1984

1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia" a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny the novel's hold on the imaginations of whol…

Watercolor Painting : Expert Answers to the Questions Every Artist Asks

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9781438000220

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751.422 JAM w

BROTHER JACOB AND THE LIFTED VEIL

Buku ini memuat dua novela George Eliot dengan dua ide cerita yang sangat jauh berbeda. Brother Jacob mengangkat cerita tentang hubungan dua bersaudara antara David Faux yang sangat egois serta ambisius dan kakaknya yang idiot, Jacob. David Faux, seorang anak petani Inggris, yang terbiasa makan dendeng babi dan pangsit, mempunyai ilusi menyenangkan bahwa penjual kembang gula pastilah seora…

Big Pig and Piglet

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9781789582659

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24p; illustrated; colored, paperback

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Republik Hewan (Animal Farm)

Tuan Jones dari Pertanian Manor sangat malas dan pemabuk berat. Suatu hari dia lupa memberi makan binatang-binatang peliharaannya, maka terjadilah pemberontakan di bawah pimpinan dua babi bernama Napoleon dan Snowball. Para binatang mengambil alih pertanian itu dan berikrar untuk menghapuskan ketidaksetaraan yang sangat timpang di antara mereka. Pertanian Manor ganti nama menjadi Pertanian Hewa…

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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9780141187761

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355p; bw; pbk

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Back to School Tortoise

It's time to go back to school. But Tortoise is worried. What if he falls down? What if he doesn't like lunch? What if the kids are mean to him? What if he falls down, doesn't like lunch, and the kids are mean to him? The perfect back-to-school book about being brave, with a surprise at the end!

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home will never be like the shimmering Caribbean islands she has left behind. She is like a tropical bird that has flown to the wrong part of the world. And in the stern Puritan community of her relatives, she soon feels caged as well, and lonely. In the meadows, the only place where s…

Tenth of December: Stories

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People • The New York Times Magazine • NPR • Entertainment Weekly • New York • The Telegraph • BuzzFeed • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage • Shelf Awareness Includes an extended conversation with David Sedaris One of the m…

Charlie's Raven

Charlie's beloved grandfather is ill, and Charlie will do anything to save him. He brings home a baby raven, Blue Sky, because his Native American friends claim they have powerful medicine. But caring for and protecting a wild creature is a huge responsibility. Charlie learns wondrous things about ravens — and some surprising lessons about humans.