Robert Newton Peck's novel of a Vermont farm boyhood has become a celebrated classic, captivating readers year after year with its quiet humor and poignant drama. It is the timeless story of one Shaker boy, his beloved pet pig, and the joys and hardships that mark his passage into manhood. A Day No Pigs Would Die is told in a unique and compelling voice, one with all the unadorned power of a Sh…
When All the King's Men was first published in 1946, Sinclair Lewis pronounced it "massive, impressive...one of our few national galleries of character." Diana Trilling, reviewing it for the Nation, wrote, "For sheer virtuosity, for the sustained drive of its prose, for the speed and the evenness of its pacing, for its precision of language...I doubt indeed whether it can be matched in American…
Di tengah kesibukan Jones Salvage Yard, tiba-tiba terdengar jeritan melengking yang menyeramkan. Ternyata suara menakutkan tersebut berasal dari sebuah beker! Itulah awal dari penyelidikan terbaru Trio Detektif yang seru. Siapa yang membuat jam tersebut? Apa alasannya? Pengusutan awal membawa Trio Detektif pada ruangan penuh jam menjerit serta pesan-pesan membingungkan. Jupiter, Pete, dan Bob y…
Di alam semesta Walking Dead, tidak ada penjahat yang lebih hebat dari Gubernur. Lalim yang menjalankan kota bertembok Woodbury, dia memiliki rasa keadilannya sendiri yang sakit: apakah itu memaksa tahanan untuk melawan zombie di arena untuk hiburan penduduk kota, atau memotong pelengkap orang-orang yang melintasinya. Gubernur terpilih sebagai "Villain of the Year" oleh majalah Wizard pada tahu…
In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. He found a spectacle of violence and stories of traitors advised by witches and wizards, echoing James’s belief in a connection between treason and witchcraft. In depicting a man who murder…