Just as the Nazis occupied Holland in 1942, a Jewish family with a thirteen-year old girl fled home to go into hiding and succeeded in eluding the dreaded Gestapo for two years.
The girl, Anne Frank, wrote her diary till the family were betrayed and caught. While Anne Frank, her mother and her sister eventually perished in captivity in a concentration camp at Bergen Belsen – her beloved father Otto Frank survived the Holocaust.
Her Diary survived too, for the invading Gestapo though the papers as a heap of ‘scrap’. The edited version of the manuscript was published after the War. Since then it has been extensively filmed and widely translated.
The diary contains Anne Frank’s vivid impressions during the lengthy isolation and offers a fascinating insight into her bold personality.
Here is a first hand account of an adolescent girl’s spirited view of life. An absolute must for the first-timers, and a delightful re-reading pleasure for the rest.
THE PEACEFUL PEOPLE: THE PENAN AND THEIR FIGHT FOR THE FOREST
Author:Paul Malone
Publisher:Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
Call Number:305.800/M1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The Peaceful People is the story of the Penan, the jungle nomads of Sarawak, who for decades have fought for possession and preservation of their traditional forest lands. Drawing on extensive first-hand interviews, as well as the diaries and journals of explorers, botanists and colonial administrators, and the observations of missionaries, the book provides the most comprehensive account of the dynamics of Penan society to date. Written in a compelling and accessible style, the narrative tells the shocking history of the Penan, exposing massacres and murders, while recounting the nomads’ uniquely shy and peaceful way of life.
In particular, the analysis focuses on the Penan’s consistently non-violent modern day protests against rampant logging which attracted world attention in the 1980s and 1990s. The Peaceful People is essential reading for those interested in the history and culture of Borneo, the politics of logging and development, and the lives of indigenous peoples who seek new ways to survive in a hostile world.
NIGHT FLIGHTS
Author:Philip Reeve
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:823.920/R3
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In the dangerous future world of mortal engines, huge motorized cities hunt, attack and devour each other. It is there that Anna’s home was consumed by Arkangel, the great predator city. She was separated from her parents and kept as a slave in the dark belly of Arkangel but Anna is determined to be free again.
Ian Mcque’s stunning illustrations bring the City-Eat-City world of mortal engines alive in these three original stories about the brave, bold, rebellious Anna Fang.
THE AERONAUTS : TRAVELS IN THE AIR
Author:James Glaisher
Publisher:Melville House
Call Number:629.100/G1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The True Story Behind the Major Motion Picture and one of the greatest daredevil stories in the history of aviation.
In 1862, ambitious scientist James Glaisher set out to do the impossible: ascend higher into the skies than ever before. A pioneer of weather forecasting and of photography, and a founding member of the Royal Meteorological Society, he wanted to take ground-breaking research measurements from different altitudes.
On 5th September, along with experienced balloonist Henry Coxwell as his pilot, he lifted off in a hot air balloon for what would prove to be a death defying and historic flight. Rising above the English countryside, they rose to the remarkable height of 37,000 feet (7 miles or 11km), almost killing both men, who experienced blurred vision, loss of motor function and, eventually, unconsciousness. It was a miracle they survived to tell the tale.
Written in his own words, The Aeronauts chronicles Glaisher’s incredible flights and discoveries first hand, as well as his observations on those pioneers who came before and inspired him. His audaciously daring journey forms the story of the forthcoming major motion picture The Aeronauts.
AUTHENTIC: HOW TO BE YOURSELF & WHY IT MATTERS
Author:Stephen Joseph
Publisher:Piatkus
Call Number:158.100/J1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
The hunger for authenticity guides us throughout our lives. People strive for joined-up living, where on the one hand what they say and do reflects what they think and feel, and on the other what they think and feel reflects who they are.
Stephen Joseph has pioneered developments in research into authenticity, drawing on the solid science of positive psychology to develop what has become one of the gold-standard tests for assessing authenticity. His and others’ findings reveal that when people are in relationships in which they feel accepted, understood and valued, they drop their defences. They naturally begin to examine themselves psychologically, accommodate new information and live more authentically. What’s more, the latest studies reveal that it is authenticity that leads to true happiness.
