2022年2月14日新书推荐

2月14日共推出101本新书

新书目录:B20220214

书名:《偷影子的人》

◎作者:马克.李維著;段韵灵译

◎出版:湖南文艺

◎索书号:876.570/55

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

一个老是受班上同学欺负的瘦弱小男孩,因为拥有一种特殊能力而强大:他能“偷别人的影子”,因而能看见他人心事,听见人们口中不愿意说出口的秘密。

他开始成为需要帮助者的心灵伙伴,为每个偷来的影子找出点亮生命的小小光芒。某年灿烂的夏天,他在海边邂逅了一位又聋又哑的女孩。

他该如何用自己的能力帮助她?他将如何信守与她共许的承诺?


书名:《极简力》

◎作者:小野

◎出版:现代出版社

◎索书号:849.400/4[8](1)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

正在横扫全球的现代新生活方式——极简。

这本书不是让你简单地舍弃物品,而是让你重新认识生活的本质。

从生活空间极简、欲望极简、感情和人际关系极简、物质极简、理财极简、工作极简等生活的各个方面出发,教你学会选择生活,而不是被生活选择。

跳出“我执”,眼里不再满是物品,不害怕错过什么,也不担心失去什么,在日常繁琐中集中精力,把真正有价值的事情做到完美,这才是人生好的状态。


DOKTOR TANPA KOT PUTIH:PROLOG

Penulis:Dr Fahd Razy

Penerbit:Kata Pilar Books

Nombor Panggilan:615.000/F1 (1)

Tempat:Area C

Sinopsis:

Cerpen di dalam buku ini merupakan perjalanan Dr. Fahd Razy dari awal melihat dunia di sebalik kot putih. Tragedi, sedih, panik, kasih, aneh, dan humor. Ini bukan cerita muluk-muluk atau hero. Kerana begitulah realiti manusia tanpa dibaluti uniform atau tag nama.

Setiap kisah menyedarkan dan memberi pengajaran. Kita dapat memahami serba sedikit pengalaman kerjaya seorang doktor melalui cerpen-cerpen pada bahagian hadapan buku. Juga ada situasi comel dan kelakar antara pesakit dan doktor pada bahagian seterusnya.

Begitulah rutinnya. Menjadi seorang doktor seringkali terdedah kepada harapan tinggi dan tidak rasional masyarakat. Kita lupa bahawa di sebalik kot putih itu cuma manusia biasa.


书名:《别让你的焦虑拖累你的人生》

◎作者:王小毛

◎出版:人民日报

◎索书号:177.200/189

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

王小毛的《别让你的焦虑拖累你的人生》告诉我们:我们经常在镜子中看到疲惫的自己:有加不完的班,升不上去的职位,买不起的房子,也找不到稳妥的另一半。不再青春热血,不再一头扎进理想置现实于不顾。我们壮志未酬,不甘回头。好像越是振臂高呼“逃离北上广”,恰恰越暴露出我们内心的焦灼和危机感。

中年、佛系、隐形贫困……这些看似参透人生真谛的热词,其实难掩我们内心的焦虑、失望、无力。我们渴求成功的焦虑感比任何一代人都深重。但是,没人会在你一败涂地前,揪着你的衣领对你喊:“醒醒吧!再不努力你真的一无所有了!”

成年人的生活里,没有“容易”二字。谁不是一路跌跌撞撞,一路一往无前?所以,你必坚固,无所畏惧。你必忘记你的苦楚,就是想起也如流过的水一样。

你的生活,要比正午更明,虽有黑暗,仍像早晨。


书名:《六弄咖啡馆》

◎作者:吴子云(藤井树)

◎出版:商周

◎索书号:857.700/82

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

六弄的老板是个年轻人,男的。大约三十岁吧。六弄是店名,所以就叫做六弄咖啡馆。奇怪的是,店并不是开在某巷六弄里,它的地址甚至只有某巷某号,没有某弄。

在某个加完班的深夜,因为道路施工,她绕道平时不大可能经过的地方,逗弄一只可爱的小猫时,被突然出现的老板拐进还没正式营业的店里,喝了一杯咖啡。

黑咖啡使她无法成眠,于是,她又来到六弄咖啡馆,听老板说起一段故事,一段,令人胸口发热的故事……

他说:当三百六十公里的距离成为浇熄爱情的第一桶冷水,当曾经在一起的点点滴滴成了在心底深处慢慢晕开的酸楚,他却始终记得她说的那句话,“如果能拥有一间咖啡馆,那有多好?”记得那晚,她盯着满天绚烂的烟火,而烙印在他眼底的她那熟悉的侧脸。

于是,为了她,他想开一家咖啡馆,不卖太甜的卡布其诺,店名,就叫作六弄。


书名:《100亿个明天:科幻技术如何成真并塑造人类的未来》

◎作者:布赖恩·克莱格著;刘甸邑译

◎出版:中信

◎索书号:409.000/2

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

在如今这个信息、知识、科技大爆炸的时代,令人眼花缭乱的新式装备在不断刷新我们的认知体验。时光穿梭机、纳米机器人、全能力场、相位枪、克隆技术,每一项技术都承载了人们对现实的期待和对未来的想象。

本书作者为你打开了一扇关于未来炫酷技术的想象大门,从中你将看到科幻技术是如何一步步变为现实的。《星际迷航》中的全息技术开创了那个时代图像呈现方式的前沿,发展到如今的VR眼镜也在不断刷新当今人们的感官新体验;阿西莫夫笔下的机器人具备了接近人类思维的能力,现实中的机器人则被赋予了更多的专业用途:走入普通人家的扫地机器人,与顶级围棋棋手李世石大战的阿尔法狗,以及更久远的与俄罗斯国际象棋大师卡斯帕罗夫对弈的“深蓝”;电影《少数派报告》的视网膜识别技术现在也得到了普遍应用,智能识别系统无处不在,指纹识别、二维码、无线支付突破了人们对虚拟技术的认知。

未来,还会有哪些科技会成真?是《三体》中的水滴飞行器吗?还是超越人类思维的智能机器人?或者是帮助人类移民外太空的高端技术和设备以及让人穿越回过去的时光机器?人类未来的100亿种可能需要大开脑洞的想象力,需要超前沿的技术支撑,更需要科幻技术的启发。

 


书名:《科学全知道:爱因斯坦的探索之旅》

◎作者:罗伯特·斯奈登著;关越译

◎出版:江西美术

◎索书号:307.900/3

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

本书介绍了科学巨匠爱因斯坦在科学发现上的一些不为人知的经历,旨在引导读者学习、了解重要的科学知识。全书内容包括:宇宙运行有规律吗、光是什么、光波如何在空间中传播、爱因斯坦是如何探索量子的、爱因斯坦的光电效应理论是什么等。

阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦,这位可称为“史上最伟大物理学家”的男子究竟有着怎样的人生?他那些让人目瞪口呆的科学猜想又是怎样从他的脑袋里迸出的?

