people’s behavior actually hugely influences everything we do? Sometimes we conform, but other times we purposefully opt for the opposite of what many others choose. This social influence is detailed in Jonah Berger’s Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior. These are just a few of the titles with which you can take better control of your own decision making. Next, you can read some fabulous titles to figure out how to rewire your brain for the better. Look for Charles Duhigg’s bestseller The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change. Duhigg shares thrilling scientific discoveries explaining the reason for habits and how to change them thus transforming your life. Plus, have you ever come out of a situation with regret that you let your fear get the better of you, wishing you’d handled it better and that you could do it all over again? In Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, author Amy Cuddy presents the enthralling science underlying fascinating body-mind effects and teaches us how to use simple methods to free ourselves from high-pressure fear so we can do our best. To develop stronger brain power you’ll need to be passionate enough about it and keep at it enough to come out on top. Angela Duckworth discusses this in her bestseller Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Duckworth shares her research to reveal valuable insight including how your effort counts twice toward your goal and how to learn grit. And there are plenty other titles with insight on how to rewire your brain. If all that is not enough to satisfy your thirst for knowledge and understanding on psychology, then I suggest yet one more worthy selection of titles. These are none other than reference books that will make learning more on psychology and harnessing the power of the human brain easier and more convenient. On our Asia Books shelves you’ll see titles like Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More! by Paul Kleinman, The Psychology Book by DK Publishing, Christian Jarrett’s 30-second Psychology: The 50 Most Thoughtprovoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute, and also Psychology In Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained In An Instant by Marcus Weeks, just to name a few! After absorbing all the information from our Psychology section treasures, you’ll undoubtedly develop a deeper understanding of how your brain really works and how we think and behave. Equipped with this knowledge you’ll then be able to get the most out of your brain, make better decisions, and also rewire your brain for the better. And you’ll have a wealth of knowledge on your brain at your fingertips to delve into anytime you feel the urge. So here’s to a brainier you!

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• b lo c k b u s te r s yo u c a n' t m iss • 9781455570881 ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE BOURNE ENIGMA By ERIC VAN LUSTBADER Trade Paperback

9780575130722 THE FIREMAN By JOE HILL Trade Paperback

9781784751128 FOOL ME ONCE By HARLAN COBEN Paperback

Nobody knew where the virus came from. FOX News said it had been set loose by ISIS, using spores that had been invented by the Russians in the 1980s. MSNBC said sources indicated it might've been created by engineers at Halliburton and stolen by culty Christian types fixated on the Book of Revelation. CNN reported both sides. While every TV station debated the cause, the world burnt. Pregnant school nurse, HARPER GRAYSON, had seen lots of people burn on TV, but the first person she saw burn for real was in the playground behind the school. With the epic scope of THE PASSAGE and the emotional impact of THE ROAD, this is one woman's story of survival at the end of the world.

9781405919043 THE SOLOMON CURSE By CUSSLER & RUSSELL Paperback

• p u l se - po u n d i ng & s p i n e - c h i l l i ng mys te r ies • 9780571276219 HOW I BECAME A NORTH KOREAN By KRYS LEE Trade Paperback

Yongju is an accomplished North Korean student. Jangmi has had to fend for herself since childhood. Chinese-American teenager of Korean descent Danny is an outcast due to his quirks and precociousness. These three disparate lives converge when they travel to the region where China borders North Korea - Danny to visit his missionary mother, Yongju to escape persecution, and Jangmi to protect her unborn child. Struggling to survive in a place where danger is abound on all sides, they come to form a kind of adopted family. This novel explores how humanity persists even in the most dire of circumstances.