In Authentic, Stephen Joseph presents his fresh and inspiring perspective on the psychology of authenticity alongside practical advice and exercises for the reader. Drawing on the wisdom of existential philosophers, the insights and research of psychologists, and case studies from his own and others’ clinical experiences, he shows how authenticity is the foundation of human flourishing as well as how the ideas relate to debates about the importance of happiness.
ONE YEAR OF UGLY
Author:Caroline Mackenzie
Publisher:The Borough Press
Call Number:823.920/M8
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Meet Yola Palacios. Having escaped crumbling, socialist Venezuela, Yola and her family are settling into their peaceful new life in Trinidad.
But when her beloved Aunt Celia dies, the family once again find their lives turned upside down. For Celia had been keeping a very big secret – she was seriously in debt to a local criminal called Ugly. Without the funds to pay him off, the Palacios must do his bidding until the debt is cleared. So far, so ugly.
In the midst of the turmoil appears Roman – Ugly’s distractingly gorgeous right-hand man. And although she knows it’s foolish, not to mention dangerous, Yola can’t help but give in to the attraction. Could this wildly inappropriate (and very messy) romance be the perfect antidote?
THE TRUE QUEEN
Author:Zen Cho
Publisher:Pan Books
Call Number:823.920/C7
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Muna and her sister Sakti wake on the shores of an enchanted island under a curse. And this has quite stolen away their memories. They plan to petition Britain’s Sorceress Royal for aid. However, to reach Regency London they must pass through the realm of the formidable Fairy Queen. Here Sakti disappears.
To save her sister, Muna must learn to navigate London’s high society. But when the Sorceress Royal’s friends are inadvertently embroiled in a plot concerning Fairyland’s succession. Muna is drawn right in. She must also find Sakti, break their curse and somehow stay out of trouble. But if Fairyland’s True Queen does finally return, trouble may find her first.
THE STRANGER IN THE LIFEBOAT
Author:Mitch Albom
Publisher:Sphere
Call Number:813.540/A14
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Adrift in a raft after a terrible shipwreck, ten strangers desperately await rescue.
After three days, short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. When they pull him on board, the survivor claims he can save them.
But should they put their trust in him? Will any of them see home again? And why did the ship really sink?
The Stranger in the Lifeboat is not only a deeply moving novel about the power of love and hope in the face of danger, but also a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end.
THE GIRL AND THE GHOST
Author:Hanna Alkaf
Publisher:Harper
Call Number:823.920/A13
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly.
I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy.
I am yours to command.
Pink may be a ghost, but he’s the best companion a lonely girl like Suraya can ask for. He has a dark side, though, and when Suraya makes human friends, Pink’s jealousy begins to overtake him.
Soon Pink’s shadows threaten to consume them both, and Suraya and Pink must find enough light to survive before they are both lost to the darkness.
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
Author:Matt Haig
Publisher:Canongate
Call Number:823.920/H7
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?
In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig’s enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.
THE MIRROR & THE LIGHT
Author:Hilary Mantel
Publisher:4th Estate. London
Call Number:823.914/M10
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?’
England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.
Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army. Despite rebellion at home, traitors plotting abroad and the threat of invasion testing Henry’s regime to breaking point, Cromwell’s robust imagination sees a new country in the mirror of the future. But can a nation, or a person, shed the past like a skin? Do the dead continually unbury themselves? What will you do, the Spanish ambassador asks Cromwell, when the king turns on you, as sooner or later he turns on everyone close to him?
With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage.
SMILE
Author:Raina Telgemeier
Publisher:Scholastic
Call Number:741.500/T1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth, and what follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there’s still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.
This coming-of-age true story is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever been in middle school, and especially those who have ever had a bit of their own dental drama.
THE GREAT FORGETTING
Author:James Renner
Publisher:Sarah Crichton Books
Call Number:813.600/R16
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
In The Man from Primrose Lane, James Renner fused time travel with serial-killer thrillers, resulting in what the Associated Press called “a superbly crazy and imaginative story.” Now, in The Great Forgetting, he blends science fiction and conspiracy thrillers with a touch of pure fantasy, and the result is just as crazy and imaginative.
Jack Felter, a history teacher, returns home to bucolic Franklin Mills, Ohio, to care for his father, a retired pilot who suffers from dementia and is quickly losing his memory. Jack would love to forget about Franklin Mills, and about Sam, the girl he fell in love with, who ran off with his best friend, Tony. Except Tony has gone missing.
