Nykyrian Quiakides yang berdarah campuran manusia dan Andarion adalah mantan pembunuh League paling mematikan yang ditakuti semua makhluk di Semesta Ichidian. Ia tidak pernah mengenal kebaikan ataupun cinta kasih karena perlakuan kejam yang dialaminya sejak kecil. Sampai misinya mempertemukannya dengan seorang putri senator yang menjadi korban penculikan. Berkat aliansi politik ayahnya, Kiar…
Buku Dunia Duniya ini merupakan sebuah novel remaja yang menceritakan tentang 3 anak-anak yang tumbuh lewat kekerasan di keluarganya. Novel ini mengutarakan tentang bagaimana anak-anak menderita karena kungkungan, paksaan dan kekerasan fisik yang dilakukan oleh orang-orang yang selayaknya mendukung, memahami dan menyayangi mereka. Novel ini sangat menarik karena mengangkat tema yang cukup kompl…
Theodora adalah pelacur muda di Konstantinopel. Dia sangat cerdas, pemberani, dan setia. Sifat-sifat itu membawanya dari lumpur jalanan Konstantinopel sampai ke puncak kemaharajaan. Kecerdasan dan ketegasannya selalu menyelamatkannya. Dia pernah dibuang dari Konstantinopel, lalu sekali lagi diusir sehingga terpaksa mengarungi keganasan Sahara. Meskipun demikian, perlahan tapi pasti, Theodora me…
"Nobody’s perfect, Nin. Gak ada gading yang gak retak." Kalimat itu meluncur dari bibir Momo yang masih berisi remahan keripik. Nindy menatapnya lekat-lekat, menunggu kelanjutan dari kalimat itu. "Kamu populer, kaya, dan cantik. Nah, terus kalau kamu juga pintar, orang yang gak populer, gak kaya, dan gak cantik kayak aku kebagian apa dong?" …
Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his 'Poop-poop-poop' road-hogging new motor car), have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall.
Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability make…
WINNER OF THE 2002 BOOKER PRIZE After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi -- a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent…
Upper East Side blueblood Anna Percy came to L.A. to learn how to have a good time. Then Princeton prince Ben Birnbaum and his amazing disappearing act turned out to be anything but. Anna finally begins to understand that telling true love from true lust us is far more easily said than done.
At age twelve, Cassandra Madden fell in love with Jefferson Ames, a young man she met at one of her mother's business conferences. Over the years, during periods of loneliness and struggle, Cassie held on to this unrequited love in order to cope with her isolated heart and the pain of a cold mother. Even when Cassie grew up, went off to college, and met a man she thought she'd marry, her heart …
Its inscrutable smile promised many things to many men - but for 700 years none had dared to take the ultimat prize... until now."The Solid Gold Buddha"A plane crash, a near fatal disease - and everything that Bernard Miller cares for in his life is suddenly destroyed. £5 million in gold would solve a lot of problems. Except when it had to be lifted from underneath the noses of the Thai police…
The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects wi…
Macmillan's "Stories to Remember" series introduces new readers to famous stories whose quality and entertainment value have stood the test of time. The books are abridged and simplified, but as much as possible of the author's original style and storyline have been retained. They are suitable for non-native speakers of English from lower intermediate level upwards, as well as providing an easy…
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. …