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9780099594895 MURDER HOUSE By JAMES PATTERSON Paperback

9781784752354 DARK CORNERS By RUTH RENDELL Paperback

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9780008154240 CARRYING ALBERT HOME By HOMER HICKAM Paperback 9781473626836 SLADE HOUSE By DAVID MITCHELL Paperback 9780349142104 THE DOG WHO DARED TO DREAM By SUN-MI HWANG Paperback

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9781447258698 FALLING By JANE GREEN Trade Paperback

9781471156267 IT ENDS WITH US By COLLEEN HOOVER Paperback

9780356505404 RESISTANCE IS FUTIILE By JENNY T. COLGAN Paperback

9781848454989 THE STYLIST By ROSIE NIXON Paperback

Born out of David Mitchell’s 2014 short story published on Twitter, this book is perfect for a stormy night. Turn down dank Slade Alley. Find the small black iron door. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house, too grand for the shabby neighbourhood. You’re invited inside. At first, you won't want to leave. Later, you'll find you can't. This unnerving tale begins in 1979 and reaches its turbulent conclusion around Hallowe’en 2015. Every nine years a 'guest' is summoned to Slade House. Why and by whom? The answers lie in the long attic, at the top of the stairs...

9780349007298 THE HEART GOES LAST By MARGARET ATWOOD Paperback

Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of economic and social collapse. Living in their car, surviving on tips from Charmaine's job at a dive bar, they're increasingly vulnerable to roving gangs and in a rather desperate state. So when they see an advertisement for the Positron Project in the town of Consilience - a 'social experiment' offering stable jobs and a home of their own - they sign up immediately. All they have to do in return for this suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month, swapping their home for a prison cell. At first, all is well. But slowly, unknown to the other, Stan and Charmaine develop a passionate obsession with their counterparts, the couple that occupy their home when they are in prison. Soon the pressures of conformity, mistrust, guilt and sexual desire take over, and Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.

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• s u pe r powe r po l it ic s • 9780241972489 BECAUSE WE SAY SO By NOAM CHOMSKY Paperback

9781786070470 THE PANAMA PAPERS: BREAKING THE STORY OF HOW THE RICH AND POWERFUL HIDE THEIR MONEY By BASTIAN OBERMAYER & FREDERIK OBERMAIER Trade Paperback

Investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives encrypted documents revealing how the Argentine president has sequestered millions in state money for private use. Obermayer and fellow journalist Frederik Obermaier find themselves immersed in the secret world of shell companies. Faced with history’s largest data leak, they activate an international journalist network to follow every possible line of enquiry and secretly uncover cases involving prime ministers, sports officials, big banks, child prostitution rings, celebrities and more. The real-life thriller behind the story of the century, The Panama Papers exposes a small elite living by different rules and blows their secret wide open.

9780241247327 SUPERPOWER: THREE CHOICES FOR AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD By IAN BREMMER Paperback

• t h e evo l u t io n of id ea s • 9781471129001 CONVERGENCE: THE DEEPEST IDEA IN THE UNIVERSE By PETER WATSON Hardback 9781847947574 RETHINK: THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF NEW IDEAS By STEVEN POOLE Trade Paperback

9780008168216 TRIBE: ON HOMECOMING AND BELONGING By SEBASTIAN JUNGER Trade Paperback

Tribe looks at post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the challenges veterans face returning home. A puzzling fact about veterans with PTSD is the majority never saw combat yet feel deeply alienated back home. Author Sebastian Junger argues the reason may be our natural inclination towards interdependence for safety and meaning: in short, a soldier’s life. A modern-age irony is that as society’s affluence rises, people’s dependence on one another lessens and life becomes lonelier thus leading to increased suicide, depression and PTSD. Modern society can reverse this trend and studying veterans’ reactions to coming home may provide clues.

