THE WAY HOME: THE ISOLATED EMOTIONAL WORLD OF FORMER LEPROSY PATIENTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS
Author:Tan Ean Nee & Joshua Wong
Publisher:Tan Ean Nee & Joshua Wong
Call Number:362.190/T1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The Way Home is a careful, emotional, and deeply sympathetic attempt by two journalists to document both the horrors of Leprosy and the disease’s ongoing legacy. Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s Disease, has ostracized millions of people over the course of human civilization, forcing them into the margins of society, separating them both spatially and socially from family and friends.
Nowadays, the disease is treatable, but the scars remain prevalent in most Asian societies. Featuring interviews and photographs from effected individuals, their friends and their families, The Way Home provides deep insight into the struggles of those who suffered and are still suffering.
SUCCESS PRINCIPLES: ULTIMATE LIFE LESSONS FROM SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
The ultimate life guide packed with proven real-life experiences of how experts have taken their lives to success. Success Principles contains an inspiring collection of experiences of people from all walks of life who made great strides to become who they are today.
Drawing on a combined set of life experiences, and hence life lessons, of a staggering 1,450 years (give or take a year or two!), everyone within this book is passionate about helping you to:
Positively impact the way you experience life
Get the most out of your relationships with people
Achieve the careers you want
Make your business a great success, and
Attain your other goals in life, whether in your personal life or related to your career or business.
Success Principles is not just about theory, it is packed with practical exercises for you to try. So find a nice comfortable chair, put your feet up and learn the Principles of Success that will help you to achieve your goals, your ambitions and your dreams.
THE BIG TRIP: YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GAP YEARS AND OVERSEAS ADVENTURES
Author:George Dunford
Publisher:Lonely Planet
Call Number:910.000/D2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
So, you know you want to experience that ultimate overseas adventure but where do you start? Right here, with the one-stop guide to planning the trip of a lifetime. Try these ideas on for size: Swim with dolphins off the coast of New Zealand; Learn Spanish in Guatemala; Teach children English in Ghana; Work your way around the UK’s best bars; Tend orphan elephants in Sri Lanka; Get a soaking at Thailand’s Songkran water festival; Be the first in your family to go around the world.
The Big Trip is your ticket to all this and more: Essential pre-trip planning: health, safety, kit, costs, tickets; Volunteering and working abroad: from fruit picking to teaching, yacht-crewing and au pairing; Regional overviews, maps and a diverse range of road-tested itineraries; Tips and stories from travellers and experts; Comprehensive directory of essential resources.
GETTING PAST OK : THE SELF-HELP BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T NEED HELP
Author:Richard Brodie
Publisher:Hay House, Inc.
Call Number:158.000/B1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Richard Brodie dropped out of Harvard to join the computer revolution and write the first version of Microsoft Word. Then, burned out after helping Microsoft achieve its phenomenal success, he quit and embarked on an equally intense search for a more meaningful life. For three years, Richard mined the wisdom of famed self-improvement seminars and workshops. Most of all, he wanted to discover why life seemed to coast along at either an ‘OK’ level or plummet into ‘the pits’, spending so little time in true satisfaction and fulfilment. In this book, he shares the results of his odyssey, providing a step-by-step guide for discovering your own individual formula for long-term success and happiness.
In Getting Past OK you’ll learn how to: * Understand what’s really going on in your life * Make the most of your potential * Pull out of crises and move on * Achieve rewarding relationships * Be in control of stressful situations
Getting Past OK gives you all the tools you need to find yourself, take charge and get past OK.
BAMBOO ARK 1
Author:Ewe Jin Low, Sandy Chew
Publisher:Atelier International
Call Number:721.000/L1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Bamboo Ark brings together a collection of contemporary bamboo buildings from across the world. These buildings have been selected to showcase their particular design based on location, built form and structure.
Bamboo is a re-emerging material and there are limited design and technical books for bamboo when we compare it to other established materials such as timber, steel and concrete.
Delivered from the perspective of an architect who has immersed, designed, built and lived in bamboo buildings, this book provides a how-to reference on bamboo architecture to further promote the use of bamboo in design and construction.
THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE : ACHIEVE MORE WITH LESS
Author:Richard Koch
Publisher:Nicholas Brealey
Call Number:650.100/K3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Millions of highly effective people around the world have become even more successful by understanding one simple fact: 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts.
All you have to do to guarantee success is identify the 20 percent that leads to 80 percent.
The 80/20 Principle shows you how. Richard Koch’s million- copy global bestseller is now completely revised and updated. Discover for yourself how the principle works and how to use it to vastly increase your effectiveness. By concentrating on the things that really make a difference, you will unlock the enormous potential of the magic 20 percent.
MY STORY: JUSTICE IN THE WILDERNESS
Author:Tommy Thomas
Publisher:Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
Call Number:921.000/T1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
As the first private practitioner in some 70 years to be appointed Attorney General of Malaysia, Tommy Thomas describes his experience in the highest legal office in the land in this highly personal book.
The former AG discusses key decisions he made, including the prosecution of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, Jho Low, Arul Kanda and Goldman Sachs for their roles in the 1MDB scandal.
His book is the first insider’s account by a senior Pakatan Harapan government official on the achievements, disappointments and failures of the first non-Barisan administration in the 60-year history of independent Malaysia. His authentic voice is captured in this candid memoir, and is recommended reading for anyone interested in Malaysian politics and the law.
ATOMIC HABITS: AN EASY & PROVEN WAY TO BUILD GOOD HABITS & BREAK BAD ONES
Author:James Clear
Publisher:Avery
Call Number:155.200/C1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you’ll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.
Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.
THE WANDA WAY: THE MANAGERIAL PHILOSOPHY AND VALUES OF ONE OF CHINA’S LARGEST COMPANIES
Author:Wang Jianlin
Publisher:LID
Call Number:658.400/W1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
This book provides unprecedented insight into the ethos and activities that have created the extraordinary business success that is the Dalian Wanda empire.
Wang Jianlin describes his managerial philosophy and the essence of his business ideas to turn Wanda into a brand that is known by everyone in the world.
6 KIDS AND A POP-UP CAMPER
Author:Sue Ong & Family
Publisher:Partridge
Call Number:917.300/O1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
When Singaporeans, Dan and Sue Ong, decided to take their six homeschooled children on an epic six-month road trip in the United States, they never imagined just how tremendous their experience would turn out to be. Travelling with their faithful pop-up camper, America left them with a deeply enriching experience.
This full-colour, 300-page book features many stunning and inspiring photographs taken by their eldest son Asher (who was 15 at the time) and attempts to chronologically record the family’s epic journey around the USA. The whole family shares many thoughts and learning moments being on a daily shifting schedule and of their encounters in a vast country so different from their own.
As exciting as any unscripted adventure could go expect the unexpected. There were many ups and downs in the course of their journey. The Ongs give an insight into some of their Christian guiding principles on how their family of eight co-exist together in loving relationships, and how they overcame obstacles and difficulties they encountered. School was everywhere they camped, education was lived out, America was their textbook, and God, their Master Teacher.
SAPIENS : A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND
Author:Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher:Vintage
Call Number:909.000/H1(1)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens.
How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come?
In Sapiens, Dr. Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical and sometimes devastating breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, paleontology and economics, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Have we become happier as history has unfolded? Can we ever free our behaviour from the heritage of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come?
Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power and our future.
21 LESSONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Author:Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher:Vintage
Call Number:909.000/H1(2)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children?
The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of constant and disorienting change.
Faced with a litany of existential and real crises, are we still capable of understanding the world we have created?
HOMO DEUS : A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOMORROW
Author:Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher:Vintage
Call Number:909.000/H1(3)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Humans today enjoy unprecedented levels of power and an increasingly god-like status. The great epidemics of the past – famine, plague and war, no longer control our lives. We are the only species in history that has single-handedly changed the entire planet, and we can no longer blame a higher being for our fate.
