Specially for the Young Christian Souls
Thursday, July 8, 2010BookXcess does not only offer books but other gorgeous accessories for books as well! For the young Christians, these books and item may be really useful… Moreover, these books and item makes a really great birthday or Christening gift as well!
Make Your Own Prayers (Magnetic) –Suitable for age 3+ Price: RM19.90
This interactive book contains four magnetic prayer boards on which children can build:
- Prayers of Praise
- Thank you prayers
- Sorry Prayers
- Help Prayers
Classic Bible Stories by Rhona Davies (Hardcover) RRP: RM59.90 Price: RM17.90
The Bible is full of stories that have captured the imagination of generations of readers and been a sourse of inspiration to many.
These classic Bible stories have been chosen as the best-known and best-loved of all of them and have been illustrated in a dynamic, contemporary style to make them accessible for the readers of today.
Bible Covers by Precious Moments Price: RM12.90
10 reasons to love this super adorable Bible Cover:
1. Washable: This Bible Cover is made of fabric, therefore always easy to clean! 
2. Pink: Which girl wouldn’t adore pink colour? Your little girl will look super sweet carrying this Bible Cover!
3. Pockets: The outer part of the Bible cover has 2 pockets on the front & 1 pocket on the back. Always convenient to slip in pieces of notes…
4. Personalize: With the easy iron-on patterns and glitzy stones available in various stores, it’s always fun & easy to personalize & Bejewel this gorgeous accessory!
5. Handy: The size of this Bible cover is ideal, universal sized Bible will snug in nicely & the handle makes it easy to carry around!
6. Zip: Gorgeous gorgeous double zip, an absolute darling & always easy for two-way zipping & unzipping!
7. Inner pockets: Left & right side slide pockets for Bible covers. For a nice snug and easy reference on Bible, just unzip, open & start flipping through the pages. 
8. Page-markers: 2 strands of attached page-markers for easy references between Bible pages… (similar to a Book-thong)
9. Smooth, semi-waterproof surface on the inside. PER-FECT!
10. Pen holder: Elastic pen-holder on the right hand side. Genius, or what?!
P/S: This could be a perfect NOTEBOOK holder as well! Surely we can get a little more creative! *psst* Or a Diary cover..
Bold Reads by the Babylon Series
Tuesday, July 6, 2010It’s always interesting to take a peek behind the scenes, don’t you think? Imogen Edwards-Jones takes us on a special backstage pass to witness the “happenings” behind the glamourous outlook of the airline craft, a luxurious hotel, a fashion designer’s life, the wedding industry and finally the pop sensation world of a star!
Air Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones RRP: RM35.90 Price: RM17.90
Air Babylon is a trawl through the highs, the lows, and the rapid descents of the travel industry. It catalogues the births, the deaths, the drunken brawls, the sexual antics, and the debauchery behind the scenes of the ultimate service industry – where the world is divided into those who wear the uniform and those who don’t…
Hotel Babylon RRP: RM49.90 Price: RM17.90
Everything you read in “Hotel Babylon” is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. All the anecdotes, the characters, the highs, the lows, the drugs, the scams, the misery and the debauchery are exactly as experienced by Anonymous – someone who has spent his entire career working in some of the most luxurious hotels in London. More than a decade is compressed into twenty-four hours.
Fashion Babylon RRP: RM35.90 Price: RM17.90
Taking the reader through six months in a designer’s life, it explains how a collection is put together — from the objects of inspiration to the catwalk, into the shops and, hopefully, onto the cover of a magazine. Narrated from the point of view of an anonymous A-list British fashion designer looking to break out across the pond and structured around three of the annual “must” industry events in London, Paris and New York, this irresistible work of reportage goes inside the well-cut seams of the fashion world, where women are paid tens of thousands of dollars for simply getting dressed and where a wrong skirt length can cost you your career.
