Robby creates his own comic strips so he can freak out his friends and family. His favourite character is Dr Maniac, a villain with a wicked grin and evil superpowers. And now Dr Maniac is on the loose in the real world!
Will Robby survive his encounter with Dr Maniac and join the other kids who have been summoned to HorrorLand? Either way, danger is drawing closer and closer.
WHO’S YOUR MUMMY?
Author:R. L. Stine
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:813.540 / S11(6)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Someone or something is inviting ordinary kids to HorrorLand and trapping them there. But they’re not the only guests of the terrifying theme park where nightmares come to life.
Slappy the Dummy, Monster Blood, and other vile villains have joined the terror trip, too. And HorrorLand is about to add one more old fiend to the guest list: a cursed mummy!
MY FRIENDS CALL ME MONSTER
Author:R. L. Stine
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:813.540 / S11(7)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Before joining the other kids trapped in HorrorLand, Michael Munroe will learn a few new lessons in fear: Never trust a teacher who calls everybody “Little Monsters.”
Be careful if that teacher invites you to lunch at her house. And never ever trust a teacher with a giant monster egg in her own attic-especially if it’s about to hatch.
SAY CHEESE- AND DIE SCREAMING!
Author:R. L. Stine
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:813.540 / S11(8)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Someone or something is inviting ordinary kids to HorrorLand and trapping them there. But they’re not the only guests of the terrifying theme park where nightmares come to life.
Slappy the Dummy, Monster Blood, and other vile villains have joined the terror trip, too. And now an eerie camera is predicting trouble: Somebody might be gone in a flash!
WELCOME TO CAMP SLITHER
Author:R. L. Stine
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:813.540 / S11(9)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old Boone and his sister Heather love animals of every kind. That’s why they wanted to come to Camp Slither. The wild legends of man-eating snakes and disappearing campers are hisss-terical! But Camp Slither has a cold-blooded secret, somebody has unleashed a hungry horde of slithery snakes!
Can Boone and Heather survive long enough to accept their invitation to HorrorLand? Yesssssss! But only if they figure out why Camp Slither is crawling with trouble.
HELP! WE HAVE STRANGE POWERS!
Author:R. L. Stine
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:813.540 / S11(10)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Jilly and her twin brother, Jackson, are startled when they suddenly discover they can read each other’s thoughts. But that’s not all. They can read other people’s thoughts, too!
Their strange new powers are exciting at first. But soon they discover that somebody else knows their secret. Somebody who will stop at nothing to control their powers.
MERCY RIVER: A VAN SHAW NOVEL
Author:Glen Erik Hamilton
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Call Number:813.600 / H16
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
When Van Shaw receives a distress call from his fellow Afghan War veteran, Leo Pak, he has to leave the urban hazards of Seattle to head far south to a town called Broken Ridge, deep in the wild heart of rural Oregon.
Leo faces charges of murdering a local gun dealer, and while Van doesn’t doubt his friend’s innocence, he knows he faces conviction. As Van starts his own covert investigations, the small town is suddenly awash with Army Ranger veterans, converging for a raucous annual rally. Was it only this reunion that brought Leo to town? Or is someone at the rally setting Leo up to cover for their own dark designs?
THE PARIS DIVERSION: A NOVEL
Author:Chris Pavone
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Call Number:813.600 / P14
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Kate Moore – a mother with an interesting past, is living the quiet life in another European city, or trying to. On her way to drop her children off at school in the city centre, the cafes and streets of Paris start to come alive around her. Kate’s husband Dex, meanwhile, charged with finding a particular present for their son’s birthday, is struggling to focus on the job in hand as a financial matter at work seems to be playing on his mind.
As worrying reports begin to circulate from key locations around the city, and the sound of wailing sirens becomes increasingly hard to ignore, could their days and, indeed, their lives be about to change forever?
THE TREACLE WELL
Author:Moira Forsyth
Publisher:Sandstone Press
Call Number:823.920 / F4
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Daniel and Caroline are closest to each other, twins for whom the rest of the world is always distant. After the death of their mother and their father’s remarriage they are sent to separate boarding schools, then a dramatic accident when they are students divides them again.
The repercussions last for years, as they cut themselves off from the relatives who raised them, the cousins who adore them. Underneath the stable family life their grandparents worked so hard to establish, run currents of insecurity and restlessness, and a secret only one person is able to uncover.
THE SECRETS OF DREARCLIFF GRANGE SCHOOL
Author:Kim Newman
Publisher:Titan Books
Call Number:823.920 / N5
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
A week after her mother found her sleeping on the ceiling, Amy Thomsett is delivered to her new school, Drearcliff Grange in Somerset.
Although it looks like a regular boarding school, Amy learns that Drearcliff girls are special, the daughters of criminal masterminds, outlaw scientists and master magicians.
Several of the pupils also have special gifts like Amy’s, and when one of the girls in her dormitory is abducted by a mysterious group in black hoods, Amy forms a secret, superpowered society called the Moth Club to rescue their friend. They soon discover that the Hooded Conspiracy runs through the school, and it’s up to the Moth Club to get to the heart of it.
WE FREE THE STARS
Author:Hafsah Faizal
Publisher:Macmillan
Call Number:899.280 / H1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The battle is over, but the war is just beginning. Low on resources and allies alike, Zafira and Nasir are determined to finish their mission; to restore magic to their kingdom.
But the land teems with the return of an ancient evil, and as Nasir fights to command the magic in his blood, Zafira battles a very different darkness. And yet, in spite of everything, they find themselves falling into a love they can’t stand to lose.
Time is running out and if order is to be restored, sacrifices will have to be made . . .
FEVER OF ANIMALS
Author:Miles Allinson
Publisher:Scribe
Call Number:823.920 / A15
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Unpublished Manuscript Award 2014 ‘For nearly five years I have wanted to write something about the surrealist painter Emil Bafdescu- about his paintings, one of which hangs in a little restaurant in Melbourne, and about his disappearance, which is still a mystery. But this is probably not going to be the book I imagined. Nothing has quite worked out the way I planned.’
With the inheritance he received upon his father’s death, Miles has come to Europe on the trail of the Romanian surrealist, who disappeared into a forest in 1967. But in trying to unravel the mystery of Bafdescu’s secret life, Miles must also reckon with his own. Faced with a language and a landscape that remain stubbornly out of reach, and condemned to wait for someone who may never arrive, Miles is haunted by thoughts of his ex-girlfriend, Alice, and the trip they took to Venice that ended their relationship.
Uncanny, occasionally absurd, and utterly original, Fever of Animals is a beautifully written meditation on art and grief. ‘Exceptional …a worldly book, full of art and ideas, and yet so intimate that it feels like a conversation with a dear, intelligent friend, masterful in its treatment of time and memory….
ALL FOR YOU
Author:Louise Jensen
Publisher:Harper Collins
Call Number:823.920 / J4
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Meet The Walsh Family
Lucy: Loving mother. Devoted wife. And falling to pieces.
Aidan: Dedicated father. Faithful husband. And in too deep.
Connor: Hardworking son. Loyal friend. But can never tell the truth.
Everyone in this family is hiding something, but one secret will turn out to be the deadliest of all . . .
Can this family ever recover when the truth finally comes out?
A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE GREEK MYTHS
Author:Stephen P. Kershaw
Publisher:Robinson
Call Number:398.200 / K1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
From the homecoming of Odysseus and the other heroes after their victory at Troy, to the lives of the Olympian Gods and the legend of Atlantis, the myths of Ancient Greece have formed the bedrock of our storytelling tradition.
The tales are thousands of years old, but they live still in our language and imagination. We have the ‘Midas touch’, or an ‘Achilles heel’, we protect our computers from ‘Trojan horses’ and, like Icarus, we sometimes fly too close to the sun. Here, classicist Stephen P. Kershaw retells both well-known and forgotten myths, exploring how their inspiration has remained vital for western culture, from Renaissance painters to the poets of the Great War and the modern myth makers of Hollywood.
THE 33 STRATEGIES OF WAR
Author:Robert Greene
Publisher:Penguin Books
Call Number:303.600 / G
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In The 33 Strategies of War, Greene has crafted an important addition to this ruthless and unique series. Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, The 33 Strategies of War is the I-Ching of conflict, the contemporary companion to Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, each of the thirty-three chapters outlines a strategy that will help you win life’s wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and negotiate from a position of strength, or the defensive strategies designed to help you respond to dangerous situations and avoid unwinnable wars.
SILENT WITNESS: HOW FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY IS USED TO SOLVE THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST CRIMES
Author:Roxana Ferllini
Publisher:Firefly Books
Call Number:364.100 / F1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Forensic anthropologists, crucial members of a criminal investigation team, are often called upon to do the impossible. With just small fragments of evidence to work with, they are requested to help solve crimes or to identify human remains.
By the careful study of bones and other forensic techniques, they can recreate the victim’s identity and the means of death with seemingly impossible accuracy.
Packed with over 350 photographs and 32 real-life case studies, Silent Witness offers a revealing and compelling look at the valuable investigative power of the forensic anthropologist.
HANDMADE PACKAGING WORKSHOP
Author:Rachel Wiles
Publisher:How Books
Call Number:745.500 / W1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Handmade Packaging Workshop explores innovation and tradition in the beautiful aesthetic of handcrafted packaging. It covers every stage in the creation of successful packaging, from design considerations to packaging elements, sustainability, and going pro. Tools and equipment, materials and resources, and the logistics of printing and shipping are all covered.
