In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and to her unforgettable family. At the heart of this family, and central to the lifeblood of her latest story, is Fuller’s iconically coura
January, 1982. Thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor - covert stammerer and reluctant poet - anticipates a stultifying year in his backwater English village. But he hasn't reckoned with bullies, simmering family discord, the Falklands War, a threatened gypsy invasion and those mysterious entities kwn as girls. Charting thirteen months in the black hole between childhood and adolescence, this is a capt…
Cold Mountain is a novel about a soldier’s perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's end. At once a love story & a harrowing account of one man’s long walk home, Cold Mountain introduces a new talent in American literature. Based on local history & family stories passed down by Frazier’s great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded Confederate soldier, …
In a rural village in December 2004 Chechnya, a failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized 8-year-old daughter of a father abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded rebels and refugees while exploring the shared past that binds him to the child.
Our ship veered out into the bay, heading towards the open sea. 'I'll wait for you', I called to him. The wind whipped my words away and he was lost to sight. Exiled to a strange new land, Sigrun must face the dangers surrounding her as past secrets are uncovered. Can she protect those she loves - and will she ever return to them?
The lid gave, eventually, with surprisingly little noise. Nothing splintered. Nothing broke. No hinges flew, or even creaked, and for a second or two nothing happened at all. Then came the first scream. It blew out a candle, that scream ...'Shut the lid! For the love of God ...SHUT THE LID!' And so the box was slammed shut, hidden away, and forgotten about. But what lay within was only dormant …
Cermin adalah musuh gue. Setiap bercermin, gue benci melihat sosok kurus dan berjerawat ini. Gue selalu ingin berteriak, andai wajah gue lebih mulus", "andai badan gue lebih bagus", andai gue bergelimang harta". Andai, andai, dan andai. Perasaan benci sama diri sendiri bertambah saat bertemu seorang influencer di sebuah acara. Wajahnya tampan, kulitnya putih, mulus, dan kenyal yang bisa memb…
Asia Timur merupakan penamaan subwilayah benua Asia. Terdapat tiga kebudayaan besar yang mendominasi wilayah tersebut, yaitu Tiongkok, Jepang, dan Korea. Kini, masing-masing kebudayaan telah terpecah menjadi negara-negara berdaulat, seperti Tiongkok yang meliputi Tiongkok, Hongkong, Macau, dan Taiwan. Kemudian, Korea yang menjadi Korea Selatan dan Korea Utara. Jepang yang masih menguasai Kekais…
Buku “Jejak Mataram Islam Di Yogyakarta” adalah buku yang ditulis oleh V. Wiranata Sujarweni. Beliau adalah seorang Dosen Fakultas ilmu sosial dan ekonomi, jurusan Akuntansi di Universitas Respati Yogyakarta. Beliau mengajar bidang Akuntansi sektor publik. Beliau juga aktif dalam melakukan penelitian-penelitian di bidang Akuntansi sektor public yang juga aktif dalam penyusunan buku sejak ta…
Peradaban umat manusia seperti sebuah roda yang berputar. Kemajuan adalah sebuah siklus―dari puncak ke penurunan dan kemudian, perlahan dan susah payah, kembali ke puncak―bukan jalur lurus dan menanjak sepanjang waktu. Setiap kerajaan berumur panjang memiliki suksesi zaman keemasan dan kegelapan; dan berkali-kali peradaban manusia telah menciptakan pemerintahan luar biasa yang dalam beberap…