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Title: Coraline
Author: Neil Gaiman
U.P. $8.00 from Bookaburra, price still intact
A movie was made recently based on this story
Condition: 9.5/10, no dog-ears whatever, just yellow from age
Sypnosis:
When coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be ther little girl. They want to change her ans never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wits and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
Now at SGD 4 only

Title: For one more day
Author: Mitch Albom, Best-selling author of "The five people you meet in heaven" and "Tuesdays with Morrie"
U.P. $16.00 from Popular, price still intact
Condition: 9/10, pages yellow from age and slight tear on last page, doesn't affect story
Sypnosis:
Charley Benetto is a broken man, his life destroyed by alchohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits rock bottom after discovering he won't be invited to his only daughter's wedding. And he decides to take his own life. Charley takes a midnight ride to his small hometown: his final journey. But as he staggers into his old house, he makes an astonishing discovery. His mother- who died eight years earlier- is thee, and welcomes Char;ey home as if nothing had ever happened. What follows is the one seemingly ordinary day so many of us yearn for: a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets amd to seek forgiveness.
Now at only SGD 8

Title: Seven Tales of Sex and Death
Author: Patricia Duncker
U.P. $5.00 from the Books warehouse sale, price intact
"Dark, subversive... You will be left reeling" Kathryn Flett, Observer
Sypnosis:
Simultaeneously sinister, thrilling and amusing, Patricia Duncker's eponymous tales offer a glimpse into various worlds: worlds inhabited by mysterious stalkers, war-scarred drifters, menacing assasins, or else bereft of people and altogether; worlds where the peverse and permissive are rendered acceptable and the unimaginable has become the everyday. With vivid, precise prose and haunting images, Duncker paints a vivid picture of amoral lives, in all their seedy, shady glory.
Now only at SGD 4

Title: The Mark of The Angel
Author: Nancy Huston
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yellow with age
"You may never read a novel crafted with more wonder and mystery" -Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha
Sypnosis:
The year is 1957, and the place is Paris, where the psychic wounds of WWII have barely begun to heal. Saffie, a young German woman, becomes maid then wife to Raphael, a priviledged French musician who finds her remoteness provocative and irresistible. One day in the old Jewish quarter of the city, where she has taken Raphael's flute to be repaured, Saffie meets a Hungarian insrument maker- and all their lives are unexpectedly, dramatically altered. Driven by passion, but damaged in different ways by war, these two people find themselves crossing dangerous boundaries. Told against the rising tide of violence unleashed by the Algerian conflist, The Mark of the Angel builds to a shocking climax conveying the loss of innocence and tragic irony of these lives twisted out of shape by the weight of history.
Now at only SGD 4

Title: Perfect
Author: D.M.Quintano
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yellow from age
Sypnosis:
What happens when the perfect future meets with the imperfect past...?
Pursuit of perfection has destroyed several plabets and bought the human species to the brink of extinction. Now the only hope for the future lies in the past. Will time-travellers from the twentieth century be able to save the people of the third millenium? Will they want to?
Now at only SGD 5

Title: Welcome to Temptation
Author: Jennifer Crusie
Condition: 8/10, pages yellow with age and stain on bottom of book, doesn't affect story.
"Witty, sexy and a rattling good yarn" -Prima
Sypnosis:
Sophie came to Temptation Ohio, to help her sister to make a movie. Now she's making trouble for the town council, love with the mayor and lemonade for a murderer...
Welcome to temptation, population 2,158. And falling.
Now at SGD 5 only

Title: The Angel of Nitshill Road
Author: Anne Fine
Condition: 9.5/10 pages yellow from age
Sypnosis:
Until the angel came, Penny, Mark and Marigold were bitterly unhappy.
'Fat'
'Freak'
'Smelly'
Barry Hunter was bullying them and everyone at Nitchill Road Schhol knew it. But the angel brings about a clever solution. Life at school is going to be very different from now on.
Now at SGD 3 only.

Title: Adorniram Judson- Danger on the streets of Gold
Author: Irene Howat
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yellow with age
Sypnosis:
Adorniram Judson was a young man full of potential, headstrong, independent and American... he had plans, big ones and the didn't involve Burma. Life was good for Judson. He was bright, from a good family and his education was excellent but he set out on his own to become rich and famous. However, even when Judson abandoned his belief in God, God never left him. As Judson travelled far away from his loving family God had placss to bring him home and then to send him to the other side of the world- to Burma. How then did young Adorniram Judson become America's first overseas missionary and how did he escape from some dangerous pirates? You will find these and lots of other exciting adventures in this book
Now at only SGD 6.

