It's tuesday morning in february, and i get up as usual, and i stumble into the bathroom to take a shower in the dark. Which is my school-day method because it's sort of like an extra ten minutes of sleep. It's after the shower. That's when it happens. It's when i turn on the bathroom light and wipe the fog off the mirror to comb my hair. It's what i see in the mirror. It's what I don't see. …
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One of the bloodiest battles in military history—what happened and why The Battle of the Somme raged from July 1 to November 18, 1916, and was one of the bloodiest fought in military history. It has come to signify for many the waste and bloodshed of World War I as hundreds of thousands of men on all sides lost their lives fighting over small gains in land. Yet, this battle also marked a t…
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.
Gordon Comstock, seorang terpelajar dari keluarga miskin Inggris era 1930-an, membenci uang dan sistem kapitalisme. Ia rela meninggalkan pekerjaan mapan demi idealisme. Ia menyatakan perang terhadap uang, dan bertekad hidup mandiri tanpa menghamba pada barang yang dipuja banyak orang itu. Bencana pun datang! Satu demi satu masalah pelik menyerbu seiring terjun bebasnya Gordon menuju kemiskin…
Suatu malam, Major, si babi tua yang bijaksana, mengumpulkan para binatang di peternakan untuk bercerita tentang mimpinya. Setelah sekian lama hidup di bawah tirani manusia, Major mendapat visi bahwa kelak sebuah pemberontakan akan dilakukan binatang terhadap manusia; menciptakan sebuah dunia di mana binatang akan berkuasa atas dirinya sendiri. Tak lama, pemberontakan benar-benar terjadi. Ke…
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun...A beautiful retelling of Shakespeare's most famous love story. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Love and Hate in Romeo and Juliet.
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