hi all,
i jus went to this website that does book rentals (
http://www.apogeez.com/ ) and i thought of recommending it.
they offer chinese and english selection of books and in my opinion, the books you can see there are alittle different from the rest of those you see out there. books from this site are not all the feel good cuddly kind, but they still offer a very good read. best part is, they offer FREE delivery!!
this site is a local site, and they only do local sales and delivery so far, so sorry to the overseas counterparts.
some books i would recommend are...
Skin GameAuthor: Caroline Kettlewell
As a young girl - smart, creative, well loved by family - Caroline Kettlewell made a terrible discovery: The only way to gain relief from her overpowering feelings of self-consciousness, discomfort, and alienation was to physically hurt herself. She began cutting her arms and legs in fifth grade, and continued into her twenties. Why would an intelligent young woman resort to such extreme measures? The first former cutter to tell her own story about living with an overcoming the disorder, Caroline Kettlewell has written an unforgettably poignant and shocking memoir of affliction and survival.
http://www.apogeez.com/sypnosis/Skin%20Game.phpThe Five People You Meet in HeavenAuthor: Mitch Albom
“All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time…”
From the author of the phenomenal number one bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, comes this enchanting, beautifully written novel that explores a mystery only heaven can unfold.
Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in the toil of his father before him, fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. As the park has changed over the years – from the Loop-the-Loop to the Pipeline Plunge – so, too, has Eddie changed, from optimistic youth to embittered old age. The war left him wounded. His days tumbled into one another, a mix of loneliness, regret and sad dreams of what could have been.
Then, on his eighty-third birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. With his final breath, he feels two small hands in his – and then nothing. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people who were in it. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path for ever.
As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: was it a heroic success or a devastating failure? The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is a magical and inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.
In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you’ve ever thought about the afterlife – and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.
http://www.apogeez.com/sypnosis/The%20Five%20People%20You%20Meet%20In%20Heaven.phpand for the alternative love story...
The WeddingAuthor: Nicholas Sparks
Wilson Lewis, son-in-law of Allie and Noah Calhoun, is forced to admit that the romance has gone out of his marriage. Desperate to win back JaneÂ’s heart, he must figure out how to make his wife of thirty years fall in love with himÂ…again.
Despite the shining example of Allie and NoahÂ’s marriage, Wilson is a man who has always found it difficult to express his emotions. A hardworking estate tax attorney, he has provided well for his family, but now, with his daughterÂ’s upcoming wedding coinciding with his thirtieth wedding anniversary, he confronts the fact that he and Jane have grown apart and he wonders if she even loves him anymore.
Wilson is sure of one thing: his love for his wife has only deepened and intensified over the years. With the memories of his in-law’s magnificent fifty-year love affair as his guide – and some patient advice from Noah – Wilson struggles to find his way back into the heart of the woman he adores…
http://www.apogeez.com/sypnosis/The%20Wedding.phphope you ppl will like this recommendation!
