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Dough : a memoir / Mort Zachter.
Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2007
Call No.: 305.89240747 ZAC
Money is a very strange thing.  It is totally extraneous, an abstract and invented notion, as some would insist, and yet its grip over people’s lives can be as extreme as any primal drive.  As Mort Zachter unveiled in […]

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Dear friends,
Our November book meeting will be discussing one of this year’s short listed books for the Singapore Literature Prize - “Lions in Winter” by Wena Poon . 
The details:
Date/time:  4.00pm, Friday 28 November 2008
Venue:  The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library
Facilitator:  Mr Paul Fitzpatrick
Title of book:  “Lions in Winter” by Wena Poon. 
Call number SING  POO
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The serial killers club : a novel / Jeff Povey
New York : Warner Books, 2006.
Call No.: POV -[TH] 
The Serial Killers Club is a suspense, yet comedic fiction written by Jeff Povey.
The book starts with telling how the narrator after accidentally kills his attacker, realizes that the latter is a serial […]

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Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)
The National Library Board will be launching its D.E.A.R promotion once again from 1 Nov 2008 to 31 January 2009.
During the D.E.A.R promotion, we encourage you to Double Up on Your Reading - basic members can borrow up to 8 items* and premium members up to 16 items**.
* The 4 extra […]

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