Taking packaging design back to basics. Handmade Packaging Workshop opens up the field to newcomers and new approaches. Step-by-step tutorials develop the practical skills needed, and profiles of contemporary practitioners provide the industry knowledge for adapting the one-off and the small-batch to a commercial scale without losing the appeal of the handmade. And for inspiration? The exemplary work showcased throughout is cross-referenced by both packaging material and product type in a handy chart.
HISTORY’S GREATEST DECISIONS: AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THEM
Author:Bill Price
Publisher:Chartwell Books
Call Number:904.000 / P1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
One of the defining features of being human is our capacity for rational thought, our ability to find the solution to a problem. Most of the time we deal with mundane concerns, like what to have for breakfast, but occasionally people are faced with much weightier matters. History’s Greatest Decisions gathers together some of the most important decisions ever made.
In this cynical age, in which we are constantly reminded of our mistakes, perhaps it is worth recognizing that we are capable of better. Some of the decision-makers featured in this book were well aware of the gravity of what they were doing; others had no idea at all. Some were rich and powerful; others were ordinary people who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances. From our unknown ancestors who first modified pieces of stone to make better tools, to those people in Northern Ireland who put aside their differences to create a better future, we take a look at fifty stories of people who, when faced with crucial decisions, got them right.
I HEART STAMPING: OVER 100 CUTE JAPANESE-INSPIRED DESIGNS TO CARVE, INK AND STAMP
Author:Ishtar Olivera
Publisher:Quadrille
Call Number:761.000 / O1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Stamping has long been a craft of popular choice, for its simplicity and versatility. Accessible to crafters of all abilities, lino block printing is not only cheap and easy to do at home, it allows you to get creative and personalize your own stationery.
With over 50 traceable cute characters, flowers and decorative elements to choose from and clear step-by-step illustrations, I Heart Stamping will equip you with all the skills you need and the know how to get playful and create your own stamps. Once you have mastered the art of stamp carving, there are over 30 projects to choose from; including charming Brooches, sweet Cupcake Toppers, an assortment of envelopes, essential stationery accessories and adorable wrapping projects plus oodles of inspiration.
I Heart Stamping is full of practical and beautiful ideas that will have you addicted to stamping your stationery.
TANGLE JOURNEY
Author:Beckah Krahula
Publisher:Quarry Books
Call Number:741.200 / K1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In Tangle Journey, the exciting and in-depth follow up to One Zentangle a Day, Beckah Krahula guides you along with her sure-footed instruction and beautiful examples as she shows you how to take your tangle drawing to the next level. From florals and organics to journal drawings and cityscapes, all kinds of experimentation are explored.
Each chapter begins with a unique, handmade sketchbook that can be used for drawing or holding the work you create in each lesson. Inside you’ll find:
Insight into how tangles can be combined to create more complex and realistic forms
Instruction for using contour and shading.
The techniques for using mid toned papers by adding highlights and shadows
How to introduce color-based media and mixed-media techniques
Instructions for working on a variety of surfaces
THE CATALYST: HOW TO CHANGE ANYONE’S MIND
Author:Jonah Berger
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Call Number:303.300 / B1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Everyone has something they want to change. Marketers want to change their customers’ minds, and leaders want to change organizations. Start-ups want to change industries, and nonprofits want to change the world. But change is hard.
The Catalyst takes a revolutionary approach. Successful change agents know it’s not about being more persuasive or providing more information, it’s about being a catalyst: removing roadblocks and reducing barriers to change. Instead of asking, ‘What could I do to try and convince someone?’ ask, ‘Why haven’t they changed already? What’s stopping them?
In The Catalyst, Jonah Berger identifies five key barriers to change and ways to mitigate them. This book provides a powerful way of thinking and a range of techniques that can lead to extraordinary results. If you’re trying to change one person, transform an organization, or shift the way an entire industry does business, this book will teach you how.
EMPTY OUT THE NEGATIVE
Author:Joel Osteen
Publisher:Faith Words
Call Number:248.400 / O1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Release the negative thoughts and feelings that are weighing you down with #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen. You were created to be filled with joy, peace, confidence, and creativity.
But it’s easy to go through life holding on to things that burden you guilt, resentment, doubt, worry.
When you give space to these negative emotions, they take up space that you need for the good things that move you toward your destiny. How much room are you giving to shame, to regret, to being against yourself?
Whatever it is, it’s too much. Life is too short for you to live bitter and discouraged, letting your circumstances hold you back.
Every morning you have to Empty Out The Negative from the day before and put on a fresh new attitude.
Power up and get your mind going in the right direction, and you’ll step into all the new things in store for you.
