轻食沙拉元气果汁 / 郑育龙 主编

本书讲解了轻断食的原理和方法用凉拌、水煮、烘烤等方式烹饪低 热量食材，制作一道色香味形俱全的减脂沙拉，适合有瘦身需求的人，想 要减糖、减脂的人等。沙拉代替油炸、煎烤类食物，一段时间后，你会发现 皮肤变好了，小肚腩也不见了，整个人容光焕发起来！这就是吃沙拉带来 的改变，越吃越年轻、越吃越健康！ 本书讲解沙拉种类丰富一日三餐不重样，食材常见容易购买。本书 给出了7天轻断沙拉搭配元气果汁。酱料百搭多种低热量沙拉汁、沙拉酱， 任意随心搭，为沙拉注入灵魂。 元气果汁：蔬果汁、奶昔、五谷杂粮汁帮助读者更好的实践轻断食理 论，从而获得健康美丽的身体。本书邀请作者拍摄了沙拉以及果汁的制作 视频做法一步一图，不用下载软件，手机扫码直接看视频，让读者在学习 沙拉制作、果汁制作时更加直观、清晰，能够做出自己喜欢的健康沙拉食 品和搭配合理的果汁。

经典与创意树桩蛋糕制作详解

本书分为基础制作工艺,经典篇,巧克力篇,创意篇,冰激凌篇,附录等部 分,收录了45份独创树桩蛋糕及淋面酱食谱,通过45张结构图解循序渐进讲 解甜品制作工艺法式树桩蛋糕是甜点大师将美好的甜点与美丽的节日融 合在一起而创造出来的时尚甜品。作者把繁复的树桩蛋糕制作过程抽丝剥 茧地呈现在读者面前，让读者能够一步步按照食谱方法完成树桩蛋糕的制 作。 法式树桩蛋糕是甜点大师将美好的甜点与美丽的节日融合在一起而 创造出来的时尚甜品。本书专门介绍了树桩蛋糕的制作方法，从基础的蛋 糕技法（蛋糕片的制作、奶油夹心的调配、淋面的技巧、蛋白霜的制作）到 具体树桩蛋糕（榛子冷杉蛋糕、香草千层卷、圣奥诺雷蛋糕）的制作细节 。

正确减糖

一直在减糖，为什么体重一直没减？老人和孩子可以一起减糖吗？点外 卖时如何规避高糖食品？一天可以只吃两顿吗？ 不正确地减糖，很容易导致心慌头晕、急躁焦虑、低血糖、体重反弹、 内分泌失调。本书根据医学研究，介绍科学、正确、能坚持的减糖食谱。 从减糖的理论知识、经验技巧、选择食材的方法，到精选包含主菜、配菜、 主食、预制菜、汤菜、小吃与甜点等的减糖菜谱、374种食品含糖量对照表 ，再到点外卖的减糖要点、关于减糖的各类疑问，本书统统包含。本书将助 你全面、科学、可坚持地减糖，让你变瘦、变健康、变年轻！践行健康的饮 食方式。 应以GI值（血糖生成指数）较低的食物作为主食。选择低GI 主食，避免 血糖迅速升高。通过调控主食来减少糖类摄取量的同时，也可以借助控制 血糖升高的方式，让自己不容易发胖。食物摄取后血糖是否升高取决于食 物的GI 值。所谓GI值，就是人体进食后机体血糖的变化情况。以大米为 例，糙米要比精细的白米GI 值低。人体消化、吸收糙米的速度比较慢，糙 米还可以为人体提供维生素、矿物质、食物纤维等糖类以外的营养物质。 饮食本是人生的快乐之一。如果强忍着不去吃想吃的美食，或者仅仅在 意糖分或热量而与美味失之交臂，那只能导致本末倒置。对此，本书就是 既让大家快乐地享用美味，同时又能选好食材合理减肥。

Nomadland

Reviewed by Library Information System Division's staff, SSL Headquaters.

From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older adults. These invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in RVs and modified vans, forming a growing community of nomads.

Nomadland tells a revelatory tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy—one which foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, it celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive, but have not given up hope.

To Kill A Mockingbird

Reviewed by Library Information System Division's staff, SSL Headquaters.

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. "To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee’s classic novel – a black man charged with the rape of white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch. Harper Lee explore with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man’s struggle for justice. But the weight of history will tolerate only so much.

‘Someone rare has written this very fine novel, a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humour. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable’.

A Dog's Courage

Reviewed by Library Information System Division's staff, SSL Headquaters.

Number one New York bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron once again captures the bravery and determination of a very good dog in the gripping sequel to A Dog’s Way Home, the acclaimed novel that inspired the hit movie!

Bella was once a lost dog, but now she lives happily with her people, Lucas and Olivia, only occasionally recalling the hardships in her past. Then a weekend camping trip turns into a harrowing struggle for survival when the Rocky Mountains are engulfed by the biggest wildfire in American history. The raging inferno separates Bella from her people and she is lost once more.

Alone in the wilderness, Bella unexpectedly finds herself responsible for the safety of two defenseless mountain lion cubs. Now she’s torn between two equally urgent goals. More than anything, she wants to find her way home to Lucas and Olivia, but not if it means abandoning her new family to danger. And danger abounds, from predators hunting them to the flames threatening at every turn.

Can Bella ever get back to where she truly belongs?

A Dog’s Courage is more than a fast-paced adventure, more than a devoted dog’s struggle to survive, it’s a story asking that we believe in our dogs as much as they believe in us.

The Stranger in the Lifeboat

Reviewed by Library Information System Division's staff, SSL Headquaters.

Mitch Albom’s stories have touched 40 million hearts. Now the global phenomenon returns. What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom’s profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He claims to be “the Lord.” And he says he can only save them if they all believe in him. Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in. “Thank the Lord we found you,” a passenger says. “I am the Lord,” the man whispers. So begins Mitch Albom’s most beguiling novel yet. Albom has written of heaven in the celebrated number one bestsellers The Five People You Meet in Heaven and The First Phone Call from Heaven . Now, for the first time in his fiction, he ponders what we would do if, after crying out for divine help, God actually appeared before us? In The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Albom keeps us guessing until the end: Is this strange man really who he claims to be? What actually happened to cause the explosion? Are the survivors in heaven, or are they in hell? The story is narrated by Benji, one of the passengers, who recounts the events in a notebook that is discovered—a year later—when the empty life raft washes up on the island of Montserrat. It falls to the island’s chief inspector, Jarty LeFleur, a man battling his own demons, to solve the mystery of what really happened.  A fast-paced, compelling novel that makes you ponder your deepest beliefs, The Stranger in the Lifeboat suggests that answers to our prayers may be found where we least expect them.

NEVER GIVE UP, JACK MA IN HIS OWN WORDS

Reviewed by Dr. Mahat Jamal, Thinker Vault Media, Kota Kinabalu

"Buku bertajuk Never Give Up, Jack Ma in His Own Words yang disunting oleh Suk Lee dan Bob Song ini memuatkan himpunan petikan kata-kata dan pandangan Jack Ma yang dibuat dalam beberapa peristiwa, liputan akhbar, temu bual, dialog dan forum antarabangsa (1999 - 2015) terhadap dunia perniagaan, prinsip perniagaan, kejayaan dan kegagalan, persaingan, kepimpinan, pemasaran dan media, internet, e-dagang dan perdagangan global dan banyak lagi.

Jack Ma merupakan pengasas dan pengerusi eksekutif Kumpulan Alibaba, salah sebuah syarikat e-dagang paling kaya di dunia. Kekayaan beliau yang mempunyai nilai bersih USD 21.8 bilion mula mengenal internet melalui seorang kawan semasa bercuti di Seattle, Washington,  Amerika Syarikat pada tahun 1995. Pada bulan Mac 1999 Kumpulan Alibaba melancarkan laman web e-dagang dan menerima dana modal usaha niaga sebanyak USD 5 juta daripada Goldman Sachs dan pelbagai syarikat dari Amerika Syarikat, Asia dan Eropah.

Pada ketika itu, Jack Ma tidak mengetahui apa-apa tentang komputer atau pengekodan. Bahkan, ramai orang Cina belum faham mengenai internet, apa tah lagi  tentang potensinya yang besar dalam bidang pemasaran. Namun, yakin dengan masa depan bisnes atas talian, Jack Ma membuat keputusan memulakan syarikat internet dengan membawa jaringan World Wide Web ke China. Jack Ma yang mengelar dirinya sebagai manusia buta yang menunggang seekor harimau buta, berhadapan dengan pelbagai cabaran dan halangan, namun beliau tekad memulakan perniagaan tersebut (Majlis Asia Game Changer Awards, 2014).

Jack Ma mengaku tidak pandai dalam aspek teknologi, selain daripada hanya tahu cara menghantar dan menerima emel serta melayari internet, namun dengan tekad yang kental, beliau berjaya menjadi pengurus salah sebuah syarikat e-dagang paling terbesar di China.

Menurut Jack Ma, di dalam dunia perniagaan, perkara yang sangat penting dalam sesebuah syarikat atau organisasi ialah misi, nilai, dan matlamat bersama (Pertemuan Operator Rangkaian Ningbo, 11 Jun 2002). Tanpa tiga perkara ini, perniagaan tidak akan berjaya. Di samping itu, pelanggan hendaklah sentiasa diletakkan di tempat pertama, pekerja di tempat kedua dan seterusnya pemegang di tempat ketiga. Sistem syarikat jangan disandarkan atas satu atau dua individu utama sahaja kerana syarikat akan runtuh sekiranya infrastruktur yang kukuh tidak dibina (Majlis Anugerah Utama Juara e-Perniagaan APEC, 2 Ogos 2008).

Dari segi kepimpinan, Jack Ma melihat antara faktor penyumbang kepada kejayaan syarikat ialah keupayaan membina sebuah pasukan pengurusan yang mantap, menghargai pekerja, mengamal semangat berpasukan, membimbing kakitangan dan mempunyai ciri-ciri kepimpinan yang positif. Di samping itu perlu mempunyai carta organisasi yang jelas, matlamat yang realistik, mempunyai keupayaan menghadapi krisis, usah takut pada kesilapan, belajar daripada pengalaman dan menganggap kegagalan sebagai kunci kejayaan (Pertemuan Operator Rangkain Ningbo, 11 Jun 2002).

Salah satu rahsia kejayaan Alibaba, mengikut Jack Ma ialah 33 % daripada ahli pengurusannya terdiri daripada kaum wanita. Mereka merupakan 24% daripada barisan pengurusan tertinggi yang menyandang pangkat CEO, CFO dan CPO. Menurut Jack Ma, sekiranya mahu menang dalam abad ke-21 ini, kuasa perlu juga diberikan kepada orang lain. Beliau mendapati golongan wanita di lihat lebih banyak memikirkan tentang orang lain berbanding diri mereka sendiri (Sesi temu bual dengan Charles Rose, Forum Ekonomi Dunia, 23 Julai 2015).

Dari segi pengalaman pengguna, Jack Ma berpendapat teknologi harus mesra pelanggan. Beliau meminta pasukan jurutera syarikatnya mewujudkan program yang boleh memenuhi keperluan orang ramai. Baginya, tidak kira betapa majunya sesuatu teknologi, ia tidak bermanfaat sekiranya orang ramai tidak tahu menggunakannya.  Matlamat beliau, 80% orang ramai yang buta IT sepertinya dapat menggunakan teknologi syarikat tanpa perlu membaca sebarang manual (Program Fortune Life, 29 Mac 2003).