Soon Jack is pulled into the search for Tony, but the only one who seems to know anything is Tony’s last patient, a paranoid boy named Cole. Jack must team up with Cole to follow Tony’s trail-and maybe save the world. Their journey will lead them to Manhattan and secret facilities buried under the Catskills, and eventually to a forgotten island in the Pacific, the final destination of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
When Jack learns the details about the program known as the Great Forgetting, he’s faced with the timeless question: Is it better to forget our greatest mistake or to remember, so it’s never repeated?
THE LIES WE TELL
Author:Katie Zhao
Publisher:Bloomsbury
Call Number:813.600/Z1
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Anna Xu moves out of her parent’s home and into the dorms across town as she starts freshman year at the local, prestigious Brookings University. But her parents and their struggling Chinese bakery, Sweetea, aren’t far from campus or from mind, either.
At Brookings, Anna wants to keep up her stellar academic performance and to investigate the unsolved campus murder of her childhood babysitter. She also finds a familiar face her middle school rival, Chris Lu. The Lus happen to be the Xu family’s business rivals since they opened Sunny’s, a trendy new bakery on Sweetea’s block. Chris is cute but still someone to be wary of… until a vandal hits Sunny’s and Anna matches the racist tag with a clue from her investigation.
Anna grew up in this town, but more and more she feels like maybe she isn’t fully at home here–or maybe it’s that there are people here who think she doesn’t belong. When a very specific threat is made to Anna, she seeks out help from the only person she can; Anna and Chris team up to find out who is stalking her and take on a dangerous search into the hate crimes happening around campus. Can they root out the ugly history and take on the current threat?
The Lies We Tell is a social activism we all belong here anthem crossed with a thriller and with a rivals to romance relationship set on a college campus.
THE 156-STOREY TREEHOUSE
Author:Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Publisher:Macmillan Children’s Books
Call Number:741.500/G2
Location:Area C
Synopsis:
Treehouse is getting festive! With lots of laughs at every level in The 156-Storey Treehouse, from the worldwide bestselling Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.
Andy and Terry are celebrating Christmas in our 156-storey Treehouse. They’ve added 13 new levels, including a wishing well, a world-record breaking level, a super-stinky stuff level and a TV quiz show level (hosted by no other than Quizzy the quizzical quizbot).
But it’s the night before Christmas, and they’ve got carols to sing, lists to write, a new book to finish, and the real Santa to uncover . . .
Will they get it all done in time? Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!
LABAH-LABAH BERKAKI LAPAN
Penulis:Syikin Zauzi
Penerbit:Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/S24
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Cerpen “Labah-labah Berkaki Lapan” mengisahkan kekecewaan seorang “aku” yang koma selepas terlibat dalam kemalangan yang mengorbankan isterinya. Keadaannya amat teruk kerana “aku” terpaksa bergantung hidup melalui alat bantuan pernafasan.
“Aku” hanya dapat mendengar apa-apa yang berlaku di sekitarnya, tetapi tidak dapat bergerak. Dia berasa dirinya seperti labah-labah yang mempunyai banyak kaki, tetapi tidak berfungsi.
Apakah yang berlaku seterusnya apabila “aku” mendapat tahu bahawa ibunya sendiri terlibat dalam merancang kemalangan yang menimpa isteri dan dirinya?
JENAKA SI DARAH LEGENDA
Penulis:Ruhaini Matdarin
Penerbit:Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/R9
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Jenaka Si Darah Legenda memuatkan 12 buah cerpen yang berkisar tentang realiti masyarakat biasa yang menjadi luar biasa setelah ditumpahkan dalam bentuk karya kreatif. Pengarang telah berusaha untuk menulisnya secara santai supaya pembaca bebas menikmati setiap kisah dalam kumpulan cerpen ini dengan perasaan tenang, dan pada penghujung pembacaan kelak, pembaca akan beroleh kenangan-kenangan serta pengajaran dan manfaat yang berguna.
Jenaka Si Darah Legenda ini ditulis oleh pengarangnya berdasarkan kisah-kisah yang berlegar di sekeliling kehidupan manusia, agar pembaca tidak perlu susah-susah mengenal pasti peristiwa di dalamnya. Namun demikian, kepekaan dan iltizam pembaca dalam mentafsirkan makna eksplisit setiap cerpen sangat perlu agar setiap satu daripada kisah yang dihidangkan memberikan makna berganda.
