Harimau! Harimau!

Harimau! Harimau! telah mendapat Hadiah Yayasan Buku Utama sebagai buku penulisan sastra terbaik tahun 1975. Buku ini dapat dibaca sebagai sebuah cerita petualangan di rimba raya oleh sekelompok pengumpul damar yang diburu oleh seekor harimau yang kelaparan. Berhari-hari mereka mencoba menyelamatkan diri mereka dan seorang demi seorang di antara mereka jatuh menjadi korban terkaman harimau. …

Of Mice and Men

The tragic story of the complex bond between two migrant laborers in Central California. They are George Milton and Lennie Small, itinerant ranch hands who dream of one day owning a small farm. George acts as a father figure to Lennie, who is a very large, simple-minded man, calming him and helping to rein in his immense physical strength.

The Origin of Species: by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of F…

The classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world. Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as The Origin of Species. Darwin's theory that species derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of each species is heightened by the "survival …

Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick is at once a thrilling adventure tale, a timeless allegory, and an epic saga of heroic determination and conflict. At its heart is the powerful, unknowable sea—and Captain Ahab, a brooding, one-legged fanatic who has sworn vengeance on the mammoth white whale that crippled him. Narrated by Ishmael, a wayfarer who joins the crew of Ahab’s whaling ship, this is the story of that hai…

Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts, and a Requiem…

Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably vast and dangerously insubstantial. He has given us a figure whose name …

The Three Musketeers (The d'Artagnan Romances #1)

Just arrived in Paris and looking for adventure, D'Artagnan finds more than he bargains for. Within hours he has offended three of the King's musketeers - and has to duel with all of them! Within days he's in love...and embroiled with spies, politicians, English noblemen, and being seduced by the most beautiful - and deadly - woman in France: Milady de Winter! Filled with intrigue, mystery, pas…

The Last of The Mohicans

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ISBN/ISSN

9781402745775

Collation

152p; ill; hc

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Classic Starts

Call Number

823 COO t

Batu-Batu Lapar

Anak-anak dan para nabi, keduanya sama-sama mempunyai visi dan imajinasi yang kreatif mengenai dunia dan cara mengelolanya. Yang membedakannya yaitu bahwa nabi-nabi dengan cara yang tepat dan terpuji mampu membagikan visinya kepada orang lain, sedangkan anak-anak sekedar menikmatinya. Melalui cerpen-cerpennya dalam buku ini, Tagore menunjukkan bahwa dirinya adalah anak-anak sekaligus nabi.

The Silmarillion (Middle-Earth Universe)

Karya epik legendaris Tolkien yang mendahului "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" Ketiga Silmaril adalah batu-batu permata sempurna buatan Fëanor, Elf yang paling cemerlang di antara seluruh rasnya. Ketika permata-permata itu dicuri Morgoth, Penguasa Kegelapan pertama, untuk memenuhi maksud dan tujuannya sendiri, Fëanor dan kaum kerabatnya mengangkat senjata dan mengobarkan perang dahsyat yang be…

The Children of Húrin [Putra-Putri Húrin] (Middle-Earth Universe)

Kisah anak-anak Húrin berlangsung jauh sebelum The Lord of the Rings, ketika Morgoth masih menghuni benteng Angband di Utara. Dalam bayang-bayang Angband serta perang yang dikobarkan Morgoth terhadap Elves inilah nasib Túrin dan adiknya Niënor saling terkait secara tragis. Hidup mereka yang singkat dan penuh tragedi didominasi oleh kebencian Morgoth yang luar biasa terhadap Húrin, manusi…