Cristian has lived his entire life in the grip of a repressive dictatorship. The country is governed by fear. When the secret police blackmail him, Cristian has an impossible choice. Save the life of his sick grandfather by informing on his family, or risk his life and all of theirs by resisting?
At 17, Cristian dreams of being free but doesn’t know where to turn. In this climate of constant suspicion, can he trust his best friend, his girlfriend or even his family?
PHILANTHROPISTS: INSPECTOR MISLAN AND THE SENTUL DOUBLE MURDER
Author:Roslan Mohd Noor
Publisher:Fixi Novo
Call Number:899.280 / R3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Two men are found murdered, execution-style, in a Sentul house. The first impression by the police is that the double murder is related to illegal narcotics, but then why was a stash of drugs in the house untouched? Another mystery: Why were generous anonymous donations made to charitable causes after the killings?
In navigating the case, Inspector Mislan Latif and Detective Sergeant Johan Kamaruddin of Special Investigations (D9) face an unprecedented hurdle: the imposition of the nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO). Pursuing their leads in spite of these new restrictions, the investigators come into contact with members of the underworld and the refugee community, before realizing that the real culprits might be closer than they think…
DEVIL’S PLACE
Author:Brian Gomez
Publisher:Fixi Novo
Call Number:823.000 / G2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Terry Fernandez is a musician on the run. His friends have just been killed on the night of his bachelor party. He thinks he’s next – and he suspects the Minister of Education.
Ning Somprasong is a Thai hooker who normally keeps herself out of trouble. But one night, she bites off more than she can chew and ends up with a bag of ill-gotten US$18 million and many pursuers.
Terry and Ning have to team up to save their own lives. The madcap chase through the streets of Kuala Lumpur also feature: a taxi driver who’s fond of conspiracy theories; a CIA agent; a terrorist on a mission to wipe out infidels; an opportunistic journalist; a crooked cop; and a pimp called Fellatio Lim who is just about to discover what his name means.
JUST KILL ME
Author:Adam Selzer
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Call Number:813.600 / S34
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Megan Henske isn’t one to heed warnings: When the last letters in her alphabet cereal are D, I, and E, she doesn’t crawl right back into bed.
When her online girlfriend won’t text a photo, she just sends more of herself. And when she realizes that Cynthia, her boss at a Chicago ghost tour company, isn’t joking about making stops more haunted by euthanizing people there, she doesn’t quit her job, she may even help.
But soon she learns that people in the murder monger industry are being murdered, and she doesn’t know who it is doing it. Could it be the head of the rival tour company? Or could it be someone near and dear to Megan?
After she realizes she has an uncanny resemblance to a flapper who disappeared in 1922, Megan receives a warning she can’t ignore: the next ghost on the tour might be her…
DOG POUND
Author:Mamu Vies
Publisher:Fixi Novo
Call Number:899.280 / V1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Azroy, a rising star in the underground boxing circuit, fights the battle of his life when his opponent dies in the ring under mysterious circumstances.
Caught in a web of deceit, he then begins to live on the run while he attempts to uncover what’s really going on.
But can he really win this fight, now that his opponent is the law?
CRÈME DE LA CRIME: PI ROMY & THE HAVE-HAVES
Author:Ellina Abdul Majid
Publisher:Fixi Novo
Call Number:899.280 / E2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Romy smiled disarmingly at the Datin. But with her Versace shades still firmly on and her Cassey Gan mask drawn equally firmly across her face, it was akin to trying to make eye contact with a ninja…
PI Romy is a small-time detective, working the angles in KL on the brink of dystopia because of Covid.
Distinctively Malaysian in essence and locale, the PI Romy detective stories are a nostalgic and irreverent glimpse into the cultural melting pot of 20th century Malaysia in a 21st century setting.
THE VANISHING SKY
Author:L. Annette Binder
Publisher:Bloomsbury Circus
Call Number:813.600 / B22
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Germany, 1945, and the bombs are falling. In Heidenfeld, Etta and her husband Josef roam an empty nest: their eldest son Max is fighting on the frontlines, while fifteen-year-old Georg has swapped books for guns at a school for the Hitler Youth. At home, news of the war provokes daily doses of fear as the planes grow closer, taking one city after the next.