STOLEN FOCUS: WHY YOU CAN’T PAY ATTENTION
Author:Johann Hari
Publisher:Bloomsbury
Call Number:153.700 / H1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back?
For Stolen Focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons behind our shortening attention spans. He interviewed the leading experts in the world on attention, and learned that everything we think about this subject is wrong. We think our inability to focus is a personal failing – a flaw in each one of us. It is not. This has been done to all of us by powerful external forces.
Our focus has been stolen. Johann discovered there are twelve deep cases of this crisis, all of which have robbed some of our attention. He shows us how in a thrilling journey that ranges from Silicon Valley dissidents, to a favela in Rio where attention vanished, to an office in New Zealand that found a remarkable way to restore our attention. Crucially, he learned how – as individuals, and as a society – we can get our focus back, if we are determined to fight for it.
THE ART OF SLEEPING
Author:Rob Hobson
Publisher:Harper Collins
Call Number:613.790 / H1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Every day we are bombarded with confusing and contradictory advice about achieving a better night’s sleep. So, what’s the secret?
The Art of Sleeping combines the latest scientific research, expert advice, and Robs own tricks and tips about dealing with insomnia to create a concise, practical, and engaging handbook on achieving better sleep.
By exploring the three key pillars of sleep: behaviour, environment, and diet (BED), readers will find themselves equipped with techniques to aid sleep and relaxation, and to live a happier, calmer, and more successful life.
THE ART OF KINDNESS
Author:Lois Blyth
Publisher:Cico Books
Call Number:177.000 / B1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Kindness is contagious. One good deed can lead to a huge positive impact, inspiring someone else to do a good deed in return. Even the smallest of acts can make a whole world of difference. The Art of Kindness is a breath of fresh air and a reminder of all of the good things in the world. It contains lists of ways to be kind and how to make time for the people in your life, improving their lives as well as your own.
Studies have shown that acting selflessly and seeing another person act altruistically produces good feelings and instills a more positive and happier outlook.
Being kind is essential to creating a better and happier world. With stirring quotations and tales of inspirational icons, such as Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi, The Art of Kindness will help you become the kindest version of yourself.
2023: A TRILOGY
Author:The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Call Number:823.920 / T3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
2023 is a novel about world peace and the end of the internet. Its considerable cast of characters includes Yoko Ono the Elder, Yoko Ono the Younger, John Lennon (not that one), Alan Moore, M’ Lady Gaga, Lady Penelope, Mister Fox, Dead Perch, Dead Squirrel, Extreme Noise Terror, Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond, Celine Hagbard, Vladimir Putin, Michelle Obama, George Orwell, Roberta Antonia Wilson and the characters from In the Night Garden.
It is not satire but it might make you laugh. It is not crime but it might be a mystery. You may well ask: What the Fuuk is Going On? And you may finish the book none the wiser.
I CONFESS
Author:Alex Barclay
Publisher:Harper Collins
Call Number:823.920 / B7
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
They won’t all live to tell the tale…
Seven friends. One killer. No escape…
A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn on a remote west coast peninsula in Ireland. But as a storm builds outside, the dark events that marred their childhoods threaten to resurface.
And when a body is discovered, the group faces a shocking realization: a killer is among them, and not everyone will escape with their lives…
THE ART OF THINKING CLEARLY
Author:Rolf Dobelli
Publisher:Sceptre
Call Number:153.400 / D1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
These are examples of cognitive biases, simple errors we all make in our day-to-day thinking. But by knowing what they are and how to spot them, we can avoid them and make better choices whether dealing with a personal problem or a business negotiation; trying to save money or make money; working out what we do or don’t want in life, and how best to get it.
The Art of Thinking Clearly is essential reading for anyone with important decisions to make. It reveals, in 99 short chapters, the most common errors of judgement, and how to avoid them. Simple, clear and always surprising, this indispensable book will change the way you think and transform your decision making at work, at home, every day.
MEMBONGKAR KEHEBATAN MUSA KEITA : THE BLACK PANTHER
Penulis:Syed Mahadzir Syed Ibrahim
Penerbit:Hijjaz Records Publishing
Nombor Panggilan:909.000 / S1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Musa Keita merupakan seorang raja Mali yang terkenal sehinggakan beliau dianggap Black Panther dan diadaptasikan ke dalam filem yang mendapat perhatian ramai di seluruh dunia. Beliau menjadi pemerintah di Mali pada tahun 1312, mengambil alih takhta Abu Bakar Kedua yang hilang di lautan semasa mencari penghujung Lautan Atlantik.
Musa Keita cukup bertuah kerana dikurniakan dengan kekayaan hasil bumi yang banyak, iaitu emas dan juga garam. Beliau berjaya meluaskan empayar perniagaannya hingga ke Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, dan Chad.
