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non fiction 9781409103974 MISSING YOU By HARLAN COBEN Paperback It’s a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode. Staring back at her is her ex-fiance Jeff, the man who shattered her heart eighteen years ago. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion. Kat is consumed by an investigation that challenges her feelings about everyone she ever loved. With lives on the line, including her own, Kat must venture deeper into the darkness than she ever has before, and discover if she has the strength to survive what she finds there.
9781444789171 REVIVAL By STEPHEN KING Hardback In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling ‘portraits in lightning’ - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.
9781614291671 DON’T WORRY, BE GRUMPY: INSPIRING STORIES FOR MAKING THE MOST OF EACH MOMENT By AJAHN BRAHM Trade Paperback Laugh aloud even as you look at life anew with these stories from the bestselling author of Opening the Door to your Heart. In 108 brief stories with titles like “The Bad Elephant,” “Girlfriend Power,” and “The Happiness License,” Ajahn Brahm offers up more timeless wisdom that will speak to people from all walks of life. Drawing from his own experiences, stories shared by his students, and old chestnuts that he delivers with a fresh twist, Ajahn Brahm shows he knows his way around the humorous parable, delighting even as he surprises us with unexpected depth and inspiration.
9780393349795 SHORES OF KNOWLEDGE: NEW WORLD DISCOVERIES AND THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION By JOYCE APPLEBY Trade Paperback Eminent historian Joyce Appleby vividly recounts the explorers’ triumphs and mishaps, including Magellan’s violent death in the Philippines; the miserable trek of the “new Argonauts” across the Andes on their mission to determine the true shape of the earth; and how two brilliant scientists, Alexander Humboldt and Charles Darwin, traveled to the Americas for evidence to confirm their hypotheses about the earth and its inhabitants. This sweeping, global story imbues the Age of Discovery with fresh meaning, elegantly charting its stimulation of the natural sciences, which ultimately propelled Western Europe toward modernity.
9781405918992 ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY By OLIVER BOWDEN Paperback 1789: The magnificent city of Paris sees the dawn of the French Revolution. The cobblestone streets run red with blood as the people rise against the oppressive aristocracy. At a time when the divide between the rich and poor is at its most extreme, and a nation is tearing itself apart, a young man and woman fight to avenge all they have lost. Soon Arno and Elise are drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and the Templars - a world with dangers more deadly than they could ever have imagined.
thailand and southeast asia 9789810904333 CONTEMPORARY HOUSES IN THE PHILIPPINES By ROBERT POWELL Hardback
9780307889102 SOCIAL: WHY OUR BRAINS ARE WIRED TO CONNECT By MATTHEW D. LIEBERMAN Trade Paperback A groundbreaking book based on neuro research that reveals the human brain’s greatest strength is its passion for social networking. It is a more powerful driving force than our ability to solve math problems, our ability to recognize patterns, and our ability to memorize. From the time we are infants, our brains are constantly focused on the social world around us, because it is so critical to our well-being. Strong social connections bring us more happiness than money. As soon as our brain has completed a task, its default mode is to return to mastering the art of social connections.
thai books
Featuring 25 newly built houses, this book traces the remarkable surge in the number of sophisticated and elegantly designed homes in the Philippines. All the architects and designers featured are Filipino, each representing an emerging energetic younger generation of architects and interior designers in the country. The book depicts houses located in the metropolis and on the edge of urban conurbations, vacation homes overlooking the West Philippine Sea, country retreats at Tagaytay City and Cabuyao and island villas. Beautifully photographed and aided by numerous architectural drawings, texts include in-depth information about both houses and designers.
9780794607661 PARADISE BY DESIGN: TROPICAL RESIDENCES AND RESORTS BY BENSLEY DESIGN STUDIOS By BILL BENSLEY Paperback Eclectic, baroque and sophisticated such are the characteristics of the lifestyle resorts and extravagant private residences crafted by the renowned Bensley Design Studios in Bangkok and Bali. The 27 resorts and homes featured in Paradise by Design are set amidst resplendent tropical gardens and spread from China to India to Bali. Focused in Asia Pacific, these buildings are unconventional, sensual and hold a special reverence for the tropical climate. Focusing not only on the architecture of the buildings, but also the landscape design, interior design, horticulture and fine arts and crafts found within and without these buildings.
