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Who Lost Russia?: From the Collapse of the USSR to Putin's War in Ukrain

By Peter Conradi Publisher:OneWorld Publication Date:2022-08-25

An essential insight into Russia's relations with Ukraine, the US and beyond Why did Vladimir Putin launch his catastrophic invasion of Ukraine in February 2022? And how much are failures of Western policy towards Russia since the end of Communism to blame for the bloodiest war on European soil since 1945? These are the questions at the heart of Who Lost Russia?, an updated edition of which Oneworld will be publishing this July. In the original version of this book, critic Learn More

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

By Bill Gates Publisher:Random House USA Inc Publication Date:2022-08-23

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in ord Learn More

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The Lazarus Heist

By White Geoffrey Publisher:Penguin Business Publication Date:2022-08-09

Meet the Lazarus Group, a shadowy cabal of hackers accused of working on behalf of the North Korean state. They form one of the most effective criminal enterprises on the planet, having stolen more than $1bn in an international crime spree. Their targets include central banks, cryptocurrency companies, film studios and even the British National Health Service.In this jaw-dropping, global investigation, journalist Geoff White examines how the North Korean regime has harnessed Learn More

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Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

By Kishore Mahbubani Publisher:PublicAffairs Publication Date:2022-08-02

The defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already inevitable? China and America are world powers without serious rivals. They eye each other warily across the Pacific; they communicate poorly; there seems little natural empathy. A massive geopolitical contest has begun. America prizes freedom; China values freedom from chaos.America values strategic decisiveness; China valu Learn More

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The Frontiers of Knowledge

By A. C. Grayling Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date:2022-08-01

In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5 per cent of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the new neurosciences of mind and brain are just beginning. What do we know, and how do we know it? Wh Learn More

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My Life Journey: The Rugged Walk - Remapping The Future of Creative Industry

By Ed Mun Publisher:Kanyin Publications Publication Date:2022-08-01

Ed Mun is the founder of S.U.A Virtuals Space Sdn Bhd and has 38 years of experience in the interior industry. This book will share the story of his journey about his rugged walk since he was a child to the person he is today. This book will also talk about the #NoFreeDesignMovement he has created solely to bring empowerment to the people in the creative industry to fight for their rights and values as creative person. It will be filled with the truths of this industry i Learn More

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Life After: Oral Histories of the May 13 Incident

By Members of the May 13 Oral History Group Publisher:Gerakbudaya Enterprise Publication Date:2022-08-01

“As May 13, 1969, has lived on as one of Malaysia’s most iconic moments of political transition and change, it deserves to be told and retold through many lenses and by many interlocutors. How did those palpably touched by the ordeal, and lost friends, neighbors, and family members survive the aftermath of the violence? As the narrators in this book recount these experiences, they weigh and judge the history of the nation, from below. This book thus makes for a powerful Learn More

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Completing The Singapore Story?

By Arun Bala Publisher:SIRD Publication Date:2022-08-01

Mahadeva, the founding secretary-general of the Singapore National Union of Journalists (SNUJ), suddenly found himself in the news when he was arrested in 1963 under Operation Coldstore. This is his story, told posthumously by one of his brothers, who delved into the rich collection of Maha’s documents and publications he kept over the years. Imprisoned without trial as a security threat with more than a hundred other political and union leaders, he had no recourse but to Learn More

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The Peaceful People: The Penan and their Fight for the Forest

By Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD Publisher:SIRD Publication Date:2022-08-01

The Peaceful People is the story of the Penan, the jungle nomads of Sarawak, who for decades have fought for possession and preservation of their traditional forest lands. Drawing on extensive first-hand interviews, as well as the diaries and journals of explorers, botanists and colonial administrators, and the observations of missionaries, the book provides the most comprehensive account of the dynamics of Penan society to date. Written in a compelling and accessible style, Learn More

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People & Places: Walk My Journey

By Husna Kassim Publisher:HK Publishing Publication Date:2022-08-01

Many dream of breaking routines and pushing boundaries for that once-in-a-lifetime experience: taking buses, traveling around Turkey in the thick of winter, or crossing Siberia on the Trans Mongolian Express, or enjoying a campfire under the desert stars on the edge of the Sahara, or watching a bullfight in Madrid. "People & Places: Walk My Journey" is part travelogue and part personal memoir. Some of these journeys were geographical ones while some were inner journeys, inspi Learn More