BENDERA PUTIH
Penulis:Chai Loon Guan
Penerbit:Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/C5
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Berpuluh-puluh tahun dahulu, Ah Ti tiba dari daerah Enchuan, China di Pura Singa kemudian menuju ke Tanah Melayu. Di tanah baharu ini Ah Ti mengejar cita-citanya dalam kesukaran hidup dan kerinduan kepada anak keluarga yang jauh. Ada dugaan, air mata dan debar dalam menempuh hidup baru.
Adakah Ah Ti dapat mengubah nasib dan masa depannya di Tanah Melayu? Membaca kisah Ah Ti yang dibentuk dalam beberapa buah cerpen merakam mobiliti sosial masyarakat Cina dengan masyarakat pelbagai kaum dalam Tanah Melayu.
GONCANG SEBELUM GUNA
Penulis:Dr Huda Kamarudin Dll.
Penerbit:Studio Anai Anai
Nombor Panggilan:808.800/H1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Buku GONCANG SEBELUM GUNA ini adalah himpunan cerita dan santai beberapa orang doktor yang saban hari berhadapan dengan pelbagai kerenah pesakit mereka. Ada cerita suka, ada cerita duka, tetapi syabas semuanya. Serius! Cerita-cerita mereka macam sebatian dari beberapa unsur yang kalau Aidalah yang membuatnya, maka letupan ‘Pop!’ akan terhasil.
Kata pepatah, tangan yang menghayun buaian itu boleh menggoncang dunia. Seperti sebatian yang Aida bubuh di dalam tabung uji itu kalau kamu goncang buku ini dan panaskan sebelum membacanya letupan ‘Pop!’ mungkin terhasil. Dan kalau kamu lelaki, maka ‘dunia’ kamu akan bergoncang. Cubalah!
SAIFUL NANG : MAT JENIN SEBENARNYA HERO
Penulis:Saiful Nang
Penerbit:Puteh Press
Nombor Panggilan:150.000/N1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Kebanyakan orang memandang Mat Jenin ini sebagai cerita negatif. Kesalahan Mat Jenin cuma satu, dia banyak berangan. Panjat pokok kelapa pun sempat lagi berangan. Akhirnya mati apabila jatuh dari atas pokok kelapa, sebabnya berangan nak kahwin dan memeluk puteri raja.
Tetapi lain pula pada perspektif Saiful Nang. Beliau menganggap Mat Jenin sebagai hero. Sebab itu beliau menamakan buku keduanya dengan judul Mat Jenin Sebenarnya Hero. Orang yang berimaginasi seperti Mat Jeninlah yang membangunkan negara dan bangsa. Penulis berpendapat cuma silap Mat Jenin ialah, bila bisnis ayam dia dah jadi sekandang kambing, bisnis kambing dia dah jadi sekandang lembu, dan bisnis lembu dia dah jadikan dia kaya-raya, satu yang buat dia gagal ialah ‘Perempuan’.
Dalam buku ini, dengan idea yang bermula dengan angan-angan, satu per satu dipraktik, gagal, cuba lagi, jatuh, cuba lagi dan cuba dan akhirnya berjaya. Buku ini lebih kepada kisah motivasi yang semuanya adalah benar berlaku dari pengalaman kehidupan di sekeliling penulis. Berangan-anganlah kerana angan-angan itu percuma. Berusahalah untuk menjadikan angan-angan itu satu cita-cita. Bekerjalah sehingga cita-cita itu menjadi realiti.
MERENTAS AMERIKA
Penulis:Badrul Hisham
Penerbit:Badrul Hisham
Nombor Panggilan:: 910.400/B1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Buku ini menceritakan sebuah kisah benar tentang dua orang pemuda Melayu yang merantau pusing Amerika dengan berbekalkan duit sedikit dan impian setinggi gunung. Sebuah kereta menjadi saksi bagi semua peristiwa ini.
Pada mulanya semua bermula dengan manis dari New York dan perlahan-lahan bertukar menjadi pahit apabila tiba di negeri Texas. Badrul Hisham dan Bad ditangkap polis koboi kerana mereka mengesyaki kami penjenayah besar.
Moga pengembaraan Merentas Amerika ini menjadi inspirasi bagi anak muda mengejar impian yang tinggi dalam kehidupan.
