The Sins of the Mother: A Novel

Olivia spends months each year planning a luxurious vacation to make up for the time she lost with her family, and this summer she’s arranged a dream trip on a Mediterranean yacht, hoping it will be the most memorable of all. Her yearly lavish gesture expresses her love for her family and her regret over missing important moments during her children’s younger years. However, her younger dau…

Bagaimana Cara Mengurangi Berat Badan

Dokter bilang, hidupmu paling lama dua tahun lagi kalau situasimu masih sama: morbidly obese. Kamu terhenyak, kemudian bertanya-tanya sendiri apakah hidupmu selama ini layak dipertahankan. Kamu terlalu letih. Kamu sudah nyaris putus asa ketika sesuatu meletik. Bagaimana jika itu mungkin dan kamu bisa menjalani hidup sebagaimana orang lain: jalan ke penatu, nongkrong di kafe seusai nonton film, …

Jakarta Sebelum Pagi

“Jam tiga dini hari, sweter, dan jalanan yang gelap dan sepi .... Ada peta, petunjuk; dan Jakarta menjadi tempat yang belum pernah kami datangi sebelumnya.” Mawar, hyacinth biru, dan melati. Dibawa balon perak, tiga bunga ini diantar setiap hari ke balkon apartemen Emina. Tanpa pengirim, tanpa pesan; hanya kemungkinan adanya stalker mencurigakan yang tahu alamat tempat tinggalnya. Ket…

Di Tepi Kali Bekasi

Through this novel, Pramoedya aims to overturn the conventional perspective on the narrative of the Republic's revolutionary history, which often positions the military and its generals as the heroic figures. The anonymous individuals, who lack access to the official history recorded by the palace, are marginalized and forgotten. Pramoedya endeavors to place these anonymous characters in their …

Mangir

This drama tells the story of a place called Mangir. Unlike other regions in the Mataram kingdom, Mangir is a Perdikan, or tax-exempt area, during the reign of Panembahan Senopati. This situation irritates Panembahan Senopati, prompting him to devise a plan to conquer Mangir.

Perburuan

The short novel —written during the author's time in prison—compels us to remember that freedom cannot be taken for granted or expected to arrive easily. The struggle for freedom carries the legitimate authority of those who endure, encompassing as much truth as we are capable of expressing through our writing.

Cerita Calon Arang

The story of **Calon Arang** revolves around an evil old woman who practices black magic and feeds on human blood. Arrogant and ruthless, she eliminates her political adversaries and silences her critics. She revels in the suffering of others, committing acts of murder, theft, and violence. Possessing various magical abilities, she even forces her disciples to bathe in human blood. During her c…

Pulang

"Sebuah kisah tentang perjalanan pulang. Melalui pertarungan demi pertarungan. Kesedihan demi kesedihan. Untuk membuka rahasia masa lalu. Pun menatap masa depan. Pulang."

Midah Simanis Bergigi Emas

Midah initially came from a respectable and religious family. However, due to injustices at home, she chose to escape, finding herself lost in the harsh streets of Jakarta in the 1950s. She emerged as someone who refused to surrender to her circumstances, even though she was just a singer known as “the sweet one with golden teeth,” performing as part of a street group that traveled from one…

The Catcher in the Rye

Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.

The Sonnets

The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrat…

Les Miserables

A captivating narrative of narrow escapes, romance amid revolution, and heroic deeds on the battlefield, Victor Hugo's expansive 1862 novel delves into the depths of the Parisian underworld. It follows ex-convict Jean Valjean, who spent 19 years in prison for stealing bread, as he strives for redemption by aiding the oppressed. However, his every attempt is relentlessly pursued by Inspector Jav…

The no 1 Ladies Detective Agency

Precious Ramotswe, a kind and cheerful woman of traditional build, is the founder of Botswana’s first and only female-run detective agency. Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she’s got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to…

Persepolis the story of a childhood

In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the coming-of-age story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran’s last emperors,…

The Complete Persepolis

"A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form." —The New York Times Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing t…

Hatchet

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Madame Bovary

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Pride and Prejudice

Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his…

Sounder

Set in the Deep South, this Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of the great coon dog, Sounder, and the poor sharecroppers who own him. During the difficult years of the nineteenth century South, an African-American boy and his poor family rarely have enough to eat. Each night, the boy's father takes their dog, Sounder, out to look for food and the man grows more desperate by the day…

Tar Baby

Ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary, Tar Baby is Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison's reinvention of the love story. Jadine Childs is a black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a black fugitive who embodies everything she loathes and desires. As Morrison follows their affair, which plays out from the Caribbe…

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the nation…

A Christmas Carol (with the CD inside complete recorded text:CD1 chapters 1-2…

On Christmas Eve, three spirits come to visit Scrooge, a man who is selfish and only thinks of himself and money. They take him on a journey to the shadows of Christmases past, present and future and he learns lessons he will never forget. Includes activities at the end of the story.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. “Just as good, if not better, than Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling f…

Fuzzy Mud

They got lost. The world got scared And the mud got fuzzy. Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall to a fight. To avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya, unaware of t…

After The Crash

'So extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time . . . I doubt I'll read a more brilliant crime novel this year' Joan Smith, Sunday Times. The runaway bestseller about an air crash and its sole survivor, a baby girl. But who is she?

Sea Quest: Skalda the soul stealer

Max and Lia have tackled many deadly enemies, but how can they hope to defeat a fiendish razor-toothed barracuda which can control minds? The friends will need a clever plan and plenty of courage to win this battle

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Can Bonnie and Sylvia outwit the wicked Miss Slighcarp and her network of criminals, forgers and snitches? Find out a few things you didn't know about wolves and learn all about the wonderful world of the author. Three children become involved in a series of adventures when left under the care of a detestable governess in a rural English manor.

The Cuckoo's Calling

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as t…

The Girl On The Train

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning, flashing past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stopping at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. Their life, as she sees it, is perfect ... until she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but now everything is changed. Rachel goes to the police, and becomes in…

Divergent

This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy is the novel the inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet. This dystopian series set in a futuristic Chicago has captured the hearts of millions of teen and adult readers. Perfect for fans of the Hunger Games and Maze Runner series, Divergent and its sequels, Insur…