When Max is unexpectedly discharged, Etta is relieved to have her eldest home and safe. But soon after he arrives, it’s clear that the boy who left is not the same as the one returned. With Georg miles away and a husband confronting his own difficult feelings towards patriotic duty, Etta alone must gather the pieces of a splintering family, determined to hold them together in the face of an uncertain future.
ADMISSIONS: A LIFE IN BRAIN SURGERY
Author:Henry Marsh
Publisher:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Call Number:617.400 / M1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the NHS, and through his continuing work in Nepal and Ukraine, Henry has been forced to reflect more deeply about what forty years spent handling the human brain has taught him.
Moving between encounters with patients in his London hospital, to those he treats in the more extreme circumstances of his work abroad, Henry faces up to the overwhelming burden of responsibility that can come with trying to reduce human suffering. Unearthing memories of his early days as a medical student, and the experiences that shaped him as a young surgeon, he explores the difficulties of a profession that deals in probabilities rather than certainties, and where the consequences of your decisions alter not just the life of a patient but also of those around them.
DILBERT AND THE WAY OF THE WEASEL
Author:Scott Adams
Publisher:Boxtree
Call Number:741.500 / A6
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In this hilarious new analysis of the world of work, Scott introduces the Weasel Zone – the giant grey area between good moral behavior and outright criminality. It’s where your co-workers, bosses, salespeople, CEOs, human resource executives, hotel clerks, home repair people, family and loved ones reside.
Way of the Weasel reveals the secrets of these slippery characters: how to recognize them, how they operate, how to stop them in their tracks and how you, too, can become a weasel.
THE DILBERT FUTURE
Author:Scott Adams
Publisher:Boxtree
Call Number:741.500 / A7
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Moving beyond the corporate world of his cartoon character, Dilbert, Scott Adams turns his analytic focus on how human greed, stupidity and horniness will shape the future. With his usual mixture of essays and cartoons, the book offers predictions on business, technology, society and government.
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE PARADISE
Author:Nathaniel Sario
Publisher:Fixi Novo
Call Number:899.280 / N2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The first corpse belongs to Tommy Asandu, the town’s notorious bad boy. Given the fact that most people hated him, the news of his death was met with indifference or even outright glee. Newcomer Wesley Lawrence Moysin, a former journalist, is drawn to investigate the case to recover some of his lost mojo. He teams up with the lovely Delilah, of the All-Convenience Store, while secretly hoping that their relationship can go further.
Together, they navigate their way through a web of deceit, money, drugs and power in order to find out if there’s Big Trouble in this Little Paradise.
VERSION ZERO
Author:David Yoon
Publisher:Harper Collins
Call Number:813.600 / Y3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Max works for Wren, the world’s most powerful social media company, on a project so secret he can tell no one about it. But one day he discovers something sinister going on beneath the surface of the organization. A terrible secret that makes him rethink the true consequences of modern technology.
Fired for asking the wrong questions, Max joins up with his two best friends to form Version Zero, a top-secret group with a simple goal: break the internet and build something better and kinder in its place…
THE WATER BOOK
Author:Alok Jha
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Call Number:550.000 / J1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In The Water Book Alok Jha takes us on a dual journey. First to Antarctica, where the power and importance of water is made manifest in the great ice fields, icebergs and world-shaping weather systems of the Southern Ocean. And secondly, on a parallel scientific voyage that will take us from the origins of water in the Big Bang, through the beginnings of life on Earth, the shaping of our civilizations and out into space again as water becomes the key marker in our search for life in the solar system and beyond.
THE MARVEL STUDIOS STORY: HOW A FAILING COMIC BOOK PUBLISHER BECAME A HOLLYWOOD SUPERHERO
Author:Stephanie and Charlie Wetzel
Publisher:Harpercollins Leadership
Call Number:338.700 / S2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The Marvel Studios Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled a struggling comic book publisher to parlay the power of myth and storytelling into becoming one of the most successful movie studios of all time.
This book educates readers on how one of the largest creative companies in the planetary universe runs their business while keeping their fans clamoring for more and their parent company, Disney, counting the profits.