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Adrenaline

By Zlatan Ibrahimovic Publisher:Penguin UK Publication Date:2022-07-28

He is an amazing talent, one of the best around' —Pep Guardiola. Football's most prolific and controversial goalscorer has nothing left to prove on the pitch. There is only one Zlatan. In the decade since his megaselling memoir I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he has played at Paris Saint-Germain (2012-2016), Manchester United (2016-2018), LA Galaxy (2018-2019) and Milan (2020-). This outrageous and hilarious follow-up is bursting with personal confessions and revealing anecdotes a Learn More

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This is Your Own Time You're Wasting

By Lee Parkinson & Adam Parkinson Publisher:HarperCollins Publication Date:2022-07-21

The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming next book from your favourite teacher duo, The Two Mr Ps. Now put that thing down! Yes YOU. It’s time to sit up and listen … From the stars of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast) and the bestselling authors of Put a Wet Paper Towel On It comes a book filled with chaos, clangers and confessions from the … classrooms. You’ll be taken on a journey where you’ll meet a rogues’ gallery of classroom characters, read some juicy teac Learn More

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Malaysian Son: A progressive’s political journey in the heart of Southeast Asia

By Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad Publisher:Penguin Random House SEA Publication Date:2022-07-19

Malaysian Son is the story of Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Setiawangsa. Growing up privileged under the authoritarian regime of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the imprisonment of Anwar Ibrahim led him to join the Reformasi movement. As a member of the multiracial People's Justice Party (KEADILAN), he later became the youngest elected state representative in the 2008 General Elections. In 2018, as Youth Leader of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalit Learn More

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Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China

By Desmond Shum Publisher:Simon & Schuster Publication Date:2022-07-09

THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ' CNN 'READS LIKE A THRILLER' FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder’s Red Notice comes a unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21st century China and whose wife was disappeared - and then mysteriously reappeared four years later on the eve of Red Roulette’s publication and global media coverage about it Learn More

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The Power of Strangers

By Joe Keohane Publisher:Penguin Books Publication Date:2022-07-07

When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact with. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we've never met. But what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of many of our problems, were actually the solution? In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane discovers the surprising benefits that come Learn More

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The Unfinished Business

By Yeo Bee Yin Publisher:REFSA Publication Date:2022-07-01

COULD HE HEAL HER BROKEN HEART? What was she doing here? Hyattown had changed very little in the years Vanessa Sexton had been away. In some ways her high school sweetheart, Brady Tucker, hadn't changed much either - he was still lean, athletic, rugged...But the once reckless boy had become a solid, dependable man. He'd stood her up on the most important night of her life; could she ever trust him again? So Vanessa had finally come home, Brady thought. She could still t Learn More

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Going Beyond The Wall

By Ng Seow Kong Publisher:Kanyin Publications Publication Date:2022-07-01

After decades spent tackling the most challenging ultramarathons across the world under unforgiving elements, the athlete that developed a cult following for his race reports now offers the full narrative of his astonishing life to the world. Packed to the brim with awe-inspiring true stories, Seow Kong’s Going Beyond the Wall: One Runner’s White-Knuckle Quest to Destroy the Separations Between Hell, Paradise & Himself is an intimate account of how a lifetime of adventur Learn More

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Connections

By Karl Deisseroth Publisher:Penguin UK Publication Date:2022-06-30

Beautiful to read and packed with cutting-edge science' Observer 'Poetic, mind-stretching and, through it all, deeply human' Daniel Levitin Mental illness is one of the greatest causes of human suffering, its nature and origin a long-held mystery. But thanks to new science and technology, our understanding has reached a tipping point. In Connections, Professor Karl Deisseroth intertwines his own breakthrough discoveries with moving case studies from his experience as an eme Learn More

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I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

By Baek Se-hee Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date:2022-06-23

THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others. Sh Learn More

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The Interpreter's Daughter

By Teresa Lim Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date:2022-06-23

Pre-order now and discover one family's fascinating story in this beautiful, sweeping, multigenerational memoir, spanning 19th century south China to modern day Singapore______________I would learn that when families tell stories, what they leave out re-defines what they keep in. With my family, these were not secrets intentionally withheld. Just truths too painful to confront. In the last years of her life, Teresa Lim's mother, Violet Chang, had copies of a cherished family Learn More

