One day when Sophie comes home from school, she finds two questions in her mail: Who are you? and Where does the world come from? Before she knows it, she is pondering all the great questions of Western Philosophy (from the Greeks to Kant, to Marx and Freud) with a mysterious mentor. But Sophie is also receiving a second batch of equally unusual letters. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep…
Hanya Bonnie dan Granda, yang hidup di negeri, menjaga diri mereka sendiri, dan keluar dari masalah. Hingga suatu hari, Bonnie pergi mengais-ngais di pantai dan menemukan sebuah perahu dayung tua, dan seorang bocah lelaki bertelanjang kaki. Dia kedinginan, kelaparan, dan membutuhkan tempat berlindung. Bonnie tahu itu kejahatan, apabila dirinya membantu bocah asing itu, tetapi dia tidak bisa men…
Sekiranya masih hidup dan diminta memerikan situasi Republik Indonesia di awal abad ke-21, Mohammad Hatta hanya perlu mencetak-ulang tulisannya yang pernah terbit pada 1962: "Pembangunan tak berjalan sebagaimana semestinya.... Perkembangan demokrasi pun telantar karena percekcokan politik senantiasa. Pelaksanaan otonomi daerah terlalu lamban sehingga memicu pergolakan daerah." Buku ini memap…
Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. Hamlet is considered among the "most powerful and influenti…
Sophie, seorang pelajar sekolah menengah berusia empat belas tahun. Suatu hari sepulang sekolah, dia mendapat sebuah surat misterius yang hanya berisikan satu pertanyaan: “Siapa kamu?” Belum habis keheranannya, pada hari yang sama dia mendapat surat lain yang bertanya: “Dari manakah datangnya dunia?” Seakan tersentak dari rutinitas hidup sehari-hari, surat-surat itu mempuat Sophie…
A story adapted from the Playground of Sunda Kelapa performance by Sekolah Cikal Amri Setu. The illustrations were created by Year 8 students as part of their Visual Art assessment. Set in 2050, the story follows Rara, a young Betawi girl who learns to embrace her cultural identity after discovering her great-grandfather's legacy as a Keroncong Tugu musician in 1943. This book is more than just…