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Blog yang menarik minat aku di malam  yang sepi ini Akademi Penulis Bebas

Koleksi....

Jalan-jalan ke Kedai Buku

Aku suka membaca tapi aku mengaku, aku tak suka duduk lama-lama di kedai buku. Ironi bukan? Selalunya, aku akan cari buku yang aku inginkan. Bila dah jumpa dan bayar, aku terus keluar. Satu lagi tabiat aku, aku akan tengok buku-buku yang berkenan di hati dan ambil gambar. Untuk rujukan di masa depan sambil berfikir-fikir adakah aku patut memilikinya. Tetapi ada juga kedai buku yang tak membenarkan pengunjung ambil gambar. Hairan rasa di hati. Kenapa? Bukannya mencuri atau merosakkan buku.  Tujuan aku ambil gambar hanyalah sekadar rujukan. Mungkin aku akan datang semula untuk membeli buku tersebut.

Antara buku idamanku....

Wanita Wawasan - Okt 2012

Bila tengok cover majalah Wanita Wawasan bulan ni (Oktober), teringin nak beli. Cantik Natasha Hudson. Aku takdelah minat sangat dekat dia. Tapi ini kali pertama WW menampilkan wanita bertudung. Selain tu, aku nak baca coretan Wirda Adnan walaupun jarang-jarang membelinya.

Kredit gambar: Fanpage WW

Koleksi...

Koleksiku....

Kopi Susu Sepatu Biru

Nama Pengarang: Ruby Hazri
Harga: RM20
Penerbit: Jemari Seni Publishing (www.jemariseni.com)
Bil. Muka Surat: 565
Tahun: 2008 (Cetakan ke-2)
ISBN9789834321789

Kata orang benci itu biarlah berpada, jangan nanti benci berganti rindu pula! Kata orang lagi jiran sepakat membawa berkat!

Inilah kisah...tentang jiran di sebelah rumah:

Rumah No. 11

Dia gadis yang bekerja sebgai juruwang di sebuah bank di ibu kota. Wajahnya menarik, ramai yang tertarik. Dia hanya berbudi pada yang pandai berbahasa, tetapi pada jiran sebelah rumahnya, jauh panggang dari api.

Rumah No. 9

Dia lelaki punya gaya tak mudah terpedaya. Setiap tahun menambah usi tanpa sempat mengira. Kadang-kadang selamba, kadang-kadang tak terduga. Prinsipnya jelas: orang sebelah rumah tak harus diberi hati.

Pendapat mereka saling bertentangan, pergaduhan tiada sempadan terjilid dalam pelbagai episod:

- Kereta Perdana vs kereta Kancil

- Kucing si bujang mengemis makan di rumah si dara

- Sepatu biru pencetus idea nakal si teruna

- Muzik si pemuda bukan selera si pemudi

Namun tiba-tiba ribut berhenti, hujan reda, pelangi sujud di kaki langit...ada rasa yang mengocak perasaan. Ada cinta yang bertunas dan ada sayang yang menjalar. 

Kenapa? Siapa? Dan bagaimana?

A Kingdom of Dreams

Author: Judith McNaught
Price: RM34.90
Publisher: Pocket Books
No. of Pages: 438
Year: 1989
ISBN9780671737610

From sweeping passion to taut suspense, Judith McNaught has entertained millions with stunning array of emotions in nine dazzling bestsellers. In this beloved classic, "one of the best ever" (Rendezvous), to defiant hearts clash in a furious battle of wills - in a glorious age of chivalry.

Abducted from her convent school, headstrong Scottish beauty Jennifer Merrick does not easily surrender to Royce Westmoreland, duke of Claymore. Known as "The Wolf," his very name strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But proud Jennifer will have nothing to do with the fierce English warrior who holds her captive, this handsome rouge who taunts her with his blazing arrogance. Boldly she challenges his will...until the night he takes her in his powerful embrace, awakening in her irresistible hunger. And suddenly Jennifer finds herself ensnared in a bewildering web...a seductive, dangerous trap of pride, passion, loyalty, and overwhelming love.

Surat Ungu untuk Nuha

Nama Pengarang: Noor Suraya
Harga: RM20
Penerbit: Jemari Seni Publishing (www.jemariseni.com)
Bil. Muka Surat: 484
Tahun: 2007
ISBN9789834321734

Novel keenam Noor Suraya membawa anda menemani Nuha menaiki Ekspres Langkawi ke utara. Perkalanan kereta api pada malam dingin penghujung tahun 2005 telah menemukan Nuha Tajul Ariffin dengan Alang Rebus Tak Empuk. Nuha memang tidak menyukai lelaki berambut Afro itu sejak mula! Titik! Alang juga tidak menyenangi Nuha yang garang mengalahkan anak gergasi itu sejak awal. Titik! Padahal hidup ini rupa-rupanya tidak pernah ada 'titik' sebelum tiba waktunya. hidup adalah suatu perjalanan waktu!