PERANG SALIB 1
Penulis:Abdul Latip Talib
Penerbit:Latip Dan Keluarga Enterprise
Nombor Panggilan: 909.000/A1(1)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Siri peperangan paling panjang dalam sejarah peradaban manusia ini bermula apabila Maharaja Alexis I meminta bantuan Barat demi mempertahankan Empayar Rom Byzantine. Lantas dalam ucapannya di persidangan Clermont, Paus Urban II menyeru agar membantu Empayar Rom Byzantine. Dia juga menyeru kepada balas dendam serta membebaskan Baitulmugaddis. Seruan itu tersebar ke seluruh Eropah sehingga akhirnya puluhan ribu sukarelawan berkumpul di Kota Konstantinopel.
Sementara itu di Timur, Kerajaan Islam Turki Seljuk, Kerajaan Fatimiyah Mesir, Bani Abbasiyah terus bertelagah, tanpa menyedari, satu gerombolan tentera yang tinggi semangat juangnya dan yang akan menghancurkan segala yang menghalang, sedang menuju ke arah mereka. Itulah gerombolan tentera Salib! .
PERANG SALIB 2
Penulis:Abdul Latip Talib
Penerbit:Latip Dan Keluarga Enterprise
Nombor Panggilan: 909.000/A1(2)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Selepas Baitulmulqaddis jatuh ke tangan tentera Salib, umat Islam mula kehilangan taring. Kerajaan Salib Jerusalem pula terus kukuh mempertahankan Baitulmulqaddis. Namun apabila Kota Edessa jatuh ke tangan Sultan Imaduddin Zangi, Kerajaan Salib mula resah. Bantuan segera dipohon daripada kerajaan-kerajaan Eropah, lalu bilangan tentera yang besar dari Eropah datang membantu dengan membawa semangat Perang Salib Kedua, semangat yang lebih kuat bagi menakluki lebih banyak wilayah Islam.
Pada saat getir itulah munculnya seorang pemimpin legenda iaitu Salahudin Al-Ayubi. Berjayakah beliau menyekat tentera Salib dan membuka kembali Kota Baitulmulqaddis kepada umat Islam?
PERANG SALIB 3
Penulis:Abdul Latip Talib
Penerbit:Latip Dan Keluarga Enterprise
Nombor Panggilan:: 909.000/A1(3)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Selepas Baitulmuqaddis berjaya dibuka oleh Salahudin Al-Ayubi, negara-negara Kristian Eropah mula menggerakkan misi merampas kembali tanah suci itu. Raja-raja Eropah mengumpulkan kekuatan tentera yang mencapai ratusan ribu orang lalu berarak menuju ke Timur. Salah seorangnya adalah Richard I, Raja England yang lebih dikenali sebagai Richard The Lionheart. Kepintaran strategi dan kegagahan beliau di medan tempur menyebabkan tentera Islam mengalami kekalahan.
Akhirnya tentera Richard The Lionheart sudah semakin hampir dengan Baitulmuqaddis dan akan bertembung dengan tentera Islam di bawah pimpinan Salahudin Al-Ayubi. Apakah pengakhiran pertembungan dua pemimpin agung ini?
PERLAWANAN DI BALI
Penulis:Zulhabri Supian
Penerbit:Dubook Indo
Nombor Panggilan: 959.800/Z1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Pembangunan di Bali semakin tidak terkawal dan tidak manusiawi, siapapun yang pernah ke Bali pasti menyedari hal ini dengan lambakan hotel dan kesesakan jalan raya yang menghampiri Jakarta.
Reklamasi bukan hal mendesak, lebih mustahak adalah mengurus semula Bali agar pembangunan bersifat berkelanjutan.
Meski pembangunan berkelanjutan akan memberi manfaat panjang kepada orang Bali, sesungguhnya itu yang tidak diingini pelabur serakah yang cenderung kepada pembangunan berkehanyutan supaya cepat dikaut untungnya dan tatkala Bali rosak, mereka memburu destinasi baharu untuk dihanyutkan. Begitu dan begitu seterusnya modus operandi mereka.
AMUK MALAM MERDEKA
Penulis:Ronasina
Penerbit:Dubook Press
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/R14
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Novel komedi satira yang mengisahkan Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat dan Munsyi Abdullah muncul di kota Kuala Lumpur tahun 2015. Mereka bertemu Hadi, seorang kartunis hebat yang menghadapi masalah mencari idea untuk mengembalikan semula kegemilangan karyanya.