But as our gods take a back seat, and Homo Sapiens becomes Homo Deus, what are we going to do with ourselves? How do we set the agenda for our own future without pushing our species and the rest of the world beyond its limits?
In this vivid, challenging new book from the author of Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari examines the implications of our newly upgraded condition, from our dogged pursuit of status and happiness to our constant quest to overcome death by pushing the boundaries of science. He explores how Homo Sapiens conquered the world, our creation of today’s human-centred environment, our current predicament and our possible future. And, above all, he asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers?
SUCCESS AFFIRMATIONS: 52 WEEKS FOR LIVING A PASSIONATE AND PURPOSEFUL LIFE
Author:Jack Canfield, Ram Ganglani, Kelly Johnson
Publisher:Seven Dials
Call Number:158.000/C3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Success Affirmations is the award-winning motivational speaker and entrepreneur’s simple guide to daily affirmations that will lead to living a passionate and fulfilled life.
Affirmations rewire your thought patterns and emotional responses, creating new pathways in your brain that, over time, replace the old ones that keep you stagnant and stuck. Coupled with Canfield’s proven principles, this book will help you to conquer your fears, overcome obstacles and circumvent roadblocks that keep you from achieving your dreams.
This infinitely practical guide will teach you how to regularly apply each powerful principle and affirmation to your life. Its pages offer a lifetime of success and happiness, one week at a time!
CRAPPY TO HAPPY : LOVE WHAT YOU DO
Author:Cassandra Dunn
Publisher:Hardie Grant Books
Call Number:150.000/D2(2)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
When you spend so much of your life working, it’s no surprise that job satisfaction is key to your happiness and that job stress can take a serious toll on your mental and physical health. Cassandra Dunn, clinical psychologist and host of the hugely popular Crappy to Happy podcast, knows what it is to need more from work, not just from her clients but from her own professional journey.
If you need to change how you work to find more balance, how you think about work to make it more meaningful, or what you do for work altogether, Cass is there for you every step of the way.
It’s time to start making your work, work for you.
CRAPPY TO HAPPY : LOVE WHO YOU’RE WITH
Author:Cassandra Dunn
Publisher:Hardie Grant Books
Call Number:150.000/D2(3)
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Friendships, partners, family: relationships are a defining part of our lives, giving us joy and essential support for our physical and mental health. But relationships can also be complicated and difficult.
Although our busy lives and social media can mean we are interacting with more and more people all the time, are we really fostering our relationships in a way that is meaningful?
Psychologist Cassandra Dunn has helped thousands of people get from Crappy to Happy with her hit podcast and bestselling books.
Cass provides practical tools for good relationships, helping you to understand attachment, have courageous conversations and set healthy boundaries. She even walks you through with what to do when a relationship has run its course.
It’s time for you to make the most of your relationships with the people that matter.
THE 5 ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF THINK & GROW RICH
Author:Napoleon Hill
Publisher:Simple Truths
Call Number:650.100/H1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
From the modern-day bestselling classic, Think and Grow Rich― this new edition dives deeper into the 5 core secrets of Napoleon Hill’s success strategies ― from millionaire success habits to the skills and mindset you need for achievement. With these lessons, you have the power to change your life and set yourself upon the path of learning and self-reliance.
Originally published in 1937, Napoleon Hill draws on stories from Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and more than 500 other wealthy people to develop these success principals. With simple and practical techniques, Hill teaches that great and lasting success is possible with nothing but thoughts, ideas, and organized plans.
PERTEMUAN ABADI
Penulis:Abdullah Hussain
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.280/D2(2)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
PERTEMUAN ABADI: Koleksi Terpilih Abdullah Hussain memuatkan karya-karya pilihan dalam pelbagai genre: novel, cerpen, biografi, drama televisyen, drama pentas, filem, puisi dan esei sastera.
Dalam penulisan kreatif terutama novel dan cerpen, Abdullah Hussain gemar menggunakan gaya kewartawanan baharu dengan menggarap nama tempat, nama watak, lokasi sebenar untuk cerita-ceritanya di samping berdasarkan pengalaman peribadi yang digabungjalinkan secara kreatif dan imaginatif. Beliau mengkritik secara halus dan tajam tentang isu-isu kemanusiaan di seluruh dunia melalui karya-karyanya dengan membawakan teknik penulisan yang biasa dan sederhana tetapi dapat memperlihatkan keaslian dan kejatian diri.