Learn to Dance

Title: Learn to Dance - A step-by-step guide to Ballroom and Latin dances
Author: Colette Redgrave
Price: RM33.90
Publisher: Parragon Book Ltd
Year: 2008
ISBN9781407511412

Simple to use and easy to follow, Learn to Dance aims to get you and your partner up upon the floor and dancing confidently in a matter of minutes.

Step-by-step photographic sequences reveal all the steps and turns you need to perform a scintillating variety of dances.

Use the book to build your knowledge, technique, and confidence before stepping out in public.

Discover detailed instruction for the Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Tango, Cha Cha, Rumba, and other popular Ballroom and Latin favorites.

Preparing for your first dance?

Learn to Dance shows you all the right moves.

Marie Claire - Win Fabulous Shopping Trip @JPO

Hi girls, I found this. It's really interesting! Let's sign up for a fabulous a fabulous shopping trip at Johore Premium Outlet on 9 November 2012. Who knows you will be the lucky one, together with your bestie. Shop till you drop. All you have to do is to register at Marie Claire's website. The link is here Shopping @JPO

JOIN US FOR A FABULOUS SHOPPING TRIP
LIMITED TO 15 PAIRED PARTICIPANTS ONLY!

HOW TO JOIN

• Register and submit contest form online.
• Marie Claire will choose participants based on a draw and only confirmed participants will be contacted via email by 19 October 2012.
• Open for paired registration only. Single registration will be ignored.
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FEES

RM50 per person inclusive of return transport and 1 night accomodation at Pulai Springs Resort Johor (twin sharing).
Confirmed participants will need to gather at Blu Inc Media at 8am sharp on 9 November 2012. All participants will be transported by coach.
A programme and logistics details will be emailed to confirmed participants only.

Pantun dan Kebijaksanaan Akal Budi Melayu

Nama Pengarang: Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid
Penerbit: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Harga: RM13 @ Pekan Buku Universiti Malaya (Edisi kulit lembut)
Bil. Muka Surat: 58
Tahun: 2011
ISBN9789834607616

Buku ini asalnya kertas "Syarahan Raja Ali Haji ke-17" yang diadakan pada 4 Disember 2009 di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Kuala Lumpur. Datuk Johan Jaaffariaitu Pengerusi Media Prima turut memberikan kata-kata aluan dalam buku ini. Antara kata-katanya ialah, 'Tak kenal maka tak cinta, demikianlah sebenarnya keadaan orang Melayu yang tidak menemui kehebatan tradisi pantun di kalangan bangsa mereka. Moga-moga buku ini membetik minat orang ramai untuk menghayati pantun Melayu.'

Kandungan buku ini adalah seperti berikut:

- Prakata

- Sambutan dan Pengenalan

- Pantun Pilihan Pedagang

- Pantun Musim dan Angin

- Pantun Kanak-kanak

- Variasi dalam Pantun

- Kesimpulan

- Lampiran

- Bibliografi

Saving Sammy - Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD

Author: Beth Alison Maloney
Publisher; Crown Publishers, New York
Price: RM97.60
No. of Pages: 260
Year: 2009
ISBN9780307461834

What would you do if your child suddenly refused to bathe, burst into fits of rage, slithered along walls, and wouldn't walk out of the front door? If you're like Beth Maloney, you'd fight to reclaim your son, taking on members of the medical establishment who are too quick to label him with OCD and Tourette's while prescribing antidepressants that only made the symptoms worse.

Saving Sammy is the inspiring story of how Maloney discovered the real cause of her son's mental illness - the common strep bacteria - and her battle to find the right treatment for him. It is the empowering memoir of a gutsy mom who fought for her son's life and who won't rest until she has helped save others.

The summer before entering sixth grade, Sammy, a bright and charming boy who lived on the coast of Maine, suddenly began to exhibit disturbing behavior. He walked and ate with his eyes shut, refused to bathe, burst into fits of rage, slithered against the walls, and used his limbs instead of his hand to touch light switches, doorknobs, and faucets.

