A hospital is a battleground. People with all sorts of wounds and scars, crawling with their pain, fear and hopes, struggle to survive this war. The internal battle of life that seems to never end.
Being a healthcare worker in this battlefield means being allowed a special peek into each of these intricately wounded lives. We watched, we observed, we were allowed to hold their flags, and more often than not, the blood smeared onto our hands, and the paints of our patients forever mingled with that of ours.
That One Case attempts to capture each of these stories, that has left lasting scars on the memories of our lives as healthcare workers.
Every story of patients that we have met, the colours of their lives blending, the blood spilling outside the borders of their picture frames, splashing onto the hospital floor, splattering onto our hands, leaving patterns and images that will always feature in our memories.
When we close our eyes, we will see that one picture, which we will always remember. Irony. Conflicts. Motivation. Inspiration. Anxiety. Panic. Sorrow. Laughter. Lessons. Fear.
That one case. These are the battlefield of life (and death) that the writers attempt to capture in words, to let the readers see, what we have seen. What we can never forget.
CITYSKETCH PARIS : NEARLY 100 CREATIVE PROMPTS FOR SKETCHING THE CITY OF LIGHTS
Author：Melissa Wood
Publisher：Race Point
Call Number：743.000／W2
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Part aspirational, part creative, and all doodle. Citysketch Paris is a compilation of creative prompts geared to immerse you in the wonders of magnificent Paris. Finish partially created Parisian landscapes, sketch accessories to accompany a chic French wardrobe, doodle your own uniquely styled versions of Louvre masterpieces, and loads more.
With guided tips from a Parisian-based artist on the contours of French architecture and art, from a fashion designer on the subtleties of French fashion, and from a cultural expert on the people of Paris as well as their food and culture.
This is a complete course in Parisian culture for the enamored. Be inspired. Get creative. After all, drawing a little will help you dream big.
TALK ON THE WILD SIDE : WHY LANGUAGE CAN’T BE TAMED
Author：Lane Greene
Publisher：Public Affairs
Call Number：813.600／G9
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Language is a wild thing. It is vague and anarchic. Style, meaning, and usage are continually on the move. Throughout history, for every mutation, idiosyncrasy, and ubiquitous mistake, there have been countervailing rules, pronouncements and systems making some attempt to bring language to heel.
From the utopian language builder to the stereotypical grammatical stickler to the programmer trying to teach a computer to translate, Lane Greene takes the reader through a multi-disciplinary survey of the many different ways in which we attempt to control language, exploring the philosophies, motivations, and complications of each. The result is a highly readable caper that covers history, linguistics, politics, and grammar with the ease and humor of a dinner party anecdote.
Talk on the Wild Side is both a guide to the great debates and controversies of usage, and a love letter to language itself. Holding it together is Greene’s infectious enthusiasm for his subject. While you can walk away with the finer points of who says “whom” and the strange history of “buxom” schoolboys, most of all, it inspires awe in language itself: for its elegance, resourcefulness, and power.
UNPLUGGED : HOW TO LIVE MINDFULLY IN A DIGITAL WORLD
Author：Orianna Fielding
Publisher：Carlton Books
Call Number：302.231／F1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Put down that smart phone! All too often, we allow digital life to overtake real life: we use devices to entertain children, and ignore our friends across the table to look at a (probably meaningless) e-mail, post, or text.
Unplugged helps you disconnect and regain a healthy balance between your human relationships and technology. It includes step-by-step plans for minutes-long, hour-long, day-long, and weekend detoxing programs; interviews with celebrities like Arianna Huffington (founder of The Huffington Post) and Lewis Lapham (founder of Lapham’s Quarterly) who have addressed the issue; and “mindfulness” techniques that teach you how to manage your online world in a healthy way.