Wedding Babylon RRP: RM69.90 Price: RM19.90
Now, in the bestselling Babylon tradition, Imogen Edwards-Jones lifts the lid on the excesses of the wedding industry. The scams which inflate the prices of everything from flowers to cakes to marquee hire. And the wedding disaster stories of high jinks at the altar and disastrous low comedy in the speeches. The potential for things to go horribly, horribly wrong is never higher than at a wedding. Hilarious, shocking and thoroughly entertaining, “Wedding Babylon” is proof positive that the dream day is never far from becoming a nightmare…
Pop Babylon RRP: RM69.90 Price: RM19.90
How do you make it as a pop star? Packed with scandal and intrigue, Pop Babylon” “takes you to the dark heart of one of the world’s most wicked and secretive industries. Tracking a year in the making of a brand new boy band, Pop Babylon” “is pure, unadulterated reading pleasure. Disgraceful, revelatory and great down-and-dirty fun, it’s essential reading for anyone who wants to know what it really takes nowadays to be top of the pops.
New Arrivals: MORE & MORE Fiction Titles!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010Fiction reads supply just keeps flowing in more for BookXcess!! Specially for book lovers like you! This time around, we’ve picked several titles for the Guys, Ladies & Literature fan!
For the GUYS…
To Cut a Long Story Short by Jeffery Archer RRP: RM34.90 Now: RM17.90
In To Cut a Long Story Short, New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer delivers an enthralling new collection of short stories. Listeners will have a difficult time sorting fact from fiction as each story comes complete with intriguing characters, ingenious plotting and Archer’s trademark surprise endings.
Map of Bones by James Rollins RRP: RM34.90 Now: RM17.90
A mysterious biblical object, nefarious Vatican spies and a deadly centuries-old religious cabal-sound familiar? Sacramento veterinarian Rollins offers more Da Vinci Code-style thrills for the seriously addicted. An elite team of scientific and Special Forces operatives under the command of Grayson Pierce and accompanied by Lieutenant Rachel Verona of Rome’s carabinieri, they are pursuing a deadly mystery that weaves through sites of the Seven Wonders of the World and ends at the doorstep of an ancient, mystical, and terrifying secret order. For there are those with dark plans for the stolen sacred remains that will alter the future of humankind . . . when science and religion unite to unleash a horror not seen since the beginning of time.
For the LADIES…
The Personal Shopper by Carmen Reid RRP: RM42.90 Now: RM 17.90
There’s just one accessory Annie Valentine can’t find — the perfect man! Meet Annie Valentine: stylish, savvy, a multi-tasker extraordinaire. Although she’s a busy single mum to stroppy teen Lana, and painfully shy Owen, there’s a gap in Annie’s wardrobe — sorry, life — for a new man. But finding the perfect partner is turning out to be so much trickier than finding the perfect pair of shoes. Can she source a genuine classic? A life-long investment? Or will she end up with a mistake from the sale rack who’ll have to be returned? Or maybe, just maybe, there’ll be someone new this season who could be the one…
Late Night Shopping by Carmen Reid RRP: RM42.90 Now: RM17.90
The eagerly anticipated new novel from the author of The Personal Shopper sees Annie Valentine jetting off to Italy. Uber-busy Annie Valentine — mum to two demanding children and personal shopper in a swanky London fashion store — is now intent on setting up a business of her own. She has ambitions for a shoe and handbag empire, and she’ll do anything to get there. Ed isn’t convinced that Annie’s surprise remedy — an extravagant friends and family holiday to Italy — is really what they all need. Especially when a dashing Italian businessman promises to fulfill Annie’s every dream…
The Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James RRP: RM53.90 Now: RM17.90
What if, hidden in an old attic chest, Jane Austen’s memoirs were discovered after hundreds of years? What if those pages revealed the untold story of a life-changing love affair? That’s the premise behind this spellbinding novel, which delves into the secrets of Jane Austen’s life, giving us untold insights into her mind and heart. Deft and witty, written in a style that echoes Austen’s own, this unforgettable novel offers a delightfully possible scenario for the inspiration behind this beloved author’s romantic tales. It’s a remarkable book, irresistible to anyone who loves Jane Austen—and to anyone who loves a great story.
