Buku ini segera dicekal pemerintah Orba ketika pertama kali terbit pada 1987. Orba tidak suka dengan cara Susan Blackburn (dulunya Susan Abeyasekere) mengkaji Jakarta. Susan dengan menelusuri sejarah Jakarta selama berabad-abad berhasil memaparkan suatu kontras. Ternyata sejak lama Jakarta hanya kota yang dibangun untuk memenuhi impian para penguasa, kaum aristokrasi uang. Jakarta bukan milik d…
Frogs, snakes, ants, and bats! Oh my! They come in different sizes, different colors, and have different ways of thriving where they live. But thrive they do, and sometimes with the most amazing adaptations. These four creepy crawlies, their homes, and their most interesting aspects are the topic of this book.
One perfect red rose, a one-way ticket to Stockholm, and a cryptic "message" consisting of two Latin words intrigue art historian Vicky Bliss—as they were precisely intended to do. Beautiful, brilliant and, as always, dangerously inquisitive, Vicky recognizes the handiwork of her former lover, the daring jewel thief John Smythe. So she takes the bait, eagerly following Smythe's lead in the ho…
Will Lucky solve life’s mysteries before she turns twelve? The adventures that began with the Newbery Award–winner The Higher Power of Lucky come to a grand finale. For eleven-year old Lucky, the universe is full of questions. Is that mysterious woman at the café Miles’s mom? Does her father not talk to her because he hates her? Will the Health Department ruin everything? Is she reall…
A mother addresses the issues of grieving in a poignant and personal journey toward healing.
Hare is scared! There is a monster in his house. Can Monkey and Elephant help him? Read and find out!