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9780141981727 SEVEN BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS By CARLO ROVELLI Paperback

9781447284109 THE UNIVERSE IN YOUR HAND: A JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE, TIME AND BEYOND By CHRISTOPHE GALFARD Paperback

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9780241225929 THE HISTORY BOOK By DORLING KINSDERLY Hardback

• h is to r y ' s t w is t s & t u r n s • 9780718199715 THE OTTOMAN ENDGAME: WAR, REVOLUTION AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST, 1908-1923 By SEAN MCMEEKIN Paperback

9780141981406 THE CALIPHATE By HUGH KENNEDY Paperback

9780544705395 MIDNIGHT'S FURIES: THE DEADLY LEGACY OF INDIA'S PARTITION By NISID HAJARI Paperback

9780099594994 HOW THE FRENCH WON WATERLOO - OR THINK THEY DID By STEPHEN CLARKE Paperback

9780552169202 THE WAR IN THE WEST - A NEW HISTORY: VOLUME 1: GERMANY ASCENDANT 1939-1941 By JAMES HOLLAND Paperback

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9781408839997 SILK ROADS: A NEW HISTORY OF THE WORLD By PETER FRANKOPAN Paperback

For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west. Today, the east calls out to those searching for adventure and riches. The region stretching from eastern Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia into China and India is taking centre stage and shaping the modern world. Mostly obscure to the English-speaking world, this region is where civilization and the world’s great religions began and where empires were won and lost. A major world history reassessment, The Silk Roads discusses the forces that have shaped the global economy and the political renaissance in the re-emerging east.

9781780225654 A MILLION YEARS IN A DAY: A CURIOUS HISTORY OF DAILY LIFE By GREG JENNER Paperback

Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. In this gloriously entertaining romp through human history, BBC Horrible Histories consultant Greg Jenner explores the hidden stories behind these daily routines. This is not a story of politics, wars or great events, instead Greg Jenner has scoured Roman rubbish bins, Egyptian tombs and Victorian sewers to bring us the most intriguing, surprising and sometimes downright silly nuggets from our past. It is a history of all those things you always wondered - and many you have never considered. It is the story of our lives, one million years in the making.

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9788416500215 ULTIMATE CONTAINERS: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE By PATRICIA MARTINEZ Hardback

This book shows a selection of the last creations of architecture studio from all over the world. Building on the basic concept that with containers we can create any type of building, the book is divided in two chapters: Equipment for public use and single family homes. Within these two categories, we show a selection of the last creations of architecture studios from all over the world.

9781849757133 BOTANICAL STYLE: INSPIRATIONAL DECORATING WITH NATURE, PLANTS AND FLORALS By SELINA LAKE Hardback

Stylist Selina Lake brings nature into the heart of your home. The first chapter, Botanical Inspirations, examines the look and offers fresh ideas to transform your home into a leafy haven. Selina then explores five different botanical-look facets. Vintage Botanicals celebrates floral watercolors and pressed flowers, while Boho Botanicals has a free-spirited 1970s vibe. Industrial Botanicals’s varied textures and contemporary appeal give it a modern edge. Natural Botanicals creates nostalgia with antique botanical prints while Tropical Botanicals features a glamorous retro flavor. Selina's 'DIY Makes' and 'Style Tips' help recreate a Botanical-Style ambience in your own home.

9781940743158 CONSTRUCTED ECOSYSTEMS: IDEAS AND SUBSYSTEMS IN THE WORK OF KEN YEANG By YEANG ET AL Hardback

9784861009952 DECO ROOM WITH PLANTS HERE AND THERE Paperback

9789881470348 BON APPETIT Hardback

9783836559423 A GARDEN EDEN: MASTERPIECES OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION By H. WALTER LACK Hardback

9789867022868 STRUCTURAL PACKAGING: GOLD By JOSEP M. GARROFE Hardback

9781780678344 FASHION DRAWING: ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES FOR FASHION DESIGNERS By MICHELE WESEN BRYANT Paperback

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In August 2015 bookmakers priced Leicester at 5000-1 to win the Premier League. On 2 May 2016, the impossible happened - Leicester won. Relive this remarkable season with Rob Tanner, the Leicester Mercury 's chief football writer, from the great escape of 2015 to the curtain-closer at Stamford Bridge, via Ulloa's last-gasp winner at Norwich and Vardy's stunning volley against Liverpool. Detailing the key matches and turning points, Tanner's book tells the inside story of Leicester City's heroic year of triumph - and the players who under Claudio Ranieri's inspired leadership became the most unlikely champions in football history.

