Ada sebuah cerita yang beredar di gedung tempatku bekerja. Soal proyek pembangunan yang dulu selalu terhambat karena hal-hal yang aneh, hal yang melampaui batas nalar. Hingga 3 bulan kemudian proyek pembangunan gedung ini berlanjut dan bisa selesai hanya dalam waktu 2 bulan saja. Aku bertanya, kenapa dari pembangunan yang sangat lama dan selalu terganggu menjadi lancar hanya dalam 2 bu…
As a young child, Florence Nightingale loved books and numbers more than parties and ballgowns. Because of this, everyone thought she was odd. When she realised how important good nurses are, she defied the expectations of her family and society to become a nurse herself, and paved the way for the nursing profession. The Great Minds Comics series depicts the childhood and early years of t…
How can Leopold, goat and bookstore owner, find the perfect book for a fellow goat—one the visitor will enjoy reading, not munching?Leopold the goat owns a delightful bookstore, and he has a talent for matching his customers with the ideal book—an adventure story for the girl in the rain boots, a novel about gnomes for the man who loves to laugh, and a book of birds for the woman in the fea…
"I'm BORED!" wails a little girl after her screen time is cut short. "That's great!" her dad says with a grin. "Being bored comes right before having a Really Good Idea." After an initial protest, the little girl dives into her imagination, and takes the reader with her on a whirlwind ride of pure fun. A cardboard box becomes a magical train, the washing machine inspires an imaginary trip into …
When a young governess, unemployed and desperate for a position, accepts a job with a couple living in a remote country home, her positive first impressions of the man and his family begin to change. With a mixture of fear and uncertainty, she asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate the increasingly disturbing events that have begun to unfold around her.
In the story, Holmes recounts to Watson the events arising after a visit from a university acquaintance, Reginald Musgrave. Musgrave visits Holmes after the disappearance of two of his domestic staff, Rachel Howells, a maid, and Richard Brunton, the longtime butler. The pair vanished after Musgrave had dismissed Brunton for secretly reading a family document, the Musgrave Ritual.
The police are no closer to solving the murder of trainer, John Straker. He was killed on Monday night, 22nd October. The famous racehorse Silver Blaze has been missing since the night of the attack. The country’s most famous racehorse has mysteriously disappeared and, what’s worse, his trainer has been murdered! All eyes turn to Sherlock Holmes to unravel this strange mystery, find the …
‘This is not danger. It is definite destruction. Even with all your cleverness, you do not realise it. You must stand clear, Mr Holmes, or you will be crushed underfoot.’ Holmes is facing a problem – a big one. He’s on the tail of his most dangerous criminal to date, Professor Moriarty. But it seems that the professor is one step ahead. Can the detective unwind Moriarty’s web of cr…