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NON-FICTION
NOV 2014
Major & Lead
9780062376572
HARPER US
S$17.00
AMERICAN SNIPER MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION
A celebration of the remarkable life and legacy of fallen American hero Chris Kyle : This
commemorative memorial edition of Kyle's bestselling memoir features the full text of American
Sniper, plus more than eighty pages of remembrances by those whose lives he touched personally—
including his wife, Taya; his parents, brother, and children; Marcus Luttrell and other fellow Navy
SEALs; veterans and wounded warriors; lifelong friends; and many others.
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States
military history. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army
soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Gripping and
unforgettable, Kyle's masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the
greatest war memoirs of all time.
American Sniper also honors Kyle's fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in
moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyle's wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on
their marriage and children, as well as on Chris. Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American
Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of service and sacrifice that only one man could tell.
In cinemas: 17 Dec 2014 (TBA),
Directed by Clint Eastwood, cast includes Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller
9780552170314
TRANSWORLD
S$18.00
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HAATCHI AND LITTLE B
By WENDY HOLDEN
On a bitterly cold night in January 2012, Haatchi the dog was hit over the head, and abandoned
on a railway line to be hit by a train. The driver saw the adorable five-month old Anatolian
Shepherd moments too late. Somehow, the terrified puppy survived the blood loss from his
partially severed leg and tail and managed to crawl away to safety. Fortunately, Haatchi was
rescued, although vets couldn't save his leg and tail.
A Facebook appeal brought him to the attention of a couple of kind-hearted dog lovers, Colleen
Drummond and Will Howkins, who are also the dad and stepmum of Owen (known to his family
as Little B for 'little buddy'). One look at Haatchi's expressive face told them all they needed to
know and the lucky dog moved into the Howkins' family home just six weeks after almost being
killed. Owen, now aged eight, has a rare genetic disorder which causes his muscles to tense
permanently. Largely confined to a wheelchair, he was withdrawn and anxious and found it
difficult to make friends.
But when Owen awoke the morning after Haatchi arrived he immediately fell in love with the
severely disabled rescue animal who would, in turn, rescue him. This book tells their inspiring
true story - one astonishing little boy and the very special dog who has changed his life forever.
View video on Haatchi and Little B here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIXoYHYEnkg
By CHRIS KYLE
Cover art to come
9781101873441
RANDOM HOUSE
S$18.00
WILD (MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION)
Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection.
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that
broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s
death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with
nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience
or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific
Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and
she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild
powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all
odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.
In cinemas: 5 Feb 2015, starring Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl
View movie trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVntjAUFa14
9780552169189
TRANSWORLD
S$16.00
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PURE JOY
By DANIELLE STEEL
This is the perfect gift for all animal lovers. In this charming, heartfelt memoir, Danielle Steel
tells the story of how she met a dog the size of a mouse, with a personality that could light up
an entire room.
Brimming with warmth and insight on every page, Danielle takes a look at the beloved pets
who have brought joy, and sometimes chaos, to her home through the years: from Minnie's
arrival at home in San Francisco to clothes shopping jaunts in Paris, Minnie's adventures
provide the perfect backdrop for a heartfelt look at the magic that dogs bring to our lives, and
how they become part of the family.
By CHERYL STRAYED
Cover art to come
9780008103613
HARPERPB
S$15.00
SOE MANUAL: HOW TO BE AN AGENT IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
By SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE
The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines.
It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover - from documents, cover
stories and how to live off the land to how to get through an interrogation.
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation
formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe
against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements. In late 1942, SOE was
asked to increase the number of agents to aid the invasion of mainland Europe. Part of
agent training was 'tradecraft' - the practical details on how to be a clandestine agent
behind enemy lines - which every agent had to attend at various bases centred around
Beaulie in Hampshire.
The course was a set of lectures and this book contains the actual text of those lectures
which were discovered in the National Archives this year. It is not only a fascinating insight
into the workings of one of the Second World Wars most famous and secretive
organisations, but is also a reminder of the huge danger anyone being dropped behind
enemy lines had to face.
9780007586400
HARPER UK
S$18.00
THE SHAPE OF SHIT TO COME
By ALAN MCARTHUR
We've seen the future. And it's shit. From the authors of the mega-selling Is It Just Me or
Is Everything Shit? Once, we were promised a sci-fi future that never arrived. But what if
it really is on its way now?