9783832733278 THE PORSCHE 911 BOOK: 50TH ANNIVERSARY Edition By RENE STAUD Hardback

9781465451583 WWE: 100 GREATEST MATCHES By DEAN MILLER Hardback

9780241229446 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERBAL MEDICINE By ANDREW CHEVALLIER Hardback

9781910496329 REAL FRESH COFFEE: HOW TO SOURCE, ROAST, GRIND AND BREW THE PERFECT CUP By JEREMY TORZ MACATONIA Hardback

Coffee is the most popular drink worldwide and more people are turning to good quality coffee (premiumisation), evident by more coffee shops opening up and more people playing home barista. Real Fresh Coffee is the indispensable guide for those who want to truly understand more about how to source and brew quality coffee with confidence. The book follows the chain from farming, processing, grading, shipping, roasting and brewing and teaches you the full range of modern coffee styles available, how to recreate good quality coffee at home, how to identify regional and varietal differences and how to make signature drinks.

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9781785781513 5000-1: THE LEICESTER CITY STORY: HOPE AND DISBELIEF IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S GREATEST-EVER SEASON By ROB TANNER Paperback

9780241242254 BAKE TO IMPRESS: 100 SHOW-STOPPING CAKES & DESSERTS By CHRISTIAN HUMBS Hardback

9781840917185 LEON HAPPY SALADS By JANE BAXTER Hardback

9780718016968 3 THINGS SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO: THE ROAD MAP THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE By JOHN C. MAXWELL Hardback

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9780751565355 HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD: PARTS I & II (SPECIAL REHEARSAL EDITION) By ROWLING & THORNE Hardback

9780316272148 THE LAND OF STORIES 05: AN AUTHOR'S ODYSSEY By CHRIS COLFER Trade Paperback

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It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

In the highly anticipated continuation of the Land of Stories series, Conner learns that the only place to fight the Masked Man's literary army is inside his own short stories! When the twins and their friends enter worlds crafted from Conner's imagination, finding allies no one else could have ever dreamed of, the race begins to put an end to the Masked Man's reign of terror. Can the twins finally restore peace in the fairy tale world?

9780062458414 LORIEN LEGACIES 07: UNITED AS ONE By PITTACUS LORE Paperback

9780008181796 THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL: THE EVER NEVER HANDBOOK By SOMAN CHAINANI Paperback

9781524700331 AND I DARKEN By KIERSTEN WHITE Trade Paperback

9780007574650 GEEK GIRL 05: HEAD OVER HEELS By HOLLY SMALE Paperback

9780545875738 JEDI ACADEMY 04: A NEW CLASS By JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA Hardback

9781409599043 LOOK INSIDE: HOW COMPUTERS WORK By FRITH & KING Hardback

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With the digital landscape changing buyers' habits, it's increasingly difficult to reach them early enough in their decisionmaking process using traditional methods. Developing relationships with decision-makers through social networks has become an increasingly critical skill - enabling sales professionals to engage early on and 'hack' the buying process. Social Selling provides a practical, step-by-step blueprint for harnessing these specific and proven techniques such as how to use networks to build social trust and a high quality community, how to develop authority in your field and connect with change-makers, and how to scale the strategy organisationwide.

9781572841895 NEVER GIVE UP: JACK MA IN HIS OWN WORDS By SUK LEE & BOB SONG Paperback

Ever since the Alibaba Group went public on September 19, 2014, Jack Ma, the founder and charismatic "spiritual leader" of the e-commerce behemoth, has been making headlines around the world. In 2014, the company's online transactions totaled $248 billion--more than those of Amazon and eBay combined. The first Chinese entrepreneur to appear on the cover of Forbes, Ma is the now the second-richest man in China, with a net worth that is estimated to be north of $29 billion. This is a comprehensive guide to the inner workings of arguably the most prominent figure in the global tech world in the past 20 years--comprised entirely of Ma's own thoughtprovoking and candid quotes.