GROWING YOUR INNER LIGHT : A GUIDE TO INDEPENDENT SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Author：Lara Owen
Publisher：Piatkus
Call Number：204.000／O1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
A comprehensive guide for creating a daily spiritual practice, Growing Your Inner Light offers tangible advice on developing your unique spiritual path.
It shows how a personalized approach can open the door to living with integrity and to feeling connected with the surrounding world.
Lara Owen explains how practices from global religions can be combined with contemporary wisdom to create an authentic experience for those yearning for a sense of inner peace. With a direct understanding of spiritual meaning and connection, Growing Your Inner Light provides a groundbreaking, transformative journey through thirteen phases of your growth, including: Creating sacred spaces and altars; Clearing your mind and grounding your body; Exploring the importance of meditation, prayer and ritual; Understanding your dreams; Developing intuition and Undertaking retreats or vision quests.
THE POCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AGGRAVATION
Author：Laura Lee
Publisher：Cassell
Call Number：030.000／L1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Every time your mobile phone rings, it’s an automated PPI call… You’ve forgotten one of your million different internet passwords… Once again, you’re stuck in the slowest lane at the supermarket…
This book investigates 97 day-ruining events, slap-in-the-face moments and everyday aggravations, and explains why these things irritate us quite so much.
Let’s face it, the world is becoming an increasingly annoying place to live – and THE POCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AGGRAVATION has the evidence to prove it. It has been scientifically proven that when we understand the science behind our daily grievances, our problems become less frustrating and easier to manage.
This fact-filled book will help reduce the stress of your daily grind.
MANHATTAN IN REVERSE
Author：Peter F. Hamilton
Publisher：Pan Books
Call Number：823.920／H6
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
A short story collection from one of the world’s bestselling science-fiction writers.
A collection of short stories from the master of space opera. Peter F. Hamilton takes us on a journey from a murder mystery in an alternative Oxford in the 1800s to a brand new story featuring Paula Mayo, Deputy Director of the Intersolar Commonwealth’s Serious Crimes Directorate.
Dealing with intricate themes and topical subjects, this top ten bestselling author is at the top of his game.
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL : TRUTH TO POWER
Author：Al Gore
Publisher：Rodale
Call Number：363.700／G2
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER is a daring call to action that details how the future of human civilization is under threat and offers concrete advice for making your voice heard in the fight to solve the climate crisis at a moment when the solutions we need are emerging around the world.
Former Vice President Al Gore, who for 40 years has been keeping the issue of climate change at the forefront, brings together scientific research, personal anecdotes, and bold observations to document the increasing pace and widening scope of global warming while also discussing the many solutions that are now available. He presents with bracing clarity and conclusiveness that the facts of the climate crisis are not in question and that if left unchecked, the consequences for the world would be disastrous. Gore deftly connects the dots between the Earth’s rising temperature, flooding, the Zika virus, political unrest, and other disasters of the past decade to reveal how the effects of climate change are even more far-reaching than we thought. A gripping narrative journey that leaves the reader filled with hope, the urge to take action, and the knowledge of how to do so, this book is a must-have for anybody who cares deeply about our planet.
TOP TIPS FOR LIFE
Author：David Harris
Publisher：Ebury Press
Call Number：828.000／H2
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. But if it did, and if that manual was cobbled together in five minutes by a drunken idiot-genius, then it might look something like these crowd-sourced tips and ill-thought-out ideas.
Covering everything from how best to turn your cat into a fearsome stegosaurus to pre-empting jellyfish stings, this book presents the wealth of knowledge gleaned from the dusty vaults of twitter’s hugely popular @TwopTwips.
From the profane to the ridiculous, these laugh-at-loud nuggets of advice, with absurd and informative illustrations, will change your life in a hugely insignificant way.
THE MORNING STAR
Author：André Schwarz-Bart
Publisher：Overlook Duckworth
Call Number：843.914／S1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
In the year 3000, the Earth has died, but a few orphaned children have found their way to the stars and immortality. Linemarie is one of these new citizens, and she decides to return to Earth to explore her ancestral heritage. Traveling backwards through time, she uncovers the account of a mysterious massacre ten centuries earlier.