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9781447260165 THE ESCAPE By DAVID BALDACCI Trade Paperback
9781455558490 THE BURNING ROOM By MICHAEL CONNELLY Trade Paperback
10 9780340919408 ALEX FERGUSON MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY By ALEX FERGUSON Paperback
9781471143168 LAUNCH By JEFF WALKER Paperback
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9789814428040 WOHA: SELECTED PROJECTS VOL.02 By PATRICK BINGHAM-HALL Paperback
7 9781118968055 VALUE PROPOSITION DESIGN By OSTERWALDER & PIGNEUR Paperback
9780141357027 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #9: THE LONG HAUL By JEFF KINNEY Hardback
9789814523332 HOME DECOR SERIES VOL.41-50 (BOX SET) Paperback
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9781481431316 THE BANE CHRONICLES By CASSANDRA CLARE TradePaperback
9781743603628 LONELY PLANET’S BEST IN TRAVEL 2015 Paperback
9780804844796 CHINESE HOUSES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA: THE EcLECTIC ARCHITECTURE SOJOURNERS AND SEtTLERS By RONALD G. KNAPP Paperback
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9786167591322 ชายไร้สีกับปีแสวงบุญ (COLORLESS TSUKURU TAZAKI AND HIS YEARS OF PILGRIMAGE) ฮารูกิ มูราคามิ ปกอ่อน ตัง้ แต่เดือนกรกฎาคมช่วงทีอ่ ยูม่ หาวิทยาลัยปี สองจนถึ ง เดื อ นมกราคมปี ถั ด ไป ทสึ คุ รุ ทะซากิ มีชีวิตอยู่กับความคิดเรื่องการตาย แทบจะเพียงอย่างเดียว วันเวลานัน้ เขาคิดว่า การจบชีวิตของตนเป็นเรื่องธรรมดา มีเหตุ มีผลยิ่งกว่าสิ่งใด เหตุใดเขาจึงไม่เหยียบย่าง ก้าวสุดท้าย แม้ขณะนี้ก็ยังไม่รู้เหตุผล ทั้ง ๆ ที่ในเวลานั้น การจะก้าวข้ามเส้นแบ่งความ เป็นความตายเป็นเรื่องง่ายดายยิ่งกว่าการ กลืนไข่ ดิบสักฟองเสียอีก
9786167645087 มหากาพย์โกงข้าว นายแพทย์วรงค์ เดชกิจวิกรม ปกอ่อน ชำ�แหละโกงจำ�นำ�ข้าวทุกขั้นตอน ผ่านการ ถ่ายทอดโดย นายแพทย์วรงค์ เดชกิจวิกรม เจ้าของคำ�เรียกขานว่า หมอข้าว เนื่องจาก เป็นผลที่ติดตามโครงการรับจำ�นำ�ข้าวของ รั ฐ บาลยิ่ ง ลั ก ษณ์ ชิ น วั ต ร มาตั้ ง แต่ มี การประกาศนโยบายนี้ต่อชาวนาไทย โดยมี ขั้ นตอนที่ แ ฝงความไม่ ช อบมาพากลที่ เ อื้ อ ต่ อ การทุ จ ริ ต อย่ า งสั ง เกตได้ และในที่ สุ ด โครงการรับจำ�นำ�ข้าวก็ได้สร้างความเสียหาย ต่ อ ประเทศและวงการข้ า วไทยไปอย่ า ง มหาศาล
9786162870798 คิดจะไปดวงจันทร์ อย่าหยุดแค่ปากซอย (A THINKER’S GUIDE TO THE MOON) รวิศ หาญอุตสาหะ ปกอ่อน เพราะหนังสือเล่มนี้บรรจุ “สูตรลับ” ที่ช่วย ให้คนธรรมดา ๆ มองเห็นโอกาสและแทรกตัว ขึ้นมาประสบความสำ�เร็จ ท่ามกลางผู้คน มากมายที่ เ หนื อ กว่ า ในเรื่ อ งสติ ปั ญ ญา เงินทอง และการศึกษา คุณจะได้พบกับเรือ่ ง ราวสร้ า งแรงบั น ดาลใจจากคนตั ว เล็ ก ๆ นักธุรกิจหน้าใหม่ และบริษัทที่กำ�ลังตกต่ำ� ซึ่งสามารถพลิกสถานการณ์และก้าวขึ้นมา โดดเด่นด้วยการใช้ความคิดสร้างสรรค์เพียง เล็กน้อย
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9781743600658 LONELY PLANET: THE WORLD Paperback
9781465425089 30 YEARS OF WRESTLEMANIA By BRIAN SHIELDS Hardback
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9789810910891 THE URBAN SKETCHING HANDBOOK: ARCHITECTURE AND CITYSCAPES By GABRIEL CAMPANARIO Paperback
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9781609911096 RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! REALITY SHOCK! By RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Hardback
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The polished wood panels of a group of Thai style teak houses, facing the slow-moving waters of the Klong Maha Nag. Here was the home of Jim Thompson, the legendary American businessman who developed a thriving silk business in the years before he went missing in the jungles of the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia—a man whose flair for the tasteful and graceful led him to build a house in which objects of great value and beauty can still be seen displayed in appropriate surroundings.