英国著名科普作家罗伯特·斯奈登用显微镜似的解读,将我们带入爱因斯坦的一个个人生细节中。《科学全知道:爱因斯坦的探索之旅》以妙趣横生的讲述和严谨负责的态度解读20世纪科学巨匠爱因斯坦探索真理的历程。


书名:《俄狄浦斯的微笑:颜永祺导演剧场美学探究》

◎作者:王怡娃

◎出版:木卡空间

◎索书号:980.000/3(3)

◎藏书地点:图书馆A

◎内容提要:

《俄狄浦斯的微笑: 颜永祺导演剧场美学探究》是木卡精酿戏剧类丛书的第三册。

作者王怡娃是北京中央戏剧学院的导演系研究生。作者自2017年起, 担任颜永祺导演在中国排演的多部话剧的导演助理。这本书记录了作者跟随颜永祺导演排演话剧过程中,导演言传身教的戏剧排演知识,并收录了有关排演重点问题,导演的访谈记录。同时,本书也尝试对颜永祺导演的剧场美学,进行了简单的探究与总结。

这本书主要收录了颜永祺导演的《我是余欢水》《普拉东诺夫》《我想我疯了》《黄金百万》《想象王国的糖果屋》等五部戏剧作品的相关内容,从一个侧面为读者展现了话剧从排演到搬上舞台的始末。


书名:《马来西亚:多元共生的赤道国度》

◎作者:廖文辉编著

◎出版:联经

◎索书号:738.600/7

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

《马来西亚:多元共生的赤道国度》全新史观,一部马来西亚人写给世界的马来西亚史,揭开隐晦不明、轻描淡写的官方历史!还原被消失的昨日。

由廖文辉编著的《马来西亚:多元共生的赤道国度》以地理为点,时间为线,延展出涵盖社会、经济、政治与文化的面,记录马来半岛自史前时代至近代,文化及种族发展的深长历史。各章看似各自独立的故事,其实彼此牵连、内外镶嵌。马来民族、华族、印度族群、原住民族,印度文明、伊斯兰文明、佛教文化及外来西方殖民文化,造就了丰富的大马历史;而隐藏在多元民族背后的,却是暗暗涌动的民族冲突和矛盾。

这是一部由马来西亚华人以中文写成的马来西亚史,填补近半世纪来华人社会书写大马史的空白,博采华文、巫文及其他外语文献研究。


书名:《乌暗暝》

◎作者:黄锦树

◎出版:上海文艺

◎索书号:857.630/60

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

《乌暗暝》为黄锦树两本早期短篇小说集的合集。

故事多发生在南洋的胶林小镇:移居南洋的华人处在野兽环伺、种族压迫、殖民侵略、认同焦虑的环境中,面临各种形式的离散、失踪,及死亡。黄锦树积极运用后设(元小说)、嘲讽、拼贴等手法与历史的沉疴对话,将马华文学、大马华人的处境以“附魔”的方式展演。

在一篇篇黑色文字的背后,是作者对族群记忆缺失的修补、重构,也是对南洋华人集体命运的反省、思索。


书名:《分开后,我们还是在一起》

◎作者:约瑟夫,子非鱼著

◎出版:嘉阳悦读天地

◎索书号:868.757/46(3)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

青春是一场旅行。缘分到了,就会遇上旅伴与你一路同行。

钟雯夕、纪霏瑜和何丽婷是大学屋友。毕业在即,雯夕和霏瑜筹划一场难忘的毕业之旅。两人各持己见,僵持不下。这时,何丽婷建议两人分开旅行,各自寻找精彩。

雯夕和霏瑜分别飞往梦想的国度,展开未知的旅程。在上海,雯夕邂逅中法混血男,上演一场接一场姐弟情深的爆笑戏码。在首尔,霏瑜误打误撞之下认识了帅哥牙医,她自认倒霉,这场相遇注定是雪上加霜的开始。

两个女生的际遇各不相同。她们不但遇见最重要的人,也预见了精彩的人生。


书名:《巡察员大人,你好》

◎作者:林俐娜著;Kazeo Yuurin绘

◎出版:青苗

◎索书号:868.757/16(58)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

陈毅帆是博文顿独立中学高二理一班的学生,同时也是令人敬畏的巡察员副团长。他执勤时甚为严苛,让许多同学对他敬而远之,导致他没什么朋友。在一次执勤中,毅帆踏入高二文商十七班维持秩序,让他和那一班的班长——胡心蕾结下了不解之缘。

一天,毅帆在放学途中遭到坏学生埋伏袭击。他在心蕾的帮助下逃出险境,两人患难见真情变成了好朋友。就在训导主任以为成功遏制霸凌事件,能重整校风的当儿,霸凌事件竟在学校里再次上演!心蕾,就是这起事件的受害者。在训导主任严厉追查之下,他才发现涉及霸凌的主谋,竟然是自己一手遴选出来的巡察员——龚雪芹……

霸凌事件在校园内掀起了轩然大波,让巡察员的形象受到重创,更动摇了毅帆和心蕾的友情。身为巡察员副团长的毅帆,要如何扭转巡察员的负面形象?他和心蕾的友谊最终又能否得以延续?


书名:《母墟》

◎作者:黄玮霜

◎出版:有人

◎索书号:868.757/50

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

《母墟》属童年回忆往,以妊娠原型为架构,游移于虚实之间,孕育出婆罗洲学写的新座标,是黄玮霜的投胎作品。

十岁女童失足堕湖,被湖中巨蜥吓走鬼魂,为寻找失踪的影子,与北婆罗洲边荒小镇漫游,于热带蛮荒雨林闯荡,逐步深入幽暗骚乱的乡野人心,展开无止息的追寻与跋涉,竟似回归母体子宫……


书名:《我的千岁寒》

◎作者:王朔

◎出版:作家

◎索书号:857.650/8

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

这本书是王朔近年来的五部作品的合集,包括《我的千岁寒》、北京话版《金刚经》《唯物论史纲》《宫里的日子》以及剧本《梦想照进现实》的小说版、调侃性的影视评论《与孙甘露对话》。

《我的千岁寒》取材于《六祖坛经》,写的是主人公慧能悟道的传奇故事,慧能从一个不识字的樵夫,成为享誉青史的一代宗师,被西方人称作“东方耶稣”,这个独特的历史现象,很是令人回味!

此外,新书中还有充满“科学味”的北京话版《金刚经》第二版与《唯物论史纲》。至于《宫里的日子》,王朔自评这是“根据《资治通鉴》改编的小武的故事,不完全是史实,有些废太子李承乾的行举‘按’在高阳身上”。当然,新书也收入了他为徐静蕾写的电影《梦想照进现实》的小说版、调侃性的影视评论《与孙甘露对话》。


书名:《三十年战争史:1618-1648:哈布斯堡家族的衰落、法兰西王国大陆霸权的建成与”威斯特伐利亚体系”的确立》

◎作者:塞缪尔·罗森·加德纳著;王晋瑞译

◎出版:华文出版社

◎索书号:740.244/1

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

神圣罗马帝国内战是如何从波希米亚革命阶段(1618—1624)一步步发展到丹麦参战阶段(1625—1629)、瑞典参战阶段(1630—1635)与全欧混战阶段(1636—1648)的?

