10% Discount at Aksara Pacific Place

Yay! By giving your business card, you'll get 10% discount at Aksara ,between 12 to 6 PM Monday to Thursday . Networking with benefits that is.

Only at Pacific Place Jakarta.



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AKSARA CLEARANCE SALE UP TO 70% - STARTING ON JAN 15th

Dear bookworms out there, I bet you wold like this as much as I do. Aksara Clearance Sale offers you great deal on books ( and CD's )with the best prices, up to 70% ! ONLY from Jan 15 to Jan 31 2010. So leave some space on your bookshelves and come to Aksara Pacific Place Jakarta, because best books don't last long.

Only at Aksara Pacific Place Jakarta.

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LUNCHTIME SUPER SAVER 20% OFF ALL BOOKS FROM AKSARA PACIFIC PLACE JAKARTA

If you like books, you might like this new promo from Aksara bookstore Pacific Place Jakarta, Lunchtime Super Saver ! Where you can get 20% off all books every monday from 12 AM to 2 PM. Only at Pacific Place Mall Jakarta.





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TONIGHT - CAPOCACCIA PACIFIC PLACE PRESENTS 'WANNABEISNOTCOOL'

70 % BRITPOP, 30% NEW WAVE, and 100 % COOL PEOPLE,

Tonight at Capocaccia Pacific Place Jakarta,

Can't miss this one..



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BOOK OF THE WEEK - THE GUM THIEF

The first and only story of love and looming apocalypse set in the aisles of an office supply superstore. Meet Roger, a divorced, middle-aged “aisles associate” at Staples, condemned to restocking reams of 20-lb. bond paper for the rest of his life. And Roger’s co-worker Bethany, in her early twenties and at the end of her Goth phase, who is looking at fifty more years of sorting the red pens from the blue in aisle 6. These two retail workers then strike up an extraordinary epistolary relationship. Through a complex layering of narratives, The Gum Thief reveals the comedy, loneliness, and strange comforts of contemporary life.

Douglas Coupland is Canadian, born on a Canadian Air Force base near Baden-Baden, Germany, on December 30, 1961. In 1965 his family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he continues to live and work. Coupland has studied art and design in Vancouver, Canada, Milan, Italy and Sapporo, Japan.

His first novel, Generation X, was published in March of 1991. Since then he has published ten novels and several non-fiction books in 35 languages and most countries on earth. He has written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, England, and in 2001 resumed his practice as a visual artist, with exhibitions in spaces in North America, Europe and Asia. 2006 marks the premiere of the feature film Everything’s Gone Green, his first story written specifically for the screen and not adapted from any previous work. In 2007 Coupland’s novel, jPod, was adapted into a series of thirteen one-hour episodes with Canada’s CBC.

His next novel, Generation A, will be published in the UK, Canada and US in fall of 2009.

Available at Aksara Bookstore, Pacific Place Jakarta. 4th Floor. www.aksara.com



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WALLPAPER* - THE MUST HAVE CUTTING EDGE INTERIOR/DESIGN/FASHION & ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE

Wallpaper* is the world's only truly international design lifestyle magazine for urban modernists and global navigators alike. Wallpaper is a well executed and in-depth look at current cutting-edge design. From entertainment to travel through interiors and architecture, as well as fashion and style, Wallpaper has seen and reported it all. For over a decade Wallpaper has kept its loyal readers ahead of the rest with articles and imagery of innovation, and seriously, this magazine really looks good on your coffee table. Don't believe it ? try it...

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This month, Wallpaper* is publishing a special June issue, Made in China, for which the magazine temporarily moved its office to Beijing and Shanghai.

The two pop-up offices – both immaculately designed work spaces – were manned for a month by a 15-strong team of Wallpaper's London staff, as well as the magazine's resident Asia correspondents. In addition, the magazine had on hand a special advisory panel of creative trailblazers who are remaking modern China.

Commenting on the issue, editor-in-chief Tony Chambers says: “Our China special has literally been Made in China. We produced the content there, looking out from the country, not just looking in. It was an adventure that very few magazines would be able to embark on, and the result is a truer, deeper take on the forces driving China forward. It's an issue our readers will devour.”

Wallpaper's Made in China issue highlights the design trends emerging from the country and puts the spotlight on its leading creative talent. It explores the best of China's fashion, architecture, and design, and includes a directory of the hottest new Chinese architectural practices. There is also a first peek at the most dramatic structures that will change China's landscape.