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9781476766409 MAP OF HEAVEN: HOW SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE PROVING THE AFTERLIFE By EBEN ALEXANDER Trade Paperback
9789814385893 JIM THOMPSON: THE HOUSE ON THE KLONG By WARREN & TETTONI Hardback
Lonely Planet delivers the first guide to The World. We’ve taken the highlights from the world’s best guidebooks and put them together into one 960-page whopper to create the ultimate guide to Earth. This user-friendly A-Z gives a flavor of each country in the world, including a map, travel highlights, info on where to go and how to get around, as well as some quirkier details to bring each place to life.
9781844037643 1001 RESTAURANTS YOU MUST EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU DIE By JENNY LINFORD Paperback The eateries listed here come from around the world and range from beloved, local institutions-favorite spots for family celebrations-to elegant, haute cuisine establishments in which to enjoy refined and elegant dishes. As well as celebrating the traditional and the classic, 1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die showcases the best of the contemporary dining scene. If you’ve ever wondered where to find the best curries in Delhi, feijoada in Brazil, dim sum in Hong Kong, sushi in Tokyo, or antipasti in Rome, this is the book for you.
9781409550068 365 SCIENCE ACTIVITIES Paperback
9780007559374 SCOTLAND THE BEST 100 PLACES: EXTRAORDINARY PLACES AND WHERE BEST TO WALK, EAT AND SLEEP By PETER IRVINE Hardback All 100 places include highly selective recommendations of where to walk, eat and sleep nearby. Some of Scotland’s finest photographers have captured the essence of each place. From wild glens to ancient buildings, remote islands to vibrant cities, this is Pete’s list of the places in Scotland that you really should visit in your lifetime.
There’s a new scientific discovery to be made each day of the year in this inspiring book full of easy and exciting experiments. Activities include splitting light into different colours using glass and white paper, making food for birds and insects and watching cells shrink and grow by placing carrots in salty water.
9781601693440 PLAY, DRAW & CREATE: DINOSAUR Hardback These Earth-friendly, completely reusable kits contain everything needed for everlasting learning and creativity. Each fun-filled kit includes a magnetic write-on/wipe-off board, more than 30 magnetic play pieces, five write-on/ wipe-off markers in assorted colors, and a write-on/wipe-off activity book filled with lots of reusable activities and games.
9781409344056 BATMAN a visual history Hardback The incredible story of Batman including a slipcase featuring specially commissioned DC comics artwork and original prints Explore Batman’s fascinating story decade by decade, year by year, month by month. From Batman’s beginning in 1939 to his 75th anniversary Batman Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle does what no other book has, showcasing Batman’s evolution from a DC Comics vigilante crime-fighter to global superhero.
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