Written in 1912, Pygmalion quickly became a legend in its own time. The characters, situations, and dialogue Bernard Shaw supplies are rich, ebullient, and unmatched in wit as the infamous Henry Higgins prepares to "make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe." Thus begins this classic tale as Shaw pokes fun at smugness and priggish conventionality. Who can forget professor Henry Higgin…
When Lyle the Crocodile visits Mr. Primm's advertising office, he has tons of fun and makes lots of friends. He also gets Mr. Primm fired. However, Lyle manages to save Mr. Primm's career when he rescues the boss, Mr. Bigg, from the local haunted house.
Bernard Malamud’s second novel, originally published in 1957, is the story of Morris Bober, a grocer in postwar Brooklyn, who “wants better” for himself and his family. First two robbers appear and hold him up; then things take a turn for the better when broken-nosed Frank Alpine becomes his assistant. But there are complications: Frank, whose reaction to Jews is ambivalent, falls in love…
Cilandak : Early Expanding (Light Green)
Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewardship; even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, destroy his farm. As the upheaval in Mehring's world increasingly resembles that in the country as…
Di pojok selatan Jakarta, kau akan menemukannya. Tempat itu tak sepanas bagian Jakarta lainnya. Langit di sana sering berubah seolah mengikuti suasana hati penghuninya. Kau akan bisa menemukannya dengan mudah. Ada banyak rumah di sana. Orang menyebut tempat itu Blue Valley. Jika kau berjalan ke salah satu blok, kau akan menemukan rumah yang setiap pagi dipenuhi nyanyian Rihanna. Seorang pemu…