January, 1982. Thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor - covert stammerer and reluctant poet - anticipates a stultifying year in his backwater English village. But he hasn't reckoned with bullies, simmering family discord, the Falklands War, a threatened gypsy invasion and those mysterious entities kwn as girls. Charting thirteen months in the black hole between childhood and adolescence, this is a capt…
Cold Mountain is a novel about a soldier’s perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's end. At once a love story & a harrowing account of one man’s long walk home, Cold Mountain introduces a new talent in American literature. Based on local history & family stories passed down by Frazier’s great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded Confederate soldier, …
In a rural village in December 2004 Chechnya, a failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized 8-year-old daughter of a father abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded rebels and refugees while exploring the shared past that binds him to the child.
Our ship veered out into the bay, heading towards the open sea. 'I'll wait for you', I called to him. The wind whipped my words away and he was lost to sight. Exiled to a strange new land, Sigrun must face the dangers surrounding her as past secrets are uncovered. Can she protect those she loves - and will she ever return to them?
The lid gave, eventually, with surprisingly little noise. Nothing splintered. Nothing broke. No hinges flew, or even creaked, and for a second or two nothing happened at all. Then came the first scream. It blew out a candle, that scream ...'Shut the lid! For the love of God ...SHUT THE LID!' And so the box was slammed shut, hidden away, and forgotten about. But what lay within was only dormant …
The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird fiction. This series of vaguely connected…
Serena, Monica, Arin, Carin, dan Kian tergabung dalam grup band yang semua anggotanya anak perempuan, Girls Beat. Mereka harus melawan kejahatan magis di bumi ini sekaligus memenangkan audisi untuk menjadi band terkenal. Wah, berhasilkah mereka melakukan keduanya? Ikuti juga lanjutan perjalanan mereka dalam Girls Beat is Back. Girls Beat tergabung dalam Musix Kix bersama beberapa grup band l…
Waktu Kejadian: 8 Agustus 2018 Tempat Kejadian: SMA Amerta Peristiwa yang Terjadi: Kebakaran Besar Terlapor: Mahatma, Helga, Audric, Zico, Rigen, Beryl, Elang Pelapor : *Sensor* THE EXTRA NEWS!! Tepat pada tanggal 28 Agustus 2018, SMA Amerta yang didirikan pada tahun 1980 telah resmi ditutup. Sekolah ini ditutup dikarenakan tragedi 08/08/2018, yang menyebabkan tewasnya seluruh siswa saa…
Enola memutuskan menyamar menjadi Ivy Meshle, seorang sekertatis muda, untuk memecahkan kembali Lady Cecily, putri bangsawan yang menghilang sejak beberapa waktu lalu. Namun, ia menemukan banyak kejanggalan dalam kasus tersebut. Kenapa diari sang nona ditulis dari arah sebaliknya? Dan bagaimana bisa, Enola merasa suara hatinya disuarakan saat membaca tulisan Lady Cecily dalam diari tersebut? Di…
Tahun ajaran baru telah dimulai. Seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, Maitra Boarding School masih menjadi sekolah swasta favorit dari tingkat SD sampai SMA. Selain karena fasilitasnya yang lengkap, lulusan Maitra Boarding School juga sering kali menuai prestasi baik di tingkat nasional, maupun internasional. Meskipun sekolah swasta, tapi fasilitas, pembelajaran, dan semua yang ada di dalamnya tidak…