Blending history, religion, mysticism, and folklore with the author’s personal connection to the past, André Schwarz-Bart final work weaves the tale of the Jewish people from Abraham so the Holocaust and into the future. The Morning Star is at once a vitally engrossing tale and a powerful recognition of the dark forces of history.
AMERICA: A VISUAL HISTORY FROM THEN TO NOW
Author：Robert Sullivan
Publisher：Life Books
Call Number：973.000／S2
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
What is ninjutsu? What most believe they know of the ninja and of ninjutsu is only a pale reflection of reality. For instance, the commonly held image of the black clad ninja is a recent invention. A whole class of fantasy literature has developed over the years, making the ninja out to be a superman, giving him awesome and terrifying magical capabilities. Influenced by the popular vision of the ninja, most see ninjutsu as an arcane science, one that combines shadowy practices with deadly combat techniques.
Often defined in English as “the art of remaining unseen,” even this definition of ninjutsu does not adequately illustrate the traits of invisibility, anonymity and secrecy that are the pillars of the art.
Simply put, ninjutsu is a collection of adaptable survival techniques that allows the practitioner to face the uncertainties of life and to respond to dangerous situations, through physical and psychological discipline, where one uses orthodox weapons in unorthodox ways.
This book takes ninjutsu research to a new level. It is the fruit of more than 10 years of study, practice and investigation into the art of ninjutsu. It includes studies of ninjutsu history, philosophy, and wisdom, and presents a wide range of information from authors, historians, chronicles and scrolls in order to foster a deep understanding of this shadowy art.
PIANO 300 : CELEBRATING THREE CENTURIES OF PEOPLE AND PIANOS
Author：Cynthia Adams Hoover, Patrick Rucker, Edwin M. Good
Publisher：National Museum Of American History. Behring Center, Smithsonian Institution
Call Number：786.200／H1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
On March 8, 2000 the National Museum of American History opened PIANO 300 in the Smithsonian’s International Gallery in Washington, DC. Celebrating the tricentennial of the piano’s invention in Florence by Bartolomeo Cristofori, this remarkable exhibition was seen by more than 330,000 visitors from around the world during the course of a 20-month run.
Part exhibition catalogue and part technical and social history of the piano, PIANO 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos presents the exhibition’s highlights: the innovative craftsmen, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, teachers, performers, and composers who helped make the piano the most popular musical instrument of modern times. Written by Cynthia Adams Hoover, Patrick Rucker, and Edwin M. Good, this volume presents rare composers’ manuscripts and first editions tracing the wealth and diversity of music inspired by the instrument. However, pride of place is given to the pianos themselves those complex machines encased in handsome works of decorative art including many from the Smithsonian’s own distinguished Collection of Musical Instruments.
Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 photographs, many in full color, PIANO 300 captures the sweep and dimension of this highly successful tribute to one of Western culture’s most beloved icons.
HEAD IN THE CLOUD : THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGE OF GOOGLE
Author：William Poundstone
Publisher：Oneworld
Call Number：001.000／P3
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
What’s the point of knowing anything when facts are so easy to look up? Just reach for your computer, tablet or mobile and ask the sky. We’re living in the golden age of rational ignorance where more people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who René Descartes was and most of us can’t name the largest ocean on the planet. Yet the latest research indicates that the better informed are healthier, happier and often dramatically wealthier.
Bestselling author William Poundstone conducts a hilarious and humbling investigation into the true worth of knowledge. What does it tell you, for example, when those who can pinpoint a country on a map are less likely to favour invading it? Underpinned by big data analysis and illustrated with eye-opening anecdotes, Poundstone’s Head in the Cloud is an entertaining manifesto on the surprising benefits of broadening your horizons, as well as a warning of the dangers of an ill-informed electorate.