这场几乎囊括整个欧洲的大战是如何从宗教战争蜕变成争霸战争的?“修昔底德陷阱”是如何在波旁王室与哈布斯堡王室厮杀中应验的?杰出的军事家到底是如何影响历史进程的?“威斯特伐利亚体系”下的战后格局为什么不能长久维系和平而只是更大战争爆发的休养生息期?

本书是一部写实主义史学巨著。它以简洁生动的语言讲述特殊时代惊心动魄的故事,将恢弘的历史事件栩栩如生地展现在读者面前,不但震撼心灵,更是引人入胜。


书名:《3D列印绿能生活科技:使用Tinkercad》

◎作者:张嘉宏编著

◎出版:台科大图书出版社

◎索书号:477.700/2

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

Tinkercad非常适合首次接触3D列印建模设计的学习者,且许多建模工具都符合直觉。本书强调3D列印结合绿能环保概念表现在食、衣、住、行的应用,训练学习者触类旁通。

透过“建模软体”动手做,加强读者的“三维空间转换能力”、“机构组装结合能力”、“系统问题解决能力”。


书名:《马六甲行脚》

◎作者:欧阳珊

◎出版:水善斋出版社

◎索书号:868.755/178

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

文史工作者赖碧清从事媒体与文化工作多年,对古城马六甲的人事物非常熟悉,并且常以笔名欧阳珊撰文书写马六甲,著有《古城遗书》和《浮游老街•世遗马六甲》。曾以《红墙记》荣获2007年花踪文学奖报告文学佳作。她也是“讲古堂“与“文化付费”运动的发起人,致力于提高马六甲市民对本土古迹与文化的认识。

赖碧清新著《马六甲行脚》是她的第三本著作,主要收录她于2011至2012年之间写于《南洋商报》副刊“旅游达人”专栏,算是第二本书《浮游老街》的续集。书本内容除了与老街有关,也开始写岸外的海岛,甚至走到芙蓉和其他地方,关心的依然是以文化遗产为主的。


书名:《3D列印:万丈高楼”平面’起,21世纪必懂的黑科技》

◎作者:徐旺编著

◎出版:清文华泉出版社

◎索书号:477.700/1

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

3D列印,是未来的黑科技!列印生活小用品、更廉价的样品、降低制造成本、为旧机器生产零件……

甚至,测试你的idea,让你的想像力成为超能力!

一百九十多个精彩应用案例,精美的图片,仔细的阐述,在学习中找到赚钱商机,3D列印从入门到精通,一本在手,轻松玩转3D列印!掌握原理与技术,实现从平面到立体,从新手成为3D列印高手!

本书适合广大图文设计、产品设计、列印印刷等工作人员,如制造业技术人员、产品开发人员、产品设计师,以及企业高阶管理者、创业者、大学生等爱好及想要了解3D列印的读者。


书名:《武侠化学》

◎作者:李开周

◎出版:化学工业出版社

◎索书号:340.000/1

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

我们知道,化学的基础是物理,物理的基础是数学。数学、物理、化学,都非常实用,同时也非常优美。

翻开这本书的每一位读者,无论你是在校的学生,还是有工作的成年人,无论你的职业是什麽,无论你偏爱文科还是偏爱理科,其实都应该去领略化学之美。一个孩子懂得了化学,他眼中的世界会更加多彩;一个诗人懂得了化学,他笔下的世界会更加浪漫。

尽快拿起这本书吧,从诱人的武侠故事开始,打开通往化学的一扇窗。那扇窗后面的科学世界,会比武侠故事更加诱人。


书名:《耶鲁:古典欧洲怪诞生活志》

◎作者:伊丽莎白·阿奇博尔德著;何玉方译

◎出版:重庆出版社

◎索书号:740.300/1

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

本书由美国非常受欢迎的历史博客“先人有何妙计”的文章结集而成。作者爬梳耶鲁皮博迪图书馆200种权威文本,还原了中世纪、文艺复兴和启蒙时代欧洲市民生活的方方面面,涉及居家生活、沟通旅游、美容时尚、亲子教养、健康养生、社交礼仪等,搭配百余幅四色历史插图,以幽默诙谐的方式,展现无数前人的奇特创意与生活哲学。

本书作者伊丽莎白·阿奇博尔德是耶鲁大学历史学博士,她将自己搜集的古欧洲市民生活的奇思妙想,通过彩图和幽默的文字表现出来,再现了课本里没说的历史细节,充满了怪诞创意和幽默元素,具有很高的知识性和趣味性。本书内容丰富,语言幽默,图文并茂,可以说是一部古欧洲市民生活的小百科。


书名:《贸易的冲突:美国贸易政策200年》

◎作者:道格拉斯·欧文著;余江、刁琳琳、陆殷莉译;钱颖一主编

◎出版:中信出版社

◎索书号:558.000/1(2)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

该书借助经济学家思考经济政策制定过程的政治经济学框架,结合地理因素,勾勒出美国贸易政策的经济和政治地理学模型,阐释了经济利益纷争和政治冲突如何塑造了美国250多年来的贸易政策。

作者将美国的贸易历史划分为三个阶段:从独立战争到内战,从内战到大萧条,从大萧条至今。这三个阶段的一个基本特征是,美国的贸易政策分歧十分之大,但在每个阶段中,分歧各方的立场都表现得极其稳定,因而贸易政策有相当强的连续性。其根源就在于美国产业的地理分布特征,以及与之相关的政治地理特征都相当稳定。只有当产业的地理分布或者贸易构成发生变化,地区经济利益随之发生变化时,国会对贸易政策的投票格局才会改变。


书名:《当铁比黄金贵:60个故事背后的世界贸易》

◎作者:亚历山德罗·吉劳多著;原冰玉,牛月译

◎出版:上海文化出版社

◎索书号:558.090/1

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

经济史是健忘的,它只记录大事件,而那些构成经济史的侧面则被遗忘。

香料、金属、宝石、食材、智能,一切都拥有不断浮动的价值。技术、交通、武器、颜色制造等领域的变革给社会带来的震荡不亚于奴隶起义、气候剧变或者大瘟疫。

在地理大发现前后,欧亚大陆出现新的贸易格局。供求关系、定价策略、工业间谍、技术传播影响着各国间的利益关系。天气变化和政治、军事活动改变着通商路线,沙漠车队渐被海上船队取代。经济利益在陆海间转换,世界政治和经济结构变得扑朔迷离。亚历山德罗·吉劳多讲述的贵金属、香料、颜色制造技术等故事,就这样把我们投入了沸腾的经济史中。


书名:《百劫华光(短篇小说集)》

◎作者:吴鑫霖

◎出版:大河文化出版社

◎索书号:868.757/28

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

《百劫华光》是作者的第三本创作,收录创作十四年来在文艺版上发表的十三篇三千字以上的短篇小说,这些小说尽诉人情冷暖,并试图探讨现代人的内心世界与外在客观世界的冲撞,现实与虚幻重叠、错体,交织出一曲玄幻、宏伟的交响曲。

小说中,作者也尝试建构自己的小说乌托邦。在那里,不论是平淡或充满情仇爱慾,小说里的人物都在编织着一个个看似正常,却又充满荒谬感的情感世界,他都想以文字铺展开来的故事为诱饵,垂钓在现实世界中迷途的痴男怨女。


