Peradaban umat manusia seperti sebuah roda yang berputar. Kemajuan adalah sebuah siklus―dari puncak ke penurunan dan kemudian, perlahan dan susah payah, kembali ke puncak―bukan jalur lurus dan menanjak sepanjang waktu. Setiap kerajaan berumur panjang memiliki suksesi zaman keemasan dan kegelapan; dan berkali-kali peradaban manusia telah menciptakan pemerintahan luar biasa yang dalam beberap…
A Good Man Is Hard to Find is Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor herself singled it out by making it the title piece of her first collection and the story she most often chose for readings or talks to students. It is an unforgettable tale, both riveting and comic, of the confrontation of a family with violence and sudden death. More than anything else O'Connor…
The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel, and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery. By turns funny, fantastical and mysterious, the stories are matched in liveliness by the original illustrations of John D. Batten. It would be hard to find a better introduction for chi…
From Leslie Connor, award-winning author of Waiting for Normal and Crunch, comes a soaring and heartfelt story about love, forgiveness, and how innocence makes us all rise up. All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook is a powerful story, perfect for fans of Wonder and When You Reach Me. Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny…