James Patterson's winning follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life--which the LA Times called "a perfectly pitched novel"--is another riotous and heartwarming story about living large. After sixth grade, the very worst year of his life, Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He's been accepted to art school in the big city an…
Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah…
Nama Ajahn Brahm mendadak menyeruak di blantika perbukuan lndonsia gara-gara 'Si Cacing dan Kotoran Kesayangannya' yang menjadi bestseller di berbagai toko buku. Penerbit dibombardir testimoni pembaca dari berbagai kalangan, yang kelihatannya bukan semata-mata ingin mendapatkan hadiah kaos, namun memang berangkat dari ketulusan lubuk hati mereka yang terinspirasi dan tertransformasi oleh buku b…
Leo Caraway, president of the Young Republicans club, future Harvard student, has his life all mapped out. That is, until he discovers his biological father is the notorious King Maggot, the lad singer of Purge, the most popular and destructive punk rock band in history. Not only is Leo not a punk rock fan, but he believes the Maggot blood in his veins is a dangerous time bomb just waiting to …