"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.” ...

Having memories is an undeniable part of being human. Memories, good or bad, stick in our heads, whether we want them to be or not, and memories sometimes come in many forms. In “Waking Up for the First Time”, Lala Bohang creates a series of fictional stories that resemble collages, which when viewed up close seem random and irregular, but when viewed from a distance, implied meanings. Lala experimented with writing styles which in hindsight seemed didactic, but also surreal. Just ...

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 ...

march 20 i don't know anything about love but once i know you i know for sure this is the closest thing to it. when was the last time you pour your heart out into a diary? raw words flow as you scribble to release all the emotions within. that's what her thoughts is all about after this, you might wanna write your thoughts down too. ...

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 ...

It`s raining here, how is it there? I hope the universe delivers my prayers to you, I hope they jump over barriers to get to you, I hope they cross the oceans to reach you, I hope they finally bring me back to you. ...

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 ...

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. ...

Lova Evangeline terjebak di antara "dua dunia": Satu, dunia tempatnya berurusan dengan manusia. Dua, dunia tempatnya bersinggungan dengan makhluk-makhluk tak kasatmata. Kemampuan konjurasi telah mempertemukan Lova dengan dua spiritnya, Nathaniel dan Rose. Berkat kehadiran mereka, Lova bisa menghalau gangguan makhluk gaib di sekitarnya. Akan tetapi kemampuan Lova untuk hidup damai teruji saat tunangannya mulai menunjukkan sifat abusif, sementara Nathaniel mulai menunjukkan ketertarikan ...

“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. ...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted, sweeping novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn't seen since she was a little girl--and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer. Emma Saylor doesn't remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges. Now it's just ...

Seperti judulnya, Silly Gilly Daily bercerita tentang keseharian seorang gadis bernama Gilly yang memiliki sifat introvert. Aku senang karena lagi-lagi Naela Ali memilih tema yang dekat dengannya, sehingga apa yang ia sampaikan terasa sangat jujur dan relate dengan kehidupan pembaca. Sebagai seorang introvert aku merasa memiliki banyak kesamaan dengan tokoh Gilly. Selalu merasa cemas saat akan bertemu dengan klien, merasa lelah saat berada di keramaian, memilih jalan memutar demi agar tidak ...

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, ...

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Pain is there to protect you. Eighteen-year-old Tara was found in a wooden chest, while the rest of her family were murdered. She can't remember what happened. The police try to find the killer through severely traumatised Tara with the help of her psychiatrist. When the truth unraveled, the mystery grows deeper: Are you really a survivor, or everyone else was trying to survive from you? One of exceptional Indonesian psychological thrillers, Catharsis explores the mysteries of memory, the ...

“When one wishes to do a thing, one finds no lack of reasons for the doing.” English Classics: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood English Classics is literature's collection with particular rooms for increase reader's interest in reading classics. This book including The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood as one of the collections. Come with us the follow the hero Robin Hood to his greatest journey. ...

“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.” English Classics: Robin Crusoe English Classics is literature's collection with particular rooms for increase reader's interest in reading classics. This book including Robin Crusoe as one of the collections. Robin Crusoe talked about our protagonis called same name of the title, Robin Crusoe. We follow his adventure to the new places. The journey crafted into inevitable promenade with a lot of important ...

“Take the Adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes!” English Classics: The Wind In The Willows. English Classics is literature's collection with particular rooms for increase reader's interest in reading classics. This book including The Wind In The Willows as one of the collections. Come to us to follow the journey and adventures from animal protagonist with taught a lot about togetherness and loving inside wilderness. ...