from the back cover: Jika di Inggris ada Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dan di Amerika ada Edgar Allan Poe, di Prancis ada Gaston Leroux yang tak kalah piawai merangkai cerita detektif. Dan, Mystery of Yellow Room ini adalah karya monumentalnya! Joseph Rouletabille, wartawan muda yang juga detektif amatir bersaing dengan Frederick Larsan, seorang detektif profesional dalam mengungkap sebuah mis…
from the back cover Brojo melihat garis kematian, dan ia mendekat tanpa bisa menahan. Itu terjadi ketika bengkel tempat kerjanya digusur, dan dirinya menjadi penganggur. Wisuni, istrinya yang lugu, dikirim pulang kampung. Ceritanya belum sepenuhnya rampung, karena Brojo mendapat pekerjaan menggantikan Projo yang berada dalam penjara. Brojo sempat berlatih keras untuk menjadi Projo. Namun ada …
"Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL It is the now-classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world tha…
from the back cover: Tea for Two adalah perusahaan makcomblang milik Sassy. Baginya, tak ada tanggung jawab dan kebahagiaan yang lebih besar daripada mempertemukan dua orang yang awalnya saling tak mengenal kemudian mengantarkan mereka pada kehidupan yang diidam-idamkan. PERNIKAHAN! Hidup berbahagia selama-lamanya. Begitulah moto Tea for Two yang terdengar manis. Tapi... eits, tunggu dul…
from the back cover: Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn't. He's a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying. First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl called Ellen appears . . . The f…
from the back cover: How do you get a licence if you want to keep a monkey? What can you do if your wife has a lover? How can you see into the future? Where can you go for an exciting but cheap holiday somewhere hot and far away? How can you persuade your girlfriend or boyfriend to marry you? The characters in these six original short plays are looking for answers to these questions. While …
from the back cover: It is night in the south seas near Tahiti, and the ship HMS Bounty has begun the long voyage home to England. But the sailors on the ship are angry men, and they have swords and guns. They pull the captain out of bed and take him up on deck. He tries to run, but a sailor holds a knife to his neck. 'Do that again, Captain Bligh, and you're a dead man!' he says. The mutin…
from the back cover: Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are very good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some s…
from the back cover: Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on tra…