A beautiful story of nature, family, bravery, and a touch of something magical.
There are faces in the hedge at the end of the garden, and a nest of tiny fantails, and that’s where nine-year-old Annie goes to play one hot summer while her father works up at the lighthouse.
One after another, an earthquake and a terrible wind leave Annie with losses that seem irreplaceable, and her little brother Robbie emerges as the only person who can help her find what she’s lost. Him and the tigrish.
PIGEON GUIDED MISSILES: AND 49 OTHER IDEAS THAT NEVER TOOK OFF
Author:James Moore & Paul Nero
Publisher:The History Press
Call Number:609.000 / M1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
During the Second World War an American psychologist made the amazing discovery that pigeons could be trained to track objects and, when loaded into the nose cone of a missile, guide the weapon to its target. Pigeon-Guided Missiles tells this and other fascinating stories of daring plans from history that could have radically changed the world – yet somehow failed to take off.
Discover British Rail’s plan for a spaceship, the scheme to cover Manhattan in a glass dome and why the Victorian Channel Tunnel hit a dead end. From nuclear-powered cars to Thomas Edison’s concrete furniture, this book explores fifty exciting ideas that either became victims of the eccentric figures behind them, succumbed to financial and political misfortune, or were simply just too far ahead of their time.
TOYOLS ‘R’ US
Author:Terence Toh
Publisher:Fixi Novo
Call Number:899.280 / T3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
All around Kuala Lumpur, people are being found dead in their homes, their bodies completely drained of blood. The victims have nothing in common…except they were all suspiciously wealthy.
At a crime scene, Inspector Khairul encounters the enigmatic Detective Fara Astaka, an occult investigator who reveals to him the hidden supernatural side of Kuala Lumpur. Someone is manipulating the city’s toyols, turning them from mischievous thieves to vicious killers!
There is a company right at the heart of this: TOYOLS ‘R’ US. While it appears cheery on the surface, there are sinister schemes at work behind its attractive promotions and free umbrella deals. How is the company connected to the murders? And can Khairul and Fara catch the killer?
JUST MERCY (ADAPTED FOR YOUNG ADULTS): A TRUE STORY OF THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
Author:Bryan Stevenson
Publisher:Ember
Call Number:340.000 / S1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Stevenson’s story is one of working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society – the poor, the wrongly convicted, and those whose lives have been marked by discrimination and marginalization. Through this adaptation, young people of today will find themselves called to action and compassion in the pursuit of justice.
Proceeds of this book will go to charity to help in Stevenson’s important work to benefit the voiceless and the vulnerable as they attempt to navigate the broken U.S. justice system.
MATHEMATICS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NUMBERS
Author:Tom Jackson
Publisher:Shelter Harbor Press
Call Number:510.000 / J1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Knowledge does not arrive fully formed, it takes many minds to puzzle over the evidence and, step by step, edge ever closer to the truth. Here we track the work of history’s greatest mathematicians, ancient and modern.
Our story includes the most famous math men of all: Pythagoras, whose love of numbers led to a violent death and made him perhaps a murderer; Fibo nacci, whose guide for bookkeepers changed the way we add; and Descartes, who took inspiration from a fly to convert numbers into shapes and back again changing math forever.
Take a journey that goes beyond school-day sums and get a glimpse of the true power of mathematics.
THE LITTLE BOOK OF POLITICS
Author:Sam Atkinson
Publisher:DK
Call Number:320.000 / A2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Packed with infographics and flowcharts that explain complex concepts in a simple but exciting way, this book introduce politics and political thought throughout history.
From the origins of democracy to Machiavelli’s cunning statecraft, and from Rousseau’s “social contract” to the American Declaration of Independence, Marxist communism, the dawn of populism, and identity politics, The Little Book of Politics examines the philosophies behind the different political beliefs and methods of government used around the world over the course of human history.
THE DRUG BOOK: FROM ARSENIC TO XANAX, 250 MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF DRUGS
Author:Michael C.Gerald
Publisher:Sterling
Call Number:615.100 / G1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Which drug has been described as both a “delight giver” and a “liberate of sin”? Can a “smart drug” make you smart?
The author explores 250 of the most intriguing drug milestone from herbs to cutting-edge chemicals and looks at the crucial moments in the development of life-altering, life-saving, and sometimes life-endangering drugs.
