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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events

Heartlands Book Club will be revisiting Natsuo Kirino for this August’s book discussion. In the previous discussion of her book OUT, our members had a memorable and spirited debate on the underbelly of Japanese society and the struggle to make ends meet. For the August discussion, the book Grotesque promises to […]

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NO! ANOTHER POTTER REVIEW!
Harry Potter fever… — this feverish excitement that mounted in the days leading up to the release of the book. Speculation was at an all time high, leaks, accidental early delivery, copies of the book appearing on black market, price wars in Malaysia, all to address the clamouring demand for the […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations
New York : Crown Publishers, c2007.
Call No.: 650.1 FER -[BIZ]
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Tim Ferriss’ new book has created a buzz online and is now on the New York Times bestseller list. He explains how he went from overworked and underpaid to working less than four hours each week and […]

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Qiu tian di tong hua [videorecording] = An autumn’s tale / D & B Films Co, Ltd.
Publisher: [Hong Kong] : Distributed by Mega Star Video Distribution (HK) Ltd.,c1987.
Call No.: 791.4372 QIU -[ART]
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An Autumn’s Tale has the perfect ending.
Not as in a fairy-tale happily ever after, […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations
Disclosure [videorecording]
Warner Bros. presents ; a Baltimore Pictures/Constant C production ; produced by Barry Levinson, Michael Crichton ; directed by Barry Levinson.
Call No.: English 791.4372 DIS -[ART]
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Based on a novel […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets
The judges for the 2007 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announce their longlist of books in the running for the prize this year.
This longlist of 13 books, the ‘Man Booker Dozen’, was chosen from 110 entries; 92 were submitted for the prize and 18 were called in by the […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations

London : Faber and Faber, 2004.
Call No.: GAR
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Say the name, Alex Garland & I doubt it rings a bell. But say the movie, The Beach & I guess you will have heard about it. Yes, no thanks to the rather chubby Leonardo DiCaprio acting in that […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations

Palo Alto : Travelers’ Tales, c2006.
Call No.: 910.4 LEF
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We often have that nagging feeling after traveling to a popular destination that we can get more mileage out of our dollars if only we stayed at less ‘touristy’ places or dined where the locals do. Now in […]

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