书名:《成吉思汗与今日世界之形成》

◎作者:杰克·威泽弗德著;温海清,姚建根译

◎出版:重庆出版社

◎索书号:625.710/1

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

《成吉思汗与今日世界之形成》一书从边境、政治、科技、战争、商业、服饰、艺术、文学、语言、音乐等方面展现了成吉思汗和他所创立的帝国对当今世界的影响。

《成吉思汗与今日世界之形成》所呈现的成吉思汗形象并不像从前西方人认为的那样是一个冷酷嗜杀的暴君。事实上,他是一个高瞻远瞩、富于创新的领导者。他将法律的力量置于自身权力之上、鼓励宗教自由、创办公立学校、准予外交豁免权,并开通自由贸易。他所创建的贸易路线不仅促进了商业发展,也促进了思想、技术以及专业知识的交流。

历史以游牧人与农夫之间的残酷战争为开端,以蒙古人融合各种文化为结局。《成吉思汗与今日世界之形成》核心观点认为,正是在成吉思汗和他的帝国的刺激下,欧洲开始了空前的技术、贸易和思想革命,由此揭开了现代世界的大幕。


书名:《岛屿.岸边:台湾海国图志》

◎作者:经典杂志编著

◎出版:经典杂志, 慈济传播人文志业基金会

◎索书号:083.600/1(1):42

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

面向大洋的澎湃文明,依偎海隅的多彩人文,《经典》耗时二年,踏查八段海岸、十余座离岛,综览海国台湾的生命跃动。

台湾肇生于大陆板块和海洋板块的碰撞,地质型态多样,短短一千三百公里的海岸线,便有火成岩、沙丘、洲泻、珊瑚礁和断层等不同的海岸,更拥有火山喷发、熔岩溢流、岩层变质和珊瑚造礁等离岛。先民们泛海南岛、渡海开拓、讨海求生,与潮流的起落共呼吸,也发展出丰富的文化样貌。

《经典》延续对台湾地理的深度发掘,更站在历史的高度上综览全局,排除万难完成史无前例的台湾海岸线与离岛访查,探讨自然生态、海洋人文与灾害防治。

全书分为“岸边水湄”和“离岛海天”两部,实地采访并爬梳历史文献,搭配精彩摄影图片以及一目了然的插图说明。不仅是对这婆娑之洋、美丽之岛的巡礼赞颂,也为海洋子民不畏艰险的勇敢精魂留下见证。


书名:《想太多的人类学家》

◎作者:李相僖,尹信荣著;陈建安译

◎出版:天津科学技术出版社

◎索书号:390.000/1

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

这是一本介绍人类学知识的趣味科普书。22个关于人类进化的故事,揭开我们的身世之谜。

美国加州大学人类学教授李相僖用诙谐幽默的语言、贴近生活的故事、专业的人类学知识回答了“你是谁?你从哪里来?要到哪里去”这一系列问题,解释了我们是如何一步步从普通的动物进化为智慧的人类,又为此付出了多少沉重的代价。


书名:《台湾山国志:70%国土再认识》

◎作者:田哲荣等撰文

◎出版:经典杂志,慈济传播人文志业基金会

◎索书号:083.600/1(1):39

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

有人说,台湾是典型的海洋国家,四周海洋辽阔,腹地促狭、资源困乏。然而摊开台湾地图,我们往往忽略了这座岛屿,超过百分之七十国土皆为山地的事实,台湾不只是岛国,亦是巍巍山国。

全书分为“山”、“地”、“人”三个篇章:

“山”篇从百岳、花山、宗教山、郊山,见证山林之美;

“地”篇从茶山、矿山、林场山、温泉山,反省地尽其利;

“人”篇从原住民文化食、衣、住、信仰,借镜先祖智慧。

唯有穿透身为岛国的表相,方能纪录台湾独特的人地关系。唯有洞悉岛屿森山,方能了悟台湾亦是巍巍山国。《经典》以文字和影像,串接垂直高度的隔绝,接合台湾山林的时空切面,在这座以山林为海的岛中之岛上,试图留住人地互动的脉动轨迹。


书名:《日常风景:台湾当代摄影的风景叙事》

◎作者:严碧梅撰文

◎出版:台湾美术馆出版社

◎索书号:957.200/1

◎藏书地点:图书馆A区

◎内容提要:

本展为2016年艺术银行展示室第三档展览,策展人严碧梅以台湾摄影发展为经,“风景摄影”类型为纬,精选艺术银行摄影影像类作品二十余件,以“日常风景”为主题,归纳出“物件的日常”、“纪实的日常”、“旅行的日常”、“地景的日常”及“叙事的日常”等子题,展出作品内容及风格各有不同,从城市地景、物件静物、旅行记忆、生命经验到社会观察,呈现艺术家多变化的“内心风景”。

本次展览集合台湾多位中青世代的摄影家,他们各以独具风格的创意及形式表现当代摄影风貌。


书名:《管理思维》

◎作者:休·布兰著;昝晓丽译

◎出版:天津科学技术出版社

◎索书号:494.200/6

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

管理思维决定管理成效。中、美、日三种不同的管理思维正在我们的管理界交错运用,但由于大家对这三种不同的思维方式各自的特性、优点与缺失缺乏深入的了解,往往造成思维的混乱与组织内部的纷争,以致大大影响了管理的成效。

本书上篇详细介绍了甲乙式、AB式与大和式三种不同的管理思维,帮助大家理清思维层面的混乱;下篇则深刻剖析了中国人的习性,说明中国人的甲乙式管理思维的实际应用及其变化,以“把二看成三”为主轴,指出它的妙用、变形、拿捏和平衡,帮助大家建立清晰的、适合中国人心性与文化的管理思维模式,以达到提升个人管理水平与组织管理成效的目的。

本书视角独特,思路缜密,深入浅出,妙语叠出,如与大师当面晤谈,不失为一席智慧的盛宴。


书名:《蜻蜓眼》

◎作者:曹文轩

◎出版:江苏凤凰少年儿童出版社

◎索书号:859.600/352(1)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

丝绸商的儿子杜梅溪在法国马赛偶遇了法国女子奥莎妮,两人一见钟情,相爱、结合,并生下了四个儿女。

二战期间,上海沦陷,杜梅溪携法国妻子回到上海接下了父亲的生意,从此,奥莎妮在上海定居下来,再也没有回到法国。时光流逝,奥莎妮从少女到老妇,渐渐融入了中国的生活。她给这个中国家庭带来了优雅与温润,其异国血统亦在特殊的年月中成为这个家庭灾难的来源。

小说以上世纪六七十年代为主要时代背景,以奥莎妮的小孙女阿梅的成长为主要故事线索,并以这个孩子的视角勾勒了在那个特殊的年月中一家人相扶相帮、相濡以沫的动人情景。在小说中,我们看到一个坏的时代对物质的褫夺,对尊严的侮辱,对生命的剥夺,却怎么也磨灭不了人性深处的那一份温暖与优雅。


书名:《法语应急口语8000句:1分钟找到你想要说的话》

◎作者:书友外语教研组编著

◎出版:机械工业出版社

◎索书号:809.100/9(3)

