Allison Avery's cell phone is possessed—literally. Maybe. Growing up between two sisters of blond beauty, fiery and sarcastic Allison is fed up with being invisible. When the devil appears in a dream and offers to trade Allison good looks for her cell phone, she makes the deal. How much damage can a little phone do anyway? Allison begins to get tons of attention: new friends, a boyfriend, …
Here she imagines and weaves together a vivid portrait of three generations of families, friends, and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed during one winter. At the center of an extraordinary cast of characters are fifteen-year-old Miri Ammerman and her spirited single mother, Rusty. Their warm and resonant stories are set against the backdrop of an extraordinary real-world tragedy. …
Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. A seam, where the shadow meets its source. Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home—to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, n…
Selamat datang di dunia yang tidak pernah kalian bayangkan. Di mana rasa ingin tahu, proses belajar, menyatu dengan kepolosan, kenakalan, hingga isengnya dunia anak-anak. Selamat datang di sebuah petualangan hebat, ketika persahabatan, pengorbanan, dan pemahaman yang baik atas kehidupan tumbuh dari wajah-wajah ceria terus melekat hingga mereka tumbuh dewasa. Adalah Eliana, anak sulung Mamak …
The Great Family Business Leaders
Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago. When she shot her husband in the head five times. Since then she hasn't spoken a single word. It's time to find out why
Bagi Ella, tidak ada pertanyaan yang lebih menyebalkan ketimbang “Kapan punya momongan?” Belum lagi tudingan bahwa ia terlalu sibuk berkarier sebagai chef di bakery ternama hingga melupakan kodrat sebagai wanita. Maka Ella dan suaminya, Jordan, memutuskan mengikuti program kehamilan. Namun, dalam prosesnya Ella kembali dihadapkan pada pilihan sulit. Haruskah ia melepaskan cita-citanya d…
Anak-anak bukanlah makhluk kecil yang rapuh, kemudian harus diperlakukan dengan rasa iba. Seharusnya, kita memandangnya dengan penuh rasa takjub karena di sosok makhluk ciptaan Tuhan ini banyak menyimpan rahasia penting bagi kehidupan manusia. Itulah sebagian hasil dari pengamatan Maria Montessori terhadap kehidupan anak-anak yang menakjubkan. Mereka menyimpan rahasia kebutuhan tumbuh kemban…
The all-new content in this book deals with struggles familiar to every parent, relative, teacher and childminder. How do you respond to the toddler who won't brush his teeth? The preschooler who pinches the baby? The child who throws everything she can reach? It's hard to be a little kid. It's hard to be an adult responsible for that little kid. And it's really hard to think about effective…