Bagi Jack Ma, persaingan memang menyeronokkan kerana dalam perniagaan walaupun pihak lawan mati, beliau tidak semestinya menang. Beliau sentiasa  bersifat terbuka menerima persaingan dan bersedia mengatur pelbagai strategi menghadapinya. Persaingan memberi peluang untuk meningkatkan kualiti diri untuk menjadi lebih baik. Pada masa yang sama, ia boleh menyebabkan pesaing naik darah. Baginya pejuang yang marah bukanlah pejuang yang bagus (Pertemuan Operator Rangkaian Beijing, 17 Mac 2008).

Mengenai cabaran, Jack Ma tidak pernah berkata beliau adalah pemenang. Beliau lebih suka bercerita cara beliau menangani pelbagai kesukaran dan bukan dengan riak bercerita tentang kejayaan. Setiap hari cabaran dan masalah perlu diatasi dan itulah pencapaian utama beliau. Semua usahawan tahu, hari-hari mereka akan dipenuhi pelbagai kesukaran dan kegagalan dan bukan semestinya dengan kejayaan. Pengalaman hampir sedekad mengajarnya bahawa kesukaran itu tidak boleh dielak atau dipertanggungjawabkan kepada orang lain.  Usahawan mesti mampu menghadapi kegagalan dan tidak menyerah kalah (Sesi temubual di laman web CCTV, 2004).

Berhubung tanggungjawab korporat pada abad ke-21, Jack Ma berpendapat bahawa dunia mendambakan peradaban komersial baru.  Dalam tamadun komersial lama, syarikat sangat mementingkan diri sendiri dan hanya fokus kepada keuntungan. Pada abad ke-21, syarikat perlu mengkaji semula hubungan dengan masyarakat, alam sekitar, kemanusiaan dan para pelanggan. Selain itu, syarikat pada hari ini perlu sentiasa telus, bersikap terbuka, bertanggungjawab dan berpandangan global bagi mewujudkan kehidupan yang lebih baik (Sambutan Ulang Tahun Ke-10 Alibaba, 10 September 2000).

Buku ini sangat bermanfaat kepada mereka yang ingin mengetahui faktor-faktor kejayaan Jack Ma dalam perniagaan e-dagang di dunia. Oleh yang demikian, untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut lagi tentang buku dan isi kandungannya, sila lawati laman web Perpustakaan Negeri Sabah di www.ssl.sabah.gov.my atau hubungi talian 088-231623 214828, 256192 untuk mengetahui ketersediaan buku tersebut. Bagaimanapun buku-buku ini mungkin mengambil masa untuk dihantar ke perpustakaan di luar Kota Kinabalu, sila berhubung dengan perpustakaan terdekat untuk tempahan pinjaman".

Faker

Reviewed by Dian Suaidah Binti Azudin, Intern, UiTM Merbok Kedah.

In this sexy and entertaining multicultural romance, two office rivals work out their differences to forge a lasting love. Debut author Sarah Smith pulls it off perfectly. A skilled forger, Emmie Echavarre. She must be in order to survive as one of the few female workers at Nuts & Bolts, a power tool firm where the majority of the employees are stern, powerful men. She is incredibly tough from nine to five, Monday through Friday, the complete contrast of her laid-back actual personality. She doesn't have to pretend to anything, right? Tate Rasmussen, a coworker, is detested by her. Since the first day they met, Tate has been antagonistic toward her. He responded to Emmie's cordial greetings and frequent attempts to get to know him only with scowls and curt one-word responses. Unfortunately, she can't help but ogle his Thor-like biceps. Things get hot when Tate and Emmie are made to collaborate on a charitable construction project. Tate's hard exterior is beginning to reveal a sensitive heart to Emmie, but it will take more than a few encouraging words to let her forget the past and believe what they have is genuine.In this sexy and entertaining multicultural romance, two office rivals work out their differences to forge a lasting love. Debut author Sarah Smith pulls it off perfectly. A skilled forger, Emmie Echavarre. She must be in order to survive as one of the few female workers at Nuts & Bolts, a power tool firm where the majority of the employees are stern, powerful men. She is incredibly tough from nine to five, Monday through Friday, the complete contrast of her laid-back actual personality. She doesn't have to pretend to anything, right? Tate Rasmussen, a coworker, is detested by her. Since the first day they met, Tate has been antagonistic toward her. He responded to Emmie's cordial greetings and frequent attempts to get to know him only with scowls and curt one-word responses. Unfortunately, she can't help but ogle his Thor-like biceps. Things get hot when Tate and Emmie are made to collaborate on a charitable construction project. Tate's hard exterior is beginning to reveal a sensitive heart to Emmie, but it will take more than a few encouraging words to let her forget the past and believe what they have is genuine.

Killer Instinct

Reviewed by Dian Suaidah Binti Azudin, Intern, UiTM Merbok Kedah.

This follow-up to James Patterson and Howard Roughan's critically acclaimed Murder Games opens with the murder of an esteemed Ivy League professor that is made to appear accidental. Detective Elizabeth Needham and Dr. Dylan Reinhart are reunited to work on the case together, but their investigations are put on hold when a severe act of terrorism hits New York City. Reinhart's secret CIA past is brought to light when his name appears on the casualty list, putting his family in grave danger. When Needham saves her employer just before the explosion, she narrowly avoids taking a direct hit. Needham and Reinhart must work together to connect the dots because the terrorist Mudir, also known as the Governor, has more bloodshed planned. The pair's ex-CIA father and a whiskey-swilling computer hacker are assisting in the fight against the terrorists. The collaboration between Roughan and Patterson resulted in a gripping thriller.

Summer Secret

Reviewed by Dian Suaidah Binti Azudin, Intern, UiTM Merbok Kedah.

In addition to being a fascinating drama, Summer Secrets is a wonderfully depicted depiction of relationships, betrayals, and forgiveness. It is a story about accepting the things we cannot change, mustering the courage to alter the things we can, and developing the fortitude to withstand hardships. Twenty-something journalist Cat Coombs finds herself descending into a downward spiral after a shocking family secret is revealed. She gets used to having wild, extravagant evenings out in London and severe hangovers the next day, which causes her to make a tragic mistake one night when visiting family in America on the island of Nantucket. She is unable to forgive herself for her error. When she gets back home, she faces the unavoidable reality of her situation and realises that she needs to mature. She is unsure, though, of her ability to win the individuals she wronged over. As the years go by, Cat reaches her forties as a struggling single mother, dealing with her newly discovered sobriety and resolved to make apologies at last. She might be able to win their forgiveness by going back to her past and seeing the family she abandoned on Nantucket all those years ago, but doing so could put the people she loves most in danger.

Letters To My Teacher: Tributes to the People Who Have Made a Difference

Reviewed by Dian Suaidah Binti Azudin, Intern, UiTM Merbok, Kedah.

Our most cherished teachers are those whose lessons transcend the classroom and whose advice endures throughout our lives. Letters to My Teacher is a compilation of motivating letters to instructors from people looking back and youth looking up. It was written with these teachers in mind. This beautiful book, which is filled with several actual letters, tells the stories of lessons learned, lives transformed, and the unsung heroes that made it all possible.

Music Review

Reviewed by Intern, Sabri bin Madsahi, Sabah State Library Headquarters.

The song was written by M. Shadow, the vocalist for the Avenged Sevenfold group. Behind this song is the sad story of his life unable to leave his lover. They parted ways for months following the Avenged Sevenfold tour to several foreign countries. The song is a heart-wrenching exposition of missing someone and feeling utter loneliness without that person; praying to God to hold them close and care for them.  A line in the lyrics of the song, but I left her when I found her expresses regrets for leaving someone just as they get to know them.

It was written by Paul Simon in February 19, 1964. In the making of this song, he really likes to play the guitar in a room as dark as a bathroom that just sounds like water falling from the tap and the sound reflections are heard from the floor tiles. This song talks about the rapid development of technology to improve the quality of life of people at that time so as not to care about the hardships of others.

Construction of the Berlin wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. In 1989, a series of revolutions in nearby Eastern Bloc countries—in Poland and Hungary in particular—caused a chain reaction in East Germany leading to the fall of the wall. Wind Of Change was published by the rock band, Scorpion, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the uniting of East and West Germany.

The Lorax

Reviewed by Nuratiqah binti Hj Mohamad Deris, UiTM student, Rembau, Negeri Sembilan.

Parents should be aware that this animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic story, The Lorax, is suitable for younger children; there is little scary material, and the pro-environmental message is positive.

You don't have to be under the age of 12 to appreciate all of the craziness in Thneedville. You don't have to be over the age of 12 to understand the message that the film brings out: plant trees to rescue the Earth. Theodor Seuss Geisel, an American writer and cartoonist, deserves praise (better known as Dr Seuss).

Ted adores Audrey, who, for the first time in her life, want to see a living, breathing tree. In a world where air is sold in bottles, this is somewhat tough. When our tweeny hero finally catches up with Once-ler, he is not only given the last Trufulla tree seed, but he (and we) are also made aware of what can happen to Nature without trees. All of this and more are included in the script, which is based on Dr. Seuss' 61-page illustrated children's book of the same name.

Watching the last tree being felled and the magnificent creatures migrating to a country where trees are not felled are both heartbreaking moments in the film. We do, however, wish there were more. It also contains some amusing moments, such as the marshmallow rain and the Once-ler dream scenario. Also, I wish there was more of this. The voice over comes next. Ted, played by Zac Efron, comes across as a happy-go-lucky adolescent, closely followed by Audrey, the girl next door (Taylor Swift). Once-ler, directed by Ed Helms, is a good combination of good-guy-turned-bad-guy-turned-good. The Lorax, played by Danny DeVito, comes across as authoritative enough to be the forest's guardian.

Finally, the 'then' and 'today' setting is what really catches you off guard (since the original was written in 1971). Thneedville was full of Brown Bar-ba-loots playing in the shade and Singing Fish humming all over before the trees were cut down. Thneedville is all about retail malls, parking spaces, and high-tech roadways now that the trees are vanished. With the exception of The Lorax himself, no one appears to emerge from the pages in the animation.

 Life Without Limits

Reviewed by Flora, Sabah State Library HQ

Nick Vujicic is an author, motivational speaker and the Director of an organization that helps share the message of hope in Christ to others around the world, named Life without Limbs. He produced the book Life without Limits which tells about how he deal or underwent his life with the physical disabilities. He also shares how he endured the emotional battle that he faced as a child, teen and young adult.

Born without arms and legs, is not easy for us, so does the author. It is the reality that he must accept throughout his life. If we take a moment and try to put yourself in the author place, what will you do? Will you accept it? How will you endure it? What about your future? Will you still have faith in God? These questions have also pop up in Nick’s mind. He felt alone, depressed and overwhelmed with negative thoughts. But, with his faith in God, he managed to overcome it and found the purposed of his life.

If you have the desire and passion to do something, and it’s within God’s will, you will achieve it. With this powerful statement, Nick began his journey to motivates and encourage others to live a better life by sharing the methods in finding hopes. So, if you still trap within your dark days, you need to do something or you can try to read this book to find some inspiration. Who knows, it might help you in finding and knowing yourself more.

This book is highly recommended to all because, we need to motivate ourselves and stay positive especially during this pandemic Covid-19.

The Midnight Library

Reviewed by Chung Fon Mee, Sabah State Library HQ

My curiosity grew on this book because it is highly recommended by my circle of librarian friends who love to read.

Now you see, I'm not actually in the category of librarians who love to read. I prefer magazine and movie over books. Then again because the title of the book with the "library", so it got my attention and curiosity to find out what it is all about.