Title: The Day my Butt Went Psycho- Based on a True story
Author: Andy Griffiths, Best-selling Author
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yellow with age
Sypnosis:
Strange Butt true !!!!
An epic tale of one brave boy and his crazy, runaway butt. Can Zack save the earth from butts gone berserk? Can he defeat the biggest, ugliest, meanest butt the world has ever seen? More important- will Zack and his butt ever find true happiness? It's an adventure you and your butt will never forget!
Now at only SGD 6

Title: Lao Shi Jia Lao Da- Comi book version
Based on a local movie production by Jack Neo
Now at only SGD 4.

Title: Crustaceans
Author: Andrew Cowan
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yellow with age
Sypnosis:
It is December 22nd, a foot of snow has fallen, and Paul is heading out for a small costal resort on his son Euan's sixth birthday. Shall I tell you a story? he says and recalls te boy's birth, his first words and steps, all the stuff of forgetting, of any boy's life... But nothing, Paul has decided, should ever be lost or discarded or buried, as it was in his own childhood. And so he confides the history of his relationship with Ruth, Euan's mother; the death of his own mother when he was a boy; and his father's refusal ever to explain what occured. It soon becomes evident, however, that Euan is not in the car. Evident, too that Paul is living alone, and that in the cliffs and dunes of the seaside resort lies the key to his story's conclusion.
Now at only SGD 4.

Title: Grotesque
Author: Natsuo Kirino
Condition: 9.5/10, minor scratches on cover
U.P. $19.80 from Kinokuniya
Sypnosis:
Two prostitutes are murdered in Tokyo.
Twenty years previously both women were educated at the same elite school for young ladies, and had seemingly promising futures ahead of them. But in a world of dark desire and vicious ambition, for both women, prostitution meant power. Grotesque is a masterful and haunting thriller, a chilling exploration of women's secret lives in modern day Japan.
Now at only SGD 10

Title: The Girls in the Velvet Frame
Author: Adele Geras
U.P. $7.04
Condition 9.5/10, pages yellow with age
Sypnosis:
Jerusalem, 1913, Isaac Bernstein has been in New Yok for almost a year, and still his family has heard nothing from him. So when frivolous Aunt Mimi suggests that the five Bernstein sisters have a photograph taken for their mother's birthday, they come up with a plan. Can they use the photograph to find Isaac? Will their family ever be reunited?
Now at only SGD 5.

Title: The Beak Speaks
Author: Jeremy Strong
U.P. $9.36 from Popular
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yellow with age
'The King of comedy' -Guardian
Sypnosis:
Dinah the mynah is hopping mad. She's trying to tell the family the danger they are in, but humans are so dense. They've been completely taken in by the eautiful Divine, a beautiful woman with a sinister plan.
And then a chimpanzee comes down the chimney...
Now at only SGD 5.

Title: A compelling study of Women on Death Row
Author: Mike James
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yellow with age
Sypnosis:
Detailed and factual accounts of women executed for their crimes, plus full-length stories of those on Death Row today- waiting to die!
Now at only SGD 8.

Title: Horrible Histories- The Angry Aztecs and the Incredible Incas
Author: Terry Deary, Martin Brown, Philip Reeve
U.P. $5.00 from the great books warehouse sale
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yellow with age
Sypnosis:
History with twice the nasty bits!
The Angry Aztecs fills you in on the foulest facts about Mayan mysteries, cunning Conquistadors and people whose ides of fun was ripping out human hearts!
The Incredible Incas gives youthe gry details about the incredible empire which ruled 12 million people but was smashed by 260 Spanish invaders... and a few germs!
Now at only SGD 4.

Titles from left to right,
1) So little time- Instant Boyfriend
2) Mark-kate and Ashley starring in- Holiday in the Sun
3) New York Minute #1
Condition: 9.5/10 for all three books, pages yellow with age
Each for SGD 4.