Fashion coverage includes a remarkable portfolio by leading Chinese art photographer Li Wei, using performers from the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, plus a striking portrait of the country's top models. In addition, the magazine picks out some extraordinary and beautiful Chinese cigarette packaging, creates the perfect oriental style interior, and highlights some of the coolest pads in China.

You can find the latest edition Wallpaper* at Aksara Bookstore, 4th Floor Pacific Place Mall Jakarta.
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BOOK OF THE WEEK - SNUFF

The Latest Book by Chuck Palahniuk, Author of the Contemporary Cult Classic 'Fight Club' :

*THIS IS NOT PORN

The story is that of small town gal, turned biggest porn star in the business, her relationships, lost child and her final act of grandeur; an attempt to set the record for the world largest gang-bang film. Sweet Cassie Wrightsweet (porn queen) tries to service 600 men in one continuous sex act. The book is a wild, jaw-dropping ride that mixes beauty and disgust, tits and trivia, penises and vagina, but is so well crafted it as brilliant as any of his novels (eleven to date). The story flashes back on Miss. Wright's life through her rise in the adult film industry, her fractured relationships, and her (unknown) child. The story, told through a few of the 600 men that eat corn chips, power bars, doughnuts, and soda while they wait for their turn. Yes, interesting indeed, very.

Snuff, is as unique, cutting edge its delivery as anything he has ever written considering the graphic examination of human sexuality, the porn industry, relationships, men and women, Parent & Child, stardom, and consequences of human nature.

Chuck Palahniuk made a name for himself writing pitch-black social satires (Fight Club, Survivor) and has, in recent years, expanded into the realm of horror (Haunted, Lullaby). Hopefully somebody gonna make a movie out of this, how often would you see a non-porn Hollywood film telling story about a porn queen having sex with 600 men non-stop. This will be quite a challenge for any possible female cast..Scarlet, Keira, Angelina? Any comment ? ( except for the fact that they might need more than A DOZEN of female stunts.)

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Product Details :

Category : Fiction

Languange : English

208 pages, Paper Back

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Available at Aksara Bookstore. Pacific Place Jakarta, 4th Floor. www.aksara.com

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MUSIC OF THE WEEK - CARLA BRUNI, COMME SI DE RIEN N'ETAIT

COMME SI DE RIEN N'ETAIT -
Carla Bruni, a Former Model, Talented Singer, Songwriter & The First Lady of French.

Carla Bruni has always had a certain poetry. The grace, style & beauty of this Italian-born, France-raised thirty-something is legendary; her intellect & vitality striking, even formidable. Carla Bruni signed with City Models at age 19. Paul Marciano, president and creative director of Guess? Inc., came across her picture among composite cards of aspiring models and chose her to model with Estelle Lefébure in campaigns for Guess? jeans.

By the 1990s, Bruni was among the 20 highest-paid fashion models, earning $7.5 million a year., subsequently worked for designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Givenchy, Paco Rabanne, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Yves Saint-Laurent, Chanel and Versace. In 1997, Bruni quit the world of fashion to devote herself to music. Now as the first lady of France, after marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy in February 2008, Carla Bruni is one of the most photographed women of the world but she doesn't want this to affect people's perception of her or her music. She wants the music to speak for itself and here it does.

This third album of her, Comme Si de Rien N'Etait translated in English as 'As If Nothing Happened' debuted at #3 on the French album chart the day after its release, selling 14,130 copies in two days. It features 14 songs in total and all royalties she will make from the purchase of the record by customers will go directly to charity. Well, it's so hard to pretend 'As If Nothing Happened' if you were as good as her.

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TRACKS :

*Click the title to go to the youtube link

1. "Ma Jeunesse" — 2:34 - "My Youth"
2. "La possibilité d'une île" — 3:57 - "The Possibility of an Island"
3. "L'Amoureuse" — 3:02 - "The Woman in Love"
4. "Tu es ma came"— 3:03 - "You're My Drug"
5. "Salut marin" — 2:52 - "Hello, Seaman"
6. "Ta tienne" — 2:40 - "Your Yours"
7. "Péché d'envie" — 2:54 - "Sin of Envy"
8. "You Belong To Me" — 2:59
9. "Le Temps perdu" — 2:44 - "Wasted Time"
10. "Déranger les pierres" — 3:13 - "To Disturb the Stones"
11. "Je suis une enfant" — 3:07 - "I'm a Child"
12. "L'Antilope" — 2:02 - "The Antelope"
13. "Notre grand amour est mort" — 3:25 - "Our Great Love Is Dead"
14. "Il vecchio e il bambino" — 3:23 - "The Old Man and the Boy"

CD Available at Aksara Bookstore, Pacific Place Jakarta, 4th Floor.
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BOOK OF THE WEEK - ANGELS & DEMONS

ANGELS & DEMONS - DAN BROWN - Best Selling Author of The Da Vinci Code

An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target...

