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 ...

This story is about the journey of Zoza, a young glolumen, who lived in the beautiful village of Kasmania. Zoza was born with a bulb, which would guide him about good characters. ln his journey, the bulb helped him to grow up to become a better glolumen. This book teaches children the importance of having good values in their pursuits of happiness. Having the bravery to do the right things, the love and empathy for others, and the mental strengths for handling successes and challenges in ...

Her name is Seli, she’s fifteen years old, she’s in Class 10, and she’s my best friend. She’s just like other teenagers. She likes the same things, she listens to the same songs, goes to fast food joints, watches telenovela, films and other things that teenagers like. But Seli and I have a little secret that we’ve never shared with anyone. Something which we have kept to ourselves since we were small. I can disappear and Seli can produce lightning. Possessing those powers, we go ...

“I hope, or I could not live.” English Classics: The Island of Doctor Moreau. English Classics is literature's collection with particular rooms for increase reader's interest in reading classics. This book including The Island of Doctor Moreau as one of the collections. The Island of Doctor Moreau will tell about Dr.Edward Prendick who have to face a horror and unique experience inside strangest island after facing storm in ocean. Then he met strange person in the island, ...

Indonesia declared independence on August 17, 1945 Driven from the Dutch East Indies when the Japanese landed in 1942, The Netherlands refuses to recognize this declaration and sets out to recover their colony. The Dutch government decides to send a contingent to fight those it calls "terrorists". Among them, Johan Knevel, who was born "in the indies", hopes to regain the lost paradise of his childhood. He is faced with the reality of a war in which no one's hands are clean. ...

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“All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.” ...

“A man has to be very careful, not only of his fists, but of his words.” English Classics: The Railway Children English Classics is literature's collection with particular rooms for increase reader's interest in reading classics. This book including he Railway Children as one of the collections. Come to us to enjoy the beautifully and extraordinary of three best friends who make some pride and adventure in railway with Phylis, Peter, and Roberta. ...

“Fortune favors the brave.” English Classics : Around the World in Eighty Days. English Classics is literature's collection with particular rooms for increase reader's interest in reading classics. This book including Around the World in Eighty Days. Around the World In Eight Days crafted about the curious man, Phileas Fogg, who ambitiously goes around the world for eighty days to analysis strange places that he never seen. ...

“and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.” ...

"When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.” Precisely such had the paragraph originally stood from the printer’s hands; but Sir Walter had improved it by adding, for the information of himself and his family, these words, after the date of Mary’s birth—“Married, December 16, 1810, Charles, son and heir of Charles Musgrove, Esq, of Uppercross, in the country of Somerset,” and by inserting most accurately the day of the month on which he had lost his wife. ...

Latihan Pergi Hidup adalah latihan pergi Dari satu kata menuju kata lain Dari satu kota menuju kota lain Sebelum kita benar benar pergi Dari semua kata, Dari semua kota Tanpa membawa satupun iota. Bersama sama kita telah berlatih membesarkan hati untuk pergi Meluaskan hati untuk iklas melepas Sementara hati kita kian besar dan luas Diri kita justru menjadi terlalu kecil 'tuk membawa membawa hati ke lain hati sebuah Penggalan Puisi karya Weslly Johannes, baca kumpulan ...

“There are two things that men should never weary of goodness and humility.” After the death of his parents, young David Balfour is sent to stay with his mysterious Uncle Ebenezer. When David discovers a family secret that could change his life forever, he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. His only chance to escape is to follow a Highland warrior, Alan Breck, on a desperate and dangerous adventure. ...

English Classics: The Master Of Ballantrae: A Winter'S Tale ...

For two teens, falling in love is going to make a world of difference in this beautifully translated, bold, and endearing novel about love, loss, and the pain of racial discrimination. As a Korean student in a Japanese high school, Sugihara has had to defend himself against all kinds of bullies. But nothing could have prepared him for the heartache he feels when he falls hopelessly in love with a Japanese girl named Sakurai. Immersed in their shared love for classical music and foreign movies, ...