For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend—make that ex-girlfriend— Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all. Nick Hornby’s poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it …
THE FOURTH PASSENGER is set in Mumbai during the Hindu-Muslim conflict of the early 1990s. It is the story of four women raised with traditional values, whose friendship gives them emotional solace, economic self-sufficiency, and the temerity to stand up to religious extremism. Having reached their thirties, the four friends are disillusioned with their lives and marriages—to an alcoholic …
Selamat datang di dunia yang tidak pernah kalian bayangkan. Di mana rasa ingin tahu, proses belajar, menyatu dengan kepolosan, kenakalan, hingga isengnya dunia anak-anak. Selamat datang di sebuah petualangan hebat, ketika persahabatan, pengorbanan, dan pemahaman yang baik atas kehidupan tumbuh dari wajah-wajah ceria terus melekat hingga mereka tumbuh dewasa. Adalah Eliana, anak sulung Mamak …
Sym is not your average teenage girl. She is captivated with the Antarctic and the brave, romantic figure of Captain Oates from Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole. Oates has been dead for nearly a century, but not in Sym's head. In there, he is her constant companion, her soul mate, her advisor. Sym's love for the Antarctic is overshadowed by her uncle Victor's obsession. When he takes…
From the author of the internationally bestselling Sophie Kinsella series, Madeleine Wickham’s novel features a house whose asking price includes a stunning renovation of dreams and hearts... Liz and Jonathan Chambers were stuck with mounting debt and a miserable adolescent daughter. Then Marcus Witherstone came into their lives—and it seemed he would solve all their problems. He knew t…
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything - except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They dont just want out, they want revenge