The Shape of Shit to Come takes a funny tour of the future taking shape before our eyes
- a future of sex robots, hotels in space, kids making their own pets with gene-splicing
kits and people planning, for real, how they can turn themselves into hyper-intelligent
genetically enriched cyborg immortals of the future. Because these things are happening.
As of yet only the geeks are talking about this stuff. But is that wise? Shouldn't we all be
getting with the programme? Otherwise we're leaving the future of humanity in the hands
of people who ride scooters
9780007585557
HARPER UK
S$35.00
ESSAY COLLECTION
No description available.
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By AMY TAN
Cover ART TO COME
Life can sometimes feel like a rollercoaster of ups and downs.
May the Thoughts Be with You is a tool to guide you as you make your way
through this often-challenging existence. Like a supportive friend, it will help you
to move through life with more joy, clarity and a stronger sense of purpose.
Charlotte created these illustrated, uplifting thoughts to inspire herself to improve
her own life while suffering from depression and feeling stuck in an office job that
she did not enjoy. When she became ill with RSI, Charlotte finally plucked up the
courage to compile the thoughts into a book and self-publish it.
The response she received was overwhelmingly positive, with customers at her
market stall in London's Notting Hill regularly bursting into tears of relief on
reading one of the thoughts that spoke directly to them, and thousands of copies
of her self-published book have sold by word of mouth alone.
9781781804193
TRANSWORLD
S$24.00
MAY THE THOUGHTS BE WITH YOU
By CHARLOTTE REED
9781455557073
HACHETTE BK GRP
S$23.52
LEARNING FROM THE GIANTS
If you could spend a few minutes with the giants of faith in the Old Testament in person,
what lessons would they share with you?
In LEARNING FROM THE GIANTS John C. Maxwell draws on fifty years of studying the
Bible to share the stories of Elijah, Elisha, Job, Jacob, Deborah, Isaiah, Jonah, Joshua and
Daniel. These people fought and won epic battles, served kings, and endured great
hardships for God to come out on the other side transformed through His grace. Through
them Maxwell explores timeless lessons we can learn about leadership, ourselves, and
our relationship with God.
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MAP OF HEAVEN
By EBEN ALEXANDER
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Proof of Heaven teams up with the sages
of times past, modern scientists, and with ordinary people who have had profound spiritual
experiences to show the reality of heaven and our true identities as spiritual beings.
When Proof of Heaven was published, some readers contacted Dr. Eben Alexander to
argue that his near-death experience was impossible. But many more have written to say
his story resonated with them in profound ways. Thanks to them, Dr. Alexander came to
realize that sharing his story has allowed people to rediscover what so many in ancient
times knew: there is more to life—and to the universe—than this single earthly life.
Dr. Alexander met and heard from thousands of individuals whom his story has affected.
He, with coauthor Ptolemy Tompkins, also studied what the world’s religious traditions,
philosophers, and scientists have had to say about the soul’s survival of death. He has
been deeply surprised at how often those voices from the past sync up with what he hears
from people today.
In The Map of Heaven, he shares some of the stories that people have told him and links
them to what the world’s spiritual traditions and its latest scientific insights have to say
about the journey of the soul.
By JOHN C. MAXWELL
9781476766409
SIMON AND SCHUSTER
S$25.00
9780062385529
HARPER US
S$22.00
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DON'T GIVE UP, DON'T GIVE IN
By LOUIS ZAMPERINIAmerican hero Louis Zamperini shares his wisdom, values, lessons, secrets, and other insights
gleaned from his remarkable experiences in this powerful and inspiring book.
Louis Zamperini’s struggle to survive the unimaginable—brought to life in his autobiography Devil at
My Heels and in Laura Hillenbrand’s #1 New York Times bestseller and its film adaptation,
Unbroken—elevated him to his rightful place among our country’s greatest heroes. Now, Zamperini
reveals the wisdom he learned along his incredible journey.
Faced with one misfortune after another—a plane crash, the shark-filled waters of the Pacific, a
brutal Japanese prisoner of war camp—Zamperini could have given up a
thousand times. Instead, he chose to see every hardship as a challenge that
he was determined to overcome.