MALAIKAT PUTIH YANG SAYAPNYA DILUMATI DARAH
Penulis:Azman Hussin dll
Penerbit:Kata Pilar Books
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/A32
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
MALAIKAT PUTIH YANG SAYAPNYA DILUMATI DARAH adalah himpunan 15 cerpen cinta romantik terpilih 2000-2015.
Yang paling istimewa:
“Perasaan itu hanya sebesar guli; cuma ia cantik mengilau – dengan spektrum warna pelangi yang halus bagai benang songket. Waktu ia melantun, cahayanya berekor – bagai pelangi, dan bunyinya lembut serta indah sekali. Tiap kali ia jatuh ke lantai, nadanya bagai not piano yang menyusun irama balada; manakala tiap kali bergesel pada dinding, bunyinya merengek bagai biola; nyaring tapi merdu.” (Tiba-tiba Cinta pun Lenyap Entah ke Mana, Zainal Rashid Ahmad)
“Tukasmu, aku perempuan berjiwa besar dan jelita. Berjiwa besar kerana aku pengembara. Cantik kerana mataku. Kau langsung memelukku, melafaz kata-kata ortodoks ini; I love you!”
(Tahun depan di Jerusalem, Azman Hussin)
PARASIT DAN SESUDAH PERANG
Penulis:Anwar Ridhwan
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.280/D2(3)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Kumpulan cerpen Parasit dan Sesudah Perang mengandungi 22 buah cerpen awal Sasterawan Negara Anwar Ridhwan yang dihasilkan oleh beliau ketika dekad awal kepengarangannya. Kumpulan cerpen ini merupakan edisi terbaharu daripada kumpulan cerpen beliau, iaitu Parasit yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1976 (DBP), dan Sesudah Perang yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1978 (DBP).
Parasit dan Sesudah Perang bukan hanya menggambarkan secara dramatik tentang kisah kehidupan dan kemanusiaan serta penderitaan, tetapi merupakan satu penelitian dan pemikiran Anwar Ridhwan terhadap peristiwa-peristiwa yang berlaku di sekelilingnya. Penulis membawakan tema yang pelbagai dan menarik serta dibantu oleh gaya bahasa yang segar dan imaginatif lewat cerpen-cerpen beliau.
LINGKARAN
Penulis:Arena Wati
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.280/D2(5)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Lingkaran merupakan antara karya terbaik Arena Wati membicarakan pelbagai persoalan dan dilema yang dihadapi oleh negara Malaysia yang baru merdeka dan sedang memasuki era pembangunan. Masalah-masalah yang dihadapi oleh Malaysia yang sifatnya sebuah negara berbilang kaum, budaya, agama dan perbezaan taraf hidup digambarkan dengan terperinci oleh Arena Wati. Di samping soal interaksi dan hubungan antara kaum, Arena Wati juga menyorot isu-isu pembangunan negara terutama masalah orang Melayu dan masalah-masalah dalaman yang menggencatkan proses pembangunan negara.
Watak-watak utama dan sampingan novel ini seperti Franken, Hess, Foo Seng Kow, Arumugam, Tahir, Ramli, Munah, Zaleha dan seumpamanya berinteraksi antara satu sama lain memperdebatkan masalah-masalah kehidupan, kebajikan dan kepentingan masing-masing.
JIKA ESOK TIBA
Penulis:Anwar Ridhwan
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.280/D2(4)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Buku istimewa ini mengandungi 15 buah cerpen karya Sasterawan Negara Ke-10, Anwar Ridhwan. Buku ini memaparkan pelbagai tema dan persoalan yang merentas pertembungan budaya dalam masyarakat majmuk yang kaya dengan unsur budaya dan sosial.
