Family kompleks

Siapa yang tidak mengenal Kompleks Jaya Samanta? Kompleks yang memiliki ciri khas tanaman hijau dan terlihat penghuninya penuh rasa kekeluargaan–terasa hangat, damai, serta akrab. Tinggal lebih lama di tempat itu, akan membuat kita menyadari jika ada dua kubu yang selalu bertentangan. Bujang tua dan bocil kematian, mereka adalah dua circle kompleks yang hari-harinya hanya diisi oleh keributan…

The Dead of Jericho

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Barchester Towers

from the back cover: Mrs Proudie, the warlike wife of the new Bishop of Barchester, brings the Reverend Slope into the Bishop's Palace to help dominate her husband and rule the local clergy. But Slope is a snake in the grass, determined to find a rich wife, to win advancement for himself, even to fight Mrs Proudie if necessary. Their battle becomes a furious dance, involving rich, pretty Widow…

Cold Comfort Farm

from the back cover: The farm lies in the shadow of a hill, and the farmyard rarely sees the sun, even in summer, when the sukebind hangs heavy in the branches. Here live the Starkadders - Aunt Ada Doom, Judith, Amos, Seth, Reuben, Elfine... They lead messy, untidy lives, full of dark thoughts, moody silences, and sudden noisy quarrels. That is, until their attractive young cousin arrives from…

Night Without End

from the back cover: On the Polar ice-cap, 640 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, the deadly, icy winds can freeze a man to death in minutes. But the survivors of the crashed airliner are lucky - they are rescued by three scientists from a nearby weather station. But why did the airliner crash in the first place? Who smashed the radio to pieces? And why does the dead pilot have a bullet ho…

Oxford Bookworms 6: Gazing at Stars : Stories from Asia

from the back cover: Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories from China, Malaysia, Singapore, and India, are by writers Liu Hong, Attia Hosain, Preeta Samarasan, Hwee Hwee Tan, Ridjal Noor, Shashi Deshpande, Ovidia Yu, Nora Adam, Nirupama Subramanian, and Catherine Lim. [word count 28,539]

Penguin

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781406312461

Collation

unpaged; ill.; fc.; 26cm

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Tess of the d'Ubervilles

from the back cover: A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful - but not careful enough. He is persuasive, and she is overwhelmed. It is not her fault, but the world says it is. Her young life is already stai…

Oliver Twist

from the back cover: London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry ten-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread. But Oliver Twist finds some friends - Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that…

The Mice and the Weasels

The text is young and simple, and clearly portrays helpful morals through fun characters that young readers can relate to. All of the classic, best-loved fables have been included, as well as some lesser-known stories that have been retold to intrigue and entertain children for the very first time.