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Adult Lending Non-Fiction 2018

Item	BIB ID	Title	Author	Call Number	Number of Loans in 2018	Notes
1	3496647	Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination. English language 2017	Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority	371.27 HON	4,128	(2)
2	3480721	Cambridge English IELTS. 12 : academic with answers : authentic examination papers. (IELTS practice tests series)		428.24 CAM	1,774	(2)
3	2565676	Lonely Planet Eastern Europe		914.7 LON	1,658
4	3183883	Thinking, fast and slow	Kahneman, Daniel	153 KAH	1,585
5	3437300	Advanced taxation in Hong Kong	Lee, Dora L. Y.	336.2095125 LEE	1,555	(1)
6	3109656	Barron's IELTS : International English Language Testing System	Lougheed, Lin	428.24 LOU	1,517	(1)
7	3403438	Hong Kong company law	Stott, Vanessa	347.7 STO	1,474	(1)
8	3489084	Hong Kong taxation and tax planning	Ho, Patrick Kin-wai	336.2095125 HOP	1,284	(1)
9	3477974	The Norton anthology of English literature		820.82 NOR	1,252	(1)
10	2319345	HKALE. AS use of English	Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority	371.27 HON	1,217	(2)
12	2180265	Return of the condor heroes	Wee, Tian Beng	741.5 WEE	1,216
11	2038909	The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud	Freud, Sigmund	131.3462 FRE	1,216	(1)
13	2538695	Language proficiency assessment for teachers. English language ... question papers	Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority	371.13095125 HON	1,215
14	3297415	Hong Kong mock examination : English language paper 1 & paper 3 : question papers and examination report		371.27 HON	1,171
15	2827121	Lonely Planet Japan		915.2 LON	1,169
16	3437129	Windows 10 in easy steps	Vandome, Nick	005.446 VAN	1,134	(1)
17	2896957	Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson	Albom, Mitch	920 SCH	1,133	(1)
18	3468983	Barron's essential words for the IELTS	Lougheed, Lin	428.24 LOU	1,066	(1)
19	3304344	Practical English usage	Swan, Michael	428.24 SWA	993	(1)
20	3365398	Business writing for Hong Kong	Bilbow, Grahame T.	651.7 BIL	953	(1)
21	3343806	Sapiens : a brief history of humankind	Harari, Yuval N.	909 HAR	946	(1)
22	3469071	Auditing and assurance in Hong Kong	Lau, Peter Tze-yiu	657.64 LAU	890	(1)
23	3440121	The Hong Kong company secretary's handbook : practice and procedure	Cheng, Po Wah	651.3741 CHE	884	(1)
24	3461211	In order to live : a North Korean girl's journey to freedom	Park, Yeonmi	325.21095193 PAR	871	(1)
25	2827105	Lonely Planet Australia		919.4 LON	856
26	2944004	The AB guide to music theory	Taylor, Eric Robert	781 TAY	821
27	3416455	Model business letters, emails and other business documents	Taylor, Shirley	651.75 TAY	812
28	3409481	Grit : the power of passion and perseverance	Duckworth, Angela	158.1 DUC	782
29	1956291	Lonely Planet Croatia		914.394 LON	778
30	3299874	A photographic guide to common urban trees of Hong Kong		582.16095125 PHO	773
31	3469286	Academic English : skills for success		428.24 ACA	768	(1)
32	3345425	Zero to one : notes on startups, or how to build the future	Thiel, Peter A.	658.11 THI	765
33	2706898	Eyewitness travel. Great Britain		914.2 EYE	751
34	2405888	Lonely Planet Iceland		914.91 LON	751
35	3392653	Windows 10 for dummies	Rathbone, Andy	005.446 RAT	745	(1)
36	2889592	Eyewitness travel guides. Austria		914.36 EYE	733
38	1285558	Hong Kong taxation : law and practice	Flux, David	336.2 FLU	725
37	3200832	Lonely Planet Scandinavia		914.8 LON	725
39	3394724	When breath becomes air	Kalanithi, Paul	616.99424 KAL	700
40	976135	Lonely Planet New Zealand.		919.31 LON	697
41	3275987	I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban	Yousafzai, Malala	371.82209547 YOU	690	(1)
42	2560444	Lonely Planet Portugal		914.69 LON	683
43	3198358	The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business	Duhigg, Charles	137 DUH	682
44	3222391	How to win friends and influence people	Carnegie, Dale	137.5 CAR	672	(1)
45	3428456	Contract law in Hong Kong : an introductory guide	Mau, Stephen D.	347.4095125 MAU	668	(1)
46	2560273	Lonely Planet Great Britain		914.2 LON	666
47	3404737	Frank Wood's business accounting 1	Wood, Frank	657 WOO	662	(1)
48	3192190	Justice : what's the right thing to do?	Sandel, Michael J.	172.2 SAN	654