THE 13-STOREY TREEHOUSE
Author:Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Publisher:Macmillan Children’s Books
Call Number:741.500 / G2(1)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Andy and Terry live in the world’s best treehouse! It’s got a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you’re hungry! Just watch out for the sea monkeys, and the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys, and the giant mutant mermaid sea monster . . . Oh, and, whatever you do, don’t get trapped in a burp-gas-filled bubble . . . !
Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!
THE 26-STOREY TREEHOUSE
Author:Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Publisher:Macmillan Children’s Books
Call Number:741.500 / G2(2)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Andy and Terry live in a 26-story treehouse. It has a bumper car rink, a skate ramp, an antigravity chamber, an ice cream parlor with 78 flavors, and the Maze of Doom -a maze so complicated that nobody who has gone in has ever come out again. Well, not yet, anyway.
This time, the two friends have a whole week to finish their next book, and Andy even knows what it should be about the story of how he and Terry first met. But, life is never boring in the treehouse, and emergency shark operations, giant storms, and wooden pirate heads are just the beginning….
THE 39-STOREY TREEHOUSE
Author:Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Publisher:Macmillan Children’s Books
Call Number:741.500 / G2(3)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Andy and Terry’s amazing treehouse has thirteen new levels! They’ve added a chocolate waterfall you can swim in, a volcano for toasting marshmallows, a bulldozer-battling level, a baby-dinosaur-petting zoo, a not-very-merry merry-go-round, a boxing elephant called the Trunkinator, an X-ray room, a disco with light-up dance floor, the world’s scariest roller coaster and a top-secret thirty-ninth level which hasn’t even been finished yet!
But how can they enjoy all this brilliant stuff when they have to write a book faster they’ve ever done before?
THE 52-STOREY TREEHOUSE
Author:Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Publisher:Macmillan Children’s Books
Call Number:741.500 / G2(4)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Andy and Terry live in a 52-Storey treehouse. It has a chainsaw-juggling level, a make-your-own-pizza parlor, a rocket-powered carrot-launcher, a life-size snakes and ladders game, a remembering booth, a Ninja Snail Training Academy and a high-tech detective agency, with all the latest high-tech detective technology, including the Disguise-o-Matic 5000!
Something that is sure to come in handy as they try to solve the mystery of:
What happened to Mr. Big Nose?
THE 65-STOREY TREEHOUSE
Author:Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Publisher:Macmillan Children’s Books
Call Number:741.500 / G2(5)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Andy and Terry’s amazing 65-Storey Treehouse now has a pet-grooming salon, a birthday room where it’s always your birthday, a room full of exploding eyeballs, a lollipop shop, a quicksand pit, an ant farm, a time machine and Tree-NN: a 24-hour-a-day TV news center keeping you up to date with all the latest treehouse news, current events and gossip.
WHITE TORTURE: INTERVIEWS WITH IRANIAN WOMEN PRISONERS
Author:Narges Mohammadi
Publisher:Oneworld
Call Number:323.000 / M1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In White Torture, fourteen women, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, share their experiences of imprisonment: harassment and beatings by guards, total blindfolding and denial of medical treatment. Angry interrogators threaten their families and lie about their whereabouts. One prisoner is even told she is dead.
None of the women have committed crimes, they are prisoners of conscience or held hostage as bargaining chips. Through torture, the Iranian state hopes to remake their souls. These interviews, carried out while each woman was in prison or facing charges, are astounding documents of resistance and integrity. As Iranians still fight for Woman, Life, Freedom, White Torture indicts the regime for its crimes.
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY: A TRAVELLER’S GUIDE FROM ASWAN TO ALEXANDRIA
Author:Garry J. Shaw
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Call Number:932.000 / S3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The myths of ancient Egypt have survived in fragments of ancient hymns and paintings on the walls of tombs and temples, spells inked across coffins and stories scrawled upon scrolls. Shaw not only retells these stories with his characteristic wit, but also reconnects them to the temples and monuments that still stand today, offering a fresh look at the most visited sites in Egypt.
Shaw’s evocative descriptions of the ancient ruins will transport you to another landscape including the magnificent sites of Dendera, Tell el-Amarna, Edfu, and Thebes. Illustrations throughout bring to life the creation of the world and the nebulous netherworld, the complicated relationships between fickle gods, powerful magicians and pharaohs, and eternal battles on a cosmic scale. This is the perfect companion to the myths of Egypt and the gods and goddesses that shaped its ancient landscape.
