One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says. In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers. When he opens his eyes a…
Sejarah adalah musibah bagi seseorang yang meninggalkan kenangan buruk. - Victor Hugo Setelah kehilangan kekayaan dan jabatan di Kota M. Sur M, Jean Valjean terpaksa kembali menjalaiu kerja paksa seumur hidup di Toulon. Saat bekerja di Kapal Ijkjon. Valjean menyelamatkan nyawa seorang kelasi yang nyaris tewas frSigjatuh dari tiang kapal. Apa daya, Valjean harus membayarnya dengan kenyataan …
from the back cover: Harimau! Harimau! telah mendapat Hadiah Yayasan Buku Utama sebagai buku penulisan sastra terbaik tahun 1975. Buku ini dapat dibaca sebagai sebuah cerita petualangan di rimba raya oleh sekelompok pengumpul damar yang diburu oleh seekor harimau yang kelaparan. Berhari-hari mereka mencoba menyelamatkan diri mereka dan seorang demi seorang di antara mereka jatuh menjadi ko…
from the back cover: Luke is a good-looking young man, but he's not very clever with words. Gemma is clever with words, but what does she want? Lucy and Becky are good friends, but what about Sam? He makes wonderful cakes, but does he make mistakes too? Nina and Dragan are in love, so deeply in love, but they live in the wrong place, at the wrong time ... All love stories have moments of ha…
from the back cover: Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are very good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some s…
from the back cover: Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on tra…
from the back cover: There are so many things that a mother wishes to teach her daughter. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to keep hoping, when hope is your only joy. How to laugh for ever. This is the story of four mothers and their daughters - Chinese-American women, the mothers born in China, and the daughters born in America. Through their eyes we see life in pre-Revolutio…
from the back cover: A mysterious incident at the Marabar Caves, involving Adela Quested, newly arrived from England, and Dr Aziz, an Indian doctor, leads to a drama that divides the British and Indian communities in anger, distrust, and fear. Forsters great novel brings to life all the dangers and misunderstandings of colonialism but, as Forster himself wrote, the story is about something wid…