◎藏书地点:图书馆A区

◎内容提要:

本书精心挑选100多个常见的鲜活生活或工作场景,收录了近8000个场景用语及3000多个口语表达常用词汇,按照出国经历的场景的顺序依次安排各部分内容,内容完全为各个场合可能出现的高频的对话和词汇。旨在让读者能够迅速定位到自己想要说的那句话或者想要说的那个词,达到交流的目的。通过创新的排版设计,让不说话指给老外看实现交流成为可能。

本书尤其适合一时兴起想学法语,但不想系统学,急于开口说的读者;以及连说都不想说,想拿着书指给外国人看进行交流的读者。当然, 本书同时还适合出国旅游、公干等想随时翻查就能开口说的读者。


书名:《唯奋斗者得功名》

◎作者:刘墉

◎出版:北京联合出版社

◎索书号:849.400/1[17](2)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

我们每个人都要经历生活繁复的折腾,但都一样是从岁月深沉的土壤里生根,破土,渗出汗水和泪水,一节一节顽强地向上生长着……

《唯奋斗者得功名》是刘墉20年创作精华作品集,与所有人分享自己历经岁月苍茫积淀的深沉智慧与真实领悟。他由碎片化的小故事串联起自己以及从子女的成长中所获得的珍贵体悟,智慧、老辣地为当下年轻人普遍陷入的“拖延”“焦躁”“迷茫”“挫折”等困境解围。

每个人的一生,都有一段独自穿越的黑暗旅程。但唯有如此,我们才能真正成熟。愿你永远相信自己的力量,愿你所有心愿都落地,不管有多难。


书名:《青铜葵花》

◎作者:曹文轩

◎出版:江苏凤凰少年儿童出版社

◎索书号:859.600/352(3)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

这是一个男孩与女孩的故事。

男孩叫青铜,女孩叫葵花。一个特别的机缘,让城市女孩葵花和乡要男孩青铜成了兄妹相称的朋友,他们一起生活、一起长大。12岁那年,命运又将女孩葵花召回她的城市。男孩青铜从此常常遥望芦荡的尽头,遥望女孩葵花所在的地方……

作品写苦难――大苦难,将苦难写到达深刻之处;

作品写美――大美,将美写到极致;

作品写爱――至爱,将爱写得充满生机与情意。


书名:《山羊不吃天堂草》

◎作者:曹文轩

◎出版:江苏少年儿童出版社

◎索书号:859.600/352(4)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

《山羊不吃天堂草》是曹文轩创作的长篇小说,成书于1991年,展现了乡村少年明子为生活所迫随木匠师傅和师兄外出务工,在城市这一特殊背景下艰难成长的故事。

年少的明子由于生活所迫,与黑罐一起随师傅“三和尚”远离故土,凭着一身木匠手艺到外面的世界闯荡。他们与三和尚之间的矛盾时起时落,最终归于和好,明子还与黑罐、鸭子建立了非常深厚的友谊。严峻的生存环境使得木匠们有时也会为了揽活而争斗,善良的明子将好不容易等到的活儿让给了来自安徽大别山的小木匠。明子认识了一位腿有疾病的城市女孩紫薇,他给她做拐杖并鼓励和帮助她坚强地学会了走路… …


书名:《狗牙雨》

◎作者:曹文轩

◎出版:江苏凤凰少年儿童出版社

◎索书号:859.600/352(6)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

这是作者的一部中短篇小说集,包括《狗牙雨》《海牛》《枪魅》《三角地》等历年来所发表的23篇作品。

这些作品虽然篇幅短小,但是文笔优雅自然,情节引人入胜,心理描写细腻生动,充满人生的感悟和哲理思考,与曹文轩的长篇“纯美”系列作品保持了一致的审美理念与写作风格。


书名:《野风车》

◎作者:曹文轩

◎出版:江苏凤凰少年儿童出版社

◎索书号:859.600/352(7)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

《野风车》(中短篇小说集)中收录的中短篇小说15篇,是作者从多年创作的百余篇中短篇小说中精选出来的,它们都是受到广泛赞誉的名篇佳作。

一个乡村男孩与一个来自苏州城的女孩之间清纯无邪却又有点微妙的情感、一个渴望幸福的男孩以为自己剥夺了别人的幸福而陷入无边的内疚、几个孩子刚走进一座木屋时雪崩发生了……

作品清新纯美,格调高雅,故事精致而富有智慧,对少男少女的心灵挖掘细致而深入,能使人的灵魂得到净化。


书名:《一直撒野:你所反抗的,正是你所眷恋的》

◎作者:小野

◎出版:圆神出版社

◎索书号:849.400/4[9](1)

◎藏书地点:图书馆D区

◎内容提要:

小野成为作家的原动力来自八岁那年起烙印在他灵魂深处的画面,年年无法升迁的爸爸在某个深夜拿起菜刀,说要和那个害他的人同归于尽。後来爸爸喝得烂醉回家,把菜刀摔在地上痛哭流涕。许多年後他恍然大悟:那一夜,年幼的他捡起了那把刀,也把刀变成笔,从此写作不辍,因为他想要改变世界。写作对他而言就像呼吸,没有呼吸就会窒息而死。写作才是他的日常,他的真实人生。

小野从师大毕业,并未走入教育界,却在65岁第一次当上校长;读的是生物,却和念会计的吴念真,联手打造台湾新电影浪潮!每个领域都是第一次面对,但他总能透过“一直写,一直写”来认真思考,并勇于冒险、挑战、冲撞体制和旧习,进行文字发起的革命。果然在他的人生旅途中,屡屡用写作力把握各种千载难逢的机会。

书中的每一则传奇都是小野亲身经历并深刻动人的故事,在这些自剖与自省中,他同时也带我们找到了面对未来的力量和勇气。


THE LOTTERYS PLUS ONE

Author:Emma Donoghue

Publisher:Macmillan Children’s Books

Call Number:823.914/D4

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

Meet the Lotterys: a unique and diverse family featuring four parents, seven kids and five pets – all living happily together in their big old house, Camelottery.

Nine-year-old Sumac is the organizer of the family and is looking forward to a long summer of fun. But when their grumpy and intolerant grandad comes to stay, everything is turned upside down. How will Sumac and her family manage with another person to add to their hectic lives?

The Lotterys Plus One, bestselling author Emma Donoghue’s first novel for children, features black-and-white illustrations throughout and is funny, charming and full of heart.


ARRIVAL

Author:Ted Chiang

Publisher:Picador

Call Number:813.600/C23

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

With his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose.

From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the heavens above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality. . .

Chiang’s rigorously imagined fantasia invites us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it.


LIGHTS OUT

Author:James Patterson And Chris Grabenstein

Publisher:Young Arrow

Call Number:813.600/P10

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

James Patterson’s high-octane sci-fi adventure series comes to a white-knuckle conclusion in the final battle that Daniel X has been waiting for his entire life. In this sixth and final instalment of the Daniel X series, the alien-hunting hero is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: The Prayer – the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago. But even with his incredible ability to create almost anything, Daniel will have to push his powers beyond the brink in order to bring down a monster that has the powers of a God.