BIOGRAPHIC REMBRANDT
Author:Sophie Collins
Publisher:Ammonite Press
Call Number:759.940 / C1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Biographic Rembrandt is a book about the life and work of the great Dutch painter Rembrandt. Instead of long stories, it uses short facts, timelines, and pictures to explain who he was. The book shows his childhood, his family, and his career as an artist. It also tells about his money problems and personal struggles. Readers learn about his most famous paintings and why his art was different from others.
With easy words and bright illustrations, the book gives a quick and clear look at Rembrandt’s life. It is perfect for anyone who wants to learn about him simply.
PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF (BOOK 1)
Author:Rick Riordan
Publisher:Puffin
Call Number:813.600 / R25(1)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a half-god, the son of Poseidon. Zeus’s lightning bolt is stolen, and Percy is blamed. To stop a war between the gods, Percy goes on a dangerous trip to find the bolt and return it. His friends Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, and Grover, a satyr, join him. Along the way, they fight monsters, face traps, and discover secrets about Percy’s past. Percy must clear his name, bring the bolt back to Zeus, and accept that the world of Greek gods and monsters is real.
PERCY JACKSON AND THE SEA OF MONSTERS (BOOK 2)
Author:Rick Riordan
Publisher:Puffin
Call Number:813.600 / R25(2)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, Percy learns that Camp Half-Blood is in danger because its magic borders are breaking. To save the camp, he must find the Golden Fleece, which can protect and heal the camp. Percy goes on a risky journey across the Sea of Monsters with Annabeth and his new cyclops half-brother, Tyson. They fight scary creatures, survive dangerous waters, and face old enemies. Percy also discovers more about a prophecy that tells of his future. Together, they must rescue their friend Grover and bring the Golden Fleece back before time runs out.
PERCY JACKSON AND THE TITAN’S CURSE (BOOK 3)
Author:Rick Riordan
Publisher:Puffin
Call Number:813.600 / R25(3)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse, Percy gets a warning from his friend Grover, who has found two new half-bloods. A monster attacks, and the goddess Artemis helps but then goes missing. Percy goes on a dangerous journey with Annabeth, Thalia, and Artemis’s Hunters to find her before the winter solstice. They fight powerful monsters and discover that the evil Titan lord Kronos is getting stronger. Percy must save Artemis, protect his friends, and learn more about a prophecy that could change the future of the gods and his own life.
THE BOOKSHOP WOMAN
Author:Nanako Hanada
Publisher:Brazen
Call Number:895.600 / H3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Nanako Hanada’s life has hit rock bottom. She’s separated from her husband, living between 4-hour capsule hostels and pokey internet cafes in Tokyo. Work is going no better, and sales at her eccentric Village Vanguard bookstore continue to dwindle.
That’s when Nanako downloads an app called PerfectStrangers which offers users 30 minutes with someone they’ll never see again. Styling herself as The Sexy Bookseller, she recommends her matches ‘the book that will change their life.’ In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of strangers and some of them want more than just a book…
Swinging open the door to a secret side of Tokyo, The Bookshop Woman is a true story about the beauty of diving into a book and resurfacing on the last page, ready to breathe freely.
SHELF LIFE: WRITERS ON BOOKS AND READING
Author:Alex Johnson
Publisher:The British Library
Call Number:306.400 / J1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The delights of bibliomania are nothing new. Books—— reading, collecting and the physical housing of them ——have brought the book-lover joy, and pain, for centuries. Countless writers have tried to capture the particular relationships we form with our libraries, and the troubles we will undergo to preserve them.
Shelf Life brings together the thoughts of literary greats on the subject of books and reading over the last 400 years. Prepare yourself to hear William Gladstone’s thoughts on the best way to store your books, what Roosevelt packed for a spot of alfresco reading, the dangers of letting children (the ‘enemies of books’) near your collection, and Kipling’s advice on why books are necessary for leading the good life.
WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP
Author:Hwang Bo-Reum;Translated By Shanna Tan
Publisher:Bloomsbury
Call Number:895.700 / H2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Yeongju did everything she was supposed to: go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop.
In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married coffee roaster, and the writer who sees something special in Yeongju – they all have disappointments in their past. The Hyunam-dong Bookshop becomes the place where they all learn how to truly live.