Karya ini berjaya mengungkapkan rakaman persekitaran dan citra tamadun bangsa, sejalur dengan gelora perjalanan sejarah tanah air.
SUNGAI MENGALIR LESU
Penulis:A.Samad Said
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.280/D2(7)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
SUNGAI MENGALIR LESU adalah antara segelintir karya sastera yang sempat merakamkan satu fasa dekad terpenting dalam kehidupan bangsa kita. Pengalaman getir kehidupan sekumpulan manusia di sepanjang sebatang sungai turut menjadi lambang kesengsaraan umum rakyat Malaya pada zaman Perang Dunia Kedua.
Kisah lara sekumpulan insan ini menunjukkan betapa durjananya kesan dan bencana perang terhadap manusia, dan betapa wajarnya kita menghindarinya daripada berulang semula.
Di samping sebuah karya sastera, buku ini juga sebenarnya adalah satu himpunan dokumentasi sejarah sosial yang amat berharga.
BEGAWAN
Penulis:Arena Wati
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:899.280/D2(6)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Begawan sebuah novel yang banyak menyentuh kehidupan insan dalam era globalisasi yang memperlihatkan cara gaya dan perjuangan yang wajar didukung bagi mewujudkan citra melayu baru untuk hadir dalam jagat raya sebagai bangsa merdeka dan bermaruah.
Premis Begawan tertumpu pada idea-idea bernas dan dikonkritkan dengan projek yang terlaksana dengan baiknya, Begawan merupakan novel terkini Sasterawan Negara Arena Wati yang mengangkat simbol-simbol metafora penuh alegori untuk dihayati dan ditafsirkan bersama-sama.
SENI BERCAKAP-CAKAP & BERBUAL-BUAL
Penulis:Abdullah Hassan & Ainon Mohd.
Penerbit:Pts Publishing House
Nombor Panggilan:808.500/A1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Apabila kita ingin menjadi orang yang popular, disukai ramai dan disanjung, salah satu kemahiran yang mesti ada pada diri kita ialah kemahiran bercakap-cakap dan berbual-bual dengan orang lain.
Banyak orang yang rezeki mereka bergantung kepada sejauh mana mereka memiliki kemahiran jenis ini. Ahli-ahli politik, jurujual, penghibur, artis-artis filem dan televisyen, pakar-pakar motivasi dan banyak lagi, mereka itu semuanya hidup dengan kemahiran bercakap-cakap dan berbual-bual dengan sesiapa sahaja, di samping mereka juga memiliki kemahiran-kemahiran lain.
THE 3RD ALTERNATIVE
Penulis:Stephen R. Covey
Penerbit:Pts Publishing House
Nombor Panggilan:150.000/C5
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
“Kita boleh selesaikan masalah ini dengan ‘cara saya’ ataupun ‘cara awak’. Pilihlah”.
Kita pasti selalu mendengar ungkapan seperti ini dalam kebanyakan “perbincangan masalah”.
Selama ini, hanya dua alternatif itu yang kita gunakan dalam menangani konflik. Pilihan persetujuan yang dicapai demi menyelesaikan konflik juga ada dua, sama ada berkompromi ataupun pergaduhan. Memilih untuk berkompromi bermaksud sekadar menghentikan pergaduhan, tanpa sebarang jalan penyelesaian yang mampu memuaskan hati kedua-dua pihak. Situasi menang-menang? Mustahil untuk dicapai.
Menerusi kisah-kisah penuh inspirasi yang dikongsikan dalam 3rd Alternative, Dr. Covey membuktikan bahawa pemikiran alternatif ketiga bukan sekadar menyelesaikan konflik, malah mengubah konflik menjadi suatu yang positif.
Selamat tinggal konflik. Selamat jalan kompromi. Selamat datang alternatif ketiga!