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Crying In H Mart

By Michelle Zauner Publisher:Vintage Books Publication Date:2022-06-14

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitaris Learn More

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The World War II Book (Big Ideas)

By DK Publisher:DK UK Publication Date:2022-06-09

Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the Second World War—the epic conflict that shaped the modern world. Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold explanatory graphics The World War II Book explores the causes, key events, and lasting consequences of the Second World War. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key ideas and events during and surrounding the conflict—from the ris Learn More

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James Allen 3-In-1: As Man Thinketh, Master of Destiny & Eight Pillars of Prosperity

By James Allen Publisher: Publication Date:2022-06-08

Just like seeds can give shape to a garden, James Allen’s most celebrated work — As A Man Thinketh — delves into how our thoughts shape our minds. In order to get a fruitful result, we must nurture and cultivate the right attitude for positive and successful outcomes. Equally, weeding out negative and destructive thoughts is essential to nudge our destiny. Allen goes deep into the theme of destiny in his The Mastery of Destiny — popularly known as an ‘ode to the min Learn More

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The Dawn of Everything

By David Graeber & David Wengrow Publisher:Penguin UK Publication Date:2022-06-02

Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian 'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and D Learn More

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How Politics Works (How Things Work)

By DK Publisher:DK UK Publication Date:2022-06-02

Discover everything you need to know about political history and thought, and the inner workings of governments around the world with this unique graphic guide. Combining clear, jargon-free language and bold, eye-catching graphics, How Politics Works is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to all aspects of politics. Covering everything from political theory to methods of government, the book presents the ideas and theories of key political philosophers, leaders, movem Learn More

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Great Loves

By DK Publisher:DK UK Publication Date:2022-06-01

For centuries, human history has been shaped by politics, power, and war - but what about love? Mark Antony's love for Cleopatra led to war between Rome and Egypt; Emperor Xuanzang of Tang relinquished the Mandate of Heaven for Yang Guifei; and the English Reformation was borne out of Henry VIII's passion for Anne Boleyn. Over the centuries since, these great loves - and many others - have been celebrated, recorded, and memorialized to stand alongside the annals of war, peac Learn More

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Elon Musk : Risking It All

By Michael Vlismas Publisher:Jonathan Ball Publishers SA Publication Date:2022-05-26

** AN ABSOLUTE MUST-READ: A BRAND NEW BIOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN AND NEW OWNER OF TWITTER! ** One of the world's richest people and the owner of Twitter, Elon Musk is no stranger to controversy. Who is this boundary-pushing billionaire with grand plans of inhabiting Mars, and what lies at the heart of his vision? Why is he so utterly unafraid of risk? As an awkward Pretoria schoolboy who loved comics and science fiction, Musk's early years and singular family Learn More

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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules to Life

By Jordan B. Peterson Publisher:PENGUIN UK Publication Date:2022-05-17

The companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. In a Learn More

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Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise

By Justin Talbot-Zorn , Leigh Marz Publisher:Random House UK Publication Date:2022-05-17

What if the most serious personal and global challenges won't be solved with more thinking or talking? The world is louder than ever. It's not just the noise in our ears, but also the noise on our screens and in our heads. 'Silence is golden,' the adage goes. But how do we find it in times like these? Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz take us on an unlikely journey exploring why silence is essential for physical health, mental clarity, professional fulfilment, nourishing relations Learn More

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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

By Patrick Radden Keefe Publisher:Random House US Publication Date:2022-05-17

This year’s winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for History/Biography, Empire of Pain is an exhaustively researched profile of the Sackler family, the aristocratic American clan that made its fortune making and marketing the painkiller OxyContin. Patrick Radden Keefe is a master of the kind of narrative reporting style that brings novelistic intensity to rigorous nonfiction reporting. Keefe was also nominated for a GCA for his 2018 book, Say Nothing. Learn More

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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

By Jordan B. Peterson Publisher:Penguin Putnam Publication Date:2022-05-17

The companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. In a Learn More

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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

By Michael Lewis Publisher:WW Norton US Publication Date:2022-04-05

New York Times Bestseller For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about. Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis’s taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was Learn More

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REBEL: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom

