Life in Java : with sketches of the Javanese; volume 1

Experience life in Java through the eyes of W. Barrington D'Almeida, a British colonial officer stationed on the island in the late 19th century. This book provides an insightful look at Javanese culture and society, as well as the complexities of colonial rule. Featuring stunning illustrations and vivid descriptions, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Southeast Asian history and…

The Once and Future King

Once upon a time, a young boy called “Wart” was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation for a future he couldn’t possibly imagine. A future in which he would ally himself with the greatest knights, love a legendary queen and unite a country dedicated to chivalrous values. A future that would see him crowned and known for all time as Arthur, King of the Britons.

Turtles All the Way Down

Sixteen-year-old Aza is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend and a good student. She's also trying to track down fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, who has vanished without a trace. Alongside her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, Aza sets off in pursuit of the truth - and the $100,000 reward.

Beartown

Cut-off from everywhere else it experiences the kind of isolation that tears people apart. And each year more and more of the town is swallowed by the forest. Then the town is offered a bright new future. But it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act. It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who'll risk the future to see justic…

The Namesake

Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world—conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs.

Crime and Punishment

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9780679734505

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592 p. : 20 cm.

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His Dark Materials

Northern Lights introduces Lyra, an orphan, who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. In The Subtle Knife she is joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows …

A Vindication of the Rights of Women

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman , written by British philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the eighteenth century who did not believe women should receive a rational education. She argues that women ought to have an education…

Pygmalion

This play is based on the Greek myth of Pygmalion. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet), who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the proc…

The Buddha in the Attic

The Story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago. In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys by boat, to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; from their experiences raising children who would later rejec…

The Invisible Man

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9780008190071

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196 p. : 18 cm.

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F WEL i

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play―reissued with an introduction by Arthur Miller ( Death of a Salesman and The Crucible ), and Williams' essay "The World I Live In." It is a very short list of 20th-century American plays that continue to have the same power and impact as when they first appeared―57 years after its Broadway premiere, Tennessee Williams' A Streetc…

Dragonwings

Moon Shadow was eight when he sailed from China to join his father Windrider in America. Windrider lived in San Francisco's Chinatown and worked in a laundry. Moon Shadow had never seen him. But he soon loved and respected this father, a man of genius, a man with a fabulous dream. And with Moon Shadow's help, Windrider was willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, and …

Counterattacks at Thirty

Jihye is an ordinary woman who has never been extraordinary. In her administrative job at the Academy, she silently tolerates office politics and the absurdities of Korean bureaucracy. Forever only one misplaced email away from career catastrophe, she effectively becomes a master of the silent eye-roll and the tactical coffee run. But all her efforts to endure her superiors and the semi-hostile…

The Great Alone

In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska―a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.

The Road

The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning postapocalyptic classic, The Road, approved and authorized by McCarthy and illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist Manu Larcenet "Superb. A suitably dark graphic treatment of McCarthy’s postapocalyptic masterpiece." (Kirkus) The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with their humanity intact in…

The Glass Menagerie

No play in the modern theater has so captured the imagination and heart of the American public as Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. As Williams's first popular success, it launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career, of our pre-eminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda, Menagaerie has been the …

The Crucible

rthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 – 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' – and the McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attac…

Anxious People

Anxious People “captures the messy essence of being human….It’s clever and affecting, as likely to make you laugh out loud as it is to make you cry” (The Washington Post). This “endlessly entertaining mood-booster” (Real Simple) is proof that the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope can save us—even in the most anxious of times.

Day

Torn between choosing life or death, Day again and again returns to the guiding questions that inform Wiesel's trilogy: the meaning and worth of surviving the annihilation of a race, the effects of the Holocaust upon the modern character of the Jewish people, and the loss of one's religious faith in the face of mass murder and human extermination.

Madame Bovary

This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature—Emma Bovary. Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing voluptuous dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentimental desires lead her only to suffering corruption and downfall. A brilliant psychological portrai…

BIG SCIENCE FOR LITTLE PEOPLE: 52 ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOU AND YOUR CHILD DISCO…

Introduce future engineers, inventors, naturalist, and artists to the physics and chemistry, biology and ecology that can be found in everyday play. Create chemical reactions, explore gravity and friction, transform states of matter, play with air pressure, and much more through 52 simpe experiments that zip and zoom, fly and fizz, bubble and burst.

THE WHOLE BRAIN CHILD: 12 STRATEGI REVOLUSIONER MENDUKUNG PERKEMBANGAN OTAK ANAK

Tahukan Ayah-Bunda bahwa tantrum, rasa cemas berlebihan, dan berbagai luapan emosi lainnya yang dialami anak ternyata bisa disebabkan oleh otak yang belum berkembang secara sempurna? Namun, Ayah-Bunda tidak perlu khawatir. The Whole-Brain Child menawarkan dua belas strategi utama untuk mendorong perkembangan otak yang sehat, sehingga anak menjadi lebih tenang dan bahagia.

FIRST POEMS

With this beautifully illustrated collection, children can start to explore the wonderful world of poetry. Rhymes about nature, nonsense, playtime and enchantment will let imaginations soar.

CLIMATE CRISIS FOR BEGINNERS

The Climate Crisis is real. It is already changing the world aroud us. This book will help you to understand how we know this to be true, and what effect it might have in the future. The GOOD NEWS is that we have a plan. But the BIG QUESTION still remains-will we choose to do it?

LAW FOR BEGINNER

Whether it's going to school, stopping at a red light or paying for something, you're obeying a LAW. But laws aren't just about telling people what they can and can't do. They keep us safe, give us freedoms and help us settle arguments. Find out how it all works in this bright and friendly introduction.

LIFEHACKS FOR HAPPINESS

Make the world a happier place! The activities in this book will help you feel confident, kind...and happy. Be your own best friend, be a cheerleader for your friends and speak up when it really counts. Everyone deserves to feel happy so, let's start with you!

A TRICK OF TIME

Are you ready for mischief? For the Malign family, Mischief is a very serious matter. But Malice Malign isn't like the rest of her family... When Malice's sister uncovers a TIME-STOPPING POCKETWATCH, she unleashes a whole world of trouble. Maniacal, the most malevolent of all the Malignsm is back and he needs to be STOPPED! The clock is ticking...

MINDSET: MENGUBAH POLA BERPIKIR UNTUK PERUBAHAN BESAR DALAM HIDUP ANDA

Paparan tentang kesuksesan dalam buku ini sangat mendasar dan langka. Lazimnya, buku-buku tentang kesuksesan lebih menawarkan sisi-sisi praktis. Namun, buku ini justru mengajak Anda menggarap inti masalah kesuksesan:pikiran. Tak hanya itu, buku ini mengontraskan dengan apik tokoh-tokoh dunia-di bidang musik, sastra, sains, olahraga, dan bisnis-yang berpola pikir tetap (fixed mindset) dan berpol…

My Curious World

Do you have a lot of curious questions? Then you've picked up the RIGHT book! Your world is a very curious place. Marvellous illustrations and mighty facts explore all that is magical and mind-blowing about space., earth, animals, science, and much more.