DAVID COPPERFIELD’S HISTORY OF MAGIC
Author:David Copperfield, Richard Wiseman, David Britland
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Call Number:793.800 / C1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
David Copperfield’s History of Magic takes you on a wild journey through the remarkable feats of the greatest magicians in history.
The result is a sweeping tale that reveals how these astonishing performers were outsiders who used magic to escape class challenge convention, transform popular culture, explore the innermost workings of the human mind, and inspire scientific discovery.
I HAVE A DREAM
Author:Martin Luther King Jr.
Publisher:Martin Luther King Jr. Library
Call Number:323.100 / K1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
“I Have A Dream,” Dr. King’s keynote speech would energize a movement and change the course of history.
Profound and deeply moving, it is as relevant today as it was nearly sixty years earlier. This beautifully designed hardcover edition presents Dr. King’s speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.
THE ELEMENTS: A VISUAL HISTORY OF THEIR DISCOVERY
Author:Philip Ball
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Call Number:546.000 / B1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
This book draws on a rich range of images, including gorgeous alchemical documents as well as portraits, colour charts, woodcuts of mining, artefacts, advertisements and postage stamps.
This book contains spans several millennia, from prehistory to the age of atomic bombs and particle accelerators. Also Explores how chemistry developed from a trial-and-error craft into a systematic modern science that provides us with new materials, medicines and so much more.
THE ART OF DINING: A HISTORY OF COOKING & EATING
Author:Sara Paston-Williams
Publisher:National Trust
Call Number:641.000 / W1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Behind the curious ingredients and mysterious language of old cookery books lies a completely different world, where the foods that we take for granted were often not available, their preparation, cooking and preservation were laborious and skilful tasks, and the art of dining reflected social attitudes quite removed from modern practice.
Sara Paston-Williams has used the great wealth of records at National Trust houses to produce this carefully researched book. She explores how dining habits have evolved over time, from the cavernous kitchens of medieval houses such as Cotehele in Cornwall to the highly developed technology of Victorian service areas like the one at Cragside in Northumberland, whether producing food for ornate dining rooms or intimate parlours.
ON THE ORIGINS OF SPORTS: THE EARLY HISTORY AND ORIGINAL RULES OF EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE GAMES
Author:Gary Belsky, Neil Fine
Publisher:Artisan
Call Number:796.000 / B1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
On the Origins of Sports brings together the original rules of the games we love and the fascinating stories of where they came from. Annotations explaining how the rules have changed abound, and visual charts illustrate everything from the evolution of the baseball glove to iconic trophies to the relative sizes of our playing fields. It’s history, trivia, reference, and the fun of sports all in one.
THE STRANGEWORLDS TRAVEL AGENCY
Author:L.D.Lapinski
Publisher:Orion Children’s Books
Call Number:823.920 / L11
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
When 12-year-old Flick Hudson is invited to join the secret Strangeworlds Society, she’s thrilled but quickly realizes that something isn’t right in the magical multiverse. Blizzards are hitting in the middle of summer, entire city streets are disappearing, and one suitcase leads her to a world that has been completely abandoned.
Soon, Flick is breaking all sorts of society rules and pushing the very limits of magic to try and figure out what’s going on. But will she be able to fix things before all the worlds including her own vanish completely?
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING: STORIES ABOUT SONS, FATHERS AND GRANDFATHERS
Author:Avi
Publisher:Walker Books
Call Number:813.540 / A17
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In this compellingly honest collection of stories, Avi introduces seven boys seeking acceptance, guidance, or just someone to look up to. Luke sees the ghost of his father. Paul takes a camping trip with the grandfather he’s just met. And Ryan has some surprising questions for his potential stepfather.
Each story shines a different light on the question, “What’s the most important thing a father can do for his son?”
THE LITTLE BOOK OF HISTORY
Author:Gareth Jones
Publisher:DK
Call Number:909.000 / D3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Why did democracy emerge in ancient Greece? How did Spain conquer South and Central America? What caused the fall of the Berlin Wall?
The Little Book of History answers these questions and more. Packed with simple explanations, witty illustrations, and diagrams that untangle ideas behind the events that have shaped our world, you’ll find plenty to intrigue you in this book, whether you’re a novice, a student, or an armchair historian.