By Rahaf Mohammed Publisher:HarperCollins Publication Date:2022-03-08

• A gripping true story of bravery and sacrifice by a young woman whose escape from Saudi Arabia captivated the world. • In early 2019, after more than a year of careful planning, Rahaf Mohammed boarded a plane and finally escaped from Saudi Arabia. But the eighteen-year-old only made it as far as Bangkok before her passport was taken away. Stuck in a hotel room, the teenager decided to reach out to the world on Twitter – and the world answered. Her account gained 45,00 Learn More

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How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

By Bill Gates Publisher:Allen lane Publication Date:2022-03-05

The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy? Can we even hope to accomplish this? Bill Gates believes the answer is yes, and in this book he lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should have learned from COVID-19 and what all of us can do to ward off Learn More

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Eve of Destruction : The inside story of our dangerous nuclear world

By John Hughes-Wilson Publisher:John Blake Publishing Ltd Publication Date:2022-03-03

US President Harry Truman evidently understood the terrifying power of atomic weaponry, but no one could have realised its full potential when he ordered the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Those military attacks, along with the disasters at the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear reactors, might spring to mind at the mention of nuclear destruction, but the majority of the events recorded in this book are entirely unknown to most people. This book records the f Learn More

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Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

By Sue Black Publisher:Black Swan Publication Date:2022-03-02

From the world's foremost forensic anthropologist and bestselling author of All That Remains, this book is an exploration - from skull to feet - of how our bones reveal all that happens to us in life. THE TIMES- BEST MEMOIRS OF THE YEAR. WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 'Gripping from the start, Written in Bone is superb' - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes 'No Scientist communicates better than Sue Black' - Val McDermid, author of Still Life Fro Learn More

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Rapid-Fire Rafidah: Being Malaysian First

By Rafidah Aziz Publisher:MPH Group Publishing Publication Date:2022-03-01

Sometimes known as "The Iron Lady" for her forthright manner and unflinching stances on matters related to her ministerial portfolio, among others, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz has more than made her mark on domestic politics and the world stage as Malaysia's longest-serving woman Member of Parliament and longest-serving international trade and industry minister. Now, more than a decade after retiring, she has penned this memoir, in which she reflects on her formative years, her pol Learn More

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The Anthropocene Reviewed

By John Green Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date:2022-03-01

Goodreads Choice winner for Nonfiction 2021 and instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down. “The perfect book for right now.” –People “The Anthropocene Reviewed is essential to the human conversation.” –Library Journal, starred review The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. I Learn More

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PARLIAMENT, UNEXPECTED: Recollections of Parliament, Politics, and Pandemic in Malaysia

By Tan Sri Ariff Yusof Publisher:Matahari Publication Date:2022-02-27

The Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, despite the name, is seldom heard. In this recollection of his short tenure as the Dewan Rakyat Speaker, Tan Sri Ariff Yusof, reveals his side of the story – dissecting the events and procedures of Parliament while providing an insider’s view of the unprecedented political developments that led to the fall of the Pakatan Harapan government in 2020 and his eventual removal. Meanwhile, a global pandemic starts to rage and is met with a fa Learn More

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Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World

By Cade Metz Publisher:Dutton Publication Date:2022-02-15

THE UNTOLD TECH STORY OF OUR TIME What does it mean to be smart? To be human? What do we really want from life and the intelligence we have, or might create? With deep and exclusive reporting, across hundreds of interviews, New York Times Silicon Valley journalist Cade Metz brings you into the rooms where these questions are being answered. Where an extraordinarily powerful new artificial intelligence has been built into our biggest companies, our social discourse, and ou Learn More

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The Bomber Mafia: A Story Set in War

By Malcolm Gladwell Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date:2022-02-06

In the years before the Second World War, in a sleepy air force base in central Alabama, a small group of renegade pilots put forth a radical idea. What if we made bombing so accurate that wars could be fought entirely from the air? What if we could make the brutal clashes between armies on the ground a thing of the past? This book tells the story of what happened when that dream was put to the test. The Bomber Mafia follows the stories of a reclusive Dutch genius and his hom Learn More

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Banned Books

By DK Publisher:DK UK Publication Date:2022-02-06

Discover the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published. Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is "acceptable" in published works have shifted over the centuries, and from culture to culture. Banned Books explores why some of the world's most important literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles were once deemed too controversial for the public to read—whether for challengin Learn More