The Seamstress by Frances De Pontes Peebles RRP: RM52.90 Now: RM17.90
This lavishly detailed of debut novel set in 1920s and ’30s Brazil follows two sisters who share excellent sewing skills, but take divergent paths into adulthood. Crippled by a childhood accident and mocked for her deformities, Luzia is considered unmarriageable. So after a bandit kidnaps her, she realizes that marrying the outlaw leader may be her only chance at independence and happiness. Beautiful Emília, yearning for the refinements of the big city, spurns her many rural suitors, but-reeling from her sister’s abduction and her aunt’s subsequent death-enters a disastrous marriage with a wealthy, suave stranger who has plenty of untoward secrets and a mother who treats Emília like dirt. The Seamstress is impeccably drawn, rich in depth and vision, and heralds the arrival of a supremely talented new writer.
As for LITERATURE…
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier RRP: RM60.00 Now: RM17.90
Sixty years after REBECCA was first published, Daphne du Maurier’s unsurpassed masterpiece continues to enthrall readers with romance and suspense, as the second Mrs. de Winter narrates the haunting events surrounding her marriage to Maxim de Winter and her growing obsession with his first wife, the beautiful, now dead Rebecca. Includes excerpts from the author’s personal notes and essays, exclusive to this edition.
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw RRP: RM38.90 Now: RM17.90
Aw’s highly original first novel juxtaposes three accounts of the life of an enigmatic man at a pivotal and haunting moment in Malaysian history.
2666 by Robert Bolaño RRP: RM112.90 Now: RM24.90
2666 is written by Roberto Bolaño depicting the unsolved and ongoing serial murders of Ciudad Juárez; Santa Teresa in the novel. The host of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of Santa Teresa—a fictional Juárez—on the U.S-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared.
Behold, our new addition: Malay Novels!
Thursday, June 3, 2010BookXcess now have the privillage to offer Malay Novels to our fellow Malaysian readers! Currently we have fair selections & titles of genres for Malay novels and today, we’re reviewing romance & horror/thrillers.
Demi Cinta by Pitteriah Abdullah RRP: RM29.90 Now: RM5.00
This novel revolves around a young lady. Shafika Izwani who’s life is filled with dilemma & spiked with all kinds of tribulations. Things got worse & took a more dramatic turn when she loses her memory from an accident.
Sewangi Kasih Konflik Terakhir by Norzailina Nordin RRP: RM33.90 Now: RM5.00
Junita is attracted to her boss, Farid but Nik Anura, their co-worker has a secret crush on Farid. The love triangle conflict worsens when Junita became close to Hazriq who is in London and Farid became intimate with another lady, Zaiton. This novel promises a startling ending & the answer to the riddle will be uncovered.
Bintang Suhana by Linda Nazarudin RRP: RM28.00 Now: RM5.00
Suhana, a successful reporter & hostess has never been in love. Not long after being forced into an arranged marriage, Suhana met & fell in love with a young Hindustan man, Aftab Khanna. Suhana then fell into delimma if she should proceed with the arranged marriage or follow her heart to true love despite all racial & religious challenges. An unexpected twist took a turn when Suhana finds out that her fiance is having an affair with Zita. Suhana fell into deeper dilemma when she finds out that Zita is her enstranged biological sister. What will be Suhana’s decision to deal with the tricky situation?
Anggerik Di Pohon Aksara by Ramsiyah Amir RRP: RM26.00 Now: RM5.00
Alya Kesuma has two ambition: to be of guidance for all the children at her apartment and to find true love. Alya searched high & low for her soulmate, only to finally realised that he was there with her all along. However, an accident took place that forces her to reevaluate if she should accept or reject the relationship that is being offered.
