The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the Wh…
When twelve-year-old Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks it’s just a game – the ultimate escape room with puzzles and challenges to beat before time runs out. Meeting her teammates, Adjoa, Ibrahim, Oscar and Min, Ami learns from the Host that they have been chosen to save the world and they must work together to find the Answer. But as he locks them inside the first room, they quickly rea…
When snow shuts down Greg Heffley’s middle school, his neighborhood transforms into a wintry battlefield. Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and stage epic snowball fights. And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson. It’s a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighborhood m…
Kumpulan esai Seno Gumira Ajidarma yang sebelumnya pernah diterbitkan dalam "Affair" (2004) dan "Kentut Kosmopolitan" (2008), ditambah beberapa tulisan di Djakarta! free-mag (hingga tahun 2013) yang belum pernah diterbitkan sebelumnya. -------------- “Kota bukanlah hutan beton, kota adalah kebun binatang manusia.” —Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo, 1969 Pernah membayangkan n…
Gordon Comstock, seorang terpelajar dari keluarga miskin Inggris era 1930-an, membenci uang dan sistem kapitalisme. Ia rela meninggalkan pekerjaan mapan demi idealisme. Ia menyatakan perang terhadap uang, dan bertekad hidup mandiri tanpa menghamba pada barang yang dipuja banyak orang itu. Bencana pun datang! Satu demi satu masalah pelik menyerbu seiring terjun bebasnya Gordon menuju kemiskin…
Jack Ma sering didatangi orang dan diminta menandatangani buku tentang dirinya. Dia merasa tak enak karena dia belum melihat buku yang disodorkan dan tidak tahu apa isi buku itu. Kemudian, suatu hari Chen Wei, sahabat sekaligus asistennya, mengirimi sebuah draf naskah tentang dirinya. Jack Ma terkejut Chen Wei sanggup mengingat kejadian-kejadian dan detail-detail yang terjadi bertahun-tahun …
Di masa Demokrasi Terpimpin, Buya Hamka adalah sosok yang kadang berbeda pendapat dengan Presiden Sukarno, juga berseberangan dengan kaum komunis. Melalui Majalah Lentera, karya-karyanya diserang habis. Berbulan-bulan lamanya ia hadapi hantaman orang-orang yang tak sepaham dengannya. Dua tahun empat bulan lamanya, Buya Hamka hidup dalam penjara rezim Sukarno. Meski begitu, ia tak marah. Ia tida…
Tin is looking after his little sister Nickel one afternoon when she grabs hold of a balloon and floats away! Tin and his dog Zinc set off in hot pursuit as she floats towards the big city... Can they rescue Nickel before she goes too far?
And now, at last, the day has come for her to shine...