Enduring the perils of World War II, Zamperini continued to find adventure at e
very turn—from crashing weddings to facing down Frank Sinatra in a fight to
getting mixed up in a bank robbery. Until his death at 97 he remained undaunted;
happy, sharp-minded, and healthy, and continued to engage life to its fullest.
Must watch: Angelina Jolie & Louis Zamperini Talk 'Unbroken' on Today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fusX7zNutN8
Must watch: Remembering the "Unbroken" spirit of Louis Zamperini:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyhFPqRZE9c
LOUIS ZAMPERINI
9781781802991
TRANSWORLD
S$20.00
F**K IT IS THE ANSWER
By JOHN C. PARKIN
This fun, interactive book takes the liberating F**k It philosophy - of not worrying so much, letting go more, caring less about what others think and doing your own thing - into a magic 8-ball format that will answer any question you ask.
We all have questions. And the bestselling F**k It books have provided hundreds of thousands of people around the world with answers that work in real life. In F**k It is the Answer, John C. Parkin adds another element to the mix, and recruits the magical powers of your own unconscious ...or 'fate' ...or 'spirit' ...or whatever it is that seems to guide us to the correct answer when we allow it.
When we relax, trust, and go with the flow, we allow to unfold whatever worldly or unworldly magic it is that makes this work. So ...ask your question, and turn to any page in the book for an instant dose of F**k It wisdom!
BM: GEN Z EFFECT
One of the most profound changes in business and society is the emergence of the post-Millennial
generation, Gen Z. While every new generation has faced its share of disruption in technology,
economics, politics and society, no other generation in the history of mankind has had the ability to
connect every human being on the planet to each other and in the process to provide the
opportunity for each person to be fully educated, socially and economically engaged.
What might this mean for business, markets, and educational institutions in the future? In this
revolutionary new book, The Gen Z Effect: The Six Forces Shaping the Future of Business, authors
Tom Koulopoulos and Dan Keldsen delve into a vision of the future where disruptive invention and
reinvention is the acknowledged norm, touching almost every aspect of how we work, live and play.
From radical new approaches to marketing and manufacturing to the potential obliteration of
intellectual property and the shift to mass innovation, to the decimation of our oldest learning
institutions through open source and adaptive learning,
The Gen Z Effect provides a mind-bending view of why we will need to embrace Gen Z as the last,
best hope for taking on the world’s biggest challenges and opportunities, and how you can prepare
yourself and your business for the greatest era of disruption, prosperity, and progress the world has
ever experienced.
Visit http://www.thegenzeffect.com/ for more.
By KELDSEN KOULOPOULOS
9781629560311
PERSEUS INTERNATIONAL
S$46.42
With millions of products on the market already and new ones coming every day, the
wholesale economy has plenty of room for growth. Budding entrepreneurs who like
making deals and money but don’t care for the daily grind will find that there’s tons of
money to be made in the middle as a wholesaler.
With insider secrets for beating the competition and step-by-step instruction on how to
start making money today, this fully revised third edition also covers he Internet’s growing
role in distribution, effective strategies for dealing with shrinking profit margins, and
specific product lines to focus on for maximum success. This easy-to-read guide covers
locating manufacturers and retailers, securing product exclusives, and identifying prime
locations for wholesale distributorship.
By BRIDGET McCREA
9781599185453
PERSEUS INTERNATIONAL
S$30.92
EP: START YOUR OWN WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS
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EP:NO B.S. RUTHLESS MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE & PROFITS
By DAN S. KENNEDY
What does it really take to get productivity from people and, by doing so, maximum profits
for a business? With a nod to Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, and other ruthless yet
highly successful managers, Dan S. Kennedy delivers the answer.
In this new edition, Kennedy expands on his proven (if radical) strategies to get
accountability, profitability, and productivity from employees. In his traditional No B.S.
style, Kennedy kicks traditional leadership and management ideas squarely in the teeth
with a realistic, straightforward assessment of the real relationship between business
owners and their employees.
Uncompromising strategies help managers gain iron-fisted control and get the results they
demand. This take-no-prisoners advice liberates entrepreneurs to act in their best interests
and insist on implementation of their objectives. And it leads to a cooperative, high-
performance team when traditional textbook methods fail.
