Heartlands Book Club Discussion – August 2007
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...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Is Death the End?
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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Penny has read ‘The Four-Hour Workweek’ by Timothy Ferriss
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations New York : Crown Publishers, c2007. Call No.: 650.1 FER -[BIZ] Click here for item availability. 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...
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Alvan has watched ‘An Autumn’s Tale’
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] Available only at library@esplanade Click here and here for item availability. An Autumn’s Tale has the perfect ending. Not as in...
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Charles has watched ‘Disclosure’
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] Click here for item availability. This item is of restricted use. Please approach the Service Desk at library@esplanade to enquire...
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2007 Man Booker Longlist
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...
Thomas has read ‘The Coma’ by Alex Garland
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London : Faber and Faber, 2004. Call No.: GAR Click here for item availability. 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...
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Penny has read ‘Make your travel dollars worth a fortune’ by Tim Leffel
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations Palo Alto : Travelers’ Tales, c2006. Call No.: 910.4 LEF Click here for item availability. 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...
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