MEMBONGKAR KES-KES JENAYAH BERPROFIL TINGGI DI MALAYSIA
Penulis:Syed Mahadzir Syed Ibrahim
Penerbit:Hijjaz Records Publishing
Nombor Panggilan:364.000 / S2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Di Malaysia, kaedah pelaksanaan hukuman mati untuk jenayah pembunuhan adalah hukum gantung yang dilakukan menerusi teknik gantung. Kesalahan membunuh dengan niat, mengedar dadah melebihi jumlah yang ditetapkan dan kesalahan bersabit pemilikan senjata api adalah di antara perbuatan yang boleh membawa kepada hukuman gantung sampai mati. Dalam sistem perundangan di Malaysia, seseorang itu akan melalui beberapa peringkat perbicaraan terlebih dahulu sebelum hukuman mati dilaksanakan. Peringkat pertama ialah hukuman oleh Mahkamah Tinggi diikuti Mahkamah Rayuan dan terakhir sekali oleh Mahkamah Persekutuan.
Sekiranya ketiga-tiga peringkat mahkamah ini memutuskan keputusan bersalah terhadap tertuduh, maka satu rayuan pengampunan terhadap kesalahan akan dilakukan dikemukakan kepada Yang di-Pertua Agong atau Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan atau Yang di-Pertua Negeri, bergantung di mana kesalahan itu dilakukan. Keputusan yang diputuskan ini adalah dianggap muktamad dan sekiranya hukuman itu dikekalkan, maka mahkamah akan memerintahkan supaya Jabatan Penjara menjalankan hukuman gantung sampai mati kepada pesalah.
GERAKAN FREEMASONRY : MUSUH DALAM MENGHANCURKAN ISLAM
Penulis:Hj.Nik Azran Muhamed, Hj. Mohd Mahadi Hj. Isa
Penerbit:Hijjaz Records Publishing
Nombor Panggilan:936.000 / N1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Musuh Islam dari kalangan Yahudi dan Kristian sememangnya menunggu peluang keemasan ini untuk menarik dan membawa mereka ke lembah kesesatan. Orang yang telah terjebak dengan umpan suapan musuh Islam terutama Yahudi akan menjadi hamba yang taat setia untuk dikerah melakukan apa sahaja kehendak mereka walaupun terpaksa membunuh saudara seagama.
Dalam masa yang sama, gerakan bawah tanah seperti Freemasonry dibawa masuk untuk diterapkan ke dalam gerakan kebangsaan yang telah dibentuk. Gerakan-gerakan seumpama ini menyusup masuk dan menjadi tulang belakang kepada gerakan-gerakan yang bersifat kebangsaan.
BANJA MANGGALA
Penulis:Ramlee Awang Murshid
Penerbit:Buku Prima
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / R18
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Amar diselamatkan sepasukan komando Malaysia di sebuah telaga pada penghujung Perang Bosnia pada tahun 1995. Askar-askar Serbia yang memburunya ditemui mati dibaham kawanan serigala. Amar bersama sebilangan kanak-kanak Bosnia dibawa ke Malaysia dalam program anak angkat. Dia akhirnya diasuh dan dibesarkan oleh keluarga seorang jeneral, iaitu Dato’ Husam dan isterinya, Datin Normazlina. Pasangan itu mempunyai seorang anak perempuan bernama Rania.
Dua puluh tiga tahun berlalu, Amar sering dibayangi seekor serigala salji. Sering bermimpi berada di lembah banjaran Bosnia-Herzegovina yang hanya dihuni kawanan serigala. Dipercayai lembah banjaran itu kehilangan seorang Armel. Sejak peristiwa itu, kehidupan Amar menjadi serabut. Akhirnya dia pulang semula ke Bosnia-Herzegovina untuk mencari jawapan tentang asal usulnya yang diyakini berasal dari lembah berjiwa kosong.
Rania yang bertugas di sebuah stesen penyiaran antarabangsa membuat penggambaran travelog musim kedua tentang perang Bosnia. Bagaimanapun, perancangannya tidak menjadi apabila diculik di Sarajevo bersama dua rakan sekerjanya. Amar yang kebetulan berada di Wilayah Balkan nekad untuk menjejaki adiknya. Pada masa yang sama, pembunuhan bersiri turut berlaku. Culik dan bunuh, jenayah kejam yang sedang disiasat oleh seorang pegawai polis veteren bernama Hasanovic.
HIJAB QASYAF
Penulis:Farhah Aiddin
Penerbit:Sykt Fajar
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / F11
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Hijab Qasyaf bukanlah hadir dengan semula jadi, tetapi hijabnya terbuka atas hatinya yang hitam dan dendamnya dengan Nada, kakaknya. Qasyaf memiliki perangai yang cukup memeningkan keluarganya. Akhirnya, dia dihantar tinggal bersama datuknya.