The hard copy is not available in our library yet, lucky me that I've found it over at Libby in the e-book collection. I checked it out straight away and it took me less than its 2 weeks due date to finish it.

You’ll find this excerpt at the beginning of the book before the contents page:

‘Between life and death there is a library,’ she said. ‘And within that library, the shelves go on for ever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?’

This itself would give you some idea what this book is about – life!

Half way through it, it got me thinking.. no matter where she ends up or where she'll be, what she's having right now could actually be her best life.

Well, this is the kind of book that is neither a love story, nor a sci-fi. It is a mix of more than one genre and it is interesting on the way how it is put together. I believe most of us would be able to relate to this book.

Doesn't matter in what stage of life you are in, as long as you are a curious person, one that wonders what would life be if you are in another situation, another time line, another personality, you'd be able to put yourself into the shoes of the main character and keep turning the pages. In no time you’d be able to finish the book.

This is definitely an interesting read and it will worth your time finishing the whole book.

Novels Martial art for ancient China reworked

1. The Sword Dancer : Rebels and lovers by Jeannie Lin

Jeannie Lin has written many novels set during the Tang Dynasty, but they’re standalone and don’t need to be read in order. The classic wuxia protagonist is an outcast whose personal code of honour guides them to act with righteousness. The Sword Dancer takes that archetype and puts woman in that role. And the hero, naturally, is the man sent to capture her.

2. God of Slaughter by Ni Cang Tian

An apathetic, moneyed youth throws himself into the world of extreme sports for the adrenaline rush that comes with the near death-experience.

When he is rendered temporarily unconscious following a sky dive, Shi Yan awakens to find himself among a pile of corpses. Worse still, he comes to realise that his mind occupies a stranger’s body. The mystery of how he came to be in this unusual circumstance, gives him – and by default the book’s readers – a renewed passion to unravel the plot against him.

3. Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao by Flying Alone

The supreme warrior and Alchemy Emperor has died in his quest to achieve godhood. Thanks to the intervention of the “Invincible Heaven Scholl’, he finds himself reincarnated 10,000 years later in the body of a younger man with the same name.

He sets himself the task of taking on the many geniuses of this new era in a bid to become known as a legend once more.

4. Super Gene by Twelve-winged Dark Seraphim

It is the dawn of a magnificent interstellar era, with advances that allow for teleportation. However, the technology used to accomplish this feat cannot guarantee where users will wind up: they could be sent to the future, past or God’s Sanctuary. The last is a mysterious place inhabited by strange creatures, where man will make the greatest evolutionary leap to create the most glorious epoch in mankind’s history.

The Worst President in History : The Legacy of Barack Obama

Reviewed by Siti Debitha Dawinda, SK Togop Darat Ranau.

"If you want to know why the history books will have a dim view of Barack Obama, this is the book to read."-John Hawkins, Right Wing News and Townhall.com

The presumption of Barack Obama's presidential greatness began before he even won the presidency. Now that he's out of office, presidential "experts" and historians are ranking Obama as one of our nation's greatest presidents, placing him amongst Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Truman.

Did Barack Obama really save America from another Great Depression? Did he really unite America or improve America's global image? Did he really usher in a new era of post-partisanship and government transparency? Did he really expand health coverage while lowering costs and cutting taxes? Did he really make America safer and stronger than it was when he first took office? According to his supporters in the media, Hollywood, and academia, he did. But they are wrong. And they're working aggressively to ensure their version of Obama's legacy is written into the history books.

Matt Margolis and Mark Noonan have compiled everything you need to know about the presidency of Barack Obama into a single source. First published in 2016, this book has now been updated to include the entirety of Obama's presidency, and the shocking details that have come to light since he left office.

The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama compiles two hundred inconvenient truths about Obama's presidency-the facts that define his legacy: his real impact on the economy; the disaster that is Obamacare; his shocking abuses of taxpayer dollars; his bitterly divisive style of governing; his shameless usurping of the Constitution; his many scandals and cover-ups; his policy failures at home and abroad; the unprecedented expansion of government power...and more.

In his farewell address to supporters on January 11, 2017, Barack Obama declared, "By almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place than it was when we started." This book destroys that narrative, putting Obama's presidency into historical context and offering an avalanche of facts that simply cannot be ignored. All of these facts are now at your fingertips in a single source. The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama is your ultimate guide to Obama's real presidential record-the record he'd like history to forget.

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Reviewed by Siti Debitha Dawinda, SK Togop Darat Ranau.

Mitch Albom’s passion for music has brought to life another mesmerizing fictional masterpiece, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto. This is yet another surrealistically magical, heartfelt story that can all be indulged in a single novel. First published in 2012, this novel has since become the talk of the town.

This novel narrates the epic adventures of Frankie Presto, a guitarist prodigy who touches and changes six lives with his six magical strings. The said man was born in a beleaguered church in Spain, during the Spanish War in 1936 where his mother dies not too soon after having him. His mother, Carmencita lulls him a song to keep him quiet and dies with Frankie in her arms. Josefa, a nun from the church takes pity on him and begin to take care of him. Unfortunately, he is thrown in the river as Frankie never stop crying the first time he ever hears music. Frankie is later saved by a hairless dog and gets adopted by Baffa, who does not say a word to Frankie of his adoption.

Upon growing up, Frankie’s keen interest and much developing talent on music has Baffa looking for a music teacher for him. Baffa sends Frankie to El Maestro for lessons. When Baffa is arrested during political factions, Frankie has no where else to go but El Maestro’s place. Frankie begins living with El Maestro amidst his learning with him. Unbeknownst to any of them, El Maestro is actually Frankie’s biological father. Under El Maestro’s guidance, Frankie becomes a great guitarist. Frankie is sent to America to achieve better luck and is given six magic guitar strings that turns blue every time Frankie changes someone’s fate. Those strings were his mother’s.  El Maestro asks for his friends to assist Frankie on his journey to America but is later betrayed by him. El Maestro is drowned, Frankie’s money is stolen and he is abandoned in London.

Frankie meets Django Reinhardt, a famous gypsy guitarist in London where he is asked to join his tour in America with Duke Ellington’s band. Frankie starts gaining more fame in America and later it comes to his knowledge that Baffa is not his real father. Frankie also meets his true love from Spain, Aurora, but they do not hit it off as his fame becomes the hindrance for them to be together. Frankie gets involved with someone else and reunite again with Aurora after quite some time. Unfortunately, an ill-fated event befalls on Aurora when Frankie is out drinking at night and Frankie blames himself while searching for his beloved. He mutilates his very hand that is used to play the guitar as guilt takes over him. They both rekindle their relationship and move to Waiheke Island where they opt out for adoption.

They adopt Kai, a foundling little girl. Frankie is reached by a band of young men, in attempt to record him playing his guitar while chatting with his family. He is secretly taped, naming the tape as “The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto”. Not too long after that, Aurora begs Frankie to visit Spain. They go in search for El Maestro and Aurora, for her sister. There, Frankie meets Alberto who then explain his massacre of El Maestro. He goes on a rampage but could not get his hand to harm Alberto. Josefa do the deed for Frankie. He and his family return to Waiheke where Aurora dies in a hurricane. Frankie goes on searching for the original tape of him playing the guitar so Kai will be able to hear them chatting together again. Frankie’s life ends on the stage of Kai’s award ceremony in Spain where they play “Lagrima”, together.

This story is not only a piece of art in the sense of its literary aspect, but also the way Albom accompanies his 17 original song sound track. Mitch Albom is not only a great novelist, he is also a musician- The Magic String of Frankie Presto really is his remarkable ‘song’ in all senses.

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Reviewed by Siti Debitha Dawinda, SK Togop Darat Ranau.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven was written by Mitch Albom and was first published in 2003. Upon its released, this book has been on the New York Times best seller list for 95 weeks straight and was then turned into a movie in the following year, starring John Voight. As interesting as its title, this novel offers a whole different outlook on the subject of life and death as well as the disparate possibilities of the afterlife. Afterlife is only known by the dead but unknown to those who still live. Thus, what makes this book interesting is how the author extended a pristine insight on the afterlife that makes those who read it long for it to be how it is for their upcoming journey.

Mitch Albom takes us to the life of an old wounded war veteran who soon after has been living the rest of his life as a maintenance man at an amusement park. He is to fix broken rides on the park in which he had always deemed as uninspired life. He despised the life he had been living but to no avail, he kept on and on. On the day of his 83^rd birthday, he faced his death in attempt to save a little girl from a falling cart. Eddie awakes in the afterlife and reaches heaven. There, he meets 5 people whose purpose is to show him the true value and meaning of his life. He meets each person in his/her heaven and he has to go through 5 different heavens to meet all the said people and each of them is relevant to his life. He gets to choose his heaven once he is done meeting all five of them. The book ends with that. It is interesting how in this book, the first chapter started at the ends of Eddie’s life, giving the readers a different kind of experience. Not only is it somehow spiritual, it is definitely a wake up call for us to amend the relationship that we are building in real life as it is what shapes us into the person we are in the present.

Conflicts are also shown in this masterpiece, embedded by several characters. Eddie as the main character is supported by several other astounding supporting characters and their personas are all a delight to get involved with. Eddie is a broken man when he comes back from the war. There is not any hint of enthusiasm despite his chaotic working environment in the amusement park. Albom also lets the readers to grasp the idea of accepting oneself as who we are regardless of any mishap and dearth we are in possession of through The Blue Man and Eddie’s wife, Marguerite. The Blue Man, even when his own father disowned him out of embarrassment for how he has become, picks himself up and joins the Ruby Pier’s freak show and comes to terms with the way he is. Marguerite, who has been keeping her dreams to have children of her own, turns out to be infertile but decides to not dwell in perturb and sorrow. She thinks of alternate options and makes the best of every situation.

The author has well composed the story line and is great to set up scenery in the readers mind. It is not a heavy reading but rather light even though spiritual genres are not exactly what I would go to in a novel. It gets us to think on how the acts that we have done in real life would determine our wellbeing in the afterlife.

Lucy Foley

Kate Quinn

Tessa Bailey

Shelby Van Pelt

Kirstin Chen

Nikki Erlick

Madeline Miller

Sarah Penner

Kirstin Valdez Quade

Michael Lewis

Richard Powers

Mitch Albom

Jessica Bruder

Ellery Adams

Heather Graham

Lauren K. Denton

Denise Hunter

Melissa Ferguson

Sarah E. Ladd

Denise Hunter

Nancy Mehl

Elizabeth Camden

Mary Jo Putney

Mary Balogh

Brenda Novak

Debbie Macomber

Louise Penny

Heather Morris

Alex Michaelides

by Jeff Goins

Moss, Sarah

Mackintosh, Clare

Taylor, C.L.

Aida Asmida

Emy Roberto

Laydee Amarfi

Brown, Pierce

Ghosh, Amitav

Jin, Yong

Lau, Johnny, Kuah, Dan

Lau, Johnny, Teo, Dylan

Alvin Azril Mahat

Freitas, Donna

Caffey, Andrew A.

Riggs, Nina

Blasius Binjua

Synopsis

Novel nopo diti, i sinuatan di Gundohing Blasius Binjua mantad Kg. Penapah Kondis, Penampang nga’ i nokolimbou koduvoid Piboi’an koponuatan Novel id Kadazandusun Koiso’.

Ulu koponuatan di gundohing Blasius Binjua kopokito do kabaahan dau doid koponusuzan om koponiatan id boos sandad, kadazan.

Id novel diti nakaanu i Gundohing Blasius Binjua do pinopivatu sokio do kopooposizon do tanak vagu ontok timpu disido do guminazo miampai do susuzan guuguhu do mohoohoing miaga do ongkuo iti kinopomungaanan do Donggonggon.