GRACEFULLY GRAYSON

Author:Ami Polonsky

Publisher:Hyperion

Call Number:813.600/P11

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

Alone at home, twelve-year-old Grayson Sender glows, immersed in beautiful thoughts and dreams. But at school, Grayson grasps at shadows, determined to fly under the radar. Because Grayson has been holding onto a secret for what seems like forever: “he” is a girl on the inside, stuck in the wrong gender’s body.

The weight of this secret is crushing, but leaving it behind would mean facing ridicule, scorn, and rejection. Despite these dangers, Grayson’s true self itches to break free. Strengthened by an unexpected friendship and a caring teacher who gives her a chance to step into the spotlight, Grayson might finally have the tools to let her inner light shine.

Debut author Ami Polonsky’s moving, beautifully-written novel shines with the strength of a young person’s spirit and the enduring power of acceptance.


OZ THE COMPLETE COLLECTION: VOLUME 1

Author:L.Frank Baum

Publisher:Simon And Schuster

Call Number:813.400/B5 (1)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, find themselves in a strange land called Oz after their Kansas house is swept away by a cyclone. Here they meet the Munchkins and join the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City, where the all-powerful Wizard of Oz lives. Can he help Dorothy return home?

In The Marvelous Land of Oz, a young boy named Tip escapes from a witch and sets out to explore land of Oz. Along the way, he meets the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, as well as some new friends like Jack Pumpkinhead and the Wooden Sawhorse. Eventually, Tip’s journey takes him to the Emerald City, where he realizes that his life will be changed forever.

In Ozma of Oz, Dorothy is sailing to Australia when a huge storm washes her overboard. She only survives by clinging to a chicken crate. Eventually she and a yellow hen named Billina wash up on the magic shore of Ev where they meet the mechanical man Tik Tok. But Dorothy and Billina are taken prisoner by the evil Nome King who has captured the royal family of Ev. Only Ozma of Oz can save them, but will she be in time?


OZ THE COMPLETE COLLECTION: VOLUME 2

Author:L.Frank Baum

Publisher:Simon And Schuster

Call Number:813.400/B5 (2)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard visit the center of the Earth, where people are vegetables, glass houses grow, and Oz characters reappear. Eventually they return to the Emerald City—but will they stay?

In The Road to Oz, Dorothy sets out on another adventure with some new friends like the Shaggy Man, Button-Bright, and Polychrome, and some old ones like the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. Will they reach the Emerald City in time for Ozma’s birthday?

In The Emerald City of Oz, Dorothy, her Uncle Henry, and Aunt Em are going to live in the Emerald City. They set out of explore the land of Oz with the help of Dorothy’s friends, but must rush home again when they discover that the Nome King is busy gathering an army for an invasion of Oz. Will they be able to stop the invasion?


OZ THE COMPLETE COLLECTION: VOLUME 3

Author:L.Frank Baum

Publisher:Simon And Schuster

Call Number:813.400/B5 (3)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

In The Patchwork Girl of Oz, the Munchkins Unc Nunkie and Ojo the Unlucky call on the Crooked Magician, who introduces them to his latest creation: a living girl made out of patchwork quilts and cotton stuffing. But when an accident leaves beloved Unc Nunkie a motionless statue, it is up to Ojo to save him. Can the mighty Wizard of Oz help?

In Tik-Tok of Oz, Betsy Bobbin and her loyal mule, Hank, wash up on the shores of an unknown fairyland during a storm. There they meet the clockwork man Tik-Tok and find themselves trapped in a battle with the king of the Nomes.

In The Scarecrow of Oz, Cap’n Bill and Trot journey to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrow the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland, who has been busy gathering an army for an invasion of Oz. Will they be able to stop the invasion?


OZ THE COMPLETE COLLECTION: VOLUME 4

Author:L.Frank Baum

Publisher:Simon And Schuster

Call Number:813.400/B5 (4)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

In Rinkitink in Oz, Prince Inga of Pingaree must rescue his parents and all of the subjects from his kingdom who were kidnapped by marauders form Regos and Coregos. Prince Inga, along with the visiting King Rinkitink and Bilbil the goat, set off on a series of grand adventures that will lead them to the underground kingdom of the Nome King. Will Inga’s bravery and courage be enough to save his parents and all of their subjects?

In The Lost Princess of Oz, Ozma, the beloved ruler of Oz, has disappeared, so Dorothy, the Wizard, the Cowardly Lion, and a band of friends must search the vast land of Oz to find her.

In The Tin Woodman of Oz, Tin Woodman, Woot the Wanderer, and Captain Fyter set off on a quest to find the lovely Munchkin, Nimmie Amee. Once upon a time, she and the Woodman were going to marry, but then the Wicked Witch of the West turned him to tin. Can the Tin Woodman find Nimmie Amee? And will she remember him?


OZ THE COMPLETE COLLECTION: VOLUME 5

Author:L.Frank Baum

Publisher:Simon And Schuster

Call Number:813.400/B5 (5)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

In The Magic of Oz, the mischievous Kiki Aru has discovered a magical word that can transform him and anyone else into whatever he wants. Worse yet, Kiki has been recruited by the villainous Nome King in his latest attempt to get revenge on Princess Ozma and all her friends. Can Dorothy and the Wizard stop the evildoers before they conquer Oz? Or will Kiki’s incredible powers finally give the Nome King the revenge he has craved for so long?

In Glinda of Oz, Dorothy and Ozma journey to a remote part of Oz to stop a war between the Flatheads and the Skeezers. But the Flatheads and Skeezers have a different idea. Soon Ozma and Dorothy are trapped in an amazing crystal-domed city on an enchanted island. The watertight city submerges itself, and only the Wizard and Glinda can save them–but will they make it in time?

In The Royal Book of Oz, the Scarecrow goes to search for his family roots. He returns to the cornfield where Dorothy first found him and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Will he decide to stay there? Or will he return to Oz?


HACKING THE FUTURE: PRIVACY,IDENTITY,AND ANONYMITY ON THE WEB

Author:Cole Stryker

Publisher:Overlook Duckworth

Call Number:005.800/S1

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

How does anonymity enable free speech – and how is it a threat? ‘I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away,’ famously said by Randi Zuckerburg (sister of Mark), has become the policy for some, while the Stop Online Piracy Act mobilised millions to petition Congress is protest. “Identity Wars” examines the ways that online anonymity influences politics, activism, religion and art. Cole Stryker presents a strong defence of anonymity and explores some of the tools and organisations that have sprung up around the issue as it has evolved with the ubiquity of the Internet. Cogent and compelling, his examination of online identity, both false and real, is an essential read for the networking age.


MAYDAY

Author:Karen Harrington

Publisher:Little,Brown And Company

Call Number:813.600/H15

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

Wayne Kovok lives in a world of After. After his uncle in the army was killed overseas. After Wayne and his mother survived a plane crash while coming back from the funeral. After he lost his voice.

Wayne has always used his love of facts to communicate (“Did you know more people die each year from shaking a vending machine than from shark attacks?”). Without his voice, how will he wow the prettiest girl in school? How will he stand up to his drill-sergeant grandfather? And how will he share his hopes with his deadbeat dad? It’s not until Wayne loses his voice completely that he realizes how much he doesn’t say.