9780814437452 THE 10 LAWS OF TRUST: BUILDING THE BONDS THAT MAKE A BUSINESS GREAT By JOEL PETERSON & DAVID A. KAPLAN Hardback

9781626561663 ENTREPRENEURS IN EVERY GENERATION: HOW SUCCESSFUL FAMILY BUSINESSES DEVELOP THEIR NEXT LEADERS By ALAN R. COHEN & PRAMODITA SHARMA Paperback

9781118907856 VISUALIZING FINANCIAL DATA By JULIE RODRIGUEZ & PIOTR KACZMAREK Paperback

9780241279243 SCALING LEAN: MASTERING THE KEY METRICS FOR STARTUP GROWTH By ASH MAURYA Paperback

9781785034541 CHAOS MONKEYS: INSIDE THE SILICON VALLEY MONEY MACHINE By ANTONIO GARCIA MARTINEZ Trade Paperback

9781250053824 THE GRAY RHINO: HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND ACT ON THE OBVIOUS DANGERS WE IGNORE By MICHELE WUCKER Hardback

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9780749478018 SOCIAL SELLING: TECHNIQUES TO INFLUENCE BUYERS AND CHANGEMAKERS By TIM HUGHS & MATT REYNOLDS Trade Paperback

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9781760292911 Sufficiency Thinking: Thailand's gift to an unsustainable world By Avery and Bergsteiner PAPERBACK

The first systematic account of the powerful decision-making framework which is being applied across all areas of life in Thailand to build a fair, resilient and sustainable economy and society. The Thai model of sufficiency thinking aims to transform the mindset of a whole population to achieve the seemingly impossible: enriching everyone's lives in a truly sustainable way. Contributors are leading Thai scholars and industry figures.

Glittering temples, tropical beach resorts to die for, some of the world’s best diving, and fabulous food make Thailand a perennially popular destination. Lonely Planet Thailand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wander through wild orchids in Mae Hong Son, charter a long tail boat on the Andaman Coast or look for tigers and monkeys in national parks; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Thailand and begin your journey now!

9786167800639 NITHI: FINAL SKETCHBOOK (PORTRAITS OF THE RADICAL SIMPLICITY) By NITHI STHAPITANANDA Hardback

9780804847612 THE FOOD OF VIETNAM: EASY-TO-FOLLOW RECIPES FROM THE COUNTRY'S MAJOR REGIONS By CHOI & ISAAK Paperback

9781846043727 THE LADY AND THE GENERALS: AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND BURMA'S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM By PETER POPHAM Trade Paperback

9781743218655 LONELY PLANET BEST OF ITALY Paperback

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9781472151360 THE SYMPATHIZER By VIET THANH NGUYEN Paperback

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9781743218716 LONELY PLANET: THAILAND Paperback

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9781921517723 WORLD'S BEST WILDLIFE DIVE SITES By NICK & CAROLINE ROBERTSON-BROWN Hardback

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รวมเรื่องสั้น 7 เรื่อง ล้วนเป็นเรื่องของชายที่คนรักได้จากไป หรือ กำ�ลังจากไปในทางใดทางหนึ่ง วันหนึ่งจู่ๆ คุณก็กลายเป็นพวกชายที่ คนรักจากไป มันมาเยือนคุณโดยไม่คาดฝัน ไม่มีทั้งลางสังหรณ์และ ลางบอกเหตุ  พอเลีย้ วตรงหัวมุมถนนไป คุณก็จะรูว้ า่ ตัวคุณเองอยูต่ รง นั้นแล้ว แต่ไม่สามารถย้อนกลับไปได้อีกแล้ว พอเลี้ยวตรงหัวมุมไป แล้ว  มันจะกลายเป็นโลกเพียงใบเดียวสำ�หรับคุณ  ในโลกใบนั้น  คุณจะถูกเรียกว่าพวก “ชายที่คนรักจากไป”

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9786167591490 ชายที่คนรักจากไป (MEN WITHOUT WOMEN) โดย ฮารุกิ มูราคามิ ปกอ่อน