TRAVELOG ET: NAMASTEE INDIA “HIDUP TANPA CABARAN, BUKAN HIDUP NAMANYA…”
Penulis:Siti Noridah Ab. Rahaman
Penerbit:Siti Noridah Ab. Rahaman
Nombor Panggilan:910.400/S4
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Buku ini mengisahkan tentang pengembaraan Siti Noridah Ab. Rahaman di India pada tahun 2014 dan 2015. Mengembara di India telah mengajar beliau banyak perkara tentang kehidupan secara umumnya. Malah sepanjang tempoh pengembaraan solonya di sana, beliau sering diuji ketahanannya dari segi mental dan juga fizikal. Sebenarnya, bukan perkara yang mudah untuk mengembara seorang diri sebagai seorang wanita di India.
Beliau yang sememangnya gemarkan pengembaraan penuh cabaran, telah menjelajah ke daerah yang berhampiran dengan sempadan Tibet yang memerlukan permit khas untuk ke sana. Keunikan budaya, adat resam dan sejarah di India juga adalah sesuatu yang tidak kurang hebatnya.
Semoga kisah pengembaraan beliau menjadi inspirasi kepada mereka yang ingin mengembara ke India juga satu hari nanti.
PSIKOLOGI PERUBATAN
Penulis:Mohamed Hatta Shaharom DLL
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:150.000/M3
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Buku ini mengandungi bab tentang psikologi dan peranannya dalam perubatan moden. Ilmu psikologi diperkenalkan sebagai ilmu asas dalam usaha memahami pemikiran, perasaan serta tingkah laku manusia, tidak kira orang dewasa mahupun kanak-kanak.
Buku ini sesuai untuk kegunaan para penuntut perubatan, kejururawatan, fisioterapi, terapi cara kerja, optometri, psikologi dan sebagainya.
GAYA HIDUP SIHAT MENGATASI OBESITI
Penulis:Norsa’adah Bachok
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:613.000/N1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Anda seorang yang obes? Adakah anda sentiasa berdiet tetapi masih tidak kurus malahan bertambah berat badan? Buku ini amat sesuai untuk anda kerana buku ini mengandungi cara-cara untuk mengatasi obesiti. Buku ini ditulis berdasarkan pengalaman penulis yang obes di samping mempunyai pengetahuan sebagai seorang pakar kesihatan masyarakat. Obesiti merupakan masalah utama masyarakat awam yang menjadi punca kebanyakan penyakit utama masa kini.
Orang obes mudah mendapat penyakit kencing manis, darah tinggi, jantung, kanser, sendi dan sebagainya. Buku ini mengandungi perincian dalam aspek penting obesiti iaitu keseimbangan tenaga, pemakanan dan aktiviti fizikal. Terdapat panduan amalan yang penting untuk dilakukan oleh orang obes yang ingin mengurangkan berat badan. Penulis juga berkongsi pengalaman sendiri dengan pembaca dalam mengurangkan berat badan seperti masalah yang dihadapi semasa melakukan senaman dan cara beliau mengatasinya.
DRIVE
Penulis:Daniel H. Pink
Penerbit:Pts Professional Publishing
Nombor Panggilan:150.000/D3
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Kebanyakan daripada kita percaya bahawa ganjaran luaran seperti wang adalah cara yang paling berkesan bagi memotivasikan diri. Malah, kaedah tradisional seperti carrot andsticks banyak digunakan oleh pengamal bisnes di seluruh dunia. Daniel H. Pink membuktikan bahawa kaedah itu adalah salah.
Menerusi buku Drive. Pink mendedahkan satu kenyataan berkenaan motivasi yang ternyata berbeza. Berpandukan kajian saintifik yang dilakukan selama 40 tahun, sebenarnya manusia mempunyai bukan dua, tetapi tiga dorongan dalam diri iaitu: dorongan biologi, dorongan hukuman & ganjaran dan dorongan motivasi dalaman.
Namun, amalan carrot and stick yang begitu meluas, secara tidak langsung membunuh dorongan yang ketiga dan menjadikannya hampir mustahil untuk wujud dalam diri manusia. Berpandukan tiga elemen motivasi sebenar iaitu, autonomi, masteri, dan tujuan hidup, Drive ternyata karya hebat Pink yang mampu mengubah cara kita berfikir, sekali gus memberi perubahan dalam cara hidup kita.