SOYANGRI BOOK KITCHEN
Author:Kim Jee Hye;Translated By Shanna Tan
Publisher:Harvill
Call Number:895.700 / K1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In a peaceful village in the countryside, far from the bustling heart of Seoul, lies a book lovers’ paradise. With its wafts of delicious food and book-filled shelves, Soyangri Book Kitchen is managed by its plucky proprietor Yoojin. Her aim? To create a sanctuary for weary souls like herself.
But the book kitchen is more than just a place to eat or read – it’s a place which offers its guests a true escape, not just inside the pages of its many books, but in the warm embrace of an overnight bookstay.
Over the course of a year, seven individuals, all at a crossroads in their lives, find their way to Yoojin’s book kitchen. Among them are Da-in, a singer grappling with an identity crisis, Sohee, a promising lawyer confronted with a daunting medical diagnosis, and Soohyuk, a young musical director whose dreams have been stifled by failure.
As they arrive in Soyangri, each of them will find their life transformed by the magic of its books and the kindness of its people.
EVERY DAY I READ
Author:Hwang Bo-Reum; TRANSLATED BY SHANNA TAN
Publisher:Bloomsbury
Call Number:895.700 / H1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Every Day I Read provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection and encourages book-lovers to explore what reading means to each of us. While this is a book about books, at its heart it is an attitude to life. Readers and non-readers alike will take something away from it, including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY
Author:Michiko Aoyama; Translated By Alison Watts
Publisher:Penguin Books
Call Number:895.600 / A1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
So asks Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for, and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it.
A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother tries to overcome demotion at work after maternity leave, a conscientious accountant yearns to open an antiques store, a recently retired salaryman searches for newfound purpose.
In Komachi’s unique book recommendation, they will find just what they need to achieve their dreams.
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN: A MEMOIR IN BOOKS
Author:Azar Nafisi
Publisher:Random House
Call Number:820.900 / A1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. Some of the women came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular, some had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they removed their veils and began to speak more freely their stories intertwining with the novels they were reading by Jane Austen, E Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov.
As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, as fundamentalists seized hold of the universities and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the women in Nafisi’s living room spoke not only of the books they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams and disappointments.
NIGHTBOOKS
Author:J.A.White
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:813.600 / W12
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
When Alex sneaks out in the middle of the night, he becomes imprisoned by the witch Natacha in her magical apartment. Another child in the apartment, Yasmin, assures Alex that she’s already tried every means of escape. Only Natacha holds the bonekeys that lead back to their world, and she’ll never part from them.
But Natacha likes stories. And Alex’s only chance for survival is to keep Natacha satisfied by reading her one of his own hair-raising tales each night. Except Alex is running out of time – and original stories – and he’s desperate for a way out of this twisted place.
MENCARI BAYANG ADELAIDE
Penulis:Witer Gunik
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / W6
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Kekuatan dan keistimewaan karya ini terletak pada kesejagatan tema dan amanat dalam setiap cerita yang disampaikan. Adunan cerita dan mesej yang ditampilkan sarat dengan makna kemanusiaan yang harus ditaakul oleh pembaca.
Kepelbagaian watak yang terdiri daripada pelbagai bangsa dan agama membuatkan cerpen-cerpen dalam buku ini tidak mudah untuk dilupakan. Pengarang berjaya menggambarkan latar tempat secara hidup dan meyakinkan, di samping latar masyarakat yang mampu menjana imaginatif kreatif dan merangsang pemikiran pembaca.
Terdapat nilai tambah dalam kebanyakan cerpen, dan ini memberikan pengetahuan yang berguna kepada pembaca. Penggunaan bahasa yang baik dan gaya naratif yang berkesan menjadikan kumpulan cerpen ini sangat menarik untuk tatapan umum.
KELARAI IMPIAN
Penulis:Paridah Ishak
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / P4
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Aisyah, seorang gadis yang bercita-cita tinggi, mahu melanjutkan pelajaran sehingga ke peringkat tertinggi walaupun serba kekurangan. Kesedaran betapa pentingnya pendidikan menjadi tunjang utama Aisyah menganyam impiannya.
