An international bestseller with over half a million copies sold between Japan and South Korea, The Convenience Store by The Sea tells the delightfully quirky and heartfelt stories of the store’s customers and employees, offering us all a unique recipe for a good, fulfilling life.
Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty? In studying the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicate in the exact same way-and it's the complete opposite of what everyone else does. People like Martin Luther King Jr…
Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries. The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a f…
It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple into t…
Frog lives in a bog. One day, he finds someone lost in the fog... This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text and colourful illustrations by Stephen Cartwright - and you can also listen to the story online, too. A delight to share with young children, with parent's notes on phonics at the back.
Pekerjaan saya memang kedengaran membosankan— mengelilingi tempat yang itu-itu saja, diisi kaki-kaki berkeringat dan orang-orang berisik, diusik cicak-cicak kurang ajar, mendengar lagu aneh tentang tahu berbentuk bulat dan digoreng tanpa persiapan sebelumnya—tapi saya menggemarinya. Saya senang mengetahui cerita manusia dan kecoa dan tikus dan serangga yang mampir. Saya senang melihat-lihat…
Long ago, people thought our air and weather went all the way up to the stars. Boy, were they wrong!
"Kakek yang kuhormati, aku tahu aku ini anak Dewi Kunti, bukan anak sais kereta. Tetapi, aku berhutang budi kepada Duryyodhana, aku harus jujur dan makan dari hasil bumi tanah milik Kuurawa. Aku harus jujur kepadanya dan menepati janjiku sebagai kesatria. Tidak mungkin bagiku untuk menyeberang ke pihak Pandawa sekarang. Ijinkan aku melunasi hutangku terhadap kepercayaan dan cintanya kepadaku. E…