Pertembungan karektor antara Munsyi, Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat dan Hadi yang mewakili perspektif generasi masakini menimbulkan perdebatan hangat tentang bangsa, jatidiri, kemajuan, prinsip dan nilai kemanusiaan.
Novel satira santai namun sarat falsafah ini menampilkan tema perbahasan dan hujah-hujah yang kuat dan kukuh.
UTOPIA MASYARAKAT LAMBAK
Penulis:Dr Azhar Ibrahim
Penerbit:Thukul Cetak
Nombor Panggilan:301.000/A2
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Hari ini kita terpukul oleh dua bala nyata dan bahaya. Pertama, wujud dan menyebarnya jenis fikiran keutopiaan yang angkuh tidak membumi. Kedua berselerakannya minda kelambakan yang menjahanamkan segala kepiawaian dan asas fikiran yang munasabah.
Terkadang ini bisa wujud sendiri, tetapi paling terparah apabila kedua-duanya bergandingan sama, sehingga bolehlah kita menyebutnya utopia masyarakat lambak, sesuai dengan judul buku ini.
Inilah gejala paling mudarat yang sedang kita hadapi. Kedua jenis atau sindrom ini bukanlah perkara baharu. Dalam semua peradaban dan masyarakat, akan menemukan dua gejala-bala ini. Apabila kedua-duanya bertapak dan menyelinap di setiap sudut kehidupan kita, ini adalah malapetaka besar.
MISTERI MIMPI YANA
Penulis:Salleh Kausari
Penerbit:Terfaktab Media
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/S28
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Misteri Mimpi Yana – Mimpi itu datang lagi. Bayangan yang sama, seorang wanita. Cahaya terang di belakang wanita yang berbaju nipis putih itu menyukarkan Yana untuk melihat wajah wanita itu. Dia hanya dapat melihat susuk tubuh yang berbayang di sebalik jubah putih itu.
Ini bukan kali pertama dia bermimpi seperti itu. Setiap kali wanita itu muncul dalam mimpinya, mimpi itu bermula apabila Yana melihat susuk tubuh wanita berjubah putih nipis di atas bukit. Selang beberapa hari kemudian, dia melihat wanita itu menuju ke arah dirinya. Kali ini wanita itu semakin hampir. Dalam silau cahaya yang membelakanginya, Yana dapat melihat sedikit wajah wanita itu walaupun masih kurang jelas.
Siapa wanita itu? Adakah aku kenal dia? Kenapa aku rasa seperti aku biasa melihat wajah itu? Mungkinkah dia seseorang yang aku kenal, atau dia pernah berkunjung dalam mimpi tanpa aku sedari? Kenapa aku diganggu mimpi yang hampir sama keadaannya? Apa yang dia mahu? Apakah maksud semua ini?
Soalan demi soalan menujah benak Yana. Peluh dingin memercik di dahinya, seperti embun dinihari yang menitip di atas dedaunan. Setelah kantuknya hilang, dia hanya mampu duduk sambil memeluk lututnya di atas katil double decker dalam samar cahaya bulan diiringi alunan orkestra cengkerik di luar.
KUDETA PUSPA
Penulis:Hasif Rayyan & Siti Maryam
Penerbit:Maple Comics
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/H20(1)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
KUDETA PUSPA ialah satu siri novel ringan terbitan Maple Comics. Ditulis oleh Hasif Rayyan dan Siti Maryam, dan dilukis oleh Cross, siri ini mengisahkan pengembaraan Nisha ke negara Jauha untuk melihat sendiri tanah kelahirannya yang telah tandus akibat bencana nuklear.
Di situ, dia menemui sut eksoskleton Puspa Waja yang dikatakan menjadi buruan Empayar Mahajaya, serta petunjuk terhadap masa silamnya.
KUDETA PUSPA 2
Penulis:Hasif Rayyan & Siti Maryam X Cross
Penerbit:Maple Comics
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/H20(2)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
KUDETA PUSPA ialah satu siri novel ringan terbitan Maple Comics. Ditulis oleh Hasif Rayyan dan Siti Maryam, dan dilukis oleh Cross, siri ini mengisahkan pengembaraan Nisha ke negara Jauha untuk melihat sendiri tanah kelahirannya yang telah tandus akibat bencana nuklear.