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In Time of Strain and Happiness, Tales of a Malaysian Expatriate

By Abdul Razak Mahmud Publisher:Mindskills Management and Consultancy Publication Date:2022-02-01

In Times of Strain and Happiness, Tales of a Malaysian Expatriate, is a compilation of nineteen stories by the author. The adventures and misadventures are based on the author’s own experiences and of others' who had worked with him or are closed to him. This book takes the reader through a twenty year journey of diverse cultures and characters. The events took place in various locations, from Europe to Africa and from Indochina to the Middle East. Some stories are thrillin Learn More

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Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win

By Peter Schweizer Publisher: Harper Publication Date:2022-01-25

That the Chinese government seeks to infiltrate American institutions is hardly surprising. What is wholly new, however, are the number of American elites who are eager to help the Chinese dictatorship in its quest for global hegemony. Presidential families, Silicon Valley gurus, Wall Street high rollers, Ivy League universities, even professional athletes—all willing to sacrifice American strength and security on the altar of personal enrichment. In Red-Handed, six-ti Learn More

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The Psychology of Stupidity

By Jean-Francois Marmion Publisher:Pan MacMillan Publication Date:2022-01-22

"The Number One International bestseller 'We need books like this one' - psychologist Steven Pinker At last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world’s smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James and Ryan Holiday. Stupidity is all around us, from the colleagues who won’t stop hitting ‘reply all’ to the former school friends posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to ba Learn More

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The King’s Chinese: From Barber to Banker, the Story of Yeap Chor Ee and the Straits Chinese

By Daryl Yeap Publisher:Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD) Publication Date:2022-01-06

The King’s Chinese: From Barber to Banker, the Story of Yeap Chor Ee and the Straits Chinese provides interesting vignettes of Yeap’s life in the contexts of southern China and the Nanyang, drawing on family records, written and oral history sources and personal visits to ancestral homes. These are a useful supplement to other historical and biographical studies of the Chinese community in Penang. Yeap Chor Ee (1868–1952) was not Straits-born. He was a subject of the Ch Learn More

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TUESDAYS WITH BAPAK

By Nuraina Samad Publisher:Bru Publication Publication Date:2022-01-06

How did Bapak do all that? Well, the story was that there was a "go-slow" industrial action by the editorial staff of the Straits Times in Kuala Lumpur. As Malaysia was still under the emergency laws enforced following the May 13, 1969 riots, the European-dominated management in Singapore thought that the go-slow would definitely end without much ado. It was illegal, for heaven's sake. So the management thought that they could hold out by asking for arbitration in the Labo Learn More

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MY ODYSSEY : REVOLUTIONARY AND EVOLUTIONARY

By Jeyaraj C. Rajarao Publisher:Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD) Publication Date:2022-01-06

This autobiography is reflective of the many dimensional attitudes of the author, Dato’ Jeyaraj C. Rajarao. As he recounts his life story it is evident that he has lived a life with passion, integrity, wit and mischief. A life of black and white, with very little grey in it. The narrative begins with a simple story of love that spans decades. It then takes the reader through a young boy’s experience of the Japanese occupation of Malaya until she gains independence. It is Learn More

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MALAYSIA MY HOME

By Chooi Mun Sou Publisher:CHOOI MUN SOU Publication Date:2022-01-06

These pages contain my childhood recollections of Malaya, observations and musings on my time in legal practice and some thoughts on events in the new millennium. These reminiscences also include several brushes with history, events which shaped Malaysia and set me on my path through life,from my call to the Malayan Bar and the founding of my firm, Chooi & Company and its continuing evolution. While no historian, I hope to capture a sense of the forces that touch our lives a Learn More

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Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation

By Kevin Roose Publisher:Random House Trade Publication Date:2022-01-02

ABOUT FUTUREPROOF “A concise, insightful and sophisticated guide to maintaining humane values in an age of new machines.”—The New York Times Book Review “While we need to rewrite the rules of the twenty-first-century economy, Kevin’s book is a great look at how people can do this on a personal level to always put humanity first.”—Andrew Yang With a new afterword by the author You are being automated. After decades of hype and sci-fi fantasies, artificial i Learn More

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The Malay Labourer: By the Window of Capitalism

By Zawawi Ibrahim Publisher:Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD) Publication Date:2022-01-01

This book explores the ethnography of emerging proletarian social consciousness and resistance. By the 1970s Malay peasants on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia found themselves reconstituted as a class, not only as an economic category but also as a community in a capitalist plantation frontier society. The plantation, as a window to capitalism, serves as a micro-level base to explore how Malays responded to wage labour and the plantation’s class hierarchy. More specif Learn More

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IF THE SKY WERE TO FALL...

