KUKEJAR KAU LARI


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Sejak kecil Nadira dibesarkan di Rumah Anak-anak Yatim Al-Mustaqim. Namun dia harus pergi kerana diambil oleh keluarga angkat yang kaya-raya. Dia protes. Akhirnya, dia meninggalkan rakan-rakannya, iaitu Zariq, Tajol dan Busrya. Sepuluh tahun kemudian, mereka bertemu semula. Namun, dalam rindu dan sayang ada rasa benci di hati. Kemunculan Nadira membuatkan banyak hati yang kecewa. Pertemuan itu tidak menggembirakan Zariq. Dia tahu perasaan Nadira terhadapnya, tetapi dia tidak sanggup melihat Tajol, sahabat baiknya terluka kerana gadis itu. Busyra pula tersasar arah. Cintanya pada Zariq rupa-rupanya hanya bertepuk sebelah tangan. Dia benci Nadira! Dia cemburukan Nadira! Nadira juga apabila Busyra selalu mendekati Zariq. Namun cinta bersegi-segi ini makin konflik bila Hardy, abang angkatnya meluahkan perasaan cinta.




Reclaiming Adat


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In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat, or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional healing. Using close textual readings of literature and film, Khoo Gaik Cheng reveals the tensions between gender, modernity, and nation. Khoo weaves a wealth of cultural theory into a rare analysis of Malay cinema and the work of new Malaysian anglophone writers. Reclaiming Adat makes an essential contribution to our knowledge of the complexities embedded in modern Malaysian culture, politics, and identity.




PUTERA KODOKKU


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Selamba badak! Muka tembok! Perigi cari timba! Sebutlah apa sahaja pun, Effa tidak peduli. Apa pun yang terjadi, hati Putera Kodok harus dimiliki. Siapa Putera Kodok? Rayyan Haikal bin Dato’ Khalid. Kacak. Kaya. Cukup serba-serbi. Buat Effa mabukkan cintanya siang dan malam. Tapi, harap muka saja handsome... penakutnya bukan main pada SI KODOK! Masalahnya, ego Rayyan tinggi melangit. Sedikit pun dia tidak teringin beristerikan Effa. Tidak mungkin jejaka pujaan Malaya seperti dia memilih minah sengal macam Effa. Simpang malaikat empat puluh empat! Namun, istilah putus asa tidak pernah wujud dalam hidup Effa. Sepuluh langkah Rayyan lari, seribu langkah Effa mengejar. Tragedi melanda melukakan hati Effa. Ternoktahkah cintanya buat Putera Kodok?




West Coast Line


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Modesty


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Prepare to enter a world where a nation so great is finally tested as if jackals and lions collide. Will Valkar be a jackal or a lion?




Colonialism and Nationalism in Asian Cinema


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" . . . an important collective work for communication practitioners, students, and scholars who want to have a deeper understanding of film making in Asia and of the promotion of nationalism through communication." —Media Asia " . . . a momentous contribution to the study of colonialism and postcoloniality in Asia . . . " —The Journal of Asian Studies "This is an excellent model for studies in how the popular, art, and experimental cinemas function in the consideration of nationhood as a configuration of symbols. . . . This anthology provides an interesting discussion by offering a theoretical framework from which to examine the complex topics of nation, state, identity formation, and collective history in the realm of cinema. It becomes an even more effective tool by playing itself out within a diverse Asian context." —Afterimage Essays examine the representation of the interlocking discourses of nationhood and history in Asian cinema, dealing with film traditions in Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Australia.




Maggie's Miracle


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Years after one magical summer, a high-powered attorney reconnects with a grieving man from her past -- and learns that the miracles she prayed for could be right beside her. Megan Wright spent one unforgettable summer week with a boy when they were both teens. And despite a lifetime of heartache and bad choices, she has never let go of his magical definition of love, even if she has trouble believing in it. After college Megan settled for a relationship of convenience. Now she's a high powered attorney and, after the death of her husband two years ago, has been looking for help with her lonely young son. Across town, Casey Cummins is still dealing with the tragic loss of his wife. His search for meaning and hope leads him to contact the Manhattan Children's Organization, who connects him with a fatherless child. Life suddenly takes a series of unusual twists, and soon Megan will learn that the teenage boy from all those years ago actually kept his promise, and the miracle she prayed for as a girl is only a breath away.







Haunting the Tiger


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A collection of thirteen stories which spans the career of a myth maker over the last twenty years. It includes previously unpublished work illustrative of K S Maniam's world of magic realism at its best.




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