Filled with Karen Harrington’s signature heart and humor, Mayday tackles an unforgettable journey of family and friendship.


CESAR MILLAN’S LESSONS FROM THE PACK

Author:Cesar Millan

Publisher:National Geographic

Call Number: 636.700/M1

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

In this inspiring book, best-selling author and “Dog Whisperer” Cesar Millan uses decades of experience to reveal the many ways that dogs and people can enrich each other’s lives, sharing eight essential life lessons imparted by a group of very special dogs he’s trained over the years.

From his roster of celebrity clients to his reality television series, Cesar Millan is America’s most sought-after dog behavior expert. Now, he reveals the amazing ways that our pets can teach us. In this affecting book, he shares eight heartwarming stories about the dogs that have inspired him the most—and the lessons he’s learned from them about healing and more. Each chapter, drawing on celebrity and noncelebrity clients alike, spotlights the essential traits that allow these animals to make the best of their situations—from authenticity to acceptance—and reveals how we can embrace these values to enrich our own lives. Sharing never-before-told insights, Cesar imparts a unique blueprint for seeking happiness and fulfillment through canine companionship.


FIRST MAN: THE LIFE OF NEIL A.ARMSTRONG

Author:James R.Hansen

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Call Number:629.450/H1

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong.

Based on over fifty hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this ‘magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century’ (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon.

In this ‘compelling and nuanced portrait’ (Chicago Tribune) filled with revelations, Hansen vividly recreates Armstrong’s career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative trans-atmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space. For a pilot who cared more about flying to the Moon than he did about walking on it, Hansen asserts, Armstrong’s storied vocation exacted a dear personal toll, paid in kind by his wife and children. For the near-fifty years since the Moon landing, rumors have swirled around Armstrong concerning his dreams of space travel, his religious beliefs, and his private life.

A penetrating exploration of American hero worship, Hansen addresses the complex legacy of the First Man, as an astronaut and as an individual.

‘First Man burrows deep into Armstrong’s past and present what emerges is an earnest and brave man’ (Houston Chronicle) who will forever be known as history’s most famous space traveler.


BLOOMIN’ RAINFORESTS

Author:Anita Ganeri

Publisher:Scholastic

Call Number:910.000/G1(7)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

Freaky Peaks takes the intrepid young explorer on a thrilling tour of the tallest mountains – from Everest to Kilimanjaro – encountering many dangers along the way, including glaciers, yetis, and avalanches. With a brand-new cover design, text updates and an added extra-horrible index, it’s geography with even more gritty bits left in!


CRACKING COASTS

Author:Anita Ganeri

Publisher:Scholastic

Call Number:910.000/G1(8)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

This is geography with the gritty bits left in! Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you clamber up some “Cracking Coasts”…..Marvel! at the ginormous Giant’s Causeway, Scream! as you surf an awesome reef breaker, Shiver! with fear as you take a trip to the spooky Skeleton Coast, and if that’s not cracking enough for you visit an eerie lighthouse where the light suddenly went out and go sailing with a snail. It’s earth-shatteringly exciting! Geography has never been so horrible!


DESPERATE DESERTS

Author:Anita Ganeri

Publisher:Scholastic

Call Number:910.000/G1(9)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

This title contains geography with the gritty bits left in. Where in the world can you: Spot sand dunes that bury whole villages? Discover some deadly desert wildlife? Follow in the footsteps of daring desert explorers?


PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Author:Jane Austen

Publisher:Macmillan Popular Classics

Call Number:823.000/M11(3)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

When Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy for the first time at a ball, she writes him off as an arrogant and obnoxious man. He not only acts like an insufferable snob, but she also overhears him rejecting the very idea of asking her for a dance!

As life pits them against each other again and again, Darcy begins to fall for Elizabeth’s wit and intelligence and Elizabeth begins to question her feelings about Darcy. When Darcy saves her youngest sister, Lydia, from a scandal, Elizabeth starts to wonder if her pride has prejudiced her opinion of Darcy.

Through this tale about two warring hearts, Austen weaves a witty satire about life in eighteenth century England. And though it was published more than two centuries ago, Pride and Prejudice continues to enthrall readers to this very day.


SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Author:Jane Austen

Publisher:Macmillan Popular Classics

Call Number:823.000/M11(2)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

Jane Austen explores the psychology of romantic love as she tells the story of Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters Elinor and Marianne? One full of good sense, the other prone to romantic notions.


THE INTIMATE UNIVERSE: HOW THE STARS ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

Author:Marek Kukula

Publisher:Quercus

Call Number:520.000/K1

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

The scale of the cosmos can be baffling, with distances so vast and timescales to long that it’s easy to dismiss them as being completely divorced from our everyday life. But in this new book Dr Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, shows you the myriad ways we are intrinsically connected to the rest of the universe and how everything on Earth – from the ground beneath our feet to the technology in our pockets – has origins in space.

Discover how rocks from space reveal what conditions are like at our planet’s core, how the desolate surface of the moon holds ancient clues to Earth’s earliest life forms, and how buried treasure in the Nile reveals the watery past of Mars. Discover how the atoms of your own body were forged in the heart of a star, how you can see the echo of creation on your TV, and the ways in which technology developed for observing the most far-flung corners of space is now used to diagnose potentially fatal human diseases.

The Intimate Universe is a curated tour of the most fascinating phenomena and discoveries in astronomy, revealing how we are inextricably, inspirationally linked to the cosmos.


GULLIVER’S TRAVELS: INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD

Author:Jonathan Swift

Publisher:Macmillan Popular Classics

Call Number:823.000/M11(1)

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

Jonathan Swift’s masterpiece, Gulliver’s Travels, is arguably the finest satire in the English language. Lemuel Gulliver’s adventures with the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput and the giants of Brobdingnag are familiar from modern abridged adaptations, but the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, the intelligent, horse-like Houyhnhnms and the bestial Yahoos in this unabridged edition, provide further opportunities for Swift to satirise society in a manner just as relevant today as it was in the eighteenth century.

A timeless classic, Gulliver’s Travels has spawned numerous literary, theatrical, film and musical adaptations, from Georg Philipp Telemann’s 1728 five-movement suite for two violins to the most recent 2010 live action Hollywood film, Gulliver’s Travels, starring Jack Black.


A BRIEF HISTORY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE: AND HER REAL LEGACY, A REVOLUTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Author:Hugh Small

Publisher:Robinson

Call Number:610.730/S2

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is best known as a reformer of hospital nursing during and after the Crimean War, but many feel that her nursing reputation has been overstated.

A Brief History of Florence Nightingale tells the story of the sanitary disaster in her wartime hospital and why the government covered it up against her wishes. After the war she worked to put the lessons of the tragedy to good use to reduce the very high mortality from epidemic disease in the civilian population at home. She did this by persuading Parliament in 1872 to pass laws which required landlords to improve sanitation in working-class homes, and to give local authorities rather than central government the power to enforce the laws. Life expectancy increased dramatically as a result, and it was this peacetime civilian public health reform rather than her wartime hospital nursing record that established Nightingale’s reputation in her lifetime.

