A Prayer For Owen Meany

John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany is the inspiring modern classic that introduced two of the author’s most unforgettable characters, boys bonded forever in childhood: the stunted Owen Meany, whose life is touched by God, and the orphaned Johnny Wheelwright, whose life is touched by Owen. From the accident that links them to the mystery that follows them–and the martyrdom that parts th…

Looking For Alaska

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9780142402511

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823 GRE l

An Abundance of Katherines

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding …

The Fault In Our Stars

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9780525426004

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318p; bw; pbk

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823 GRE f

The World According to Garp

This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields, a feminist leader ahead of her time. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes, even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with lunacy and sorrow, yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust. In more …

Saladin The Life, The legend and The Islamic Empire

I stopped reading at page 6. For someone who claim to have special interest in the Islamic world, he got the basic Facts of Islam wrong. I'm just gonna highlight 2 here. Firstly, at page 2: implying violence with Islam. To know Islam, read the Quran, simple as that. Don't judge based on media reports or even the Muslims, as not all are potraying the true teachings. If I want to learn about…

Escape to New York

Summer in the city... Jessica Wakefield is on the loose in the city that never sleeps! Her horrible memories of boot camp disappear when she's shopping at exclusive Madison Avenue boutiques and partying at wild downtown nightclubs. But will she give up the high life in order to help her sister? With the off-Broadway debut of her play just around the corner, Elizabeth Wakefield hasn't a …

All The President's Men : Kisah Nyata Kejatuhan Sang Presiden

PARTAI DEMOKRAT KEBOBOLAN! Diawali dengan peristiwa pencurian yang tampak biasa saja di markas Partai Demokrat di Washington dan kemudian dilanjutkan dengan berita-berita menggegerkan yang terus terang dan tajam di halaman muka koran terbesar di Amerika Serikat, The Washington Post, penyelidikan dua wartawan muda, Carl Bernstein dan Bob Woodward, berhasil menyingkap skandal Watergate yang m…

Hiroshima ; Ketika Bom Di Jatuhkan

Pesawat B29 menjadi momok mengerikan bagi rakyat Jepang selama Perang Dunia II. Pesawat yang sama kemudian membawa bom atom yang meluluh-lantakkan Hiroshima dan mengubah sejarah untuk selamanya. Inilah kisah kesaksian enam warga penyintas dari tragedi yang mengakhiri perang dunia kedua, saat dijatuhkannya bom atom di Hiroshima, Jepang. Buku dari pemenang Pulitzer-Prize, John Hersey, ini merupak…

Stay Where You Are And Then Leave

The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight―but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a special, secret mission. Then, while shining shoes at King's Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father's name on a sheaf of papers belonging to…