Kemiskinan menghalang Aisyah tetapi dia akhirnya dibantu oleh Salina dan Zahari, juga Faizal, jejaka yang akhirnya menawan hati Aisyah. Mereka terpisah antara benua apabila Faizal melanjutkan pelajaran ke luar negara. Tanpa diduga, keluarganya menerima pinangan Syamsi. Aisyah terluka tetapi tidak tergamak melukakan hati ibu dan ayahnya. Dia menerima tetapi dengan syarat dia mahu melanjutkan pelajaran. Kemudian, satu per satu peristiwa berlaku dalam hidupnya begitu merobek hati Aisyah. Faizal pergi meninggalkannya tanpa pesan. Syamsi pula menderita sakit tanpa diduga.
Perjalanan Aisyah dalam menuntut ilmu masih jauh. Hanya tinggal Salina dan Zahari yang tetap setia menyokong Aisyah. Dapatkah Aisyah bertahan? Mampukah gadis ini menganyam kelarai impiannya dengan sempurna atau itu cuma mimpi indah yang singgah untuk menghiasi tidurnya?
JOURNAL OF TERROR – KEMBAR
Penulis:Sweta Kartika
Penerbit:Kadokawa Gempak Starz
Nombor Panggilan:890.000 / K1(5027):1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Nama aku Prana. Aku mampu melihat penghuni ‘dunia lain’ melalui mata kembarku yang sudah meninggal dunia. Tidak pernah diduga, kemampuan ini membawa aku ke gerbang pengembaraan menuju dunia kegelapan.
Inilah catatan harian aku. Kompilasi kisah seram yang dihimpun dalam sebuah jurnal. Jurnal penuh misteri. Jurnal penuh ketakutan.
JOURNAL OF TERROR 2 – JELMAAN
Penulis:Sweta Kartika
Penerbit:Kadokawa Gempak Starz
Nombor Panggilan:890.000 / K1(5026):1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Nama aku Sukma. Aku mampu melihat alam ghaib, tetapi aku tidak maksudkan makhluk mistik biasa. Alam ghaib bukan sekadar hantu semata-mata. Banyak hal lebih tabu yang tidak terjangkau oleh usiaku.
Sudah lama aku rasakan kemampuanku ini wujud untuk tujuan tertentu. Tujuan yang mungkin lebih besar daripada apa yang aku mampu bayangkan.
KKN DI DESA PENARI
Penulis:Simpleman
Penerbit:Kadokawa Gempak Starz
Nombor Panggilan:890.000 / K1(5029):1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Di saat motosikal meluncur laju menembusi hutan, Widya terdengar bunyi paluan gamelan. Sayup-sayup kedengaran dan terasa semakin dekat. Tiba-tiba pandangan Widya tertuju pada sesusuk wanita yang seakan sedang menari. Melenggak-lenggok mengikuti irama muzik gamelan yang semakin kuat dipalu. ‘Siapa yang menari dalam gelap macam ni?’ 30 minit sudah berlalu. Bumbung rumah hampir dapat dilihat melalui samar-samar cahaya walaupun hari sudah gelap.
Dari kisah yang menggemparkan dunia maya, ‘KKN di Desa Penari’ kini diceritakan dalam helaian penulisan lebih terperinci. Mengisahkan Widya, Nur dan rakan-rakan serta babak yang belum pernah dikongsi di mana-mana sebelum ini.
THE FIRST 90 DAYS EDISI BAHASA MELAYU
Penulis:Michael D. Watkins
Penerbit:Pts Publishing House
Nombor Panggilan:658.000 / W2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
The First 90 Days oleh Michael D.Watkins menjelaskan betapa kritikalnya 90 hari pertama dengan pekerjaan kepimpinan baru, serta menawarkan peta jalan dan strategi bagi mereka yang sedang menghadapi fasa peralihan kepimpinan profesional.
Michael D.Watkins adalah pakar kepimpinan dan perundingan yang terkenal. Beliau adalah Profesor Kepimpinan dan Perubahan Organisasi di IMD Business School, pengasas bersama Genesis Advisers, dan mempunyai dua dekad pengalaman bekerja dalam bidang kepimpinan.