Kopokito nogi’ o novel diti do kopooposizon do tinau’ do kadazan, Sama’-Bajau om sina’ id timpu nokomoi-id nombo id taatanga’ dioho’ kiva do pihumaagan, pilotian om pogisoosokodungan.

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Shariff Ak Omang

Synopsis

Buku ini merupakan pengenalan kepada asas bidang Petrologi Metramorfik. Para pembaca akan mendapat bimbingan bagi mempelajari, memahami dan mengenal pasti konsep dan prinsip dalam menentukan dan mengelaskan jenis mineral dan batuan metamorfik, gred metamorfik, fasies metamorfik dan tindak balas keseimbangan mineral. Buku ini juga memberi pendedahan dalam mempelajari sejarah deformasi dan sekitaran tektono-metamorfisme. Di samping itu, buku ini membincangkan proses-proses yang terlibat dalam penghasilan batuan metamorfik, selain menerangkan kepentingan beberapa jenismineral dan batuan metamorfik sebagai sumber bumi yang berpotensi untuk diusahakan kea rah meningkatakan sumber ekonomi.

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Paul Yambun Imbun

Synopsis

Buku Amfibia Sabah merupakan satu-satunya buku yang memberikan gambaran secara komprehensif tentang keunikan amfibia yang terdapat di Sabah dan memuatkan hampir kesemua spesies amfibia di negeri di bawah bayu ini. Fauna amfibia, yang sinonim dengan haiwan katak, kurang diberikan tumpuan berbanding dengan hidupan megafauna yang lain, seperti gajah dan badak. Masyarakat umumnya lebih mengenali haiwan mamalia berbanding dengan katak dan tidak banyak penyelidik tempatan yang pakar dalam bidang herpetofauna. Sumber-sumber bacaan mengenainya lebih menjurus kepada penyelidikan sainstifik dan sukar difahami individu yang bukan pakar dalam bidang tersebut. Oleh itu, buku ini ditulis dengan cara yang mudah difahami supaya dapat dihayati oleh semua golongan masyarakat, terutamanya para pelajar. Teks yang dikomplemenkan dengan gambar-gambar spesies amfibia membolehkan pembaca mengenali haiwan tersebut dengan lebih mudah lagi.

Buku ini boleh dijadikan rujukan oleh golongan amatur atau profesional yang terlibat dalam bidang akademik dan penyelidikan. Diharapkan buku ini akan membawa kesedaran awam mengenai kepentingan dan keunikan amfibia di sekeliling kita.

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Langkawit

Synopsis

“Langkawit kasi buli saja” merupakan buku kartun terkini versi Bahasa Malaysia Karya saya yang ditampilkan dengan sedikit kelainan tetapi saya anggap sebagai istimewa. Ini kerana cara persembahan ‘page layout’nya berorentasikan potret. Beberapa mukasurat mengandungi dua (2) bahagian cerita kartun yang disusun mengikut jalan cerita atau kesinambungan cerita tersebut. Ini bermakna, pembaca mendapat lebih banyak cerita atau lukisan kartun walaupun masih dengan jumlah mukasurat keseluruhan yang sama seperti keluaran terdahulu. Dalam keluaran ini juga, terdapat “sisipan khas kartun dalam Bahasa Dusun” bagi menambahkan lagi keunikan serta kepelbagaian sesuai dengan konsep penerbit buku kartun ini iaitu “intergrasi Bahasas Suku Bangsa Sabah”. Diharapkan juga agar penampilan buku kartun ini dapat menarik minat pembaca dari suku atau bangsa lain di seluruh Malaysia untuk mempelajari atau sekirang-kurangnya mengenali bahasa dan budaya sesame kita rakyat Malaysia.

Penerbit ingin memaklumkan bahawa sebahagian ejaan dan bahasa yang digunakan dalam buku kartun ini bukanlah menggunakan ejaan serta bahasa Malaysia kebangsaan yang sebenar. Oleh itu ianya tidak sesuai sebagai bahan rujukan rasmi. Pembaca diharap dapat menggunakan kebijakan sendiri dalam menilai dan menapis ejaan dan bahasa yang digunakan dalam buku bacaan humor ini.

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Ent, Antony Van der

Synopsis

The people of Sabah possesses on this famous mountain of what I believe is the most richest and most remarkable assemblage of plants in the world. There is no other place in the world that supplies in so short a journey such a stupendous transect of plant-life … I conclude that, if ever there was a nexus of natural phenomena demanding biological research, it is around Kinabalu.” — Professor John Corner, Royal Society Expeditions 1961 and 1964

Mount Kinabalu (4095 m) in the East Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo is the highest mountain between the Himalayas and the mountains of New Guinea, as well as the most biodiverse place on earth for its size with an unparalleled ecology with many endemic species. Scientific research undertaken over the last 160 years has recorded over 5500 plant species comprising over 200 plant families in an area roughly 30×40 km in size, making it truly a ‘pinnacle of biodiversity’. Mount Kinabalu also has the richest orchid flora in the world. Half of all Borneo’s birds, mammals, reptilian species and amphibian species including- many rare and endangered species occur on Mount Kinabalu; these include approximately 90 species of lowland mammals and 22 montane mammal species and 326 bird species. The Park was established in 1964, and includes Mount Kinabalu, and the little-known Mount Tambuyukon (2579 m), the highest ultramafic mountain in Asia. As a World Heritage Site, Kinabalu Park is also the most important tourism ‘hotspot’ in Sabah with close to 500,000 visitors annually, of whom about 10% make it to the highest point in Borneo, a tough 2-day climb.

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Wardina Aisyah

Synopsis

“Bonda… I present to you, Ihraz Zahin, my boyfriend..”

Ya Allah, aku? Ihraz Zahin terkaku saat mendengar ayat itu dari bibir si tuan puteri. Mata membulat. Darah sudah lama terhenti saat ayat tadi ternoktah. Wajah Eshal Rania dipandang tak berkelip. Tak guna punya tuan puteri. Siapa boyfriend kau?

“Awak dah gila ke? Saya tak nak kahwin dengan awak!” –Ihraz Zahin

“Excuse me?! You ingat I ni kemaruk sangat ke nak kahwin dengan lelaki macam you? Hu… Please!”-Eshal Rania

Kerana terlajak kata, Eshal Rania sudah tidak boleh menoleh lagi. Membohongi bonda hanya kerana tidak menyenangi Syed Ameer XXX. Akhirnya, dengan restu ayahhandanya, tuan puteri sah menjadi isteri kepada pemandu keluarganya. Ihraz Zahin dengan rasminya menjadi pemilik hati Eshal Rania.

Tuan Puteri vs driver?

Sejak dari itu, bermulalah kisah dongeng Eshal Rania. Kononnya mampu mengekalkan ego sang puteri. Dia diva! Dia mementingkan segalanya. Malah, hanya orang yang setaraf sahaja boleh mendampinginya.

Namun bagi Zahin, kekayaan bukan ukuran. Walaupun dia beristerikan si tuan puteri, tapi dia tetap seorang raja. Rumah flat kepunyaannya kini menjadi rumah mereka berdua. Apa sahaja yang ada di situ, Eshal Rania perlu hormati. Mati kutu! Itulah yang terjadi pada Eshal Rania.

“Habis tu… Bilik you pulak kat mana?” –Eshal Rania

“Kat bilik awak tu la.”-Ihraz Zahin

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Benny Pangazou

Synopsis

‘Mansau Ansau’ bermaksud mengembara atau melancong dalam bahasa Dusun. Buku ini mengisahkan pemgembaraan band punk Con-Damn The Corruptor di Semenanjung Malaysia. Nama Con-Damn The Corruptor kini meningkat naik sebagai band punk rock berlirik sosio-politik dari Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Mereka membawa lirik-lirik yang dekat dengan diri mereka, tentang keadaan Negeri mereka, tempat mereka dilahirkan dan beraktiviti. Album sulung mereka diterbitkan oleh label yang produktif dan disegani iaitu Broken Noise Records. Mereka turut menerbitkan dan mengedarkan lagu-lagu mereka sendiri sebagai sebuah band punk yang mandiri. Ikuti kisah suka duka mereka menjelajah dan membuat persembahan di beberapa Negeri di Semenanjung Malaysia tanpa sponsor dan bajet yangagak ketat.

Buku ini tidak terhad mengenai band Con-Damn The Corruptor, namun turut menyentuh serba sedikit tentang scene muzik hardcore punk di negeri-negeri Malaysia secara amnya.

Aramaiti!

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Lovis (Ilustasi), Rainheart (ilustrasi), BuggerX (ilustrasi), Tommy C (Ilustrasi), Dan Paprika (Ilustrasi)

Synopsis

Buku ini adalh gabungan hasil karya 5 orang kartunis yang berasal dari Sabah, iaitu Lovis, Raniheart, BurggerX, Tommy C dan Paprika. Masing-masing mempunyai bakat dan cerita tersendiri.

Dengan buku ini, kami ingin memperkenalkan dan membangunkan lagi industri komik di Sabah. Selain itu, kami juga telah menyelitkan cerita dongeng Sabah dan juga maklumat tentang Sabah untuk tatapan generasi muda, agar tidak hilang ditelan zaman. Walau bagaimana pun, cerita di dalam buku ini adalah rekaan semata-mata dan tiada kaitan dengan mana-mana pihak yang masih hidup atau mati.

Akhir kata, diharapkan para pembaca berpuas hati dengan karya kami. Terima kasih kerana membelui dan menyokong karya Sabah.

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Ismail Ali

Synopsis

Buku ini merupakan sejarah perkembangan teknologi menangkap ikan di Sabah bermula dari era pemerintahan kesultanan Sulu hingga Kerajaan Negeri Sabah. Berdasarkan kajian ini didapati berlaku perkembangan dan kemunduran dalam teknologi menangkap ikan yang digunakan oleh nelayan di Sabah. Kemajuannya banyak dipengaruhi oleh polisi pemerintahan, peranan golongan pemodal, pasaran domestik dan antarabangsa, perkembangan teknologi menangkap ikan dunia dan lain-lain lagi. Bermula dengan penciptaan beberapa teknologi mengkap ikanyang mudah dan bercirikan tradisional oleh kesultanan Sulu, teknologi mengkap ikan di Sabah terus berkembang pesat di bawah pentadbiran British North Borneo Chartered Company (1881 hingga 1941). Hasil daripada pengubahsuaian teknologi menangkap ikan warisan kesultanan sulu dengan teknologi menangkap ikan baharu yang diperkenalkan oleh pemerintah dan pemodal ikan, jumlah pendaratan hasil-hasil laut di Sabah telah dapat ditingkatkan terutamanya untuk menampung permintaan daripada buruh-buruh yang bekerja di sektor pembalakan, perladangan dan perlombongan dan pasaran eksport amnya. Namun, perkembangan teknologi menangkap ikan ini nampaknya telah mengalami zaman kemunduran apabila Sabah diperintah oleh Jepun antara tahun 1942 hingga 1945 dan dipulikan semula semasa pentadbiran British (1946 hingga 1957). Di bawah pentadbiran Kerajaan Sabah, teknologi menangkap ikan terus diberi perhatian dan dimajukan lagi selaras dengan hasrat kerajaan untuk membasmi kemiskinan dalam kalangan nelayan dan menjadikan Sabah sebagai antara penyumbang hasil-hasil laut utama di Malaysia.