Kepulangannya di rumah membuatkan Qasyaf menjadi lebih tertekan dan pelbagal gangguan mengganggunya, malah cuba mencederakan keluarganya.
Seboleh mungkin Qasyaf cuba buktikan yang dia tidak pernah sekalipun memeterai perjanjian terkutuk itu. Tetapi di setiap pencariannya membawa jawapan dialah si pelaku.
Qasyaf mula nekad akan menggunakan kelebihan hijabnya untuk membantu masalah misteri yang menimpa keluarganya dan ingin membaiki keadaan yang dia sendiri porak-perandakan.
Kenapa perlu untuk susahkan diri membongkar kebenaran yang menyakitkan hati sendiri? Yang juga membuka aibnya yang kelam?
ANTAGONIS
Penulis:Irsyad Tarudin
Penerbit:Buku Fixi
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / I7
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Hisyam Ahmad telah bercita-cita untuk menjadi penulis novel sejak kecil lagi. Walaupun begitu, seperti mana dugaan seseorang untuk mencapai kejayaan, halangan terbesar sudah pastilah dirinya sendiri. Sikap selalu berlengah dan lebih suka bermain game berbanding menulis membuatkan impiannya nampak samar-samar untuk dicapai.
Namun pada suatu hari, dia terbangun dari tidur dan menyedari bahawa dia berada di dalam sebuah rumah agam yang asing. Menurut butlernya, Alfred, Hisyam baru terjaga dari koma selepas mengalami kemalangan beberapa bulan lalu. Akibat kemalangan itu, Hisyam langsung tidak ingat yang dia kini sudah bergelar penulis terkenal.
Hisyam cukup gembira kerana mimpinya sudah menjadi kenyataan. Namun apabila watak-watak dalam novel tulisannya mula muncul satu demi satu dan melakukan kemusnahan, Hisyam tahu ada sesuatu yang tidak kena sedang berlaku.
TUJUH
Penulis:Firdaus MFD
Penerbit:Buku Fixi
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / F14
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Bermula dengan penemuan sebuah kitab lama dalam almari arwah ibunya, Zariq bersama tiga rakan karibnya terjebak dengan misteri kehilangan penduduk Kampung Tanjung Sabang di sungai berhampiran.
Walaupun berasal dari kampung itu sendiri, Zariq tidak pernah suka duduk berlama-lama di rumah ibunya. Dia rasa seluruh kampung itu pelik. Dari jiran tetangga sehinggalah penduduk kampung itu, semuanya pelik. Kehilangan salah seorang penduduk kampung semasa keluar mengail udang juga seperti tidak dipedulikan sesiapa.
Diasak rasa ingin tahu, Zariq, Hanna, Hafiy dan Manuel berusaha menyiasat kejadian kehilangan itu. Tanpa disangka, tindakan mereka masuk campur dalam urusan orang kampung akhirnya mengundang malapetaka.
Apakah yang sebenarnya terjadi di kampung tersebut dan apakah kaitannya dengan kitab lama yang dijumpai Zariq itu?
GHAIB
Penulis:Uja Hamza
Penerbit:Buku Fixi
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / U2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Uja terjaga dalam keadaan dia tak ingat apa yang terjadi kepadanya. Kata Ayah, ada orang jumpa dia dalam keadaan pengsan di tepi sungai. Anehnya, selepas sedar dari pengsan, Uja mula mendengar suara-suara yang memanggil namanya, dan bayangan-bayangan berwajah buruk yang bergentayangan di sekelilingnya.
Dia dibawa pulang ke kampung oleh ibu bapanya untuk berubat, di mana dia pertama kali mendengar tentang mata ghaib. Kehadiran Makwa, orang tua misteri di kampung itu menyebabkan Uja semakin resah. Siapa orang tua itu dan apa kaitannya dengan gangguan yang menghantui hidup Uja dan keluarganya sekarang?
RAHSIA PALING RAHSIA
Penulis:Bahruddin Bekri
Penerbit:Alaf 21
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / B6
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Sultan Terakhir Empayar Melaka telah meninggalkan harta karun yang nilainya bilion. Selama ratusan tahun, harta itu telah dijaga oleh sebuah persatuan rahsia.
Sehinggalah suatu hari rahsia itu terkuak. Beberapa pihak mula mengatur langkah dan strategi bagi membongkarnya. Ini bermula dengan pencarian lapan bilah keris pusaka yang menjadi petunjuk kepada harta karun itu.
Di sinilah Amir, seorang lelaki yang hidupnya mudah, hanya mahu kerja stabil dan cuba mendapatkan cinta gadis pemalu, terjebak dalam konspirasi dan pengkhianatan yang tidak pernah dia bayangkan.
