Tiong-tsiah, si Gampang Lapar, begitu Papa memanggil Gongka. Tapi, kalau punya ayah yang jago masak apa saja, mulai bihun bebek, dadar tiram, bakcang, mi teh, kari daging, sampai kue-kue yang ketika digoreng menguarkan aroma manis yang memenuhi rumah, kau pasti akan gampang lapar juga seperti Gongka. Belum lagi jika Mama membuat sayur asem sedap dengan potongan ikan asin jambal roti. Surga suda…
Dua belas esai Albert Camus dalam buku ini adalah esai yang merekam renungan-renungannya tentang manusia, tentang kehidupan, tentang kematian. Liris, karena kesemua itu dikisahkan dengan akrab pada latar beragam yang terbentang dari Tipasa, Djemila, Algeris, sampai New York. Membaca esai-esai ini pembaca akan menemukan dirinya berkunjung ke “kota-kota tanpa masa lalu”, di mana di sepanjang …
Eleven-year-old Roswell Johnson is obsessed with conspiracies about extraterrestrial life, an interest he inherited from his late father, who aptly named Roswell after the infamous UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico. When Roswell is accidentally abducted by aliens, his biggest dream comes true—he learns that aliens are real! But when he discovers Earth is in grave danger…
He's chronically grumpy, but completely lovable. Meet Wolf: the anti-social anti-hero the world's been waiting for. Wolf is not a people person. Or an animal person. But he is a jelly bean person. And today, the only way to get them is by winning the Best Pet Competition. First prize: jelly beans! But try as he might, Wolf can't find a pet that will impress the judges. Luckily, he's…
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A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor. On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are committed t…