ANCIENT CHINESE ARTS
Author:Yang Haiming, Ma Junfen
Publisher:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Call Number:951.000 / D1(1)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Art is a kind of ideology conveyed through the images created by men to reflect their social life. It is born of reality but is more representative than reality. Traditional Chinese arts refer to the art forms and works passed down from one generation to another throughout history.
The time-honored tradition of Chinese arts boasts brilliant achievements. Since its birth, traditional Chinese arts have formed its unique national features and art spirits with the efforts of heritance and innovation by generations of artists. The artists have been devoting their wisdom and diligence to enrich the tradition, thus creating the most splendid landscape in Chinese culture.
ANCIENT CHINESE FESTIVALS
Author:Qian Xisheng
Publisher:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Call Number:951.000 / D1(2)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The economic activities in ancient China was dominated by agriculture, hence people then placed much reliance on natural times for their living, closely attending to the variations of the natural world. It is for this reason that traditional Chinese festivals was a simultaneous product of agricultural civilization, which were designated at various time nodes of the year.
The Chinese tradition of festival activities is combined cultures from a different periods that responds to natural alteration and social interaction through a long history of more than 2000 years.
ANCIENT CHINESE TEACHINGS
Author:Wang Haiyan, Xu Ying, Chen Guoan
Publisher:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Call Number:951.000 / D1(3)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
This is a book which introduces the readers to have basic understanding about ancient Chinese teachings. Ranging from wisdom, being and non-being, non-aggression, democracy, oneness of heaven and man, education, history, materialism, warcraft, unity, social man and politics, all the cultural teachings by ancient scholars like Confucius, Laozi, Mozi, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi and more are linked to modern life and society.
It can be said that even the teachings were from different dynasties, yet they are still applicable and acceptable in today’s society.
ANCIENT CHINESE PROSE
Author:Zhang Xiuling
Publisher:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Call Number:951.000 / D1(4)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Ancient Chinese prose is generally lyric, argumentative, descriptive or narrative. With their wide coverage, diverse subjects and beautiful expressions, these writings can expose the students to multiple cultural traditions, nurture their spirits and enhance their qualities.
As a spatial-temporal record and linguistic reflection of the moral ideals, social activities and interpersonal communications of ancient Chinese, prose is an indispensable part of ancient Chinese literature. It perfectly mirrors the sense and sensation, behavioural patterns and aesthetic pursuits of various social groups at various stages in history. This endows the genre with great ideological and cognitive significance.
ANCIENT CHINESE CI POETRY
Author:Xue Yukun
Publisher:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Call Number:951.000 / D1(5)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Ci poetry is generally use to express emotions and sentiments, it inherits the tradition of expressing one’s detached interest in secluded rural life through the depict of pastoral landscapes, Ci poem derived from kind of popular lyrical songs in the ancient times, most of which are songs of love affairs and daily fun, without profound social and political senses.
Therefore, poets prefer not to adopt Ci poems to expose social darkness, to reveal common people’s sufferings, nor to convey other serious and thoughtful themes.
ANCIENT CHINESE HISTORY
Author:Ma Yazhong
Publisher:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Call Number:951.000 / D1(6)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
China has a history of over 5000 years, spanning from the sovereign eras of the ancient emperors and kings to the administrations of the modern day. Ancient China was ruled by dozens of dynasties.
This book brings together twelve historical stories from different dynasties. It is compiled with the purpose of trying to combine the ideological quintessence of our historical culture with the core sense of the value of socialism. The book aims to encourage children to develop a national consciousness, whereby they care about our nation from a very young age.
ANCIENT CHINESE SPORTS
Author:Yong Ming, Jin Gang
Publisher:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Call Number:951.000 / D1(7)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Chinese civilization has a long history and sports represents a long and enduring strand within this. The earliest Chinese sports were developed from pre-existing practices that were aimed at self-defense. In order to improve their ability to fight against nature, people consciously practiced walking, running, jumping and casting.
They can be said to have belonged to the early stages of human civilization and are thus replete with primitive and mysterious color, usually blending together religion, worship and labor activities. The diligence and wisdom, not to mention the great creativity and imagination, of the people is disclosed through sport.