Yang akhirnya juga membuka rahsia hidupnya yang tidak pernah dia sangkakan.
ORANG-ORANG BIASA
Penulis:Andrea Hirata
Penerbit:Jejak Tarbiah
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / A68
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Orang-orang Biasa merupakan novel ke-10 Andrea Hirata yang ternyata menggambarkan secara jelas situasi dan kondisi dunia pendidikan bagi anak-anak yang tidak bernasib baik.
Membaca karya ini umpama menonton filem aksi komedi. Kisah perompakan di Belantik yang dilakukan oleh 10 sekawan. Meskipun dihiasi dengan jenaka, karya ini turut melaungkan kritikan sosial serta merajahkan nasib kaum marginal (mereka yang tidak penting)
Untuk pertama kalinya, Andrea Hirata menulis novel dalam genre kejahatan. Dalam novel istimewa ini, pembaca akan berjumpa tokoh-tokoh unik dengan fikiran menakjubkan.
Daripada mereka, kita akan belajar betapa mudahnya bahagia kerana hal-hal yang sederhana. Andrea dan karya-karyanya selalu berhasil membawa kisah yang tidak pernah kita bayangkan sebelum ini.
AMUKAN MANUSIA CIPTAAN: PROJEK ATHENA
Penulis:Syeraho
Penerbit:Iman Publication
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / S39
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Setelah misi menyelamatkan isteri presiden yang diculik menemui kegagalan, negara Erudayn gempar pula dengan berita pembunuhan presiden dan serangan android pengganas. Rentetan tragedi itu membuatkan Athena merasakan kewujudannya sebagai manusia ciptaan adalah penyebab utama.
Keadaan semakin genting apabila Athena tiba-tiba bertukar menjadi makhluk bengis yang tidak mampu dikawal. Orang-orang yang dia ingin lindungi kini menjauhinya. Bahkan, pasukan inteligen khas merancang untuk menangkapnya. Athena semakin tersepit; benarkah dia seorang pelindung, atau sebenarnya raksasa?
Emily yang sering muncul dalam mimpinya buat Athena sedar bahawa pertempuran kali ini bukan hanya tentang mengalahkan kejahatan luaran, tetapi melawan musuh dalaman yang tersembunyi, dendam dalam diri manusia, dan ketakutan dalam diri sendiri!
MAWADDAH ILMI INGIN PULANG
Penulis:Auni Zainal
Penerbit:Iman Publication
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / A69
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Mawaddah Ilmi tidak tahu apa masalah dirinya. Namun, dia sentiasa pasti yang dia tak berhak disayangi, apatah lagi layak ke syurga. “Aku tak pernah buat apa-apa dengan betul. Aku menyusahkan orang lain sejak dulu. Semuanya salah aku sebab aku tak cukup baik.”
Pendirian Mawaddah berubah sejak Iffat Rusyaidi melihat dia dimalukan semasa suatu temu duga. Dia sentiasa mengelak daripada Iffat, sehinggalah dia menyedari Iffat sebenarnya mengetahui kisah silamnya yang selama ini dilindungi.
Sehelai nota dari masa lalu membuatkan Mawaddah tersedar bahawa ada sesuatu dalam dirinya yang dapat diselamatkan jika dia berani memaafkan dan mencintai dirinya sendiri.
MISS OBSES SEJARAH
Penulis:Haryani Kamilan
Penerbit:Bookiut
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / B7(6)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Akibat terlalu obses kepada sejarah Perang Dunia Kedua, Ema sanggup melanggar arahan. Ketika Kelab Sejarah mengadakan rombongan ke sebuah Muzium Perang, Ema dan Wani telah memasuki satu terowong. Siapa tahu, kemalangan akan berlaku. Apabila tersedar, Ema mendapati dirinya berada dalam zaman Jepun menyerang Tanah Melayu!
Ema ditangkap tentera Jepun, lalu ditahan menjadi tawanan. Mampukah Ema melepaskan diri dari terus menjadi mangsa seksaan? Ataupun dia akan terus terperangkap dalam zaman yang penuh dengan kekejaman.
DETEKTIF HANTU
Penulis:Sharina Elisa
Penerbit:Bookiut
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / B7(7)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
An a.k.a Farhan, seorang budak Gaming, berpengaruh di arena e-sport. Realitinya, Farhan yang bijak itu cukup malas untuk melakukan apa-apa selain bermain game sepanjang hari. Dia yang dipaksa tinggal bersama nenek di kampung, bengang apabila sering diganggu cik pontianak saban malam.
Akif yang tidak pernah merasai nikmat mengadakan aktiviti pada malam sepertimana rakan-rakan sekolahnya, mula mempengaruhi Farhan supaya menyertainya untuk menyiasat misteri sebenar kewujudan cik pontianak.
