With an Introduction by Richard Jenseth, St Lawrence University The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time. It reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming, an ordinary farm boy turned soldier. It evokes the chaos and the dull clatter of war: the acrid smoke, the incessant rumours of coming battles, the filth and cold, the numbing monotony, the…
The blacksmith would marry her. The woodcutter would run away with her. The werewolf would turn her into one of its own. Valerie's sister was beautiful, kind, and sweet. Now she is dead. Henry, the handsome son of the blacksmith, tries to console Valerie, but her wild heart beats fast for another: the outcast woodcutter, Peter, who offers Valerie another life far from home. After her si…
Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help non-scientists understand fundamental questions of physics and our existence: where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to deal with these questions (and where we might look for answers) …
"Inilah salah satu buku sains terpenting yang ditulis oleh satu di antara para ilmuwan besar zaman kita, Stephen Hawking. Dalam buku ini Hawking membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan besar seperti: Bagaimana alam semesta bermula—dan apa yang memulainya? Apakah waktu itu, dan apakah ia selalu bergerak maju? Adakah ujung alam semesta, dalam ruang maupun waktu? Adakah dimensi lain dalam alam semesta? A…
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Level 12
"The four never-before-published novellas in this collection represent horror master King at his finest, using the weird and uncanny to riff on mortality, the price of creativity, and the unpredictable consequences of material attachments. A teenager discovers that a dead friend's cell phone, which was buried with the body, still communicates from beyond the grave in 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone, ' wh…