Before. Miles "Pudge" whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (Francois Rabelais, Poet) event more. He heads off the sometimes crazy, oossibky unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeus…
It's about New York society between 1913 and 1925. Anthony Patch smiled at Gloria, the girl who was beautiful with golden hair. "You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen," he said. They are young, beautiful, charming and aimless. But their extravagant lifestyle forces them further and further into debt.
It's about New York in1992 Nick Carraway buys a house on Long Island. The house next door is owned by the fabulously rich and handsome Jay Gatsby. Nick's cousin, Daisy is young, beautiful and desperately unhappily married. Nick soon finds himself an intermediary between the reunited lovers, Daisy and Gatsby.
'They were long and thin as water insects, but they had a slow, snake-like way of walking. They had shiny hair and sharp cheekbones. They were six women and two men ...' When the American models leave the Malaysian island after their fashion shoot, they take away more than just photographs, and leave behind a family that will never be the same again.
'Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer ...' So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneve, but the glitering life she hoped for was a fantasy. The reality - selling herself to survive - is a dehumanising grind that pushes her further away from real love, towards a fascination with…
Novel ini adalah sebuah pertanyaan panjang tentang tradisi, dengan perempuan sebagai ujung tombaknya. Apakah manusia mesti memberhalakan kearifan masa lalu, atau memberikan reinterpretasi untuk mereposisinya sesuai dengan tempat-waktu dan keadaan. Semua tergantung dari siapa dan bagaimana melakukannya, juga dengan maksud apa fenomena itu kemudian dibaca oleh sejarah. Ketika tata-nilai bergerak …
Novel ini adalah sebuah pertanyaan panjang tentang tradisi, dengan perempuan sebagai ujung tombaknya. Apakah manusia mesti memberhalakan kearifan masa lalu, atau memberikan reinterpretasi untuk mereposisinya sesuai dengan tempat-waktu dan keadaan. Semua tergantung dari siapa dan bagaimana melakukannya, juga dengan maksud apa fenomena itu kemudian dibaca oleh sejarah. Ketika tata-nilai bergerak …
Kenalkan: Aral Digjaya, siswa SMA Menes paling badung dan paling sering mendapat hukuman. Kenalkan juga: Aral Digjaya, siswa paling solider, pintar dan berani mendebat guru, tetapi... paling taat dan takhluk pada sang ibu. Baginya, ibu adalah puisi paling indah yang pernah tercipta. Gejolak darah remaja membuat kepala Aral dipenuhi fantasi liar dan obsesi penaklukan. Objeknya adalah Fe, angg…
This book was inspired by a nearly 300 year old story that was told to me by m Kabbalah teacher. It is about the power of words. And how we must choose them carefully to avoid causing harm to others.
Sebagai mantan agen, ia menyimpan rahasia tergelap agensi yang membuatnya menjadi incaran pemerintah Amerika. Mereka ingin ia mati. Ia hidup dalam pelarian selama hampir tiga tahun. Tak pernah menetap di tempat yang sama dan selalu bergonta-ganti nama. Satu-satunya orang yang ia percaya telah mereka bunuh. Tetapi mereka selalu gagal membunuhnya karena ia agen terbaik di bidangnya- sang ahli …