Sammy's mother, Beth already coping with overwhelming responsibility of raising three sons alone, watched helplessly as her middle child descended into madness.Sammy was soon diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and later with Tourette syndrom. Unwilling to accept the doctors' prognoses for lifelong mental illness and repeated hospitalizations, Beth fought to uncover what was causing this decline. Racing against time as Sammy slipped further from reality, Beth's quest took her to the center of the medical community's raging debate about whether mental illness can be caused by infection. With the battle lines firmly drawn, Beth searched until she found two cutting-edge doctors who answered the question with a definite yes. Together, they cured Sammy. Five years later, he remains symptom free.

Driven by her desire to help others, Beth Maloney has infused every page of his triumphant journey with heart and passion. An important story, Saving Sammy is part manifesto, part medical mystery, but is at its heart the empowering and inspiring story of a mother's determination to save her son, take on the medical establishment - and win.

8 Items Women Should Have in Her Wardrobe

According to Tim Gunn, 8 items women should have in her wardrobe are:

* Basic LBD
* Classic white shirt
* Dress pants
* Jeans
* All-occassion top
* Skirt
* Day dress
* Jacket

Each piece should fit the body best.

How to Dress

Title: How to Dress - Your complete style guide for every occasion
Author: Gok Wan
Publisher: HarperCollins
Price: RM42.90
No. of Pages: 255
Year: 2008
ISBN9780007299003

Gok wants to help you finds the perfect clothes for every occasion - because life's too short to get stressed about getting dressed. Whether you have 5 pound or 500 pound to spend, think of this book as your very own one-to-one personal styling session with Gok.

He'll show you how to put together outfits for every occasion, help you find your own personal style and get you excited about fashion again. When someone comes up and say 'I love your outfit', it's the best compliment in the world, so let's make that happen often more. This is going to be fun!

Style supremo Gok Wan is every woman's best friend. He has been in the industry for over a decade, dressing countless celebrities and fashion pages. His makeover TV series How to Look Good Naked transformed him into a star because he genuinely cares about the women whose style and lives he changes. His first book, How to Look Good Naked, was an instant bestseller.

Tidurlah Intan dan Ceritalah Lagi

Aku dilahir dan dibesarkan pada tahun 80an dan sudah semnestinya aku mengenali buku Tidurlah Intan dan Ceritalah lagi. Kebanyakannya aku baca di perpustakaan sekolah kerana mak aku tak mampu belikan. Rasanya, aku dah baca hampir kesemua siri buku ini. Aku sempat memiliki buku Tidurlah Intan 2 tapi sekarang aku dah tak tau kat mana letaknya. Kemungkinan besar dah hilang.

Siri buku Tidurlah Intan terdiri daripada 12 buah buku. Tidurlah Intan 1 mewakili bulan Januari, maka terdapat 31 jenis cerita pendek dan puisi. Manakala Tidurlah Intan 2 mewakili bulan Februari yang ada 28 hari. Begitulah seterusnya hingga Tidurlah Intan 12 yang mewakili bulan Disember. Ini semua berdasarkan pemerhatian aku.

Masih aku ingat, dalam Tidurlah Intan 2 ada cerita kanak2 yang mengembara di dalam buih sabun dan berkesempatan menjalani hidup di sebuah istana. Sememangnya cerita khayalan menjadi minat aku ketika itu. Tentang Ceritalah Lagi, maaflah aku dah tak ingat sangat ceritanya.

M.....

Tujuan aku buat blog ini adalah untuk berkongsi koleksi buku kepunyaan aku dan buku-buku yang pernah aku baca. Takmaulah setakat cut & paste sinopsis. Nak juga buat ulasan buku dan juga perbincangan. Nampaknya perkataan yang bermula dengan huruf M masih menguasai diriku. Harap aku dapat lawan. Hahaha...

Tsunami...Grief beyond tears

Title: Tsunami...Grief beyond tears - Notes on a humanitarian journey in Aceh, Indonesia and north Malaysia
Author: Mohamed Hatta Shaharom
Publisher: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP)
Price: RM121
No. of Pages: 316
Year: 2006
ISBN9836290605

The seabed earthquake-spawned tsunami of 26 December 2004 devastated coastal settlements of a dozen Indian Ocean rim countries.

In Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (on the Northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatera) alone, this natural catastrophe took lives of about 200,000 Acehnese, displaced another 400,000 of their surviving relatives and neighbours, and made orphans out of the tens of thousands of surviving children. 

This is the writer's personal account of 2004-2005 post-tsunami Pertubuhan Jemaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) and MERCY Malaysia humanitarian missions in north Malaysia and Aceh, Indonesia.

He acknowledges the contributions of anonymous unsung heroes who came to the fore in times of need.

