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Diagnosis Apokalips
Anwar FazalZy Masri - 2016
Thousands were effected, especially in the East and Northern States. Through mainstream media you got to know the horrific stories of the survivorsBut what happen to the rescuers?In this novel, you will find some of the untold tales of doctors, nurses and paramedics who refused to be called heroes.They were ordinary people with extraordinary stories.*The profits from the selling of this books go to Flood Fund*
Bitter-Sweet Harvest
Chan Ling Yap - 2011
Set in Malaysia emerging from the outbreak of racial conflict in 1969, Bitter-Sweet Harvest tells of the difficulties and tensions involved in a marriage between a Malay Muslim and a Chinese Christian. Atmospheric, dramatic, action-packed and intriguing, this is a spell-binding journey through contrasting cultures: from the learned spires of Oxford in England to the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia; from vibrant Singapore to Catholic Rome and developing Indonesia. Bitter-Sweet Harvest is the sequel to the novel Sweet Offerings. The stories can be read in any order and are complete in themselves.
JAHANAM
Hasrul Rizwan - 2014
But when your partner in crime is a lunatic, things are never really that simple.
How Are You?
Aiman Azlan - 2019
You are in pain, but you don’t know how to express it. *****A friend says, “I’m fine”, but you know there is something more beyond those simple words.You notice something is not right, but you don’t know what to do. You want to understand and help but you don’t know where and how to start.Stress, Anxiety, and Depression are 3 of the most common mental and emotional challenges that people are struggling with.No one should be left to face the struggle alone, and no should.“How Are You”, written by Assistant Psychologist Aiman Amri and Youth Motivator Aiman Azlan, explores the topic of Stress, Anxiety and Depression; from how survivors can cope with them to how friends and family members can understand these human problems better so that they may be compassionate and considerate towards those who struggle in silence.They are no longer alone.
Growing up in Trengganu
Awang Goneng - 2007
Through a collection of memories retold in glorious colour, Awang Goneng evokes the pleasures of a kampung childhood in 1950s Trengganu, Malaysia.
Rojak: Bite-Sized Stories
Amir Muhammad - 2010
This is a collection of very short fictional stories.The taste can be sweet, juicy, spicy, tart, or crunchy! The flavours of Malaysia, in fact. So if this book could talk, it would say: "Bite me."
INVASI
Raja Faisal - 2012
Should he escape the ravaged capital city, or join an underground resistance movement which might be humanity's last chance?
Nazi Goreng
Marco Ferrarese - 2013
Asrul is a fanatical yet naïve Muslim skinhead from small town Kedah, who finds escape in hardcore punk and aspires to life in the big city. After Asrul is recruited by friend Malik to join a neo-Nazi skinhead gang, the boys move to Penang to realise their racially fuelled teenage dreams.Petty acts of ethnic violence against immigrant workers and minority groups in the name of Kuasa Melayu (Malay Power) earn Asrul limited social empowerment and occasional ridicule, so it is not without trepidation that he follows Malik again, this time into the seedy world of the Malaysian narcotics trade, where selling drugs offers quick money and street respect. Surrounded by corrupt police officials, shifty Iranians, gun-toting Nigerians and a sexy drug mule from mainland China, Asrul soon finds himself drawn into a downward spiral that makes him question his friends, his loved ones and his core beliefs.In this intense and gripping debut, Asia-based punk rock guitarist Marco Ferrarese dishes up a powerful portrayal of displaced urban Malay life.
Not A Virgin
Nuril Basri - 2012
With characters ranging from cross-dressing hairdressers, drag queens, and rent boys to fanatic Muslims and low-life security personnel, the action of this tragicomedy moves between an Islamic boarding school and a gay bar in Jakarta, and in so doing illuminates the mindset and yearning of a new generation of Indonesians.