ANCIENT CHINESE GEOGRAPHY
Author:Huang Zhenwet
Publisher:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Call Number:951.000 / D1(8)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Ancient Chinese Geography covers three main areas: it accounts for how the ancient Chinese people came to recognize, utilize and adapt to their surroundings; records of China’s landscape, political and territorial changes, agriculture, and indigenous cultures; and descriptions of China’s natural terrain and historical sites discovered by exploration.
Books relevant to such areas are now labeled “historical and geographical works.” With the advancement of social progress, the relation between people and nature has changed fundamentally as shown in their changes of concepts of geography, which reveals that people gradually became concerned with the surrounding countries in addition to their own. Ancient Chinese geographical works entertain us with spectacular landscapes, rich histories, and splendid human culture and literature.
THE LOST STORYTELLER
Author:Amanda Block
Publisher:Hodder Studio
Call Number:813.600 / B24
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Rebecca last saw her father Leo when she was six and has since pushed him firmly from her mind. But when a journalist turns up asking questions about Leo, once a famous children’s TV star, Rebecca wonders if there might be more to his absence. Looking for answers, Rebecca unearths a book of fairy tales written by Leo, dedicated to her. Tentatively, she begins to piece together Leo’s past from the people he knew and her own hazy memories, yet she keeps returning to the magical, melancholic fairy tales…
Could they contain more truth than make-believe? Perhaps they are the key to unlocking the mystery of her father, the lost storyteller: to revealing what happened to him and even where he might be now.
AFTER THE FLOOD
Author:Kassandra Montag
Publisher:The Borough Press
Call Number:813.600 / M26
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In the wake of the floods, Myra and her daughter Pearl have learned to survive. They make do, find reasons to live despite the chaos around them, find contentment. But there is a constant longing that plagues Myra that began seven years ago, when her husband Jacob took their daughter Row and left Myra behind.
When a chance encounter reveals that Row might be within reach, Myra and Pearl pack up their lives and begin a dangerous journey into the heart of the sea, risking everything and everyone for a chance at family that may never come again.
MORGAN CHARMLEY: SPELLS AND SECRETS
Author:Katy Birchall
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:823.920 / B11
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Morgan Charmley must keep her magical powers under control and undercover at school tricky when her best mate, warlock Owen, is playing pranks on her. And when Morgan accidentally finds herself on the school quiz team, a fellow secret witch seems out to sabotage her.
She’s the girl who can cast spells with a click of her fingers but can she stay out of trouble?
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE UNIVERSE
Author:Chris Cooper
Publisher:Portico
Call Number:523.100 / C1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
From planet Earth to the furthest reaches of the Universe, here you’ll find everything you need to know (and more besides) about the awe-inspiring cosmos we inhabit. Starting with the stars and planets visible to the naked eye, this trailblazing book will take you on an unforgettable journey through outer space.
Along the way you’ll encounter the wonders of our Solar System, key astronomical breakthroughs, the first manned spaceflights, the Moon landings, the major constellations, neighbouring and distant galaxies, black holes, dark matter, red dwarfs and quasars. You’ll learn about the Big Bang, ponder the future of the Universe, and discover just how close we’ve come to answering that eternal question: Are we alone?
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INVENTIONS
Author:Michael Heatley and Colin Salter
Publisher:Portico
Call Number:600.000 / H2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
From the wheel to the World Wide Web, this inspiring book covers 65,000 years of man’s greatest inventions. Alongside the major breakthroughs in science and technology (the steam engine, the telephone and the lightbulb, to name a few) you’ll also discover some more quirky creations along the way.
Find out who wore the first pair of spectacles, when the first newspaper was printed, who took the first photograph, where the first phone call was made and who sent the first email. You’ll find answers to all of these questions and more in these pages. Who knows, you might even have your own Eureka moment…
THE WITCH’S VACUUM CLEANER AND OTHER STORIES
Author:Terry Pratchett
Publisher:Harper
Call Number:823.920 / P5
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories is the second fabulously funny short-story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Terry Pratchett. A follow-up to Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this second batch of storytelling gems features stories written when Sir Terry was just seventeen years old and working as a junior reporter.
In these pages, new Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, delight and loyal readers will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on to influence his most beloved tales later in life.
BIAR SEMBUH LUKA SEMALAM
Penulis:Aidil Ghazali
Penerbit:Iman Publication
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / A72
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Satu keputusan yang dibuat oleh Nita mengakibatkan ayahnya lumpuh seumur hidup. Sejak itu, Nita enggan memutuskan apa-apa. Urusan bisnes Bakeri Jalan Tiung bulat-bulat diserahkan kepada pembantu, walaupun dialah pemilik bakeri. Sekecil-kecil urusan pun membuatkan Nita teragak-agak.