Susuk (a 2008 Malaysian horror film starred by Ida Nerina) by Nizam Zakaria RRP: RM24.90 Now: RM5.00
Soraya is a young trainee nurse who is starting to feel disaffected by her life. A chance introduction to the world of glamour piques her earlier ambition to be a star. She does not succeed at first, but she is told that the forbidden practice of ’susuk’ can help. She has to make a choice whether to stay the way she is, or cross the line. At first, ’susuk’ seems to give her confidence in her performance, and even to stand up to her abusive brother-in-law. Meanwhile, Suzana is a prominent diva with an air of mystery. She has long been a practitioner of the black arts due to her use of the extreme ’susuk keramat’. Every time she violates a taboo, a human life is required – first in the form of accidental deaths of her loved ones, then by outright murder and cannibalism. She develops inhuman, supernatural abilities. At the same time, she yearns for her more innocent days and hires a young assistant who reminds her of “happier times”. A mysterious and powerful ‘dukun’ guides the two women down their paths to corruption. The viewers follow the lives of these two women until their stories converge in the true secret of this dreaded charm. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susuk_%28film%29)
Cinta Gadis Pontianak by Meor Shariman RRP: RM26.00 Now: RM5.00
About Asmira, a girl with supernatural genetics from her Mother who was once a ‘pontianak’ turned human after a reviving ritual. Because her supernatural nature, Asmira faced various tragedies that forces her to live in secrecy. Ultimately she was hunted by people who knew of her origins and with her supernatural powers, Asmira tries to protect herself & her friends from danger. Along the way, a young suitor Farid appeared into her life but Asmira has never opened her heart for love. Will she ever be able to love like a normal human being? A reversed & similar version of Twilight, would you agree?
Penglipur Lara Maya Seram by Roy Nazmishah RRP: RM23.50 Now:RM5.00
This novel is a compilation of various local supernatural stories that we’re curious to know but not eager to face. In this novel, we’re exposed to different cultural mystic that often we challenge with logic but leaves our minds confounded. As readers, we yearn more than the thrills of reading horror. Discover the deeper meaning of values, ethics and meaning of life in a different perspective from this novel.
Delicious Detective Reads
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Alexander (R.A.A.) “Sandy” McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, (born 24 August 1948) is a Zimbabwean-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with these issues. He has since become internationally known as a writer of fiction. He is most widely known as the creator of the The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McCall_Smith
Here are some McCall Smith’s titles available in BookXcess store:
Love over Scotland RRP: RM89.90 Now: RM19.90
Six-year-old prodigy Bertie perseveres in his heroic struggle for truth and balanced good sense against his insufferable mother and her crony, the psychotherapist Dr Fairbairn, going as far as to make a short-lived bid for freedom on a trip to Paris with the Edinburgh youth orchestra. Domenica sets off on an anthropological odyssey with pirates in the Malacca Straits, while Pat attracts several handsome admirers, including a toothsome suitor named Wolf. And Big Lou, eternal source of coffee and good advice to her friends, has love, heartbreak and erstwhile boyfriend Eddie’s misdemeanours on her own mind.
Espresso Tales RRP: RM89.90 Now: RM19.90
Fans will welcome the second installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series. Full of McCall Smith’s gentle humor and sympathy for his characters, “Espresso Tales” is also an affectionate portrait of a city and its people who, in the author’s own words, “make Edinburgh one of the most vibrant and interesting places in the world.”
In The Company of Cheerful Ladies RRP: RM79.90 Now: RM19.90
This time around, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself overly beset by problems. She is busier than usual at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, when a strange intruder in her house forces her to confront a painful secret from her past.
The World According to Bertie RRP: RM89.90 Now: RM19.90
“The World According to Bertie” is the fourth in the series and revolves around the many colourful characters that come and go at No. 44 Scotland Street. McCall Smith handles the characters with his customary charm and deftness – the stalwart Tory chartered surveyor, the pushy mother, and, most importantly in this novel, the beleaguered Italian-speaking prodigy, Bertie. This is classic McCall Smith – clever, witty and entertaining – and beautifully illustrated. A chance encounter with Armistead Maupin in San Francisco inspired Alexander McCall Smith to write this series of novels based around the fictional No. 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh’s New Town.
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive RRP: RM79.90 Now: RM19.90
For Mma Ramotswe, there is rarely a dull moment, and in her newest round of adventures, the same certainly holds true. One thing above all else is keeping her occupied–her estimable husband has been hinting that he intends to do something special for their adopted daughter.
Blue Shoes and Happiness RRP: RM79.90 Now: RM19.90
This newest entry in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series continues the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s leading, and only, female private detective. Her personal life, busy agency, and unusual cases are always fascinating–and highly entertaining.