By Gary Lit Ying Loong Publisher:Gerakbudaya Publication Date:2022-01-01

Through a highly personal and engaging journey, this book exposes the myths and mysteries surrounding the most tumultuous period of Malayan history. It illuminates our understanding of the subterranean forces shaping the people and country then and now. Almost immediately after WWII, the British fought a long “Emergency” war against the communist guerrillas who had bravely helped them to fight against the Japanese earlier. This book details the gruesome atrocities suff Learn More

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MANAGING MALAYSIA AS TUN MAHATHIR

By Dr. Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri Publisher:Biblio Press Publication Date:2022-01-01

Managing a nation is the highest form of achievement that any leader can possess. Tun Dr. Mahathir who has vast experience and calibre of managing Malaysia fro twenty-three years as Prime Minister over two terms certainly is one-of-a-kind world leader. What are the challenges and hardship managing Malaysia over the years? In this book, Dr. Zaharuddin has diligently put forth interesting insights on how Tun Dr. Mahathir has become one of the most respected leader while bringi Learn More

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The Myth of the Lazy Native

By Syed Hussein Alatas Publisher:Gerakbudaya Publication Date:2022-01-01

Originally published in 1977, The Myth of the Lazy Native is an early example of a systematic critique of colonial knowledge. Syed Hussein Alatas analyses the origins of the myth of the ‘lazy native’ from the 16th to the 20th century in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia, and how it functions within colonial capitalism, a type of transformed feudal order with racial undertones. The ‘indolence’ that the native population was accused of was not just linked to labo Learn More

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Final Reckoning: An Insider's View of The Fall of Malaysia's Barisan Nasional Government

By Romen Bose Publisher:Penguin Random House SEA Publication Date:2021-12-14

An unparalleled political blockbuster of intrigue, disaster, incompetence and the biggest financial scandal the world has ever seen Romen Bose worked as a Political Communications Consultant for former Malaysian Premier Najib Razak for six years and was a close confidante to decision makers in the upper echelon of the country's political elite. Bose was present during the major controversies that hit the Najib Razak administration, witnessing first-hand how the country's Learn More

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Capturing Hope: The Struggle Continues For A New Malaysia

By Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Publisher:MPH Publishing Publication Date:2021-12-12

Capturing Hope follows chronologically the events described in Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s best-selling book, A Doctor in the House. This standalone work chronicles not just the unexpected journey of Dr Mahathir back to the premiership but also the great changes taking place within Malaysia today. The story starts with his retirement, which finally gave him the time and means to pursue matters close to his heart—the plight of the Palestinian people, and the criminalisatio Learn More

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The Apple and the Tree: Life as Dr Mahathir's Daughter

By Marina Mahathir Publisher:Penguin SEA Publication Date:2021-11-23

When an apple falls, does it roll far or stay close to its tree? Is it an exact clone of all the other apples the tree produces or something entirely different? This is the question that has perplexed the public about me for the simple reason that I am the daughter of the man who has governed Malaysia for almost 24 years. Do I echo him in his view of the world, or do I chart my own path? Why is it that in my own public life, in my writing and speeches, I express opinions tha Learn More

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The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning

By Paul Bloom Publisher:Ecco Publication Date:2021-11-18

From the author of Against Empathy comes a different kind of happiness book, one that shows us how suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives Learn More

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The Tshirts I Love

By Haruki Murakami Publisher:Vintage Publishing Publication Date:2021-11-16

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collectin Learn More

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Simply Psychology

By DK Publisher:DK Publication Date:2021-11-16

Grasping complex psychological ideas has never been easier. Transforming complicated ideas into easy-to-understand graphics, supported by accessible text, Simply Psychology is the perfect introduction to the subject for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. Covering the key psychological theories from moral development to cognitive behavioural therapy, each easy-to-read, single-page entry explains the concept more clearly than ever before. Organized into ch Learn More

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