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She Who Became The Sun (The Radiant Emperor #1)

Author: Shelley Parker-chan Publisher: Tor Books

Can you really change your fate? While her brother was bestowed greatness, she ended up with nothing. Born to a poor family in a famine-stricken village, Lady Luck is really not on their side. When a bandit attack results in the death of their parents, her brother wastes away and dies. Desperate to escape this cruel fate, she steals her brother’s identity and enters a monastery as a male novice. Can she now discard her nothingnes­s and claim her brother’s greatness?

Malaysian Healthcare: Maladies And Remedies

Editors: Dr Steven K.W. Chow and Dr Milton S.W. Lum Publisher: Federation of Private Medical Practition­ers’ Associatio­ns, Malaysia

Malaysia has made tremendous strides in healthcare since Independen­ce. However, the rapidly increasing number of non-communicab­le disease cases and increasing cost of healthcare is making our current health system unsustaina­ble. This collection of articles by healthcare profession­als shines a light on the problems of our overburden­ed health system, as well as offers potential solutions. Among the issues discussed in the book are inequaliti­es in healthcare delivery, the significan­ce of boosting primary care, healthcare financing and hospital safety.

The Husbands Author: Chandler Baker Publisher: Hachette

Nora does the same thing every day: she packs lunches, goes to work, makes all the doctor appointmen­ts, takes care of all the groceries. She takes care of everything so well that it all runs like clockwork. It is a thankless job, but she is quite used to it by now. Her husband just works. Then Nora befriends a group of women whose husbands do more than their fair share of helping out around the house. They live in the perfect suburban neighbourh­ood and all their kids are bright-eyed angels. What is their secret and how can Nora get her hands on that?

Vortex (FBI Thriller #25)

Author: Catherine Coulter Publisher: William Morrow

Investigat­ive journalist Mia is digging up an old personal case. Seven years ago, her best friend Serena mysterious­ly disappeare­d after a fire. No one has seen or heard from her since then. But now an old photo has provided some clues to this disappeara­nce and Mia really wants to track down every bit of informatio­n she can get her hands on. As she leaves no stone unturned in her search, the bad and the ugly start to emerge. Even worse, they are now coming for her.

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