Oxford Bookworms 6: Gazing at Stars : Stories from Asia

from the back cover: Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories from China, Malaysia, Singapore, and India, are by writers Liu Hong, Attia Hosain, Preeta Samarasan, Hwee Hwee Tan, Ridjal Noor, Shashi Deshpande, Ovidia Yu, Nora Adam, Nirupama Subramanian, and Catherine Lim. [word count 28,539]

What are you doing? / I am an American

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ISBN/ISSN

9786294700482

Collation

32 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

Series Title

2 books in 1: grammar house

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F CHI w

A sister more like me

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ISBN/ISSN

9781472377470

Collation

unpaged ; ill. ; 28,5 cm

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-

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F HIC a

Nelson Mandela (national geographic kids - level 3)

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ISBN/ISSN

9781426317637

Collation

48 p. ; ill. ; 21,5 cm

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-

Call Number

920 KRA n

Empire of pain: the secret history of the Sackler Dynasty

The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama—baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. The Sackler name has adorned the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxfor…

The Secret Garden

Kisah ini dimulai ketika Mary Lennox, yang ditinggal mati oleh ayah dan ibunya karena kolera, harus pindah ke Inggris dari India. Di India, Mary memiliki banyak pelayan yang memanjakannya, tetapi mereka semua pun pergi akibat kolera. Tak seorang pun mengingat Mary masih tinggal di rumahnya. Kini Mary tinggal di Inggris, di rumah pamannya, Mr. Archibald Craven. Sang paman digambarkan sebagai …

Crazy Rich Asian

When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriends a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be t…

Rich People Problems

Nicholas Young's grandmother Su Yi is on her deathbed. While he rushes to be by her side, he's not the only one. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch's massive fro tune. With all parties vying to inherit a trophy estate in the heart of Singapore, Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of sabotage and scandal. Taking us f…

National Geographic Indonesia: Pengembaraan Manusia

Edition

Maret 2006

ISBN/ISSN

9771858201017

Collation

128 pages; ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

500 NAT p

The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shapes Silicon Va…

Known the world over as the “PayPal Mafia,” this alumni group is arguably the most powerful to ever exist. Out of the founding employees of PayPal have come billionaire start-up executives, Academy Award–winning producers, and high government officials. Together, they constitute the most influential network in Silicon Valley, responsible for creating, investing in, or advising major tech …