ARNAB DENGAN KURA-KURA BERLUMBA LAGI
Penulis:Nima Muhammad
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / N26
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Arnab dengan Kura-kura Berlumba Lagi mengisahkan arnab yang tidak berpuas hati dengan kura-kura kerana kalah dalam satu perlumbaan. Arnab meminta perlumbaan kedua diadakan. Dalam perlumbaan kedua itu, arnab menang. Arnab berasa gembira dan bangga. Arnab menjadi semakin sombong. Kawan-kawan kura-kura tidak berpuas hati dengan sikap arnab itu. Mereka meminta perlumbaan ketiga diadakan. Adakah nasib masih menyebelahi arnab?
KUMPULAN PUISI REMAJA: DI PADANG ILMU
Penulis:Jamaludin D.
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.281 / J1
Tempat:Zon C
Sinopsis:
Kumpulan puisi remaja ini adalah untuk renungan, dibaca, dirasa, dan dihayati oleh para remaja sekalian dalam proses memahami kehidupan sebenar di muka bumi ini. Melalui pembacaan, penghayatan dan deklamasi, para remaja dapat menikmati dan membuat andaian sendiri setelah proses mencintai bait-baitnya dilaksanakan dan ditekuni penuh minat.
Inilah seni untuk menggemblengkan apa yang terkandung dalam sanubari masing-masing ke arah pencapaian sesuatu yang murni. Hasrat akan terlaksana kerana keikhlasan itu memimpin ke jalan benar.
RUMAH KERTAS
Penulis:Carlos Maria Dominguez
Penerbit:The Biblio Press
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / D4
Tempat:Zon C
Sinopsis:
Bluma Lennon, seorang profesor kesusasteraan Amerika Latin yang disegani di Cambridge, meninggal dunia secara tragis setelah dilanggar kereta, ketika sedang asyik membaca puisi Emily Dickinson.
Beberapa bulan setelah kematian Bluma, sebuah bungkusan misteri tiba dari Argentina – sesalinan novel Joseph Conrad yang tersalut simen, dengan coretan dedikasi yang misteri. Pengganti Bluma di Cambridge, iaitu bekas kekasihnya, berangkat ke Buenos Aires untuk mencari pengirim bungkusan itu, Carlos Brauer yang menghilang tanpa jejak.
Brauer dipercayai telah berhijrah ke sebuah kawasan terpencil di pantai Uruguay. Di sana beliau membina sebuah rumah dengan batu-bata yang diperbuat daripada koleksi bukunya yang berharga, menyerlahkan ketaksubannya terhadap buku.
Kisah pencarian ini menjadi nadi novella ‘Rumah Kertas’, yang memadukan elemen enigma dengan sentuhan komedi sosial yang segar.
KUMPULAN CERPEN: MEMBACA TAKDIR
Penulis:Shapiai Muhammad Ramly
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / S48
Tempat:Zon C
Sinopsis:
Membaca Takdir menghimpunkan 23 buah cerpen yang mengangkat pelbagai tema dan persoalan yang mencakupi isu kekeluargaan, psikologi, kemasyarakatan, politik, patriotisme dan keagamaan. Tema dan persoalan ini digarap melalui pemaparan idea yang bersifat moraliti dan menuntut kesedaran pembaca. Persembahan penulisan dengan gaya bahasa yang baik dan puitis, pasti akan dapat menghidupkan daya imaginatif pembaca sekaligus menjadikan karya ini sebuah himpunan cerpen yang menarik dan sesuai untuk semua peringkat pembaca.
MALAM DALAM AKSARA YANG PANJANG
Penulis:Syed Ahmad Fathi
Penerbit:The Biblio Press
Nombor Panggilan:899.284 / S4
Tempat:Zon C
Sinopsis:
Sepi malam ditemani secawan kopi sangat asyik jika dapat diisi dengan aksara yang panjang, baik melalui pembacaan atau penulisan. Malam adalah sebuah rumah yang teduh untuk diisi dengan aksara.
Buku ini merupakan sebuah rumah yang teduh yang diisi dengan pengalaman dan refleksi penulis sepanjang beberapa tahun kelananya dalam dunia kepengarangan. Buku ini juga merupakan satu perayaan yang ingin menghargai dunia kepengarangan dan kehidupan yang melingkarinya.
Perayaan ini diharapkan dapat merawat jiwa-jiwa dengan beberapa perkongsian dalam bait-bait aksaranya.