Who was Dr. Seuss?

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Empire of pain: the secret history of the Sackler Dynasty

The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama—baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. The Sackler name has adorned the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxfor…

Conditional citizens: on belonging in America

In this brilliantly argued and deeply personal work, Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S.citizen, using her own story as a starting point for an exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history, politics, and literature, she elucidates how accident…

The King in Yellow

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…

Becoming

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. …

This Little President: A Presidential Primer

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Peril

Peril is supplemented throughout with never-before-seen material from secret orders, transcripts of confidential calls, diaries, emails, meeting notes and other personal and government records, making for an unparalleled history. It is also the first inside look at Biden’s presidency, revealing the background to his controversial decision to leave Afghanistan. He took office faced with the…

Zaman Peralihan

Zaman Peralihan adalah kumpulan tulisan Soe Hok Gie tentang kondisi Indonesia di era peralihan kekuasaan Soekarno ke Soeharto. Rangkaian sejarah yang menunjukkan pada kita bahwa zaman boleh beralih, namun akar dari semuanya tak boleh tercerabut, yaitu kemanusiaan kita sebagai bangsa. Ini akan menjadi penuntun jalan kita untuk pulang dan mengeja kembali kebangsaan kita di antara carut marut dan …

The Hate U Give

"What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?" Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now…

The First Telephone

This book is perfect for children "Reading Alone" who are proficient readers and developing the habit of reading widely for both pleasure and information. In The First Telephone, the race is on to invent a transmitter that will revolutionise communications. Against the wishes of his sponsors, Alexander Graham Bell records the step-by-step progress of his invention. DK Reads are levelled i…