Synopsis source: http://www.alibris.com/
James Herriot’s Animal Realm
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
James Herriot is the pen name of James Alfred Wight, OBE, also known as Alf Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), an English veterinary surgeon and writer. Wight is best known for his semi-autobiographical stories, often referred to collectively as All Creatures Great and Small, a title used in some editions and in film and television adaptations.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot
BookXcess has James Herriot’s ultimate collection in store now!! 
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An Enchanting Tale of Men and a Lion.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010“The enchanting true story of three friends and their remarkable reunion”– Cover.
A Lion Called Christian RRP: RM86.90 Now: RM17.90
“In 2008, YouTube.com featured an extraordinary two-minute film clip showing the remarkable, highly moving reunion of two men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free’s George Adamson. This tells the backstory, of how John Rendall and Anthony ‘Ace’ Bourke, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought a boisterous lion cub in Harrods for 250 guineas. For a while, the three of them lived together as flatmates in the King’s Road, Chelsea, where Christian quickly became a local celebrity. But the lion cub was growing up, fast. It was thanks to Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, stars of Born Free that Christian was subsequently flown to Kenya and placed under the expert care of Adamson. Originally published in 1971, it has now been fully updated by the authors, with stunning photographs. A unique and extraordinary story of its time, and is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature.”
Isn’t it amazing how creatures of God can have such intelligence and love for it friends? This will definitely be a heart-warming read!
Feel-good Reads…
Monday, May 24, 2010
Introducing Dorothy Koomson!! Koomson is a wonderful contemporary English novel writer who hails from London, UK. http://www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/
BookXcess is lucky to have TWO of Koomson’s amazing titles for sales at GREAT price; only RM17.90!
The Cupid Effect RRP: RM34.90 Now: RM17.90
Ceri D’Altroy watches too much Oprah Winfrey – and it’s having serious repercussions. Bored with London life and writing yet another ‘have the perfect orgasm’ feature, she’s decided to take Oprah’s advice and follow her heart’s desire. Going back to college might not be everyone’s dream but all Ceri’s ever wanted to do is lecture…
Unfortunately, Ceri’s new start seems to involve disrupting lives: within days she’s reunited a happily uncoupled couple, encouraged her new flatmate to do something about his unrequited love, and outed the secret relationship of her two colleagues. Only, while Ceri’s playing Cupid for others, the highlight of her social calendar is trying a new hair conditioner. Something needs to be done, but can Ceri stick to her vow to give up her accidental matchmaking for good…?
A delicious comedy about love, life and following your heart.
Goodnight, Beautiful RRP: RM34.90 Now: RM17.90
Nova Kumalisi would do anything for her closest friend, Mal Wacken. She owes him her life. So, when he asked her to be the surrogate mother for him and his wife, in spite of her fears about how it would alter their friendship, Nova agreed. Eight years later, Nova is bringing up their son alone, and she and Mal don’t speak. Months into the pregnancy, Mal’s wife changed her mind about the surrogacy agreement. Already suspicious of how close Nova and Mal were, Stephanie realised her strained marriage was in serious trouble when she found a text from her husband to Nova, saying, ‘Goodnight, Beautiful’. She asked Mal to cut all ties with his closest friend and unborn child. Now, seven-year-old Leo is critically ill and Nova, despite her anger and hurt, wants Mal to have the chance to know his son before it’s too late. Will it take a tragedy to remind them how much they mean to each other?
Now, who’s up for contemporary English novels?
BookXcess Reviews on Meg Cabot’s Princess Diaries Series.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010Princess Diaries series offers up the secret thoughts of Mia Thermopolis, who discovers at age 14 that she is actually the princess of a small European country. This revelation adds significantly to her extant concerns about crushes, friendships, school, and other matters falling under adolescent scrutiny.