After her death the wartime image became popular again as a means of recruiting hospital nurses and her other achievements were almost forgotten. Today, with nursing’s new emphasis on ‘primary’ care and prevention outside hospitals, Nightingale’s focus on public health achievements makes her an increasingly relevant figure.


GOOGLE: HOW GOOGLE WORKS

Author:Eric Schmidt And Jonathan Rosenberg With Alan Eagle

Publisher:John Murray

Call Number:338.700/S1

Location:Area C

Synopsis:

Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned Silicon Valley business executives, but over the course of a decade they came to see the wisdom in Coach John Wooden’s observation that ‘it’s what you learn after you know it all that counts’. As they helped grow Google from a young start-up to a global icon, they relearned everything they knew about management. How Google Works is the sum of those experiences distilled into a fun, easy-to-read primer on corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption.

The authors explain how the confluence of three seismic changes – the internet, mobile, and cloud computing – has shifted the balance of power from companies to consumers. The companies that will thrive in this ever-changing landscape will be the ones that create superior products and attract a new breed of multifaceted employees whom the authors dub ‘smart creatives’. The management maxims (‘Consensus requires dissension’, ‘Exile knaves but fight for divas’, ‘Think 10X, not 10%’) are illustrated with previously unreported anecdotes from Google’s corporate history.

‘Back in 2010, Eric and I created an internal class for Google managers,’ says Rosenberg. ‘The class slides all read ‘Google confidential’ until an employee suggested we uphold the spirit of openness and share them with the world. This book codifies the recipe for our secret sauce: how Google innovates and how it empowers employees to succeed.’


TAWANG

Penulis:Rita Robert Rawantas

Penerbit:Nusa Centre

Nombor Panggilan:899.283/N10 (1)

Tempat:Area C

Sinopsis:

Saat bulan mengambang, bulu-bulu halusnya yang kembang menari-nari kelihatan seperti berpuluh-puluh jari-jemari yang mempersendakannya dan mampir untuk mencengkam dirinya. Tawang! Bukankah tawang selalu membawa petaka bersama. Setiap kali tawang, perasaan rusuh mengerumuni,. segalanya berkecamuk.

Cerpen ini merungkai kesan alam kepada manusia. Jiwa, fikiran, tabiat dan kelakuan tanpa sedar dipengaruhi oleh unsur alam. Cerpen-cerpen yang terhimpun menelusur pelbagai cerita, namun titiknya bertemu kepada aliran bawah sedar manusia yang menjadi wilayah gelap yang misteri dan jiwa menelusuri jiwa.


RUMAH KUPU-KUPU

Penulis:S.M.Zakir

Penerbit:Nusa Centre

Nombor Panggilan:899.283/S15

Tempat:Area C

Sinopsis:

RUMAH KUPU-KUPU – Masing-masing hidup dalam dunia mereka yang tersendiri dan tidak mempunyai sebarang keperluan untuk keluar dari dunia keakuan mereka. Mereka kembali setiap senja atau malam menyelinap masuk ke dalam kepompong masing-masing dan tenggelam di situ.

Setelah siang hari, masing-masing keluar menuju ke arah tujuan masing-masing dan hilang dalam kesibukan kota. Dia adalah salah seekor kupu-kupu yang terperuk di dalam kepompong sunyi.


ULAR DI TILAMKU

Penulis:S.M.Zakir

Penerbit:Nusa Centre

Nombor Panggilan:899.283/S16

Tempat:Area C

Sinopsis:

Ular yang tegak berdiri dengan lidah berdesis-desis itu tidak mematuk sebaliknya perlahan-lahan berubah bentuk. Liuknya begitu indah seperti tarian yang paling mengghairahkan. Perlahan-lahan ular itu berubah, bertukar bentuk menjadi tubuh seorang perempuan yang begitu cantik. Kulitnya putih, licin dan mulus. Pinggangnya meramping dengan pinggul mengembang dengan begitu sempurna.

Penulisannya adalah suatu yang menyeronokkan apabila tidak perlu terperangkap dengan cerita yang perlu dituliskan mengikut garis yang sedia ada. Nikmatilah keseronokan membaca 12 cerpen ini yang ingin keluar dari garis, laluan dan jalan yang ada.


SELAMAT DATANG KE WAD TARBIAH

Penulis:Nur Farah Ahmadi ,Nur Hanisah Zainoren,SN Nor Suhaila Yusman dan Dr Hana Hadzrami

Penerbit:kata Pilar books

Nombor Panggilan:615.000/K1 (2)

Tempat:Area C

Sinopsis:

Buku ini mengenai seorang pelajar psikologi, seorang pelajar perubatan, seorang jururawat dan seorang pakar bius.

Betapa mereka insan yang ditemukan dalam medan yang sama. Hospital adalah tempat kehidupan yang penuh uji dan manusiawi. Kesakitan, kematian dan Anti-tesis kepada makna kehidupan. Tetapi pakaian tarbiah yang paling bermakna untuk setiap yang hidup. Ya, kita paling banyak belajar tentang kehidupan melalui kesakitan, kematian, dan pastinya kehilangan.

Di sini, di wad ini kita belajar tentang sabar dan redha. Di sini, di wad ini kita mengenal rasa memiliki dan melepaskan. Di sini, di wad tarbiah ini.


BILA JANTUNG KATA BEEP-BEEP

Penulis:Dr. Hana Hadzrami,Dr.Adibah Abdullah dan Dr.Khairil Idham Ismail

Penerbit:Kata Pilar Books

Nombor Panggilan:615.000/K1 (1)

Tempat:Area C

Sinopsis:

Buku ini membawa pembaca untuk mengenali dunia doktor bius secara lebih dekat.  Suspens, tegang, kritikal, sedih, gembira, harapan dan pelbagai persoalan berkaitan hidup mati dan pesakit-pesakit yang nazak dan tenat.

Buku ini juga menghantar pesanan kepada pembaca tentang kehidupan dan selain ilmu kesihatan yang tentunya amat berguna sebagai pengetahuan tambahan masyarakat awam.

Doktor bius menjadi figur misteri di hospital. Mereka muncul tiba-tiba, dan pergi tanpa disedari. Dalam dewan bedah mereka hanya bayang-bayang yang muncul antara jaga dan khayal, dan hilang sebelum mata pesakit benar-benar terbuka.
 


SKRUB BIRU: KRONIKEL SEORANG DOKTOR BIUS

Penulis:Dr Hana Hadzrami

Penerbit:Kata Pilar Books

Nombor Panggilan:615.000/K1 (4)

Tempat:Area C

Sinopsis:

Buku ini mengandungi 4 Bab Utama: Unit Rawatan Rapi, Dewan Bedah, Isu Wanita, Rencam dan semasa.

Disebalik lakaran doktor bius sedang merawat pesakit dalam satu dewan bedah bersama beberapa pegawai perubatan tentunya banyak tertanya-tanya cerita penuh, sinopsis dan review ringkas tentang buku yang berharga ini.

Tidak ramai masyarakat begitu prihatin menitikberatkan soal kesihatan tubuh badan namun kekal sihat dengan rawatan herba atau petua semula jadi, tetapi pada waktu yang sama, hospital tidak sunyi dihuni oleh pesakit luar.