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Low Kok On, Janathan Kandok, Rosliah Kiting, Sim Chee Cheang Dan Saidatul Nornis

Synopsis

Buku ini memuatkan hasil kerja lapangan mengumpul teka-teki etnik Kadazandusun, Murut dan Bajau di Sabah. Berasaskan koleksi teka-teki beberapa kumpulan peribumi Sabah terpilih, perbincangan akan tertumpu kepada konteks, fungsi dan pengkategoriannya. Dengan berbuat demikian, diharpkan teka-teki kumpulan peribumi Sabah terpilih ini akan dikenali dan dihayati umum.

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Charles Chiew

Synopsis

‘A Glimpse Of A Mystery’ by reverend Dr. Charles Chiew has been visualized clearly in his writing and became a historical fact especially the challenges faced by missionaries during the Japanese era in North Borneo. A location map and illustrations of the various place mentioned by the writer would enable readers to remember the sequence of events clearly during the Japanese occupation and the second World War. Dr. Chiew’s tireless effort to do his research and in getting this book published is timely and deserved my sincere appreciation and heartiest congratulation.

Dr. Licas Umbul
Lecturer
Keningau Teacher Institute
Ministry Of Education, Malaysia.

Mystery is not something we do not know about, we can come to know about it bit by bit, but there will still be more to discover. The book ‘A Glimpse Of A Mystery’ by Rev. Dr. Charles Chiew helps to uncover the mystery about how the missionaries perished in Sapong, Tenom during the second World War. All this while, we used to hear various stories, imaginary tales and hearsays about their disappearance. At the same time, the service and sacrifice they had rendered are not forgotten. All these began with the prayer of a mother who spent an hour a day praying before the Blessed sacrament. This book also unveils to us the appalling consequences of war.

Rev. Msgr. Gibertus Engan
Rector Of St. Anthony’s Pilgrimage Centre in Tenom.

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Anna Nabila

Synopsis

Aina Humaira dan Emir Izraf suka sama suka. Namun, suka itu tidak bermaksud cinta. Lantaran hati belum bersedia, mereka bernikah atas persetujuan keluarga. Sudah beberapa bulan hidup bersama, Aina dan Izraf tidak pernah menikmati erti kehidupan suami isteri. Aina keliru! Izraf seperti bersikap dingin terhadapnya. Hari-hari dia makan hati, namun dipendamkan sahaja. Lagi menyakitkan hatinya, dia sering diusik oleh Syed Danial Iskandar yang sudah tiga tahun berturut-turut mengulang STPM di sekolah itu. Tanpa diduga, lelaki itu jatuh cinta padanya. Luahan kasih sudah dilafazkan. Aina dalam dilema. Status isteri kepada Izraf membataskan segala-galanya sedangkan dia sudah tawar hati dengan lelaki itu. Tohmahan dan fitnah semakin meruncingkan keadaan. Siapa yang sudi membantunya?

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Wailin Ransidin Sambandor

Synopsis

Novel  ini merupakan Johan Pertandingan Menulis Novel dalam Bahasa Kadazandusun ke-2(2013/2014) yg dianjurkan oleh Kadazandusun Language Foundation(KLF) & INDEP Education Foundation(IEF).

Penulis karya menceritakan tentang pengorbanan seorang remaja perempuan yang terpaksa mengorbankan cita-cita untuk menyambung pelajarannya atas dasar tanggungjawab yg harus dipikul..tanpa menyangka bahawa pengorbanannya itu akan mendapat keberkatan dari Tuhan pada suatu waktu kelak.

Elvin Michael Bavoh, Nasrulhakim Maidin Dan Abdul Jalil Mapait

Synopsis

Buku ini menceritakan usaha pemeliharaan dan pemuliharaan kerang gergasi yang dijalankan oleh Taman-Taman Sabah sejak tahun 2009. Kerang gergasi ialah sejenis hidupan yang wujud sejak zaman dahulu lagi. Kerang gergasi in boleh membesar sehingga melebihi satu meter dan beratnya mencapai 200 kilogram. Namun begitu, populasinya semakin berkurangan dan diancam kepupusan akibat daripada pengambilan yang tidak terkawal. Kerang gergasi penting bagi keseimbangan ekosisem marin dan seterusnya bagi kelangsungan hidupan marin yang lain. Lokasi konservasi kerang gergasi yang terletak di Taman Marin Tun Sakaran, Semporna, Sabah menjadi tarikan pencinta alam marin. Biodiversiti hidupan marin yang tinggi serta kualiti air lautnya yang baik menjadi habitat utama kerang gergasi ini. Oleh itu, kawasan ini perlu terus dipelihara dengan baik untuk generasi akan datang. Buku ini diharap dapat membuka hati pembaca untuk memelihara hidupan ini agar tidak pupus dari muka bumi.

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Binson A. Sabiah

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Melalui buku ini kita dapat melihat lebih dekat mengenai kebudayaan orang Gana’ yang berasal dari satu rumpun dengan masyarakat Kadazandusun yang hanya terdapat di negeri Sabah.

Isi buku ini menjurus khusus kepada kebudayaan suku kaum Gana’ kerana selama ini tidak pernah diketenggahkan oleh mana-mana pihak dalam bentuk buku. Etnik Gana’ adalah etnik yang sedikit dan tidak subur membiak, ia hanya terdapat di beberapa tempat (Kampung) di dalam daerah Keningau dan pada masa ini sedang menuju ke ambang kepupusan bersama dengan bahasanya.

Menulis buku ini bukan semudah yang difikirkan orang kerana semua etnik Dusun termasuk Gana’ tidak ada menyimpan rekod berkenaan sejarah, budaya, seni sastera dan sebagainya sebab tidak memiliki aksara, mereka hanya menurunkan segala perkara (hal), termasuk budaya dan tradisi melalui hafalan.

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Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan, Andrew Alek, Indraneil Das

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Buku tentang alam semulajadi di persekitaran Gunung Penrissen. Berkaitan tumbuh tumbuhan,serangga,binatang dan alam sekitar yang sungguh indah yang jarang jarang ditemui dan dikunjungi oleh manusia. Keadaan alam sekitar yang masih asli di mana kita dapat menemui jenis jenis tumbuh tumbuhan dan serangga yang tidak pernah kita temui di persekitaran. Buku ini juga memaparkan keadaan geografi dan habitat di kawasan Gunung Penrissen.

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Kathirina Susanna Tati

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Sejumlah 25 buah cerpen karya 25 orang penulis borneo, seluruhnya wanita, dimuatkan di dalam buku antologi cerpen wanita borneo Perempuan, Cinta Dan Maruah ini. Keseluruhan karya yang dimuatkan di dalam buku ini mengujakan, dan beragam sifatnya. Malah turut membawa perlbagai pemikiran masing-masing, dengan gaya bahasa dan teknik persembahan yang relative rencam, ada yang sangat konvensional sifatnya, manakal yang lain menerapkan teori atau gaya penceritaan baharu dengan lebih berani. Ternyata, kekayaan latar budaya sangat mewarnai karya yang terkandung dalam buku Antologi Cerpen Wanita Borneo Perempuan Cinta Dan Maruah ini. Malah, ia memberi makna, pengarang Borneo ini mampu menuangkan pengetahuan dan maklumat budaya ke dalam naratif secara santun, bermakna, dan terdapat jalinan halus yang boleh dirasakan di mana-mana, serta memukau khalayak pembaca.

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Linah Bagu, Victor Baga

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Buku puisi Warisan Kaum Dusun ini memuatkan beberapa jenis puisi warisan seperti Sundait, Taala-Ala, Sudawil, Tinggono, Andayayong, Kiaton, Taboi-Aboi, Tudodoi, Tuntura dan Tandi-adi. kesemua puisi ini mempunyai persamaan dan perbezaannya yant tertentumengikut tempat dan dialek mereka. Penyampaian puisi-puisi tersebut juga berbeza dan mempunyai keindajannya tersendiri. Buku ini juga memuatkan beberapa penulisan kreatif mengenai Gunung Kinabalu yang ditulis olehbeberapa orang guru-guru pelatih dari IPGK Kent, Tuaran. Penulisan tersebut adalah hasil karya asli mereka yang memaparkan pendapat dan perasaan mereka semasa berlakunya gegaran di Gunung Kinabalu pada 5 Jun 2015.

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Azridah PS Abadi

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Benarlah pengalaman hidup dapat mendewasakan seseorang. Meski tidak berpendidikan tinggi, bukan alasan untuk tidak berbuat apa-apa. Ketabahan seorang remaja berketurunan kadazandusun menyara keluarganya dan memastikan pengajian adiknya tidak terganggu merupakan sebuah pengorbanan yang tidak boleh dipandang ringan. Selain menelusuri erti sebuah pengorbanan, novel ini juga menerapkan erti kasih sayang, kemanusiaan, kejujuran dan kesabaran. Semua elemen itu Berjaya menjadi novel ini menarik dan istimewa.

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Rita Robert Rawantas

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“Di manakah aku dikurung wahai Kinoingan? Siapakah yang telah mengurungkau?” rintih Olundus dalam hati.

Olundus, gadis pingitan Kampung Golingoi yang cantik telah diculik. Kehilangan Olundus dikaitkan dengan bunyi misteri dari Bukit Golingai. Sebenarnya Olundus ditangkap dan dikurung oleh orang kerdil yang tinggal dibukit itu. Siapakah orang-orang kerdil itu dan mengapa mereka menculik Olundus?

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Sunita Sahidin

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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 menhadapi Raja Riyan. Ayang cuba menggunakan helah untuk menewaskan Raja Riyan. Berjayakah Ayang menewaskan Raja Riyan?

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Asmiaty Amat

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Buku ini menelusuri kronologi perkembangan novel negeri Sabah yang memiliki sejarahnya yang unik. Sejarah perkembangan novel yang ditonjolkan bukan setakat paparan galuran sejarah sastera. Faktor kontekstual yang melibatakan latar belakang masyarakat dan pengarang, institusi serta pembaca mewarnai pembentukan dan perkembangan novel di negeri tersebut. Ia dikenali sebagai mediator atau faktor-faktor persekitaran (sosial) yang terlibat dalam sejarah pembentukan berkenaan.

Faktor-faktor persekitaran yang menjadi dasar kepada penghasilan novel, dihubungkan pula dengan bentuk dan pemikiran karya (seni) yang dihasilkan pengarang. Bagi maksud tersebut, bentuk kajian yang dipilih adalah kajian integrasi yang menawarkan dwikajian (sosial dan seni) antara konteks perkembangan novel dan bentuk dalam teks.

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Anthony Lamb

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The edible wild fruits, nuts and seeds of Borneo that are found in the different forests from coastal seashores and islands, through the lowlands and hills, to the montane forests, and on different soils, are estimated to be in the region of 500 different species. These were consumed by the many groups of people inhabiting the island, over many decades. They were the ones who had initially discovered whether different fruits, nuts and seeds were edible, and that some otherwise toxic species become edible only after cooking or fermentation processes. Botanists and taxonomists have subsequently provided the scientific names for these plants and classified most of them into their respective families and genera. However, there are still new species being discovered in what are some of the most species-rich forests in the world, and for many genera, Borneo is their centre of diversity. Many species are rare and little known, and over 30% of plant species are endemic to Borneo.

The lowland forests are particularly rich, with most of the species being trees, but treelets, shrubs and herbs also have species with edible fruits. This guide mostly introduces the better-known species, but to showcase this diversity, some examples of rare or little-known species are also included, resulting in a total of 34 families, 55 genera, and 109 species being illustrated.

Many of the lowland forests have now been cleared for the development of agriculture, forest plantations, towns and roads, and the diversity of varieties of some species has become greatly reduced. Though some germplasm has been conserved in agricultural stations and research facilities, much more needs to be done so that those species with good commercial potential can be selected and bred as future crops for farmers. Some species have already been researched, and selected clones made available, but there are still many more with good horticultural potential.