Setelah penemuan sut Puspa Waja, Nisha mulai diburu tentera Mahajaya. Lebih memburukkan keadaan, Mak Nah turut menjadi sasaran mereka. Demi melindungi Mak Nah, apakah keputusan drastik yang perlu dibuat Nisha?
FANTASI KUASA
Penulis:Amir Hafizi & Cross
Penerbit:Maple Comics
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/A49
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
Fantasi Kuasa ialah satu siri novel ringan terbitan Maple Comics. Ditulis oleh Amir Hafizi dengan ilustrasi oleh Cross, siri ini mengisahkan Latiff yang mendapat kuasa luarbiasa daripada makhluk asing yang penuh misteri.
Latiff ditemani oleh Misa Hosuwan – seorang artis K-pop yang pintar daripada kumpulan Purplehearts akibat salah faham antara dia dan makhluk asing tersebut.
Bersama, mereka akan cuba mengubah dunia!
PERANGKAP PSIKO
Penulis:Asraf Shaari
Penerbit:Kadokawa Gempak Starz
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/K5(27)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
“Jangan takut. Abang tak makan orang… hehehe… siapa nama adik?” ulangnya kembali pertanyaan yang masih belum dijawab.
“Ru…Rusydi.”
“Nak masuk bengkel baru abang? Hehehe…”
Budak lelaki bernama Rusydi menggeleng sambil membimbit kemas begnya. Matanya tertancap pada pintu bengkel yang sedikit terbuka. Ada kepala manusia sedang telentang menjengah mata. Melihat kesan darah di tangan lelaki depannya, dia pasti ada tragedi ngeri telah berlaku.
Misteri kehilangan kanak-kanak menjadi buah mulut satu kampung. Sama ada diculik, dijual atau dibunuh… tiada siapa dapat menekanya. Apabila adiknya tiba-tiba hilang, Mina nekad mencarinya. Berjayakah dia merungkai setiap satu perangkap bersama rakan lain?
SUMPAHAN BOYAK
Penulis:Aj Abdullah
Penerbit:Kadokawa Gempak Starz
Nombor Panggilan:899.283/K5(28)
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
“Adam buat apa sini?”
Suaranya terus meninggi. Gelabah aku dibuatnya.
“Adam mesti tinggalkan tempat ni sekarang juga! Adam dah lupakah janji Adam dengan bapa Adam dulu?!”
Adam Mikhael dilarang keras oleh ayahnya menjejak kaki ke Sarawak tanpa sebarang penjelasan. Namun darah muda yang kuat memberontak membuatkan Adam mengingkari arahan orang tuanya.
Kedegilan dan kehendak Adam mengejar kisah keluarganya menyebabkan dia terjerat dalam pencarian sendiri. Rahsia? Sumpahan? Boyak? Apa kaitan semua ini dengan hidup Adam Mikhael?
‘Apa yang pasti, aku tidak sepatutnya datang sini.’
‘Aku tak sepatutnya datang sini!’
BILA EMAK BERDRAMA! : PETUA BAGAIMANA KEKAL AMAN BERSAMA ANAK-ANAK
Penulis:Salwa Saleh
Penerbit:Deen Prints
Nombor Panggilan:649.000/S1
Tempat:Area C
Sinopsis:
“PARENTING IS ABOUT SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE SO THAT MORE PARENTS MAKING LESS MISTAKES.”
Itulah yang selalu saya katakan kepada ibu bapa yang meminta nasihat atau pandangan terhadap situasi mereka berkaitan hal keibubapaan.
Berkisah tentang pengalaman sendiri, saya mengalami pelbagai tempoh kesukaran dan ujian. Bermula seawal ketika mengandungkan anak pertama, kemudian diuji pula dengan anak yang mempunyai masalah kesihatan. Ketika anak sudah membesar, otak ligat pula mencari idea untuk melakukan aktiviti bersama mereka dan terhasillah ‘DIY’ (Do-It-Yourself) yang ringkas tanpa kos perbelanjaan yang tinggi.
Adakalanya, saya akui saya memang ada melakukan kesalahan. Namun saya rangkumkan kesemuanya menjadi cerita, info dan garis panduan sebagai pedoman, agar ibu bapa lain tidak turut melakukan kesalahan yang sama.