Here’s to all the seconds spent waiting for a text that never comes, to all the years searching for the one that gets away, finding the right person and doing all the wrong things, to the love you lost in the winds of time and comes back lifetimes later, to the strings of chances and fates that tie us together. **** Chances, Spelled in Poetry adalah kumpulan puisi yang ditulis oleh Helena Natasha, seorang penulis dan penyair Indonesia. Buku ini diterbitkan pada tahun 2023 ...

Moby-Dick is considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, one of the great epics in all of literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab ...

Based on a true story, Greyfriars Bobby is written for adults, but is no less popular with children. Its warmth and charm make it one of the most beloved animal tales. Greyfriars Bobby is a small shaggy dog which cannot be separated from Auld Jock, his owner, a kind and simple shepherd. When Auld Jock died after many winters together, Bobby was devastated. Dogs are not allowed on the church grounds as well as the cemetery. But the brave and clever Bobby is determined to win over Mr. ...

White Fang is a classic literary work written by Jack London. This book tells the story of the life journey of a wild wolf named White Fang, who lived in the wilderness of Alaska in the late 19th century. This novel offers a unique point of view, depicting the change in the lifeline of White Fang from a cruel wild wolf to a creature that is more gentle and controlled. The story begins with the birth of White Fang in the middle of a harsh and dangerous wilderness. He grew up in harsh ...

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale written by Matteo Bandello and ...

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power. Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, Macbeth most clearly reflects his relationship with King James, patron of Shakespeare's acting company. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. A ...

Othello is a Moorish military commander who was serving as a general of the Venetian army in defense of Cyprus against invasion by Ottoman Turks. He has recently married Desdemona, a beautiful and wealthy Venetian lady much younger than himself, against the wishes of her father. Iago is Othello's malevolent ensign, who maliciously stokes his master's jealousy until the usually stoic Moor kills his beloved wife in a fit of blind rage. Due to its enduring themes of passion, jealousy, and race, ...

Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. Hamlet is considered among the "most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language", with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and ...

Agus Suwage (b. 1959, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) is one of Indonesia's most important contemporary artists. He lives and works currently in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Trained as a graphic designer at the Institute of Technology in Bandung, and obsessed with rock and roll, his studio is a playground of books and musical instruments and art in various stages of completion. He is well known for his self-portraiture, quick to say is about self-criticality before anything else. His provocative drawings, ...

The current trends of the global economy coupled with high uncertainty brought by the global pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, and other unpredictable factors have ne-cessitated the need to have new empirical insight that better reflects the current reality. This has been the main reason why the Ministry of Finance was duty-bound to sponsor research that will guide policy and decision makers from various business climbs through a project titled "Road to Indonesia G20 Presidency 2022". In an ...

Zach thought he had a pretty ordinary life. That was until his hidden power was suddenly awakened one day when he was playing a video game with his sister and cousins. Apparently, their parents weren't ordinary human beings. They were in fact the kings and queens from another dimension called the Hero World. Now that their powers were awakened, Zach, his sister, and their three cousins were taken into the Hero World to have their new abilities honed. Before their skills were perfected, they ...

The foundation of Hollywood formula is the meet-cute. ,It's when the female protagonist and the male protagonist meet by accident, a so-called chance encounter. Anya didn't believe in meet-cute. lt never happened in real life, she said. That is until-she met Ale on a flight)from Jakarta to Sydney-, as they were seated next to each other, and one silly incident led to seven hours of conversation between them. Seven hours of laughter and smiles, seven hours that soon changed them from strangers ...

"She had a perpetual sense, as she watched the taxicabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.” ...

If there is one thing that the Covid 19 •Pandemic has taught us, it is how to deal with being alone. Quarantine and Social Distancing, while keeping us away from each other,has forced us to confront that person we normally have the least time for. Which is our own Self. The Self that we have neglected and ignored during our busy lives interacting with the outside world, but which many of us could no longer avoid as we spend more time at home and shy away from public places. We can however, ...

New York has become a cinematic icon often featured in movies, not just a setting but also as a character and subject of the story, like in Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail, Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, and Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. New York is practically one of the most culturally distinctive places in the world that Raia, a writer, chose to flee to this city to chase inspirations after years of not being able to write even a single sentence, imprisoned by a haunting trauma. Raia ...

A girl is born every hour. Goodbye, says the mother. Who are you? asks the father. Every hour, a new curse is unleashed upon the world. *** Once upon a time, in a near yet far-off place, a child sprung into being. Her misadventures, mysterious and absurd, are recounted here as poems. Accompanied by black-and-white illustrations from award-winning artist Nadiyah Rizki S, Medusae is a reincarnation of the myths, legends, and folklore passed down over the past three centuries—from ...

This collection of reflections is to remind us of some of the things we can turn our distracted minds to, when we can direct our attention to what are in front of us, above us, and more importantly, within us, using all the senses that we were all born with. They are a rediscovery of some of the things we have forgotten how to do or have put aside in favor of our all-consuming electronic toys, and an attempt to help us reconnect once more with our senses and our natural gifts. So, why not put ...

I hide myself within my flower, That wearing on your breast, You, unsuspecting, wear me too--- And angels know the rest. I hide myself within my flower, That, fading from your vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me Almost a loneliness. ...

His name is Ali, he’s sixteen years old, he’s in Class 11. If only his parents would let him, he ought to have been doing his senior year of a doctoral programme in physics at one of the best universities. Ali doesn’t like his school or his teachers or his classmates. He finds it all boring. But since he found out that there’s something odd about two of his classmates, me and Seli, his boring life has become fun. I can disappear and Seli can produce lightning. Ali himself has a small ...

Seri Asyiknya Membuat disajikan dalam bentuk pola busana ukuran sebenarnya. Anda tinggal menggunting pola, pasang pada kain kesukaan, potong kainnya, ikuti petunjuk jahitnya, dan… jadi deh satu potong busana cantik buatan sendiri. Semua begitu praktis, sehingga memudahkan pemula mengikutinya. Asyiknya Membuat Kebaya Kartini kali ini berisi bagian-bagian pola kebaya Kartini lengan panjang dan dua pengembangan menjadi kebaya panjang dan kebaya longgar. Pola-pola ini masih bisa dikembangkan ...