Al-Ubudiyyah by Ibn Taymiyah

Now, I am reading this book in order to know more about Uluhiyyah and to get closer to Allah swt. I bought this book at Specialist Bookshop at KLCC.

HOW TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS

Yesterday, I bought two copies of the books and gave away to my friends.I hope they will know what is happiness and insyaAllah will achieve it . The book is written by Sheikh Abdur Rahman As-Sa'di.

The Rule of Four

Bought this book at Kinokuniya for RM74.90 (hardcovers). I hope it is better than Da Vinci Code because I have not yet any books written by the authors. Btw ,it is their first book.

Who runs this place?

My special thanks to Penawan-the Trengganu born Beta-Blogger who lives in London for giving me the book entitled as above.The sub-title of the book is "The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century".The author is Mr Anthony Sampson.

To-day, I just read the Preface so I could not give any comments,but it provokes my mind Who Runs Malaysia?

Hadith 40 etc

This book by Imam nawawi is staring at me everyday!

I t promised to finish reading it last year but keep on delaying....

In fact, it is not the only one; the Tafsir by Ibn Kathir and other 10 ten books are sitting on my coffee table. They are all ever ready to be read by me...

But one thing I wish not to neglect is reading at least one 'ain of Qur'an everyday.

The Gods of Management

To-day, I bought another book as above by Charles Handy.So far, I have read a few of his writings and they never failed to educate me in one way or the other.

Watchman

A friend recommended me to read this spy novel by Ian Rankin. I hope to get some fun reading it.It has been a while I have not reading a thriller...

Queen Noor

My wife is now reading memoirs of an unexpected life.

Almost French

Yesterday, I bought as above wriiten by Sarah Turnbull.Hopefully, I could learn something from her experience being in France and being married to a French man. Personally,I love to be a cafe in Paris,especially at Le Deux Maggot in Latin Quarters:-)

21 Laws of Leadership

Management is a big subject.My special interest is project leadership but I am now on the journey to discover more about the leaders and leadership in general. My youngest brother has set up a Yayasan( foundation) called Yayasan Kepimpinan dan Keilmuan Kelantan. I hope to use this vehicle to propagate the science and the art of leadership.

To increase my knowledge, to-day I bought another book called 21 Irrefutable Laws of leadership by James L Garlow.

Prisoner of Azkaban

The movie is coming to KL on 3rd June,2004.Now,I am starting toi read the book.

Can elephants dance?

Yes!If you can get the right people to handle the giants.Now I am reading Who says elephants CaN'T Dance by Louis V. Gerstner,Jr-the former IBM chief.One of my special interest is EXECUTION STRATEGY.Many projects fail not because of planning but they fail during execution phase.

I have not been reading any books for the last two weeks.Every time I pick a book, I just want to go to sleep..

My body and mind must tired due to some work stress.I need a rest..

Books On Business

during the last six months, I have been buying a few management books in order to learn new scope of business as well as to update my knowledge on the subjects that I already know. Below is the list books:

1.Management Consultancy ISBN 0-7494-3653-0
2.Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? ISBN 0-00-717087-4
3.Trout On Strategy ISBN 0-07-143794-0
4.Leading Change ISBN 0-87584-747-1
5.The Little Book of Business Wisdom ISBN 0-471-36979-9
6.The Portable MBA in Project Management-0-47-26899-2
7.Giving Presentation ISBN 0--19-860681-8

I began readin book no 5 and to finish all the above by end of 2004.

It is more than eight months since this blog was updated.I must add something soon:-0

Bought a book entitled Kaum-Kaum Yang Putus by Harun Yahya and Noghts in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks.

Both my wife and me love reading love stories by Nicholas Sparks....

It appears that this year alone I have bought about five books on project management.The latest acquisition is The Portable MBA in Project Management by Eric Verzuh. Thee books,I hope, will enhance my knowledge in PM.

Bought another book on PM as a collection. It is entitled PM by Phil Baguley.

I just completed reading The Age of Unreason. It is fore meaningful foe people aroung my age i.e The Third Age for we can reflect better than the younger ones who have less life experience.

I agree with Charles Handy the author that to change we have to be unreasonable.

From: Mohd Adib Noh Date: Fri May 23, 2003 6:24:28 PM Asia/Singapore
To: Subject: [bookcafe] Getting someone to read..
Reply-To: bookcafe@yahoogroups.com

Hi, Most of us are reading a few books in a year but there are quite a number of our friends or relatives or classmates or office mates who never read a book in a year-some even 20 years! What do you think if we make it a personal project for everyone of us to get someone close to us who never read a book a year to start reading at least a book a year to start with? I think it would be a small contribution we all can do for someone who miss all the fun and the benefits of reading.It is good for the country as well... For your info, I have tried this idea and it worked. Below is the reply from a friend that I managed to convert from a non-reader( never read a book for the last 20 years after school) to start reading.I asked him how I did it to him and below is his reply:(After you do it,please report back to the bookcafe mailinglist).
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Dear Adib, Thank you for remembering me as the 'awakened' personality or shall I say I was your 'eureka' ! To be frank I never miss out any dailies but to read a book somebody have to literally put a gun at my temple.!! My wife is just the extreme. She will stay right up to midnight to finish the novel. much to my chagrin. I only can say that this is real mad to read until tears begin to drop (I literally saw her sobbing while holding a book) And no sooner than she bought a book she has to return to the same bookshop to buy another one because she finished reading the very book she bought a couple of days back. You know what make me read the book you loaned to me ? I think it is more of the aproach and the assurances that I will definitely find the book interesting not to mention that you keep my ego intact.. I remember your encouraging remarks like 'you will be talking to the author' The fact that you gave me your precious belonging make me feel that I must not waste the opportunity to explore the reason why there is such thing called 'book worm' AND the choice of book is very important to start an interest in reading. The book you lent me Jeffrey Archer - short stories suited me well as a beginner which made me bought another book of similar pattern by the same author.It made me realised that not only it will enrich one's thought but will also expand one's vission. AND later when my wife caught me reading at the hall alone till wee hours of the morning made me 'blushed' If you want to start similar project IMHO you just follow similar path that you have done to me i.e. 1. identify the person - one at a time (some one close to you) 2. give him a good start by giving him the right book - not necessarily you choice 3 monitor him (not to pressure but to hook him on) - the deadline you gave me to complete the book was cleverly executed (remember you extend the deadline once you realised that I was ON with my reading) 4. Be sincere with the person. Share his reservation his excitement and be encouraging. I gauged your sincerity when you gave me you own precious book to kickstart my habit and I was DAMN bloody scared if the book got lost or even mutilated 5. Remember, you are merely trying to share your interest with a person and the person is not obliged to follow you. 6. If you feel justify reward him (remeber you gave me a book as a present during my birthday kenduri ?) Lead by example A leader has a lot to show If it is your project, gentle and persuasive monitoring is required (cann't really remember your reference to a project except if you turn your eye away from it , it will turn naughty. Hey ! apart from that I have the ability to read :)- grin -----