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Jasni Matlani, Sitti Rahman G. Ibrahim, Maznah Sulaiman, Abdul Karim Gullam, Kathirina Tati

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Seramai 49 orang penyair Sabah yang bernaung di bawah Badan Bahasa dan Sastera Sabah (BAHASA) telah menghasilkan sejumlah 95 buah puisi yang berkaitan dengan alam, khususnya yang terdapat di sekitar pusat peranginan Mahua, beberapa kilometer dari daerah pergunungan Tambunan, sebuah daerah Pedalaman negeri Sabah. Puisi yang dihasilkan dan dimuatkan di dalam antologi ini bukan sahaja memuja keindahan alam atau menyerlahkan tanggapan penyair terhadap pancaran alam di sekeliling tetapi juga dihubungkaitkan dengan keagungan Pencipta dalam konteks hubungan manusia dengan Allah, dan sebahagiannya pula dihubungkait dengan jalinan ukhuwah sesama insan, khususnya keakraban dan pengorbanan mereka dalam mengerakkan badan BAHASA.

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Qamariah Binti Makmud

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Buku ini menerangkan konsep kekeluargaan Islam yang mengupas beberapa tajuk berkaitan asas perkahwinan dengan menggunakan gaya bahasa yang mudah serta ayat-ayat yang ringkas supaya senang difahami oleh pelajar pekak. Buku ini mengandungi 7 bab dan semua bab mengulas berkaitan dengan alam rumahtangga. Ia juga menjelaskan tanggungjawab yang wajib dipikul oleh suami, isteri dan ibu bapa setelah perkahwinan dijalinkan untuk menjadikan rumahtangga sentiasa aman, harmoni dan bahagia. Di samping itu, buku ini menjelaskan berkaitan nusyuz, talak, iddah dan panduan kepada semua pembaca. Jenis-jenis penceraian seperti khuluk, fasakh, zihar, qazaf dan li’an telah diterangkan secara ringkas untuk menambahkan kefahaman.

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Mohd Fazil Ajak, Nelson Dino

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BBuku ini merupakan sebuah buku yang menggabungkan hasil penulisan berkaitan suku kaum Suluk dalam pelbagai aspek yang melibatkan kajian secara terperinci dan juga huraian pemikiran yang ideal atau falsafah disebalik warisan yang dimiliki oleh suku kaum ini.

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Danny Wong Tze Ken

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The author, a Professor of History at the University of Malaya, recounts the story of one of the few popular civilian uprisings against the Japanese in Southeast Asia during World War II. What was particularly remarkable about the group known as the Kinabalu Guerillas, was that its membership was multiethnic, which set the tone for the relationship between different races in North Borneo, present day Sabah, for years to come.

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Salvia Rose

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Buku ini merupakan koleksi cerpen Salvia Rose yang pertama dan mengandungi 15 buah cerpen yang sarat dengan kisah cinta, kasih sayang dan ragam kehidupan yang dirakamkan sejujurnya, dengan watak-watak mampu menggugah dunia intuisi khalayak. Walaupun jalan cerita yang dipaparkan pengarang sekadar naratif biasa, namun ia memberikan kesan tertentu, dan impak yang baik kepada pembaca. Gaya olahan dan bahasa pengarang mungkin lumrah, dan mudah difahami, tetapi sebenarnya tersurat keahlian dan kreativiti pengarang, malah bersesuaian dengan beberapa peringkat umur pembaca. Semoga buku ini memberikan manfaat dan dibaca oleh pelbagai lapisan umur masyarakat di sekeliling.

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Salvia Rose

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Rozi, Rozanna dan Lily mempunyai perjalanan hidup yang berbeza. Namun, mereka mempunyai persamaan iaitu tidak hanya menjadi tugu tetapi berusaha untuk mengubah kehidupan dan mencari sinar kebahagiaan masing-masing. Mereka bermain dengan permainan topeng-topeng di sekeliling mereka dan mereka juga memasang topeng di wajah bagi melindungi diri dan menyembunyikan kemelut kehidupan. Kelukaan yang diberikan oleh orang yang mereka sayangi menjadikan mereka wanita kuat yang akhirnya meretakkan topeng-topeng yang mengaburi mata.

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Wardina Aisyah

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Kehilangan orang tersayang tiga hari sebelum majlis perkahwinan mereka merupakan tamparan hebat dalam hidup Tengku Rayyan. Sejak hari itu, hidupnya berubah. Dia menjadi seorang yang gemar menyendiri dan menyibukkan diri dengan urusan kerja. Sikapnya ini menimbulkan kebimbangan di hati Ku Ana. Bersama Qisya, Ku Ana menjalankan misi mencari jodoh untuk Tengku Rayyan. Namun semuanya gagal apabila Tengku Rayyan sering mengelak bila diajak berbicara soal jodoh. Cintanya pada arwah Sofea tak mungkin ada galang gantinya.

Satu hari, ketika Tengku Rayyan keluar berjoging, secara tak sengaja dia telah terlanggar seorang gadis. Maka terjadilah perang kecil antara mereka berdua. Sikap si gadis yang sombong dan berlagak membuatkan Tengku Rayyan tak mahu mengalah dengannya.
“Cik...saya tak nak bertekak dengan awak. Saya dah minta maaf, rasanya itu dah cukup. Kalau awak still tak berpuas hati, saya tak dapat nak buat apa-apa. Daripada saya melayan awak yang ada mental problem ni, baik saya blah. Assalamualaikum...” ~ Tengku Rayyan. “Tak guna! Dia kata aku ada mental problem! Arghhh...sakitnya hati aku!!!” ~ Amanda

Amanda, dendamnya pada kaum bernama lelaki tak pernah padam. Padanya semua lelaki itu sama. Tak seorang pun yang boleh dipercayai. Kebenciannya pada kaum yang satu ini semakin membara kala bertembung dengan seorang lelaki yang digelar ‘mangkuk ayun’. Harap muka saja kacak tapi dengan perempuan pun tak nak mengalah. Tanpa Amanda duga, rupanya lelaki yang sering bergaduh dengannya itu adalah anak kawan baik mummynya, Datin Aminah. Semakin sebal dia apabila mummy bercadang hendak menjodohkan dia dengan lelaki itu. Sekerasnya dia menolak. Namun masalah kesihatan Datin Aminah membuatkan Tengku Rayyan dan Amanda bersatu.

Dalam meniti kehidupan sebagai pasangan suami isteri, pelbagai dugaan dihadapi. Sebagai suami Tengku Rayyan tak pernah mengalah. Sedaya upaya dia menawan hati sang isteri. Keikhlasan yang ditunjukkan membuatkan hati Amanda jatuh cinta. Namun dia takut mengakuinya. Apatah lagi peristiwa silam sering membayanginya.

Apa peristiwa silam yang sering mengganggu Amanda? Berjayakah Tengku Rayyan menawan hati sang isteri yang keras seperti ais batu? Adakah rumahtangga ini mampu bertahan setelah peristiwa hitam itu terbongkar? Ikuti perjalanan cinta Tengku Rayyan dan Amanda Sofea dalam Cinta 3 Rasa.

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Zura Anwar

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Aku tak ingat siapa aku. Celik mata saja aku di atas katil hospital. Doktor kata aku kemalangan dan ada amnesia. Ara isteri aku. Aku tak ingat langsung siapa dia. Ara jaga aku dengan baik. Tapi, asal malam saja aku macam ada dengar bunyi di tingkat bawah. “Ha’ah. Saya bunuh rusa tu semalam.” Aku diam dan tekun mendengar ceritanya. “Saya ingatkan pencuri. Rupanya rusa. Saya takut dia rosakkan bunga-bunga. So, I killed it.” “Oh... Macam mana awak bunuh rusa tu?” “Dengan parang.” Ara sangat misteri. Aku nekad, aku kena siasat. Macam-macam aku jumpa, baju yang ada kesan darah. Keratan akhbar orang yang hilang dan Ara mula cuba kurung aku.

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Rosliah Kiting, Ewon Benedick, Minah Sintian, Norjietta Julita Taisin

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Himpunan cerita rakyat ini merupakan hasil penyelidikan dengan kerja lapangan. Temu bual dilakukan bersama dengan penutur asli bahasa etnik dalam rumpun Kadazandusun. Hasil penyelidikan ini telah berjaya mendokumentasikan 57 cerita rakyat daripada 12 etnik iaitu Talantang, Liwan, Kimaragang, Bundu, Garo, Tindal, Kadazan, Tobilung, Tagahas, Minokok, Labuk om Sungei. Cerita rakyat ini didokumentasi menggunakan etnik asal untuk mengekalkan keaslian selain sebagai pelestarian bahasa-bahasa etnik di Sabah.

Secara umum, cerita rakyat ini mengisahkan suasana kehidupan seharian yang meliputi pekerjaan, aktiviti sosial dan hubungan sesama manusia, alam juga dengan pencipta. Penceritaan diselitkan dengan nilai-nilai pendidikan yang menjadikan buku ini sesuai dijadikan sebagai bahan pengajaran. Umpamanya cerita yang pada awalnya, watak melalui pelbagai rintangan tetapi akan berakhir dengan kejayaan setelah melalui rintangantersebut dengan usaha yang gigih dan sabar menempuhi kesengsaraan serta sentiasa berkelakuan baik terhadap sesama manusia dan alam. Sebaliknya, bagi yang selalu mengambil jalan singkat maka balasan yang setimpal akan diterima. Penceritaan seperti ini pasti sesuai untuk dijadikan panduan dalam kehidupan seharian kepada pembaca agar mencontohi teladan yang baik. Keadaan ini menjadikan cerita rakyat terus relevan sebagai salah satu cara penerapan nilai-nilai murni.

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DENIS J. SADING, FIONA JAMIYAN

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Buku ini secara ringkas memaparkan pelbagai aspek budaya yang masih diamalkan oleh etnik Sukang yang menetap di sekitar daerah Telupid. Inventori Budaya Etnik ini menggariskan 15 aspek budaya seperti latar belakang, tempat dan sejarah, aktiviti sosioekonomi, sastera lisan turun-temurun, adat isitadat turun-temurun, muzik dan tarian tradisional, pakaian tradisi dan aksesori, perkahwinan dan tatacara, makanan tradisi dan banyak lagi. Tujuan utama budaya etnik direkodkan dan didokumentasikan adalah untuk dijadikan tatapan, rujukan dan kajian lanjut terutamanya generasi muda pada masa akan datang.

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DENIS J. SADING, ESMARIDA EBOS

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Buku ini secara ringkas memaparkan pelbagai aspek budaya yang masih diamalkan oleh etnik Dusun Subpan di beberapa buah kampung di kawasan Daerah Lahad Datu. Inventori Budaya Etnik ini menggariskan 15 aspek budaya seperti latar belakang, tempat dan sejarah, aktiviti sosioekonomi, sastera lisan turun-temurun, adat isitadat turun-temurun, muzik dan tarian tradisional, pakaian tradisi dan aksesori, perkahwinan dan tatacara, makanan tradisi dan banyak lagi. Tujuan utama budaya etnik direkodkan dan didokumentasikan adalah untuk dijadikan tatapan, rujukan dan kajian lanjut terutamanya generasi muda pada masa akan datang.

