Sister Carrie

Young Caroline Meeber leaves home for the first time and experiences work, love, and the pleasures and responsibilities of independence in late-nineteenth-century Chicago and New York.

A Gathering of Old Men

Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, A Gathering of Old Men is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man. "Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."--Booklist …

Soldier's Heart

In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure. The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When…

Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems

Pulitzer Prize winner Sylvia Plath’s complete poetic works, edited and introduced by Ted Hughes. By the time of her death on 11, February 1963, Sylvia Plath had written a large bulk of poetry. To my knowledge, she never scrapped any of her poetic efforts. With one or two exceptions, she brought every piece she worked on to some final form acceptable to her, rejecting at most the odd verse,…

All The President's Men : Kisah Nyata Kejatuhan Sang Presiden

PARTAI DEMOKRAT KEBOBOLAN! Diawali dengan peristiwa pencurian yang tampak biasa saja di markas Partai Demokrat di Washington dan kemudian dilanjutkan dengan berita-berita menggegerkan yang terus terang dan tajam di halaman muka koran terbesar di Amerika Serikat, The Washington Post, penyelidikan dua wartawan muda, Carl Bernstein dan Bob Woodward, berhasil menyingkap skandal Watergate yang m…

The King in Yellow

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird fiction. This series of vaguely connected…

Ellen Foster

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The secret life of bees

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The Little Book of Alpaca Philosophy: A Calmer, Wiser, Fuzzier Way of Life

The secret to living a better, deeper, more fulfilling life. Or at least, the secret to chilling out just a tiny bit. The secret to living a better, deeper, more fulfilling life. Or at least, the secret to chilling out just a tiny bit. Wise, kind, observant and gentle, alpacas are the Dali Llamas of the animal kingdom. Their days consist of quiet contemplation, empathy and sweet-natured int…

The little book of otter philosophy

These long, lean, furry creatures embody pure joy in so many ways they live for napping, playing, making friends and eating, and forget about the rest. Pretty inspiring, right? In a world that can often seem divided, lonely, and just plain cruel, the otter reminds us of what s important in life. What other animal: Holds hands with their friends whilst napping so they don t float away? C…