London of the 1880s: The Forsyte family is gathered - gloves, waistcoats, feathers and frocks - to celebrate the engagement of young June Forstye to an architect, Philip Bosinney. The family are intrigued but wary of this stranger in their midst, who they nickname 'the Buccaneer'. Amongst those present are Soames Forsyte and his beautiful wife Irene - his most prized possession. With that meeti…
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murde…
Harry Blenheim wasnâ€t what you might call a good-looking fellow, but his face was full of character, with the kindest eyes God ever made. Thatâ€s what his wife Esther had said, back in the days when theyâ€d loved and laughed together. Now, it was five years since they had even kissed goodnight.Still, everyone in Fellburn respected Harry, even if there was no love lost between him and …
Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work “her own darling child” and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, “as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print.” The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid per…
This extraordinary historical French gothic novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the disabled bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, as he struggles to stand up to his ableist guardian Claude Frollo, who also wants to commit genocide against Paris' Romani population. The novel has…
Born in Boston in 1809, and dead at the age of forty, Poe wrote across several fields during his life and was noted for his poetry and short stories as well as his criticism. The best of each of these is collected here, including the classic poem “The Raven,” and beloved stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart.” In his introduction to this volume, G. R. Thompson argues that Poe was a great sa…
Leigh VanVoreen had to escape from Boston’s Farthinggale Manor. The foul secret she harbored within her seemed to darken her life forever. Jillian, her mother, would not believe her, and Tony Tatterton, her stepfather, had betrayed her cruelly. But the pure devotion of Luke Casteel promised her hope and respect. Only Luke knew her deepest of secrets…only Luke would love and protect her. …
About the Author-Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for …
When a woman who has received mysterious pearls in the mail is asked to meet her correspondent, Holmes and Watson are called in on the case. A terrible death and vanishing treasure lead to an epic chase through the dawn streets and along the River Thames in this spellbinding mystery.
Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl's power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago. It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic existence with her gruff grandfather in the mountains. When she is sent to live in a city, comic chaos ensues, and eventually it is arranged that Heidi should return to the mountains. Together she and her f…
The story is set in medieval England, in a time when King Richard is imprisoned aboard and Norman noblemen are surpressingthe saxons. Ivanhoe, the Disinherited Knight, returns to England from the Holy Land to win his love, the beautiful Lady Rowena,and fight for justice for the saxon peaple. He is helped by an old Jew,Isaac of York, and his daughter,Rebecca, but the evil.
Marie: A True Story is about Marie Ragghianti, the woman who blew the whistle on the corrupt Tennessee government in the 1970s. Peter Maas was famous for his book on Frank Serpico, a whistleblower in the New York City Police Department. He also wrote other fine books about crime. But my favorite is Marie: A True Story.
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Fashion Fantasy Camp! Nggak ada yang lebih keren daripada ini. Dua minggu pada musim panas dihabiskan untuk proyek fesyen! Aku dan Evie terbang ke L.A. demi mencurahkan bakat fesyen kami yang, ehem, tentu saja luar biasa. Lalu, tanpa terduga, sesuatu yang spektakuler terjadi. Aku ditemukan oleh orang yang sangat pentingtunggu sampai kamu tahu sendiri. Apa ini saatnya aku menjadi selebritas? …
The author of ‘Future Shock’ describes in detail the new civilisation that is being created all around us – its life-styles, sexual attitudes and work roles, the new social, economic and political structures. From this penetrating analysis, Alvin Toffler points the way we can adapt to the new world and the startling, yet fulfilling, way of life it offers.
For nineteen-year-old Edmond Dantes, life is sweet. Soon to be captain of his own sip, he is also about to be married to his true love, Mercedes. But suddenly everything turns sour. On the joyous day of his wedding he is arrested and--without a fair trial--condemned to solitary confinement in the miserable Chateau d'If! The charges? Faked! Edmond has been framed by a handful of powerful enemies…
Serial killer Warren Hoyt was captured a year ago but his crimes still haunt Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. Now she faces a new killer, a hunter who preys on rich couples and copies an obscure element of Hoyt's crimes. And when Hoyt escapes from custody there are two hunters on the loose.
Spans Carlos Marcello's criminal career from his Sicilian youth to his involvement in the New Orleans Mafia and reign over a criminal empire, and points to his culpability in President Kennedy's assassination
Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens' last complete novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges not just through its central narratives, but through its apparently incidental characters and scenes. The chief of its several plots centres on John Harmon who returns to England as his father'…
Di antara kilauan cahaya api yang membakar habis restoran piza keluarganya, Reena Hale menemukan pesona api. Pada usia sebelas tahun, Reena memutuskan untuk mempelajari api. Menemukan alasan di balik api yang disulut dengan sengaja dan memastikan seseorang dihukum. Ia pun belajar, berlatih, dan bekerja keras untuk mendapatkan lencana polisi yang diimpikannya. Sayangnya, kisah cinta Reena tidakl…
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Introduction and Notes by Dr Adrienne Gavin, Canterbury Christ Church University College Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) Dickens wrote of David Copperfield: 'Of all my books I like this the best'. Millions of readers in almost every language on earth have subsequently come to share the author's own enthusiasm for this greatly loved classic, possibl…
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortals, Alyson Noël, comes Fated―a breathtaking new saga brimming with magic, mystery, and an intoxicating love story that will steal your heart away. Meet The Soul Seekers. Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue eyes …