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DENIS J. SADING, FIONA JAMIYAN

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Buku ini secara ringkas memaparkan pelbagai aspek budaya yang masih diamalkan oleh etnik Bisaya yang menetap di sekitar daerah Beaufort, Sabah. Inventori Budaya Etnik ini menggariskan 15 aspek budaya seperti latar belakang, tempat dan sejarah, aktiviti sosioekonomi, sastera lisan turun-temurun, adat isitadat turun-temurun, muzik dan tarian tradisional, pakaian tradisi dan aksesori, perkahwinan dan tatacara, makanan tradisi dan banyak lagi. Tujuan utama budaya etnik direkodkan dan didokumentasikan adalah untuk dijadikan tatapan, rujukan dan kajian lanjut terutamanya generasi muda pada masa akan datang.

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DENIS J. SADING, SITI AMINAH ROSLAN

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Buku ini secara ringkas memaparkan pelbagai aspek budaya yang masih diamalkan oleh etnik Iranun di daerah Kota Belud, Sabah. Inventori Budaya Etnik ini menggariskan 15 aspek budaya seperti latar belakang, tempat dan sejarah, aktiviti sosioekonomi, sastera lisan turun-temurun, adat isitadat turun-temurun, muzik dan tarian tradisional, pakaian tradisi dan aksesori, perkahwinan dan tatacara, makanan tradisi dan banyak lagi. Tujuan utama budaya etnik direkodkan dan didokumentasikan adalah untuk dijadikan tatapan, rujukan dan kajian lanjut terutamanya generasi muda pada masa akan datang.

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ANGELA ENGKUAN

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Magis Sang Manuk Bura menghimpunkan 19 buah cerita rakyat Sabah yang bertemakan kemanusiaan. Cerita-cerita yang dipaparkan dilihat mampu mendidik dan menyedarkan khalayak kerana ia sarat dengan nilai-nilai murni yang tersendiri. Watak dan perwatakan yang ditampilkan begitu dekat dengan budaya dan kepercayaan etnik di Sabah. Buku ini merupakan salah sebuah khazanah sastera rakyat dari negeri Sabah. Sebagai teks sastera, buku ini wajar dijadikan rujukan dan kajian masyarakat, dari segi budaya serta stilistik kerana ia benar-benar mewakili masyarakat yang diceritakan.

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KEN GOODLET

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The story of Tawau and its people is only around 130 years old. People alive today, including this author, have known those who were present at the very start of a recognisable settlement at the mouth of the Tawau River. Ken Goodlet's interviews cover around 21 linguistic groups in those early days, making this record of Tawau rainbow-coloured in its diversity. The book shows that Tawau has had at least two natural advantages: its location and its natural wealth. Situated at the meeting point of three states that were formerly very different (and competing) colonies, Tawau has been a haven of prosperity and peace, first under the British and then as part of Malaysia. This has attracted trade and immigration (and, at times, envy) not only from far distant Japan and China, but from the Dutch East Indies (later, Indonesia) to its immediate south and from the Spanish and American and, later, independent Philippines to its east. Tawau's natural wealth, evidenced in a favourable climate, large pockets of excellent soil and coal deposits, has provided residents with jungle produce, then mining and timber, then rubber and hemp and cocoa, and finally oil palm prosperity, augmented by a host of less important agricultural products. The book shows how this has led to extensive migration and capital investment and to the growth of a diverse agriculture-based economy with a complex infrastructure. While previously unimagined wealth has brought better health and a higher standard of living, inevitably it has brought problems unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, illegal immigration, wealth inequity and loss of some community values. But the final chapters make clear the present is a better world for most than it was at any time in the past.

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KEN GOODLET

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This is a pictorial treasury of Tawau, with more than 260 photos, maps and diagrams showing the people and places of its 150 year story. Words in both English and Bahasa Malaysia help tell the tale. Look closely at these pictures and the strange yet familiar world of the past will come alive. Ken Goodlet collected many of the images over the 50 years from his arrival in Tawau as a teacher. Others have come from sources in Malaysia and Australia, including friends and former students. This is a companion book to the author’s 360-page history, Tawau: the Making of a Tropical Community (2010).

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K. RAVI MANDALAM, G.W.H. DAVISON, & PATRICIA REGIS 

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This Sabah Society Monograph is devoted to commemorating 40 years since the Royal Society Expeditions to Mount Kinabalu. which was declared a national park in 1964. The Royal Society Expeditions (RSE) of 1961 and 1964 took place when Sabah was in transition from a British administered colony to an independent state within the Malaysian Federation. The First RSE was the last of a long series of major scientific expeditions undertaken during the colonial era. The First RSE was also the first team to undertake an exploration of the long and difficult Eastern Ridge of Kinabalu. All previous explorations of the mountain had focussed on its western side. The same Expedition was also the first to explore the Pinosuk Plateau, on which thrived a unique forest at 5000 ft, on rocky detritus washed down from the mountain. Sadly, this forest does not exist any more, as it was cleared in the 1980s to make way for the Agricultural Station and the Golf Course. Kotal, a Dustin hunter hailing from Kg. Kundasang, was the first to pioneer a route to King George V Peak-the summit above the Eastern Plateau-in June 1963. Corner engaged his services as the chief guide for the Second RSE in 1964. It was he who guided John Corner and, later, Gathorne Medway (now Earl of Cranbrook) to the summit. Kotal was a silent and enigmatic personality. In Corner's words, "He is the class of Dusun as silent. rugged and detached as a granite pinnacle". Kotal guided many subsequent expeditions through the same route that now bears his name. He passed away in 1998. The names of many peaks and pinnacles on Kinabalu East-the Eastern Plateau and the North and East Ridges, such as Gully Peak, Outpost, North Peak, Lion's Rock, Echoing Rocks, Rhino Horn, etc., were given by John Corner himself which are in current use in mountaineering literature on Kinabalu and referred to by climbers who frequent this mountains.

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C.M. ENRIQUEZ 

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First published in 1927, Kinabalu: The Haunted Mountain of Borneo still enthralls readers with the exploits of early-day explorers of Kinabalu. This account follows Enrique's desire to scale the summit with his trusted companion Sau Nan and a small entourage. Enriquez's account of his expedition contains some of the most beautifully written passages that portray the starkness and beauty of Kinabalu. He notes that "Kinabalu is a sort of Mecca for naturalists" which still holds true today. An enjoyable read that captures the romance and excitement of discovery.

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CP FORMS SENDIRIAN BERHAD 

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Contains step by step training manual on how to use Adobe Photoshop CS6 that empowers you to experience imaging magic and maximize creativity in exciting new ways. Make the most of your hardware investment and save significant time in your workflows with new preset migration and sharing, and new Background Save and Auto-Recovery options that can help boost productivity and image security. It also shows the Adobe Photoshop CS6 powerful capabilities for editing, compositing, painting, and transforming images, designs, and video.

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MICHAEL SUBINON 

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This work is an attempt to preserve the beliefs of the Kadazan People of Sabah, on how the world and everything in it were created according to the earliest media available to them – The Inaits. Kinoingan chanted the mantras to the first Bobohizan, who in turn passed it down in similar way, to the others – over the centuries. The Bobohizans (Kadazan Priestess) cannot read nor write but they have an unsual gift – they can memorise a few day long mantras. They were just the people who could do that and today, Kadazan Mythology is an attempt; the first of its kind to have put that in a Book Form – with the hope it can sustain along the ages, ahead. It is also attached to the heart of the Author that may this Literature be found helpful to those who loves mythology and see if this can be made into a Kadazan Literature, of all time?

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ANTHONY LAMB & MICHELE RODDA 

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The genus Hoya was established by Robert Brown in 1811 and was named after Thomas Hoy, gardener at Syon Park in England. Hoyas are mostly herbs with creeping or climbing stems and mostly epiphytic in trees, but some are small shrubs that do not produce climbing stems. Many produce umbels of colorful and scented flowers and because they are easy to propagate from cuttings or seeds have become popular house plants in the cooler temperate countries or garden plants in the tropics and sub-tropics. Hoya belongs to one of the ten largest families of flowering plants — the Apocynaceae — with 5100 species, and fall into one of the five subfamilies, the Asclepiadoideae, and specifically the tribe Marsdeniae, with 26 genera. With 350–450 species, Hoya is the largest genus in the family with the main distribution of species being in the tropical forests of Malesia, where it is found growing with the closely related genus Dischidia. Borneo is one of the top 10 biodiversity hot spots in the world and Hoya diversity on the island is only surpassed by the Philippines at present. Currently it is estimated that there are about 80 species in Borneo, with 72 named, of which 67 are covered in this Guide. Of the 72 named species, 36 species, or 50% are endemic to Borneo. Hoya are used by native people for medicinal and other purposes and medical research is now finding chemical constituents that may have future potential in the industry. Because of the colorful and scented flowers, over 100 species are now commercially available as ornamentals from nurseries that specialize in Hoya . This Guide covers some aspects of their cultivation, both as outdoor climbers in gardens in tropical and subtropical counties as well as indoor house-plants in colder climates. As a result, Hoya Societies have sprung up in many countries in Europe, the USA and Australia as well as in some tropical countries such as Thailand.

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 QUENTIN PHILLIPPS

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This is the fully revised and updated third edition of an acclaimed field guide to the birds of Borneo, covering Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan. The result is the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and user-friendly guide to the island's remarkably diverse birdlife. The book covers all 673 species living or reported on Borneo, including all 59 endemic species. Each species is superbly illustrated in 141 color plates containing more than 2,000 full-color bird images, which provide multiple large views of each species, including most of the sexual variants and immature forms of polymorphic species. Each plate is accompanied by facing-page species descriptions covering taxonomy, size, call, range, distribution, habits, and status. Distribution is also shown with 567 detailed color thumbnail maps on facing pages. Other features include seven habitat plates, twelve regional maps showing Borneo's top 90 birding sites, fast-find identification plates to the birds of Kinabalu and other habitats, and a full overview of Borneo's vegetation, climate, and ecology. This is a guide that any outdoor visitor to the island will treasure.

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PETER B. ADAMS 

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Dendrobium species are attractive, conspicuous and numerous along the entire eastern coast of Australia, and are popular plants for culture and breeding of colourful hybrids. In contrast to the other books in the series so far, where a selection of species was made, all Australian species and their variants (around 80) are included. There is a full spectrum of plant form from some of the smallest mat-forming dendrobiums to the largest in the genus, being over two metres tall and several metres across. The unusual and rarer species of Cape York Peninsula and central Queensland are uncommon in collections and seldom seen, requiring travel to remote places. Some of the most striking Dendrobium habitats are illustrated.

There have been a number of approaches to the classification of Dendrobium and related genera over the past 30 years. Classification and nomenclature are always evolving as new information becomes available. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6 (2014) included evidence from morphology, DNA and all other areas of study and provided an international consensus for Dendrobium, bringing a long-awaited degree of stability to the genus. This book follows the Genera Orchidacearum Vol. 6 approach and the Kew Monocot Checklist, and considers all available published evidence on the genus. An identification key to the sections is provided, and species are arranged in a checklist according to sections.

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 TSHIN LIP VUI

Synopsis

'This book contains International Research Conference Of Social Science And Engineering Proceeding IRCIM 1.0 papers with the theme “Education Shapes People’s Life”. The papers contributed the most recent scientific knowledge known in the field of Engineering, Social Sciences, Teaching and Education. It is hoped that these proceedings will furnished the academics of the world with an excellent reference book.'

JAWATANKUASA KERJA BUKU CENDERA KENANGAN PESTA JAGUNG

Synopsis

'Mengandungi aturcara Perayaan Pesta Jagung Kota Marudu 2007.'

