Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, Komako is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha, and lives a life of servitude and seclusion that is alien to Shimamura, and their love offers no freedom to either of them. Snow Country is both delica…
After his family was betrayed by the ruthless nobles of Renaissance Italy, young Ezio vowed to restore the honor of the da Firenze name at any cost. Learning the arts of the Assassins, he fought with both his mind and body, ultimately confronting and defeating a secret evil. Or so he thought... For the power of the dreaded Templars has not been broken. The sinister enemies of the Brotherhood…
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. In one of the first non-fiction novels ever written, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, …
This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules…people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves…people who know there’s more to this living than meets the eye: they’ll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than they ever dreamed.
KEBERUNTUNGAN MEREKA SEPERTINYA SIA-SIA… Kat dan adiknya, Daniel, sangat beruntung. Mereka baru saja pindah ke rumah baru yang punya banyak kamar, dua balkon, dan halaman seluas lapangan sepak bola! Tapi semua keberuntungan itu segera berakhir. Karena ada sesuatu yang sangat jahat hidup di rumah itu. Sesuatu yang bergerak. Mengamati. Menunggu. Sesuatu yang berasal dari bawah tempat cuci pirin…
Boneka ventriloquist Amy yang lama rusak. Kepalanya copot. Lalu ayah Amy membelikannya boneka lain, Slappy namanya. Slappy memang jelek, tapi Amy senang berlatih dengannya. Setelah itu, setiap hari terjadi hal-hal yang mengerikan. Kamar Sara, kakak Amy, porak-poranda. Cat air berceceran di karpet di kamarnya. Temboknya dicorat-coret dengan cat merah. Dan semua menuduh Amy. Padahal Amy tah…
Berkat Connor, Lev, dan Risa—dan pemberontakan mereka di Kamp Akumulasi Happy Jack—orang tak lagi dapat menutup mata tentang praktik pemisahan raga. Pemisahan raga memang dapat membebaskan masyarakat dari remaja bermasalah sekaligus menyediakan organ tubuh yang sangat dibutuhkan untuk transplantasi, namun moralitas perbuatan itu dipertanyakan. Sayangnya, pemisahan raga telah menjadi bisnis …