49	2794770	Eyewitness travel guides. Australia		919.4 EYE	642
50	3429220	Introduction to the Hong Kong Basic Law (1)	Gittings, Danny	342.5125 GIT	638	(1)
51	3476981	A random walk down Wall Street : the time-tested strategy for successful investing	Malkiel, Burton Gordon	332.6 MAL	629	(1)
52	2992773	Lonely Planet Russia		914.7 LON	625
53	3373013	Fundamentals of corporate finance		658.15 ROS	615	(1)
54	2889563	Eyewitness travel. Switzerland.		914.94 EYE	613
55	3316288	International English in everyday conversation		428.24 INT	593
56	801313	Lonely Planet Sydney		919.44 LON	592
58	3419241	Brilliant Microsoft Windows 10	Johnson, Steve	005.446 JOH	587
57	3360941	Elon Musk : Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future	Vance, Ashlee	338.762922 MUS	587
59	3370007	Tort law in Hong Kong : an introductory guide	Mau, Stephen D.	347.5095125 MAU	578	(1)
60	3196740	Common English errors in Hong Kong	Bunton, David	428.3 BUN	573
61	2857852	Lonely Planet Canada		917.1 LON	570
62	887870	Lonely Planet Switzerland		914.94 LON	566
63	2889954	Eyewitness travel guides. Portugal		914.69 EYE	564
64	2806511	HKCEE. English language	Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority	371.27 HON	564	(2)
65	2565683	Lonely Planet Spain		914.6 LON	558
66	2863721	Lonely Planet Norway		914.81 LON	553
67	3456544	Option B : facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy	Sandberg, Sheryl	155.937092 SAN	553
68	3478291	Barron's essential words for the TOEFL : test of English as a foreign language	Matthiesen, Steven J.	428.3076 MAT	548	(1)
69	3483019	How to study law		340.07 HOW	546	(1)
70	3196783	More common English errors in Hong Kong	Bunton, David	428.3 BUN	544
71	3475252	Read & think French		448.24 REA	542	(1)
72	3372918	Spanish in 30 days : course book	Konigbauer, Carmen R. de.	468.24 KON	542
73	3106127	Lonely Planet discover Australia		919.4 LON	540
75	2568101	Lonely Planet Tokyo		915.2135 LON	539
74	3191572	Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking	Cain, Susan	137.3 CAI	539
76	3173010	Steve Jobs	Isaacson, Walter	621.39092 JOB	539	(1)
77	2605156	Advanced grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English ; with answers	Hewings, Martin	428.24 HEW	536
78	2794802	Eyewitness travel guides. Canada		917.1 EYE	532
79	3484009	International financial reporting : a practical guide	Melville, Alan	657.3 MEL	532	(1)
80	2813310	The rough guide. New Zealand		919.31 ROU	529
81	3449536	Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow	Harari, Yuval N.	909.83 HAR	528	(1)
82	2852258	Lonely Planet Vancouver		917.1133 LON	522
84	3221006	English grammar today : an A-Z of spoken and written grammar		428.24 ENG	521
83	2565620	Lonely Planet Western Europe		914 LON	521
85	3393023	Lonely Planet Europe		914 LON	520
86	2890018	Eyewitness travel guides. Prague		914.37 EYE	516
87	2820462	Eyewitness travel. Italy		914.5 EYE	512
88	2389334	Lonely Planet South America on a shoestring		918 LON	500
89	2912274	Outliers : the story of success	Gladwell, Malcolm	302 GLA	500	(1)
90	926745	Lonely Planet France		914.4 LON	499
91	3372897	German in 30 days : course book	Beck, Angelika	438.24 BEC	498
92	2706940	Eyewitness travel guides. London		914.21 EYE	496
93	2777930	Lonely Planet China		915.1 LON	496
94	3483383	Financial accounting and reporting	Elliott, Barry	657 ELL	494	(1)
95	3158155	Lonely Planet discover New Zealand		919.31 LON	494
98	3469051	Academic vocabulary in use : vocabulary reference and practice : self-study and classroom use	McCarthy, Michael	428.24 MACC	493
96	2707057	DK eyewitness travel. Top 10 London		914.21 DKE	493
97	2798767	Eyewitness travel. New Zealand		919.31 EYE	493
99	1948302	Lonely Planet city guide. Moscow		914.731 LON	492
100	3440595	The undoing project : a friendship that changed our minds	Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)	612.8233 LEW	492

Notes
(1) Including books of different editions/years of publication of the same title (only the information of the first volume will be provided if the books were published with multiple volumes).
(2) For a series of books under the same title, only the information of the books with the highest circulation will be provided.