Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him, and learned to live again. It has helped millions of people do the same. Moving, funny, and even joyous, these are the lessons Matt learned. His reasons to stay alive.
After her sister's death, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn't: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods. Justin Hawthorne's bloodline has protected Four Paths for generations…
Newly untethered, Joanna returned to the free-spirited writers of her youth and was soon reading in a fever—desperately searching for evidence of lives that looked more like her own, for the messiness and freedom, for a possible blueprint for intellectual fulfillment.
The term "feminism" came into English usage around the 1890s, but women's conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes back much further. Introducing Feminism surveys the major developments that have affected women's lives from the seventeenth century to the present day. "Readers who have forgotten the struggles of women who came generations—and centuries—before wi…
Young MI6 agent Alex travels to Venice to track down Scorpia, the secret organization his father was involved with. After being recruited by them he learns more about their large-scale political demands as well as the truth about his father.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is a masterpiece of horror fiction in which he creates a nightmarish world of vampires, evil-doing and insanity. A ship steered by a dead man… A huge black dog springing from its deck… A girl, sleepwalking towards disaster… When rising young solicitor Jonathan Harker helps the mysterious and sinister Count Dracula purchase property in London he unleashes …
Seorang anak dikirim dari langit, dibawa oleh kokokan, dan dijatuhkan ke kebun bawang merah milik Nanamama. Anak itu kotor sekali, tapi sangat lucu. Kakaputu yang melihatnya langsung sayang dan membawanya pulang. Nanamama memberinya nama Arumbawangi. Sejak itu hidup mereka bertiga penuh kegembiraan, sampai suatu ketika datanglah seorang pengusaha hendak mendirikan hotel di tengah sawah. Saat se…
“Kita kan hanya perempuan rampasan belaka, Den Rara. Kenapa Den Rara tidak mau dipersunting Tumenggung yang kuasa dan kaya raya? Kan enak nanti.” “Tubuh dirampas memang. Tetapi hati tidak. Nduk, Gendukku sayang. Sebentar lagi kau akan menjadi wanita cantik juga. Tidak mudah menjadi wanita cantik, Nduk. Tidak mudah. Apalagi di kalangan istana. Di sini kita menjadi barang hiburan belaka. Di…