Nita, gadis lincah dan pemberani langsung berubah penakut. Tanpa sedar, sikapnya mengundang satu per satu masalah. Bakeri merugi. Pekerja pula membuat onar. Lebih membingungkan apabila sebuah bakeri baharu yang gah muncul sebagai pesaing.
Ketika semakin buntu, Haris, seorang cef pastri dari Perancis cuba menawarkan bantuan. Kemunculannya memberi sinar harapan kepada Bakeri Jalan Tiung. Namun tidak pada Nita, kerana kepulangan Haris hanya menoreh luka lama.
Semakin dia cuba menghindar, semakin itulah dia harus memutuskan. Sehinggalah dia tersedar bahawa kesilapan bukan untuk ditakuti, tetapi didepani dengan berani.
NOKTAH YANG MEMUJUK 2
Penulis:Iddin Ramli
Penerbit:Naseehat Holding
Nombor Panggilan:899.281 / I2(2)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Healing bukan soal melupakan. Tetapi untuk menerima segala yang telah menjadi kenyataan. Sebelum kamu mampu menerima, kamu harus bersederhana.
Sederhana itu kesannya besar buat hidupmu. Kamu harus sedar bahawa kamu itu manusia tidak mampu mewujudkan apa-apa. Kamu harus sederhana dalam mencuba, berharap, mencintai, rasa ingin memiliki agar tiada luka-luka yang hadir kerana harapanmu yang menggunung tinggi. Kerana manusia akan sentiasa perkecilkan keperluan untuk sederhana sehingga luka hadir menyapa.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD DENGAN ANAK SUMPAHAN: SKRIP PEMENTASAN ASAL BAHAGIAN I & II
Penulis:J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne
Penerbit:Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan:899.282 / R1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Cerita Kelapan. 19 tahun telah berlalu sejak Harry Potter, Ron Wesley dan Hermoine Granger menyelamatkan dunia sihir dan kini mereka kembali dalam pengembaraan luar biasa, disertai oleh generasi baharu yang baru tiba di Sekolah Sihir Hogwarts.
Ketika Harry bergelut dengan dunia masa lalu yang masih menghantuinya, anak bongsunya, Albus terpaksa memikul beban legasi keluarga yang tidak diingininya.
Apabila masa lalu dan masa kini bertembung, kedua – dua bapa dan anak ini terperangkap dalam perlumbaan kembara masa ketika mereka melawan kuasa misteri, dengan masa kini sepanjang masa tergantung dalam imbangan.
HAIWAN AJAIB DAN TEMPAT DITEMUI: SKRIP ASAL
Penulis:J.K Rowling
Penerbit:Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan:791.000 / R2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
J.K. Rowling mengajak anda meneroka era baharu dunia sihir, Wizarding World….
Newt Scamander, penjelajah dan Magizoologi, ahli zoologi dunia ajaib, baru menamatkan perjalanan mengelilingi dunia dalam usaha mencari haiwan ajaib yang jarang-jarang ditemui dan luar biasa. Tiba di New York, dia bercadang untuk singgah sebentar, bagaimanapun apabila dia tersalah letak begnya dan beberapa haiwan ajaibnya terlepas keluar, masalah tercetus…
Berlatarbelakangkan masa lebih lima puluh tahun sebelum kisah Harry bermula serta mengetengahkan barisan watak hebat, kisah tentang persahabatan , kuasa ajaib dan huru-hara ini merupakan cerita penuh pengembaraan yang sungguh hebat.
BILAMANA DIRIMU SINGLE
Penulis:Sisyoujae
Penerbit:Kadokawa Gempak Starz
Nombor Panggilan:150.000 / K2(10)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Jodoh – satu perkataan mengujakan lagi meresahkan bagi warga single. Dalam situasi kini yang semakin mendesak dari segala segi, sesetengah orang melihat perkahwinan seperti sesuatu yang membebankan. Ditambah lagi insecurity atau pengalaman pahit, adakah masih ada jalan menjejak cinta hati?
Mungkinkah soal jodoh ini diletakkan di tangan takdir? Atau bagaimana boleh timbul pemikiran atau perasaan yang tidak mahu berumah tangga?