JAWATANKUASA KERJA BUKU CENDERA KENANGAN TAMU BESAR KOTA BELUD

Synopsis

'Mengandungi aturcara Pesta Tamu Besar Peringkat Kota Belud 2016 dan susunan acara keseluruhan Tamu Besar Kota Belud.'

 LIAW HIEW LIAN, WILLIAM W.W. WONG, ELIZABETH MALANGKIG

Synopsis

'This book contains the compilation of papers on managing pests and diseases for sustainable agriculture.'

 JABATAN PERTANIAN SABAH

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Padi adalah sumber makanan utama penduduk dan merupakan tanaman sekuriti di negeri Sabah. Walau bagaimanapun, tanaman ini dianggap sebagai tanaman tradisi disebabkan status pengusaha dan cara ia diusahakan yang masih banyak perlu dibangunkan dan dipertingkatkan. Bagi mengubah tanggapan ini, Kerajaan Negeri Sabah melalui Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Makanan (KPIM) serta jabatan-jabatan dan agensi-agensi di bawahnya akan terus melaksanakan program serta aktiviti khusus untuk membangunkan tanaman ini dan seterusnya menaik taraf hidup pengusaha. Buku ini merupakan manual untuk pengusaha dalam menguruskan tanaman padi termasuklah pengurusan penyakit tanaman padi seperti penyakit Karah, Bintik Perang, Hawar Seludang dan lain-lain.'

AU WAI FONG & NILUS KALITU 

Synopsis

'Teknologi penghasilan Minyak Kelapa Dara atau ‘Virgin Coconut Oil’ (VCO) telah diperkenalkan oleh Jabatan Pertanian Sabah dalam tahun 2006 dengan kerjasama Coconut Genetic Network (COGENT). Minyak Kelapa Dara merupakan produk kelapa bernilai tinggi dan mudah untuk dihasilkan oleh para pengusaha. Oleh yang demikian, buku ini memberi panduan kepada pengusaha-pengusaha untuk menghasilkan Minyak Kelapa Dara dengan dua cara iaitu Kaedah Pamerah Tekanan Rendah dan Kaedah Penapaian Semulajadi.'

DHUHA STEFFA 

Synopsis

'Kehidupan miskin tidak menjadikan pasangan suami isteri yang tua itu berputus asa. Mereka sentiasa cuba untuk mengubah kehidupan mereka walaupun sering menjadi bahan ejekan penduduk kampung. Kemuliaan hati telah mengubah nasib hidup mereka dengan sekelip mata. Sesuatu yang ajaib telah berlaku. Ikutilah Kisah Dua Orang Tua ini untuk mengetahui keajaiban yang berlaku.'

 DHUHA STEFFA

Synopsis

'Cerita Bondiu & Konduruhan ini mengisahkan tentang seorang gadis Rungus bernama Konduruhan. Tanpa pengetahuannya, ia telah berkahwin dengan seorang lelaki berdarah jin, bernama Bondiu, yang wujud di alam ghaib. Konduruhan menempuh pelbagai halangan sepanjang menjejaki Bondiu di dalam mimpinya. Akhirnya, Konduruhan bersua dengan Bondiu, akan tetapi suaminya itu meletakkan syarat sebelum perkahwinan mereka dilangsungkan. Apakah syarat tersebut dan mengapa jin Liliukon tidak menganggu manusia?'

NORIZAH STEPHEN

Synopsis

'Pengetahuan tradisi daripada nenek moyang kita yang memperlihatkan siapa kita dan dari mana asalusul kita. Pengetahuan tradisi pada masa dahulu hanya diturunkan secara lisan dan praktik secara hands-on. Dengan adanya buku ini, masyarakat atau generasi akan datang boleh menggunakan buku ini sebagai rujukan ataupun untuk memperkenalkan identiti suku Sungai Kalabuan kepada masyarakat luar. Buku ini mengandungi adat-adat resam perkahwinan suku Sungai Kalabuan dimana semua maklumat yang berkaitan ini didapati daripada sumber asli iaitu daripada orang tua-tua yang berpengalaman dan berpengetahuan di kampung mereka.'

ROHENI SUANING & DURIMUDA JAUMEH

Synopsis

'Dengan penghasilan buku ini, masyarakat luar dapat mengetahui cara-cara ubat tradisi yang dihasilkan oleh Orang Asal. Antara sakit-sakit yang boleh dirawati menggunakan ubat tradisi ini adalah merawat hidung berdarah, menurunkan bengkak di kaki semasa mengandung, merawat ulser mulut dan sebagainya.'

 MATIKAH KEMUDI, MEGLINAH PIUN & YOHANIS ALI

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"Buku ini adalah sangat istimewa di mana ia memperlihatkan penanda identiti Orang Asal yang sangat unik. Buku ini mengandungi resepi makanan traidisi iaitu ubi kayu yang dimasak mengikut pelbagai resepi dimana buku ini dapat digunakan dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran kanak-kanak dan beliabelia pada masa hadapan."

 DAYU SANSALU, AMMAN SIROM, BENEDICT

Synopsis

This book contains researches on the origin, custom, culture and beliefs of the Kadazandusun ethnic. 

AIDA SHAFREENA, AHMAD PUAD, DAVID G. FRODIN, TOFF J. BARKMAN

Synopsis

This beautiful book describes 32 Schefflera taxa, including 29 species, from the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Bomeo. Prior to this work, only seven species of Schefflera in Sabah had published names and none had been described from the state in the last 100 years. Thus this treatment provides a long overdue contribution to our understanding of the genus, in particular, and the Sabah flora, in general. Beyond including an enumeration of the species of Schefflera in Sabah, introductory material on both the history and systematics of the genus and natural history of Sabah is provided. Numerous photographic images and line drawings are provided to illustrate the taxa and their distinguishing characteristics. In addition, distribution maps document the occurrence of each species and variety. This account will be an invaluable addition to botanical libraries and aid to herbarium curators worldwide with an interest in Schefflera from Bomeo.

 HAJAH NABSIA HAJI YUNUS, CLEMENT LOO, RUKIAH MALAGOB

Synopsis

'Buku ini menjadi panduan kepada para pengusaha dan pengurus pusat prasekolah. Buku ini telah ditulis dan disusun hasil pengalaman dan penglibatan para penulis dalam bidang prasekolah sejak 32 tahun dahulu. Ia memuatkan cadangan-cadangan ideal dan panduan yang lengkap kepada para pembaca tentang perkara penting dalam penubuhan sebuah Pusat Pendidikan Prasekolah termasuk Taman Asuhan Kanak-Kanak. Buku ini juga akan menambahkan koleksi khazanah ilmu, khususnya dalam bidang pendidikan prasekolah di Malaysia, dan menjadi sumbangan Kumpulan Yayasan Sabah yang sanagat penting dalam bidang pendidikan awal kanak-kanak.'

 KATHIRINA SUSANNA TATI, HAJAH SITTI HADIAH HAJI ABD MUTALIB

Synopsis

Kebanyakan cerpen dalam antologi ini mengisahkan cerita berlatarkan budaya etnik dan masyarakat Bajau Semporna hasil karya Hajah Sitti Hadiah Haji Abd. Mutalib. Antologi Cerpen Bunang-Bunang ini adalah mengisahkan cerita kemasyarakatan yang pernah berlaku di daerah kelahiran beliau diolah mesejnya secara kreatif yang halus dan bahasa yang kuat, tepat dan indah, akhirnya dapat memaparkan serba sedikit sejarah kisah zaman dahulu. Beliau ini, Hajah Sitti Hadiah seorang penulis hebat ketika tahun 80-an dan 90-an.

KUMPULAN PENGKARYA GURU MKBM 2016

Synopsis

'Sumpahan Canlaon dan cerita-cerita lain dalam siri kumpulan Dongeng Asia ini menghimpunkan cerita-cerita dongeng klasik dari negara Filipina, Indonesia, dan Malaysia, nukilan Kumpulan Pengkarya Guru, Majlis Buku Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016. Bertujuan mengenalkan pembaca dengan hasil sastera rakyat yang menjadi kebanggaan masyarakatnya, cerita-cerita dongeng klasik seperti lagenda Si Tunggal Mata dan Dongeng Belangkas dari Malaysia, Sumpahan Canlaon dari Filipina, dan Putera Kera Kepulauan Bintan dari Indonesia, mempunyai unsur-unsur pengajaran untuk memupuk peribadi murni dalam diri generasi muda yang mahu menggali makna tersiratnya.'

 AMINI GAWIS

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'Cerita ini hanyalah rekaan dan imaginasi penulis semata-mata. Imaginasi yang sering berlegar-legar di ruang minda manusia ada kalanya sukar untuk ditebak. Begitu juga dengan setiap kejadian yang berlaku dan baik buruknya nasib setiap makhluk-Nya juga sukar ditebak hamba-Nya. Namun, semuanya sudah sedia tercatat di lohmahfuz. Sebagai manusia yang waras dan beriman, kita hanya mampu berusaha dan berdoa. Selebihnya, reda dan bertawakallah. Walaupun karya ini bukanlah sebuah karya yang berpaksikan cerita di sebalik misteri kehilangan MH370 yang sebenarnya, jauh sekali ingin menumpang kehangatan misterinya, namun sekurang-kurangnya karya ini memberikan gambaran bagaimana emosi, persepsi, dan kesannya terhadap waris mangsa yang terlibat dalam apaapa nahas sekalipun.'

KATHIRINA SUSANNA TATI

Synopsis

'Antologi cerpen Topi Jelita ini menghimpunkan cerpen-cerpen penulis wanita yang membawa dimensi atau sudut pandang wanita terhadap dunia kehidupan-menepati konsep bahawa sastera itu merupakan penyalinan kehidupan manusia sebenar yang diolah menjadi cerita dengan segala struktur dan kesannya. Cara kumpulan cerpen ini disusun sesungguhnya menampkkan sifat egalitarian tanpa membezakan tahap atau nama besar di kalangan penulis wanita yang ada. Lantaran itu sifat egalitarian kumpulan cerpen ini memberi sebuah keunikan yang tersendiri. Walaupun kesan pembaca turun naik oleh tahap kekuatan cerpen yang berbeza-beza, namun pemerhatian secara keseluruhannya menemui sudut pandang penulis wanita yang walaupun kelihatan pelbagai tetapi akhirnya menemukan titik yang satu- iaitu jiwa kewanitaan yang rapi, halus dan dipenuhi gelembung perasaan. Hal ini memperlihatkan wajah tipikal penulis wanita ynag tekal dan tepu. Wajah tipikal ini memberikan kekuatan yang tersendiri, malah keperibadian yang unik terhadap karya-karya dalam kumpulan cerpen ini.'

JUDI STONE AND PHILLIP CRIBB

Summary

Phaius are spectacular terrestrial orchids, widespread from tropical and subtropical Asia, Australasia, Madagascar and Africa. The genus comprises just over 40 species and used to include the endemic Madagascan genus Gastrorchis which has nine known species. For historical reasons and because they have frequently been artificially hybridized, both genera are covered in this monograph. They have a fascinating history: Phaius tankervilleae was the first tropical orchid to be grown and flowered in England some 250 years ago. It certainly stimulated interest in the growing of exotic orchids that took off spectacularly in the following century as tropical plants flowed into Europe and once growers had established the appropriate cultural conditions for them. This book introduces many showy and little known species to the reader and will, no doubt, stimulate interest in them and their attractive and easy-to-grow hybrids.

JURI DURABI

Summary

Iman dan Ah Kiong adalah sahabat baik. Mereka saling membantu dalam pelajaran. Pada suatu hari mereka terserempak dengan Razali dan kawan-kawannya sedang menghisap rokok. Apakah reaksi Iman dan Ah Kiong?