APA YANG ANDA PERLU KETAHUI TENTANG PENYAKIT BERJANGKIT
Penulis:Zaidah Abdul Rahman DLL
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:616.000/Z2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Kesihatan yang baik merupakan satu aset yang sangat berharga. Kesihatan tidak dapat dibeli dengan wang ringgit dan tidak dapat ditukar ganti dengan harta benda. Sering kali kita mendengar dan melihat iklan di media massa mengenai betapa pentingnya menjaga kesihatan diri. Bak kata pepatah, mencegah adalah lebih baik daripada merawat. Apabila seseorang telah dijangkiti penyakit, bukanlah proses yang mudah untuk merawatnya malah sesetengah pesakit mendapat komplikasi penyakit serta kesan sampingan rawatannya. Tambahan pula, kos rawatan juga tidak menentu dan kadangkala memerlukan perbelanjaan yang banyak.
Atas kesedaran tersebut, penulis dari Jabatan Mikrobiologi dan Parasitologi Perubatan, Kampus Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia telah bersepakat untuk menulis buku ini dan berkongsi ilmu pengetahuan tentang perihal penyakit berjangkit yang sering kali didengar dalam kalangan komuniti kita Dengan terbitnya buku ini, besarlah harapan penulis agar buku ini dapat memberikan manfaat kepada para pembaca dan menambahkan ilmu asas perubatan. Buku ini dapat dijadikan rujukan oleh para pembaca bagi mengenal pasti gejala penyakit lebih awal dan segera mendapatkan rawatan doktor.
KEMURUNGAN MENGANCAM KEHIDUPAN
Penulis:Affizal Ahmad
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:616.000/A1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Kes membunuh diri atau membunuh mangsa yang terdiri daripada ahli keluarga terdekat sering berlaku dan tersiar di dada akhbar. Sudah semestinya pelaku yang membuat onar, iaitu pesakit yang mengalami kemurungan major bertindak di luar batas kewarasan fikiran. Kemurungan ialah satu daripada penyakit psikiatri yang menjadi penyakit yang utama di dunia. Penyakit ini sering mengganggu fungsi manusia serta sosioekonomi sesebuah negara. Kemurungan dijangka menjadi penyebab nombor dua dari segi morbiditi di dunia pada tahun 2020.
Pelbagai emosi yang bercelaru di samping faktor persekitaran yang sering memandang serong akan pesakit yang mengalami kemurungan memburukkan lagi keadaan. Malahan, lebih parah lagi pesakit murung kerap berhasrat untuk membunuh diri, ada yang betul-betul melakukannya. Tiada faktor khusus yang menjadi penyebab kepada kecelaruan kemurungan. Masalah ini berlaku berpunca daripada gangguan faktor genetik, faktor fisiologi dan faktor persekitaran.
Rawatan psikiatri yang komprehensif dan terapi psikologi harus diberikan kepada pesakit untuk meningkatkan peluang pemulihan agar pesakit dapat menjalani kehidupan yang normal dan berkualiti. Pembangunan jasmani dan rohani yang seimbang amat penting demi kesihatan dan kesejahteraan manusia secara holistik.
BERJALAN UNTUK SIHAT DAN CERGAS
Penulis:Nagoor Meera Abdullah & Anuar Suun
Penerbit:Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Nombor Panggilan:613.000/N2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Buku Berjalan untuk sihat dan cergas ini memperincikan tentang persediaan termasuklah pemilihan pakaian yang bersesuaian dan kaedah yang betul sebelum memulakan aktiviti berjalan. Aspek keselamatan dan pencegahan kecederaan turut disentuh oleh penulis. Buku ini juga memperlihatkan berjalan sebagai salah satu sukan pilihan orang ramai dan bagaimana aktiviti berjalan boleh memastikan tubuh berada dalam keadaan sihat.
Oleh itu, buku ini sangat sesuai bagi pembaca yang mahu mengamalkan gaya hidup sihat, cergas dan cerdas. Maka benarlah, “sihat itu nikmat, kurus itu bonus”.