It’s Children’s Book Week & the best news is BookXcess offers 20% discount on Meg Cabot’s Princess Diaries Series! All the better reason to get for our blossoming adoloscents to read & ‘live’ as a princess for a moment…
Princess Mia RRP: RM26.90 BookXcess RM12.90 After discount: RM10.32
Life is not going smoothly for Princess Mia. Her boyfriend has broken up with her and flown off to Japan, her best friend has stopped speaking to her, and some one has started an “I Hate Princess Mia” website. No wonder she is too depressed to get out of bed. To Mia’s great dismay, her father drags her to see a therapist to deal with her depression. If all this is not bad enough, Mia’s grandmother is on her case to make a speech to an audience of 2000 highly successful woman, all part of an elite group that Grandmere wants to join.
Princess in Training RRP: RM26.90 BookXcess RM12.90 After discount: RM10.32
Student body president, that is—nominated by her power-mad best friend, Lilly. This is not how Mia imagined kicking off her sophomore year, but as usual, she has bigger problems to worry about, like Geometry. And now that Mia’s one true love, Michael, is uptown at college, what’s the point of even getting up for school in the morning? But the last straw is what Lana whispers to her on the lunch line about what college boys expect of their girlfriends. . . . Really, it’s almost more than a princess in training can bear!
Princess in the Spotlight RRP: RM26.90 BookXcess RM12.90 After discount: RM10.32
Since Mia’s the brand-new crown princess of Genovia, indomitable dowager princess Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for her. With just a few innocent remarks, Mia manages to enrage her best friend Lilly, practically get one of her teachers fired, and alienate the entire country of Genovia. (Population 50,000, but still!) There’s the havoc of the interview’s aftermath and her dreaded princess lessons at the Plaza. Plus an unexpected announcement from her mother, and intriguing, exasperating letters from a secret admirer. Mia is swept up in a whirlwind of royal intrigue the likes of which hasn’t been seen since volume I of The Princess Diaries.
Princess in Love RRP: RM26.90 BookXcess RM12.90 After discount: RM10.32
Her Royal Highness Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo of Genovia, also known as Mia, prepares to meet the populace of her newfound kingdom all while trying to dump one boyfriend for another.
Princess in Pink RRP: RM26.90 BookXcess RM12.90 After discount: RM10.32
In her heart of hearts, Mia has but one wish: an evening spent with Michael in a tux and a corsage on her wrist—in other words, the prom. Michael, however, does not seem to share the dream that is the prom. Worse still, a service workers’ strike (with Grandmère and Lilly at the heart of it and on opposite sides) threatens the very existence of this year’s prom.
Will the strike end in time? Can Mia talk Michael out of his anti-prom views? Most importantly, will Mia get to wear her pink prom dress?
Princess on the Brink RRP: RM26.90 BookXcess RM12.90 After discount: RM10.32
Princess Mia finds herself facing some very difficult problems. She’s a junior now, and even though she survived freshman Algebra and sophomore Geometry, there’s no guarantee she’ll make it through Precalculus. On top of all the mathematical strife, her beloved boyfriend, Michael, is leaving for Japan for a year. Precalc has nothing on preparing for the worst separation ever!
Say “Hello” to our Book of the Month of May!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
Tolkien, J.R.R
RRP79.90 BookXcess price: RM24.90
After 20% discount = RM19.90
Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. Before “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” came this previously unpublished work by Tolkien, written during the 1920s and 1930s, that makes available the author’s extensive retelling in English narrative verse of the epic Norse tales of Sigurd the Volsung and The Fall of the Niflungs.
Synopsis:
In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir, most celebrated of dragons; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood.
In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy, and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung and Gudrún his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún.
The Lay of Gudrún recounts her fate after the death of Sigurd, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers, and her hideous revenge.
What is amazing about this book?
- Like Tolkien’s other works of wonders; The Lord of the Rings, this story has a language on its own. It’s not elvish, but do read to find out… It’s beautiful!
- The story is narrated in forms of STANZAS… yeah, like a poem… a song… Incredible or what?
- You will find yourself escaping into a whole new, different & yet exciting world.
- It’s priced at RM19.90 ONLY at BookXcess!!
Newsflash people! This superstar offer only lasts for the month of May! And while stock lasts!! So if you have friends or siblings or anyone you know that loves The Lord of the Rings or stories on DRAGONS… Grab a copy now & make their day! For once, boys/guys might actually enjoy & appreciate poetry!!