Sorrow Behind The Smiles

Title: Sorrow Behind The Smiles - Notes on a humanitarian journey - disaster relief in Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iran
Author: Mohamed Hatta Shaharom
Publisher: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP)
Price: RM100
No. of Pages: 345
Year: 2006
ISBN9836289003

This is a humanitarian journey through lands that were devastated by the ravage of man-made and natural disasters.

These are personal notes of the writer including two chapters by his wife and son) during relief missions in Iraq (1991), Kosova (1999 & 2000), Afghanistan (2001) and Iran (2004) sponsored by the Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM), MERCY Malaysia and anonymous Malaysian donors who came to the fore in times of need.

The Forgotten Jungle Medicine of Taman Negara Pahang

Author: Musa Nordin
Editorial Assistants: Alvin Yeaoh Seng Lee, Lim Sheau Chin, and Chan Mei Ching.
Publisher: Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (Penang Area Committee)
Price: RM89.10 @ Pekan Buku Universiti Malaya
No. of Pages: 154
Year: 2007
ISBN9789834230302

Kerinduan...

Sesungguhnya aku sangat rindukan bulan puasa yang telah ditinggalkan baru-baru ini...

Buletin Teknologi Ternakan (Bil. 1/2005)

Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)
Harga: RM12
Bil. Muka Surat: 77
Tahun:2005

Sistem Pemotongan Daging Untuk Meningkatkan Nilai Produk

Pengarang: R. Moh Salleh, H. Mohamed Shafit dan E.A. Engku Azahan
Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)
Harga: RM2
Bi. Muka Surat: 30
Tahun: 1992
ISBN9679361373

Makanan Ternakan daripada Tanaman Kelapa Sawit

Tajuk: Makanan Ternakan daripada Tanaman Kelapa Sawit - Cadangan pemprosesan dan penggunaan batang kelapa sawit dan pelepah kelapa sawit untuk pengeluaran daging lembu dalam sistem fidlot

Pengarang: O. Abu Hassan dan A.R. Azizan

Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia

Harga: RM3.60

Bil. Muka Surat: 16

Tahun: 1992

ISBN9679361152

Laporan Khas Penanaman Jagung

Penyunting: H. Zaharah
Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)
Harga: RM10
Bil. Muka Surat: 80
Tahun: 1992
ISBN9679361179

MARDI's Technology On Offer For Commercialization Volume 1

Publisher: Malaysian Agriculture and Research Development Institute (MARDI)

Price: RM20

No. of Pages: 81

Year: 2005

ISBN9679364909

Business Opportunities In Agricultural Waste

Title: Business Opportunities In Agricultural Waste - Proceedings of The Agricultural Waste Conference 2003, Selangor, Malaysia (11-12 August 2003)
Editors: M. Suhaimi, H.K. Ong, M.J. Mohamad Hanif and A.S. Zainur
Publisher: Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI)
Price: RM30
Pages: 60
Year: 2005
ISBN9679364568

Kekesalan...

Timbul perasaan menyesal sebab tak mulakan blog ini seawal dua tiga tahun yang lepas. Kalau tak, mesti dah banyak entri buku dan komen. Hmm...

Feeds From Oil Palms

Title: Feeds From Oil Palms - Reaping profits from biological wastes/renewable resources
Authors: O. Abu Hassan and A. R. Azizan
Publisher: Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
Price: RM3.60 @Pekan Buku Universiti Malaya
Pages: 21

Bilal Bin Rabah - Pengumandang Seruan Langit

Pengarang: Abdul Latip Talib
Penerbit: PTS Litera Utama Sdn. Bhd.
Harga: RM26
Bil. Muka Surat: 274
Tahun: 2010 (Cetakan ke-4)
ISBN9789833892327

Bilal bin Rabah dilahirkan di Kota Mekah sekitar tahun 43 Sebelum Masihi. Beliau melalui jalan keras bagi mendapatkan Islam. Beliau dijemur di pasang pasir yang membara, ditindih dadanya dengan batu yang keras, namun imannya semakin pijar, dan jiwanya semakin kental.

Akhirnya kemuliaan datang kepadanya. Beliau menjadi sahabat Rasulullah s.a.w., dan menjadi juruazan yang tersanjung. Hingga kini, namanya harum dan diabadikan kepada setiap juruazan di dunia.

Novel sajarah ini bercerita tentang Bilal bin Rabah, lelaki yang tubuhnya diseksa semahu-mahunya, namun bibirnya tetap melantunkan "Allahu Ahad, Allahu Ahad..."

