from the back covers: 'Sometimes I think this search is hopeless. So much has happened since I last saw my friends. Perhaps they have died or the rebels have taken them away. But I know I have to find Laker. I know she needs me.' In a country torn by war, it is easy to stop hoping. All Atita has is an old photograph. She does not even know if she will recognize Laker after all these years .…
from the back cover: On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd's cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night . . . In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us …
from the back cover: Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future - and Scrooge learns a lesson t…
Musik mampu menggerakkan kita ke ketinggian atau kedalaman emosi. Musik bisa merayu kita untuk membeli, atau mengingatkan kita akan kencan pertama kita. Musik bisa mengangkat kita dari depresi sewaktu tidak ada lagi lainnya yang bisa bermanfaat. Musik bisa mendorong kita untuk menari mengikuti iramanya. Tetapi kekuatan musik menjangkau lebih jauh lagi. Sungguh, musik menempati wilayah yang lebi…
Grade 8 Up–In the two previous books, Clary learns that she is a member of a race of demon-hunters and that she has the special ability to create new versions of the runes that give these Shadowhunters their power. Her mother has been hiding the truth from her for years to protect her from her father, Valentine, a cult-leader-turned-villain who is seeking to gain control over the Shadowhunter…
from the back cover: Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories from China, Malaysia, Singapore, and India, are by writers Liu Hong, Attia Hosain, Preeta Samarasan, Hwee Hwee Tan, Ridjal Noor, Shashi Deshpande, Ovidia Yu, Nora Adam, Nirupama Subramanian, and Catherine Lim. [word count 28,539]