The empusium

September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, dis…

Yellowface

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese…

I who have never known men

‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed’ Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberl…

Small things like these

It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him ― and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.

The Wrong Kind of Bark (Reading Ladder Level 3)

Finlay is a real dreamer, and he’s always getting things wrong. But when he brings his puppy into class it looks like he might have done the right thing after all. The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favourite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they pick…

Animal architects

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781426333279

Collation

48 p. ; ill. ; 21,5 cm

Series Title

National geographic readers

Call Number

591 ROM a

Tiga dalam kayu

Di masa depan, perpustakaan tak ubahnya pekuburan prahistoris. Di sanalah kita bertemu dengan seorang gadis, dan sebelas buku yang menceritakan sejarah dengan cara masing-masing. Cerita dalam buku-buku itu sering terasa ganjil, kadang terasa begitu asing, kadang pula sebaliknya: terasa dekat, seperti kita tahu tentang apa sebetulnya cerita-cerita itu. Setiap buku menyajikan cerita yang sepenuhn…

Jakarta sebelum pagi

“Jam tiga dini hari, sweter, dan jalanan yang gelap dan sepi .... Ada peta, petunjuk; dan Jakarta menjadi tempat yang belum pernah kami datangi sebelumnya.” Mawar, hyacinth biru, dan melati. Dibawa balon perak, tiga bunga ini diantar setiap hari ke balkon apartemen Emina. Tanpa pengirim, tanpa pesan; hanya kemungkinan adanya stalker mencurigakan yang tahu alamat tempat tinggalnya. Ket…

The mortal immortal

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9786231342287

Collation

110 p. ; 16 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

800 SHE m

The giving tree

"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tr…