Dorothy hilang ingatan dan saat siuman ia sudah bukan lagi si gadis taat, putri sematawayang pendeta. Hidupnya yang teratur dan tak neko-neko berganti dengan episode luntang-lantung di sekitaran London. Dari kuli musiman, guru di sekolah abal-abal, sampai mengemis—semua dilakoni demi bertahan hidup. Sambil, ia terus mengais kembali ingatannya yang timbul-tenggelam.
Winston Smith berusaha menjalani hidupnya sebagai warga negara yang patuh terhadap aturan-aturan Partai, walaupun hati dan pikirannya memberontak. Winston tidak berani melawan terang-terangan, sebab Big Brother senantiasa mengawasi semua orang. Tak ada privasi bagi siapa pun. Segalanya diatur oleh Negara, bahkan sejarah pun ditulis ulang sesuai kebutuhan. Big Brother menuntut kepatuhan dan kese…
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to h…
''Examine your words well, and you will find that even when you have no motive to be false, it is a very hard thing to say the exact truth, even about your immediate feelings...'' Adam Bede (1859)
What's your favourite food? What tastes don't you like? What does a squirrel like to eat? Looking at popular foods, unpleasant tastes and how animals taste or what they eat, there is plenty to discuss in this book of creative imagery and ideas. I taste... is one of a series of books which aim to raise awareness in young children of the five senses in a light-hearted and humorous way.
What if we could think of mental health in a positive way? Sweep away the rain clouds. Talk about what's on our minds. And care for our mental health in the same way we look after our bodies.
A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk i…
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But y…