Sypnosis:
1) Instant boyfriend:
Get Detention on purpose.
Help the shy girl with a makeover.
Throw the coolest beach party ever.
Meet the boy of your dreams
2) Holiday in the sun:
Alex and Madison Stewart really want to go to Hawaii with their classmates this winter break. Their parents have a different idea- another family vacation. But this family vacation turns out to be anything but dull when Alex and Madison meet two cute boys and stumble onto one hot secret!
3) New York Minute:
Jane skips school to give a speech in New York that she hopes will make her dream of going to Oxford University come true. Roxy skips school and heads into New York with a rock CD that she hopes will make her a star. But then... Jane is caught sneaking out of a fancy hotel wearing a towel. Roxy is being chased through New York City streets by two men she doesn't even know. Jane and Roxy discover that anything can- and everything does- happen in a New York minute.

Titles from left to right:
1) Lizzie Mcgurie 2-in-1: The Rise and fall of the Kate Empire & When Moms Attack
2) The Lizzie Mcgurie Movie
3) Freaked out
Condition: 9.5/10, pages yelow with age
One book for only SGD 4.

Sypnosis:
1) Two-in-one:
When moms attatck: Lizzie Mcguire is psyched up for her class camping trip... until she finds out that the new chaperone is her mom! To make matters worse, it's boys against girls in a big camping contest. Lizzie has to help her mom win over the other girls. There's only one problem- her mim is driving her crazy! Can lizzie make peace with her mom... before she dies of embarassment?
The Rise and Fall of the Kate Empire: Lizzie always tries to stay out of Kate Sander's way. Ever since Kate made cheerleader, she's become the most popular girl in school, and she's turned into a major beast. But when Kate hurts her shoulder, the other girls kick her off the squad. Suddenly, Kate isn't quite so popular anymore. Can Lizzie get Kate to admit that- for once- she actually needs Lizzie's help?
2) The Lizze Mcguire movie: After suffering complete and total humiliation at her junior high graduation, there's only one thing Lizzie wants to do- leave the country! Luckily, she's off on a class trip to Rome, where she meets hot Italian pop star Paolo Valisari. Lizzie's in heaven. Even better, it seems that she bears a striking resemblance to Paolo's singing partner, Isabella. Lizzie starts getting star treatment- and that's when her adventures really begin! Is Lizzie in love? Is Paolo really as nice as he seems? And why is Gordo acting so... jealous?
3) Freaked Out: If Lizzie thinks her little brother, Matt, couldn't ger any freakier, she's about to learn she is way wrong. When the Mcguire siblings suddenly switch bodies, Lizzie starts to see how warped her little bother's world really is firsthand! To make matters worse, Matt's gotten into Lizze's head (litterally!), and he's causing all sorts of trouble as his own big sister! How will Lizzie get back into her own body, and out of this nightmare? If there ever was a "get-me-outie" moment, this is so it!

MAGAZINES

Left: "Seventeen" Magazine
August 2009 issue, Katy Perry cover
U.P. $3.00
Now SGD 1.50 only

Right: Play magazine
偶像团体大特辑
24/1/2006 issue
U.P. $12.29 from Kinokuniya
Now only SGD 6.
Featuring many groups and bands such as 5566, S.H.E, DBSK, Mayday and 6 different bands!
Includes 2006 Calendar of these groups(one per month):
5566, 183 Club, K one, 五月天, S.H.E, Seven Flowers 七朵花, Twins, 元卫觉醒, DBSK 东方神起, 神话

Reader's digest magazines
U.P. $9.90 per issue at news stands.
Now only SGD2.50 each.
All issue in good condition exept for March 2008 where the extra cover was torn off, but doesnt affect content. February 2009 issue brand new in plastic
All issues from January 2008 to February 2009 available except for November 2008
Covers is chronological order:
Upgrade yourself: New ways to live longer, boost brainpower, sleep better and make more money!,
Love Struck! You won't believe what they did for love!,
Simplify. Smart ways to keep from being overwhelmed,
Get lost!... In Asia's top-notch vacation spots,
Life savers: New discoveries for canceer, diabetes, dementia and more,
America's new face: The making of Obama,
Sexy, Slim & Smart: Thw Power of Sleep,
True Spirit: Stirring tales of Olympic sportsmanship,
Ah Beng Mark Lee on his trashy comedy begginings~,
Save! Money, Time, and the planet! Smart ways to get what you need,
Your family health tree, A simple way to save lives,
Real Hero: Jet Li(Asian of the year 2009)takes on his next role... Saving the world, President Obama on a Good and Evil and Better World

Following E-pop mags are Malysian magazines on Taiwanese, Malaysian, Hong Kong, Korean and Japanese stars.
Ask for more info on content and condition if interested in any issues!
Actual retail price is SGD2.50
Now at only SGD1 each!