Down and Out in Paris and London

This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. The Parisian episode is fascinating for its expose of the kitchens of posh French restaurants, where the narrator works at the bottom of the culinary echelon as dishwasher, or plongeur. In London…

Cogan's Trade

Cogan's Trade is the top-notch crime novel rated by the New Yorker as the “best” from “the Balzac of the Boston underworld.” Crackling dialogue, mordant humor, and unremitting tension drive the suspenseful stakes of the game higher in Boston’s precarious underworld of small-time mobsters, crooked lawyers, and political gofers as George V. Higgins, the writer who boiled crime fiction h…

The Epic Of Gilgamesh

A great king, strong as the stars in Heaven. Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends. Travelling together to the Cedar Forest, they fight and slay the evil monster Humbaba. But when Enkidu is killed, his death haunts and breaks the mighty Gilgamesh. Terrified of mortality, he resol…

Stories to Solve

Each of these delightful folktales is a short puzzle to be solved through cleverness, common sense, or careful observation of details in the text. Turn the last page of each story to find the answer!

The Toys Big Book Paperback

When a little girl leaves her room, what happens to her toys? Does her puppet stay in the shelf? Does her doll sit quitly on her bed? Or does something more interesting happen? Read and find out!

The North Wind and the Sun Big Book Paperback

Edition

1st edition

ISBN/ISSN

9781133939641

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Series Title

National Geographic Learning Our World Level

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Silas Marner

from the back cover: In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linen-weaver keeps his gold. Every day he works hard at his weaving, and every night he takes the gold out and holds the bright coins lovingly, feeling them and counting them again and again. The villagers are afraid of him and he has no family, no friends. Only the gold is his friend, his delight, his reason for living. …

The Oxford Shakespeare : Pericles

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780199536832

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Series Title

Oxford World's Classics

Call Number

822.3 SHA P

The Strategy Of Meetings : Menguasai Segala Siasat Dalam Rapat (Terjemahan)

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9789790243507

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Call Number

658.456 KIE T

The Alchemy Of Finance

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780471445494

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Series Title

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Call Number

332.6 SOR T