Selamilah 30 bingkisan dengan pelbagai topik yang ada dalam buku ‘Bilamana Dirimu Single’
SURAT DARI SEMESTA: BAHAGIA ITU SEDERHANA (VOLUME II)
Penulis:Sofia Roses
Penerbit:Zharf Press Enterprise
Nombor Panggilan:899.281 / S3
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Semoga kita semua bisa sembuh, dari segala luka yang tidak pernah kita cerita pada sesiapa. Kerana di sebalik kesilapan yang sering anda kesalkan, ada kebaikan dan pengajaran, yang akan nanti anda syukurkan.
10 HARI UNTUK HEALING
Penulis:The Faiz Ibrahim
Penerbit:The Faiz Ibrahim Books
Nombor Panggilan:899.281 / F1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Healing merupakan perkara yang harus anda lakukan ketika kehidupan anda seakan hancur dan tidak tahu ke arah mana ingin tuju.
Sesungguhnya, healing itu perlu masa. Tetapi jika anda faham asas untuk healing diceritakan di akhir buku, anda pasti akan bisa lebih bahagia dari sebelumnya.
COMEBACK STRONGER: HELP TO HEAL
Penulis:Syira Lokman
Penerbit:Must Read Sdn.Bhd.
Nombor Panggilan:150.000 / S2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Dalam melayari hidup, kita sering berdepan dengan kesedihan, keresahan, ketakutan, kekecewaan, sakit hati, benci, marah, rasa keseorangan, jiwa kosong dan pelbagai lagi emosi bercampur baur. Ada masanya kita sendiri tidak ketahui mengapa diri kita begini.
Ada antara kita berdepan trauma masa lalu. Takut dengan masa depan. Kecewa dengan harapan. Benci terhadap pengkhianatan. Kecewa dengan penolakan. Marah dengan ketidakadilan. Sunyi dalam keramaian. Hari-hari kita cuba bangkit untuk teruskan kehidupan. Sukarnya bangun dari mimpi kerana realiti lebih sakit dan melelahkan.
Buat semua jiwa yang sedang rapuh, buku Comeback Stronger mengungkap cara memaknai proses penyembuhan jiwa. Jom bersama menelusuri kesakitan dan kemudian bangkit perlahan-lahan.
ANTOLOGI CERPEN MINGGU PENULIS KANAK-KANAK: CIKGU CILIK
Penulis:Salina Ibrahim
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / S17
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Sebanyak 16 cerpen dihimpunkan dalam buku ini. Pelbagai cerita dipaparkan, termasuklah kisah haiwan, keluarga, kasih sayang sesama manusia, persahabatan, isu semasa yang merangkumi cerita tentang Covid-19, buli siber dan cerita fantasi.
Kesemua cerpen yang dimuatkan dalam antologi ini membawa mesej yang bermanfaat dalam kalangan pembaca bagi menyemai keperibadian yang tinggi serta nilai kemanusiaan dan kerohanian yang teguh untuk membangunkan generasi yang seimbang daripada semua aspek kehidupan.
CERITA RAKYAT SABAH: AYANG SI JAGUH KECIL
Penulis:Sunita Sahidin
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:398.200 / S1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Kampung Imbok diperintah oleh Raja Riyan. Raja Riyan, seorang raja yang angkuh dan sentiasa berlaku kejam dengan penduduk kampung.
Hal ini memaksa Ayang, seorang kanak-kanak perempuan mencari jalan untuk membantu penduduk kampungnya menghadapi Raja Riyan. Ayang cuba menggunakan helah untuk menewaskan Raja Riyan. Berjayakah Ayang menewaskan Raja Riyan?
CERITA RAKYAT SABAH: OLUMNIS
Penulis:Dayang Nazirah Tahir
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:398.200 / D1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Terpisah daripada ibu bapa akibat banjir menyebabkan Olumnis dan adiknya Kinambura terpaksa mencari tunang yang tidak pernah ditemuinya. Mereka berdua menempuh pelbagai rintangan di sepanjang perjalanan.