When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati... the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has surfaced from the shadows to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy... the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces he has hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.

Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair... a secret location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war. Angels & Demons the movie also released worldwide this May, starring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor and Israeli beauty, Ayelet Zurer. Directed by the Infamous Academy Award Nominee Director Ron Howard ( Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon ).

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Product Details :

Category : Fiction

Languange : English

496 pages, Paper Back

IDR 105.000

Available at Times Bookstore. Pacific Place Jakarta, Lower Ground.

Opening Hours : 10 AM - 10 PM. www.timesbookstore.co.id

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BOOK OF THE WEEK - SPUTNIK SWEETHEART

'SPUTNIK SWEETHEART - HARUKI MURAKAMI - Award Winning Japanese Contemporary Writer

″ Why do people have to be this lonely? What’s the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? " - Sputnik Sweetheart

Twenty two year old, Sumire is madly in love for the first time with an older woman, Miu, a married wine importer who lost the capacity for love when she went through a traumatic experience as a student. Surprised that she might, after all, be a lesbian, Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend, 'K' about the big questions in life:

"what is sexual desire and should she ever tell Miu how she feels about her?"

K, a primary school teacher, is used to answering questions, but what he most wants to say to Sumire is "I love you." But he knows Sumire only considers him as a close friend, nothing more. To get his mind off Sumire, 'K' consoles himself by having an affair with the mother of one of his pupils. At the same time, Sumire sets aside her passion in writing to work as Miu's personal assistant, and the two head off to Europe on a business trip. Sumire mysteriously disappears, and Miu summons K to help search for her.

Sputnik Sweetheart is the first novel in which Murakami explores lesbianism in depth.In this novel the characters all live in their own world and each is lost in this space like the satellite of the title, Sputnik. The novel explores unrequited love-triangle, sexuality and the fragility of friendships and acquaintances. This wonderful simply written book is another masterpiece by Haruki Murakami, who critically acclaimed for his previous international best sellers The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1997) and Norwegian Wood (2003). In this book, Murakami again displays the minimalist craftsmanship that has made him a critic's darling both in Asia and the West. Perhaps better than any contemporary writer, he captures and lays bare the raw human emotion of longing. Definitely must read for you who like to dwell beneath the surface of human emotion.

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Product Details :

Category : Fiction

Languange : English

240 pages, Paper Back

IDR 100.000<180.000

Available at Aksara Bookstore. Pacific Place Jakarta, 4th Floor. www.aksara.com

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MUSIC OF THE WEEK : NIGHT FALLS OVER KORTEDALA - JENS LEKMAN

NIGHT FALLS OVER KORTEDALA -
Jens Lekman, The comical music genius

28 years old, Sweden's Jens Lekman emerged from relative obscurity to quickly establish himself as the darling of the global indie pop set, winning widespread acclaim from fans and critics for his uncommonly witty and well-crafted pop songs. His best work to date, Night Falls Over Kortadela album is humorous, pretty, silly, and wise; and filled with instantly memorable melodies, thrilling moments of surprise in the arrangements, and laugh-out-loud lyrics.

Lekman mixes and matches sounds and genres like the world's most adept DJ, coming up with practically his own style in the process. Gracefully blends the acoustic with the electric, the real with the fake. Lyrically Lekman sticks mostly to love, finding it, losing it, sacrificing for it. The subject matter includes Lekman's first kiss—supposedly at age 19 ("And I Remember Every Kiss")—and being introduced as the boyfriend of his lesbian friend to fool her parents ("A Postcard to Nina"). Nights Falls Over Kortedala is surely will have you walking in the clouds before the first song is half over and have you filled with happiness for days afterward.

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TRACKS :

*Click the title to go to the youtube link

1. "And I Remember Every Kiss"
   
2. "Sipping on the Sweet Nectar"
3. "The Opposite of Hallelujah"
4. "A Postcard to Nina"
5. "Into Eternity"
   
6. "I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You"
   
7. "If I Could Cry (It Would Feel Like This)"
   
8. "Your Arms Around Me"
   
9. "Shirin"
   
10. "It Was a Strange Time in My Life"
    
11. "Kanske Är Jag Kär I Dig" (translation: Maybe I'm in Love with You)
12. "Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo

CD Available at Aksara Bookstore, Pacific Place Jakarta, 4th Floor.
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