TRUMP : THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, THE DEALS, THE DOWNFALL, THE REINVENTION
Author：Wayne Barrett
Publisher：Regan Arts
Call Number：333.330／B1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Donald Trump claims that his success as a “self-made” businessman and real estate developer proves that he will make an effective president, but this devastating investigative account by legendary reporter Wayne Barrett proves otherwise. Back in print for the first time in years, Barrett’s seminal book reveals how Trump put together the biggest deal of his life – Trump Tower – through manipulation and deceit; how he worked with questionable characters from the mafia and city politics; and how it all nearly came crashing down. Here is a vivid and inglorious portrait of the man who wants now to be the most powerful man in the world.
IN TRUMP: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: THE DEALS, THE DOWNFALL, THE REINVENTION, Barrett unravels the myth and reveals the truth behind the mogul’s wheelings and dealings. Instead of the canny businessman that Trump claims in his own books, Barrett explores how Trump exploited his father’s banking and political connections to finance and grease his first major deals. Barrett’s investigative biography takes us from the days of Donald’s lonely youth to his brash entry into the real estate market, and to the back room deals behind his New York, Atlantic City and Florida projects.
Most compellingly Barrett paints an intimate portrait of Trump himself, a man driven by bravado, obsessive self-regard, and an anxious ruthlessness to subdue his rivals and seduce anyone with the power to aid his empire.
BUKAN LALANG DITIUP ANGIN
Penulis：Noordin Hassan
Penerbit：Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan：899.280／D2(17)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Bukan Lalang Ditiup Angin mengandungi tiga buah drama awal Noordin iaitu “Bukan Lalang Ditiup Angin”, “Tiang Seri Tegak Berlima” dan “Pintu”, yang dihasilkan pada sekitar tahun 1970-an. Terciptanya drama-drama ini membawa pembaharuan dalam sejarah drama pentas tanah air sehingga beliau dianggap sebagai pelopor teater moden Malaysia.
ANAK TANJUNG
Penulis：Noordin Hassan
Penerbit：Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan：899.280／D2(18)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Anak Tanjung menjelaskan dan memperkukuh bentuk teater Noordin Hassan yang luar biasa dan sukar ditandingi oleh dramatis lain. Drama ini menelusuri sejarah Tanah Melayu merangkumi zaman penjajahan Inggeris, zaman pendudukan Jepun, kedatangan semula kuasa Inggeris hinggalah kepada pencapaian kemerdekaan, yang dihidupkan dalam satu panorama yang menarik.
TUNGGUL-TUNGGUL GERIGIS
Penulis：Shahnon Ahmad
Penerbit：Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan：899.280／D2(19)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Tunggul-tunggul Gerigis, penulis Shahnon Ahmad menyelami, menganalisis dan mengutarakan punca masalah yang dihadapi dalam kalangan umat hari ini.
Kepekaan Shahnon terhadap masalah ini mendorong beliau menyelami dengan hati dan fikiran yang terbuka untuk meresap masuk ke akar umbi masalah.
Shahnon meneliti sejarah bumi Poseng. Sejarah Poseng adalah sejarah masjid itu sendiri. Sejarah Poseng adalah sejarah masjid itu sendiri. Sejarah yang bermula dari Lebai Memok menuju ke zaman Haji Deramang dan seterusnya terhenti pada zaman Imam Itam. Dari zaman keriangan sejarah menuju ke arah kesepian dan menerbitkan bibit-bibit kehancuran, lalu terkambus bersama-sama kejahilan dan kehodohan tingkah laku manusia.
MAHABBAH
Penulis：Shahnon Ahmad
Penerbit：Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan：899.280／D2(20)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Mahabbah, novel terbaharu Sasterawan Negara Shahnon Ahmad, terkesan bahawa novel ini memberi kelainan daripada novel-novelnya yang terdahulu dan daripada novel-novel yang dihasilkan oleh novelis yang lain. Novel ini tidak sahaja memaparkan cerita, malah mengejutkan pembaca dengan beberapa kelainan sehingga sebahagian ciri penting yang mengidentifikasikan dan memantapkan sesebuah novel telah dianggap tidak penting lagi dan dirombak dalam Mahabbah.