Panduan Penternakan Ayam Pedaging

Pengarang: Abd. Khalid Md. Saad dan Zainab Otheman
Penyunting: Samiyah Mohamed Nasir
Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)
Harga: RM12
Bil. Muka Surat: 86
Tahun: 2003
ISBN9679364291

Panduan Kematangan dan Penuaian Buah-buahan

Pengarang: Ahmad Tarmizi Sapii dan Pauziah Muda
Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)
Harga: RM12
Bil. Muka Surat: 43
Tahun: 2005
ISBN967936450X

Manual Teknologi Pemprosesan Produk Daging

Penulis: Mohd Yassin Haron
Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)
Harga: RM20
Bil. Muka Surat: 51
Tahun: 2005
ISBN9679364844

Manual Teknologi Penanaman Pegaga

Pengarang: Zainal Abidin Hassan

Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)

Harga: RM20

Bil. Muka Surat: 24

Tahun: 2005

ISBN9679364755

Penternakan Kerbau

Penyunting: A. B. Shamsudin, O. Mohd. Ariff & Y. Nordin
Penerbit: Institut Penyelidikan dan kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)
Harga: RM15
Bil. Muka Surat: 131
Tahun: 1997
ISBN9679363163

CONTAMINATED My Journey Out of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Title: CONTAMINATED My Journey Out of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Author: Gerry Radano, MSW
Publisher: Bar-Le-Duc Books
Price: RM100.90 (USD$18)
Pages: 205
Year: 2007
ISBN9780979228803

INCURABLE! This was the knockout punch she had dreaded hearing, yet knew in her heart was inevitable. Her psychiatrist had apathetically put a label on her that was tantamount to a life sentence without parole. Equally devastated by her doctor's declaration and furious by his cavalier attitude, she vowed on the spot that she would prove him wrong. Her diagnosis - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Gerry's storybook life as a flight attendant who traveled the world, an accomplished real estate entrepreneur, and a happily married mother of two was interrupted overnight by OCD. She survived the kind of mental torture normally only seen in movies like The Aviator, she in three psychiatric hospitals, had countless hours of therapy, tried every medication available, and eventually lost connection to her relatives and friends, her career, her husband and nearly her children. Radano's relentless determination pulled her thru. Now she is using that same fierce resolve to rebuild her life.

Doa Solat Sunat Dhuha

Ya Allah bahawasanya waktu Dhuha itu waktu Dhuha-Mu, kecantikan itu ialah kecantikan-Mu, keindahan itu keindahan-Mu, kekuatan itu kekuatan-Mu, kekuasaan itu kekuasaan-Mu dan perlindungan itu perlindungan-Mu. Ya Allah jika rezekiku masih di atas langit, turunkanlah dan jika ada di dalam bumi, keluarkanlah, jika sukar mudahkanlah, jika haram sucikanlah, jika masih jauh dekatkanlah. Berkat waktu Dhuha, keagungan, keindahan, kekuatan dan kekuasaan-Mu, limpahkanlah kepada kami segala yang telah Engkau limpahkan kepada hamba-hambamu yang soleh.

Sampul Surat

Rasa sangat nostalgia bila tengok sampul surat ni. Sampul surat bercorak seperti ini sering digunakan pada tahun 80an dan 90an. Satu lagi yang aku rindukan ialah writing pad gambar bunga atau kartun. Baunya wangi sangat.

Dah beli...Oktober

Semalam sempat beli majalah Mingguan Wanita untuk mak aku. Untuk aku pulak, Her World dan Lisa Malaysia. Biar aku baca dulu ye, lepas tu boleh highlight apa yang menarik.

Majalah - Oktober 2012

Ulang tarikh sekali lagi, hari ini 20 September, dah ada majalah bulan Oktober keluar. Jom tengok:

Kredit: FB MWW

Kredit: FB Lisa Malaysia

Her World September 2012 Cover Girl - Carmen Soo

Carmen Soo tells her successful acting career in Phillippines and behind the scene of her acting and modeling jobs.

Being in front of a camera is nothing new for Carmen Soo, but this model-cum-actress is discovering that maturity brings a new perspective to life. BY AUDREY TEOH

Many people think of models and actors as being larger than life, but Carmen Soo is anything but when you meet her face-to-face. Petite and composed, she maintains a freshfaced, down-to-earth approach to life – at least, that’s what she strives for.

Work requires her to shuttle between Malaysia and the Philippines, with a little bit of Singapore on the side. But for now, she’s on a break after shooting two movies – Dead Mine and The Hunter, scheduled for release later this year. Dead Mine is an English-language HBO Asia production in collaboration with Singapore-based Infi nite Studios, while The Hunter is a Chinese fi lm and the first 3D movie filmed in Malaysia using a mixed Malaysian, Korean and Thai crew.

Read more: Carmen
Credit: Her World