9786163710499 ถ้าโลกนี้ไม่มีแมว โดย GENKI KAWAMURA ปกอ่อน

หนังสือภาษาไทยมีจำ�หน่ายที่: • เซ็นทรัลเวิลด์ • เซ็นทรัลแจ้งวัฒนะ • อารีย์ ลาวิลล่า • ซีคอนสแควร์ • เชียงราย แอร์พอร์ต • สนามบินดอนเมือง • สยามพารากอน • เอ็มไพร์ทาวเวอร์ • แฟชั่นไอส์แลนด์ • คริสตัล วีรันด้า • เซ็นทรัลบางนา • เซ็นทรัลลาดพร้าว • เซ็นทรัลอุดรฯ • ฟิวเจอร์ปาร์ครังสิต

9786167982106 เร็วไม่ว่า ช้าให้เป็น โดย CARL HONORE ปกอ่อน

9786162871504 ตอบได้ทุกปัญหา ถ้าเลิกใช้เหตุผล โดย DAN ARIELY ปกอ่อน

9789749760888 ฮาร์วาร์ด มหาวิทยาลัยที่ดีที่สุด ของโลก สอนวิธีคิด เล่มที่ 2: วิชาความสำ�เร็จของคนคิดเป็น โดย เหวย์ ซิ่วอิง ปกอ่อน

9786163501738 เศรษฐกิจดิจิทัล โดย DON TAPSCOTT ปกอ่อน

9786167757421 MORNING JOURNEY ZINE VOLUME 3 โดย พลอย จริยะเวช ปกอ่อน

9789749760871 แค่บ่นน้อยลง...วันละนิด ชีวิตจะเปลี่ยน...มหาศาล โดย WILL BOWEN ปกอ่อน

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Jenni knows it!

Hi again!

Reading and writing are inseparable. The books we read have been crafted by individuals who decided to share their thoughts, their feelings, their knowledge and their creativity through written means. And we write for the same reasons. When we write we are expressing ourselves and that expression may even take the form of drawing. This is why we have put together a collection of new product items to indulge your reading, writing, or even drawing and doodling urges.

Boogie Board Looking to save paper and fun? You need Boogie Board. The Jot 4.5 eWriter, Jot 8.5, Sync and Play N Trace models are great items for kids and adults alike. With an LCD screen available in 4.5, 8.5 and 9.7 inches and two colors (blue and pink), this intelligent LCD writing tablet is lightweight, portable, shatter-resistant and erasable with the push of a button. Offering the sensation of writing on real paper, it enables you to write or draw with ease using a plastic pen or similar item, make up to 50,000 pages using one full battery and store your work on any Android or iOS tablet via its respective application. Backside magnets allow you to attach it to any refrigerator.

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Reading is one of those great things that can be done practically anytime. Yes, even at night when all the lights are out, especially if you have That Company Called IF’s mini light that is shaped like a traditional camp lamp and can hang or stand. So whether it’s over or under the sheets, duvet or sleeping bag, plus whatever the size and scale of your wordy adventures, this Base Camp Reading Lamp can be your reliable night-time reading companion. It has a diffused soft light glow, comes with batteries fitted and is available in 4 flashy yummy colours!

Jenni knows it!

The Base Camp Reading Lamp

Compact Novel Journals Classic literature lovers will enjoy and burgeoning writers will be inspired by the Novel Journals by Cantebury Classics. Each journal in this series pays homage to a great work of classic literature and is available in a compact size, perfect for any bag. The lines of these unique notebooks are amazingly made from each literary work’s complete text printed in a tiny font. You’ll also appreciate the text burnished into each journal’s stylish Svepa cover as well as its key quote highlighted in foil stamping. A Novel Journal ensures that wordsmiths can always look to their favorite authors for guidance.

I hope you find the time stop by and see us at Asia Books so that can browse through our newest items. It’ll be a nice escape from the heat, humidity and rain at the moment. Enjoy!

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