Topics include learning how to hire profitable employees, taking home as much money as
possible, making every employee's job a profit center, managing the powerful force of
word of mouth, compressing the time between idea and action for maximum profits, and
posing questions to individuals that force them to think and improve productivity.
9781599185408PERSEUS INTERNATIONAL
S$27.82
9781422168110
PERSEUS INTERNATIONAL
S$49.60
HBR: CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
Addressing the critical issue of knowledge transfer within an organization, this book offers
practical advice on how to structure the transition of documented information and the even
more valuable non-documented knowledge that outgoing staffers have—before it leaves
with them.
Whether a result of a retirement, an acquisition, promotions, transfers, or layoffs—all
organizations have lost what these authors call "deep smarts" when workers leave. Now,
Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap, coauthors of the popular Deep Smarts, and their
coauthor Gavin Barton offer a solution. The trio has constructed a new approach that not
only helps organizations put in place the structures and practices to pass along knowledge
from expert to successor, but also identifies tacit knowledge—knowledge that is largely
undocumented and lives inside of people's heads.
By SWAP LEONARD
9781629560342
PERSEUS
INTERNATIONAL
S$41.77
HBR: SEARCH
Search is as old as language. We've always needed to find something in the jumble of
human creation. The first web was nothing more than passing verbal histories down the
generations so others could find and remember how not to get eaten; the first search used
the power of written language to build simple indexes in printed books, leading to the
Dewey Decimal system and reverse indices in more modern times. Then digital happened.
Besides having profound societal impacts, it also made the act of searching almost
impossibly complex for both engines and searchers.
Information isn’t just words; it is pictures, videos, thoughts tagged with geocode data,
routes, physical world data, and, increasingly, the machines themselves reporting their
condition and listening to others’.
Search: How the Data Explosion Makes Us Smarter holds up a mirror to our time to see if
search can keep up. Author Stefan Weitz explores the idea of access to help readers
understand how we are inventing new ways to search and access data through devices in
more places and with more capabilities. We are at the cusp of imbuing our generation with
superpowers, but only if we fundamentally rethink what search is, how people can use it,
and what we should demand of it.
9781422193440
PERSEUS INTERNATIONAL
S$38.75
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HBR: FAIL BETTER
By PENN & SASTRYIf you're aiming to innovate, failure along the way is a given. But can you fail better?
Whether you're rolling out a new product from a city-view office or rolling up your sleeves
to deliver a social service in the field, learning why and how to embrace failure can help
you do better, faster. Smart leaders, entrepreneurs, and change agents design their
innovation projects with a key idea in mind: ensure that every failure is maximally useful.
In Fail Better, Anjali Sastry and Kara Penn show how to create the conditions, culture, and
habits to systematically, ruthlessly, and quickly figure out what works, in three steps:
1. Launch every innovation project with the right groundwork
2. Build and refine ideas and products through iterative action
3. Identify and embed the learning
Fail Better teaches you how to design your efforts to test the boundaries of your thinking,
explore crucial interdependencies, and find the factors that can shift results from just
acceptable to groundbreaking--or even world-changing.
You may be a Fortune 500 manager, scrappy start-up innovator, social impact visionary,
or simply leading your own small project. If you aim to break through without breaking the
bank--or ruining your reputation--this book is for you.
By STEFAN WEITZ
9781625274793PERSEUS
INTERNATIONAL
S$43.40
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HBR: WELL-DESIGNED
By JON KOLKO
A new way to create—and then disrupt
Industry disruption is no longer isolated to a unique product or service. Today's consumer
needs engagement in order to be swayed to interact, connect, and buy your next offering.
Achieve this and you'll achieve success. Sharp and refreshing, design insider and expert
Jon Kolko offers a new view and usable process for conceiving and building powerful,
emotionally resonant new products in this new book.
In Well-Designed, Kolko—VP at MyEdu and Founder and Director of the Austin Center for
Design--shows how deep, meaningful engagement happens when products and services
are delivered in an authentic way, when consumers see them less like manufactured
artifacts and more like good friends. The key is empathy-driven design thinking, using a
process of storytelling and iteration, with results that provoke emotion, change behavior,
and create deep engagement.
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