Apabila tiba di rumah tunangnya, Olumnis dihina dan dianggap penipu. Bagaimanakah nasib Olumnis dan adiknya? Ikutilah Cerita Rakyat Sabah: Olumnis
ANTOLOGI CERPEN MINGGU PENULIS KANAK-KANAK 2018: KEMBARA KE JANTUNG BUMI
Penulis:Salina Ibrahim
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / S42
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Sepuluh buah cerpen yang anda tatap dalam antologi ini merupakan karya asli sembilan orang kanak-kanak berbakat yang diasuh melalui program Minggu Penulis Kanak-kanak sesi tahun 2018.
Penulisan mereka mungkin masih polos tetapi cerita-cerita yang terdapat dalam buku ini merupakan kisah yang dekat dengan dunia kanak-kanak. Cerpen-cerpen yang terkandung dalam antologi ini sememangnya membawa pelbagai tema disamping menyerlahkan nilai-nilai murni untuk diserap oleh para pembaca.
ANTOLOGI CERPEN KANAK-KANAK: KASUT BERTUAH
Penulis:Salina Ibrahim
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / S43
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Kasut Bertuah menghimpun 12 buah cerpen karya Program Pembangunan Pengkarya Guru, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia. Pengalaman suka dan duka berhadapan dengan pelajar, banyak memberi ilham kepada pengkarya antologi cerpen ini. Pelbagai pengalaman yang pastinya dapat mencuit hati pembaca.
Dapatkan antologi ini, untuk mengimbau pengalaman seorang guru atau mungkin mengimbau kembali pengalaman pembaca sendiri semasa kecil.
IKIGAI: RAHSIA ORANG JEPUN UNTUK KEHIDUPAN BAHAGIA DAN PANJANG USIA
Penulis:Hector Garcia Dan Francesc Miralles
Penerbit:Acepremier
Nombor Panggilan:150.000 / H2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Penduduk Jepun percaya setiap orang ada Ikigai iaitu sebab musabab untuk kita bangun tidur pada setiap pagi.
Penuh inspirasi dan menghiburkan, buku ini mengandungi cara untuk menemui Ikigai peribadi kita sendiri. Cara untuk meninggalkan keperluan mendesak, cara mencari tujuan hidup, cara memupuk persahabatan indah dan cara memberikan tumpuan pada nyalarasa yang menyemarakkan semangat kehidupan kita, dan banyak lagi dikongsikan dalam buku ini.
AUSTRALIA
Penulis:Regina Ibrahim
Penerbit:Buku Fixi
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / R27
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Jari telunjuk kali ini tidak akan berpalit warna biru, masing-masing akan terlepas pilihan raya yang akan datang.
Pertemuan tiga manusia yang duduk sebaris dalam pesawat menuju ke Sydney Australia setelah didustai janji, cita-cita dan harapan. Rozaina, gadis berpendirian yang terlepas jodohnya, bekas aktres, Rohana yang mengimpikan perkahwinan sah dan Mirna transgender cekal yang terpaksa menilai kembali status pilihan. Masing-masing membawa cerita yang bukan kepalang…
TEROKA SAINS 5: RINDUNYA NAK TRAVEL LAGI
Penulis:Wan Fahmi & Nur Annies
Penerbit:Teroka Sains
Nombor Panggilan:500.000 / W1(5)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Teroka Sains 5: Rindunya Nak Travel Lagi meneruskan pengembaraan ke 75 buah negara dan terus meneroka pelbagai rahsia alam ciptaan Tuhan yang sangat hebat! Anda akan teruja dengan setiap fakta sains dan informasi negara menakjubkan yang mungkin tidak terfikir dan terlintas di fikiran anda ditulis oleh Wan Fahmi & Nur Annies.
PENYIASAT ISTANA
Penulis:Mahizan Husain
Penerbit:Bookiut
Nombor Panggilan:899.283 / M16
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Si Tunggal, pemuda miskin, diupah sebagai penunjuk jalan oleh Panglima Guntur untuk mencari bunga sakti di lembah berbahaya demi mengubati Putera Mahkota yang gering. Mereka menghadapi pelbagai rintangan dan keajaiban di hutan. Setelah berjaya, Si Tunggal diangkat sebagai panglima muda. Di istana, berlaku pembunuhan bersiri. Raja Gemorah mengarahkan pembunuh dicari, sementara Putera Mahkota melantik Si Tunggal sebagai penyiasat istana secara rahsia. Dengan kebijaksanaan, Si Tunggal mendedahkan konspirasi dan rahsia gelap, menegakkan keadilan di istana. Cerita penuh aksi, misteri, dan pengembaraan.