Farhan bukannya tidak curiga tetapi dia bimbang kalau-kalau ada misteri yang tidak sepatutnya mereka rungkai. Ada klu yang menguatkan firasatnya bahawa ada sesuatu yang tidak kena dengan Kampung Mata Tiga.
Aku tak boleh bertindak melulu. Kalau tekaan aku benar, nyawa nenek tentu terlibat sama. Papa tak hantar aku ke sini untuk bahayakan nyawa nenek! – Farhan
SPY HUNTER
Penulis:Ejart14
Penerbit:Bookiut
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / B7(8)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Esmi Sunka, pewaris takhta Kerajaan Sukangkara telah menerima arahan untuk mengintip pergerakan MUMTAZ di Tanah Utama. Pada awalnya, Esmi menyangka misi ini bakal menjadi pemangkin kepada kejayaannya sebagai Pegawai Muda Sukangkara. Namun, lama-kelamaan satu demi satu kebenaran tersingkap di hadapan mata bahawa pewaris takhta Sukangkara itu telah memilih jalan kehidupannya dengan cara yang salah.
Pelbagai peristiwa berlaku di Tanah Utama telah mengubah cara pemuda itu melihat dunia. Misi untuk mengintip pergerakan organisasi MUMTAZ di Tanah Utama turut menemui jalan buntu. Dirinya pula terpaksa memilih sesuatu yang sukar. Kesetiaannya semakin diuji hari demi hari.
Mampukah Esmi terus menumpahkan taat setianya kepada Sukangkara? Adakah misi memburu MUMTAZ bakal membuahkan kejayaan atau hanya akan mencetuskan sebuah lembaran kegagalan untuk Sukangkara?
K-POP GIRL: ONCE YANG TERBAIK
Penulis:Rashiela Nurain
Penerbit:Bookiut
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / B7(9)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Ahli pasukan sorak The Shakers terdiri daripada gadis ceria, comel dan langsing bagaikan ahli kumpulan Twice. Apatah lagi mereka memang Once yang setia. Berduyun-duyunlah pelajar yang mahu mendekati dan beramah mesra.
Tambahan pula adanya Teesha, sang kapten, gadis kacukan Korea yang berprofil tinggi. Beruntunglah si kawan rapat iaitu Wendy, Irine dan Chan Juan.…. hingga timbul bongkak dalam diri. Amboi, kononnya merekalah yang paling sempurna serba-serbi!
Berbeza sekali dengan Emi, remaja berbadan besar tetapi lemah motivasi. Walhal mereka mempunyai minat yang sama iaitu suka menari. Lagu-lagu kumpulan Twice sentiasa jadi pilihan hati. Namun apakan daya… mereka bagaikan anak gahara dan rakyat jelata. Umpama pasir dan intan permata. Ibarat Nayeon dan pemandu Grabcar. Jauh beza… mustahil ada peluang bertegur-sapa!
Semasa menyertai lawatan sekolah ke Pulau Pinang, Teesha dan Emi terlibat dalam kemalangan. Mereka koma buat beberapa lama. Rupa-rupanya di situlah segalanya berubah. Apabila Teesha tersedar, jasadnya bertukar. Si kapten The Shakers terperangkap dalam badan si pelajar gempal? Tidak!
Malangnya Emi yang berada dalam badan Teesha mash tidak sedarkan diri. Sejak itu, Teesha cuba menjalani kehidupan perit dalam badan XL. Dapatkah Teesha diterima menyertai The Shakers semula? Paling utama… adakah harapan kembali kepada tubuh asal? Ketahui kisahnya dalam Once yang Terbaik.
GADIS FUTURISTIK
Penulis:Sharina Elisa
Penerbit:Bookiut
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / B7(10)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Aria bingung. Rumahnya bukan lagi rumahnya. Binaan batu sudah bertukar kepada kaca. Mustahil sekelip mata saja berubah. Ingatannya luar biasa, tidak mungkin menipu. Dia hanya tergelincir ke dalam lubang di belakang bangunan usang sekolah.
Seorang gadis berpakaian lagak pelatih tentera, memperkenal diri sebagai Waziraa. Dakwanya, mereka berada pada tahun 2333.
Aria pasti dia sedang lena. Pasti ada cara untuk dia terjaga. Sedang dia bingung memikirkan apakah yang sedang berlaku itu mimpi mahupun realiti, dia dikejutkan dengan teknologi di situ yang jauh lebih maju daripada apa yang dilaluinya setiap hari.
Jadi, benarkah dakwaan Waziraa yang mengatakan bahawa dia berada pada ratusan tahun ke hadapan? Tidak semudah itu dia mengaku tewas. Tentu ada sebab kenapa dia telah dibawa ke suatu garis masa yang jauh.