Kelainan persembahan Mahabbah mempunyai hubungan yang erat dengan pemusatan cerita tertumpu pada perjalanan minda ikon Endar sahaja. Ikon lelaki tua yang mengalami serangan penyakit Myasthenia Gravis sehingga melumpuhkan anggota badannya dan terlantar di perbaringan hanya berupaya menggerakkan mindanya pada dua persoalan yang utama: Bangsanya yang berpecah dan bertelagah serta dirinya yang telah bersedia untuk meninggalkan alam fana dan berpindah ke alam barzakh.
PERJUDIAN
Penulis：S.Othman Kelantan
Penerbit：Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan：899.280／D2(21)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Perjudian membawa kisah segolongan petani yang kelaparan tanah memperjudikan nasib untuk terus dapat menduduki sebidang tanah kerajaan.
Selain menghadapi berbagai-bagai gangguan daripada binatang liar, mereka juga menghadapi tindakan kerajaan menghalau mereka dari ladang yang telah dihijaui tanam-tanaman.
MAHARAJA NAPOLEON
Penulis：Abdul Latip Talib
Penerbit：Pts Publishing House
Nombor Panggilan：899.283／A36
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Waktu ini Napoleon sudah merajai Eropah. Satu per satu medan tempur dikuasai.
Tidak ada kuasa yang dapat berkata tidak kepada Napoleon Bonaparte. Baik dalam negara, mahupun luar negara.
Empayar Perancis semakin kuat. Sehingga Napoleon Bonaparte mendapat gelaran tertinggi, iaitu Maharaja Napoleon.
Namun semua itu berubah apabila Maharaja Napoleon bersama dengan 650,000 orang tentera, berarak ke Empayar Rusia. Apa akhirnya empayar ini?
ANOMALI
Penulis：Syafiq Aizat
Penerbit：Buku Fixi
Nombor Panggilan：899.283／S20
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Buku ini mengisahkan tiga orang manusia, seorang mempunyai kuasa ramalan, seorang pernah menewaskan Krampus dan seorang lagi pernah berdepan dengan beberapa entiti dari alam lain.
Mereka dan beberapa orang lain harus bersatu untuk menyiasat satu kejadian anomali, yang lebih aneh daripada kejadian yang pernah mereka hadapi sebelum ini, kemunculan sejenis entiti yang boleh mengawal dan menjatuhkan hukuman kepada manusia, dan mengaku dirinya sebagai Tuhan.
Sekali lagi Fa’iq kena menyelamatkan orang, Dani perlu menyiasat, dan Iskandar harus berhadapan dengan entiti baru. Namun… Adakah ‘sekali lagi’ itu akan menjadi kali terakhir buat mereka?
EKSISTENSI
Penulis：Lokman Hakim
Penerbit：Penerbit X
Nombor Panggilan：899.283／L3
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Siapakah robot? Siapakah manusia? Adakah kedua-duanya sudah menyatu? Atau bertukar jati diri?
Faril dan Rumia, saling menjaga antara satu sama lain. Ada kalanya emosi itu mati, tetapi bukan selamanya. Ada kalanya emosi itu juga artifisial, tetapi apakah ini memadai?
Pada masa yang sama, Menusa, sejenis cyborg mencari persempadanan antara manusiawi dan robotik. Kerakusan manusia mahu hidup berkekalan dan juga penanaman sifat manusiawi pada mesin, membuatkan sempadan antara dua kewujudan itu bercelaru.
Rakus manusia meratah alam. Dahaga sang robot pada curahan emosi. Konspirasi berselirat mencari teguh dalam memurnikan erti sebuah eksistensi.
