This Book Will Save Your Life

This work is short listed for the Richard & Judy Book Club 2007. It is an uplifting story set in Los Angeles about one man's effort to bring himself back to life. Richard is a modern day everyman; a middle-aged divorcee trading stocks out of his home. He has done such a good job getting his life under control that he needs no one. His life has slowed almost to a standstill, until two incidents …

Holy Fools

Set in seventeenth-century France against a backdrop of witch trials, regicide and religious frenzy, this is the story of Juliette, one-time actress and rope-dancer. Forced by circumstance to seek refuge with Fleur, her young daughter, in the remote abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-Mer, Juliette reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste under the tutelage of the kindly Abbess. But times are changing: th…

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Nothing ever happens in Toby’s small Texas town. Nothing much until this summer that’s full of big changes. It’s tough for Toby when his mother leaves home to be a country singer. Toby takes it hard when his best friend Cal’s older brother goes off to fight in Vietnam. Now their sleepy town is about to get a jolt with the arrival of Zachary Beaver, billed as the fattest boy in the worl…

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his "rich dad" — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.

A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, filled with irreverent portraits of other expatriate luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein; tender memories of his first wife, Hadley; and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft. It is a literary feast, brilliantly evoking the e…

Two Little Girls in Blue

Returning home from a black-tie dinner in New York, Margaret and Steve Frawley find the police in their house and their twin daughters gone. The kidnapper, who calls himself the "Pied Piper", soon makes his terms known: on delivery of a ransom, a phone call will reveal the girls' whereabouts. The ransom is delivered but, when the call comes, only Kelly is in the car parked behind a deserted res…

Komponis Kecil

Komponis Kecil bercerita tentang Henki, seorang anak dari keluarga miskin yang ditinggal ayahnya berjuang membela kemerdekaan Indonesia. Untuk mencukupi kebutuhan hidupnya, Henki membantu ibunya berjualan kue. Jalan hidup kemudian mempertemukan Henki dengan Meneer Kleber yang kemudian mengajarinya bermain biola. Karena alasan ekonomi, Henki kemudian keluar dari sekolah dan menjadi kepala keluar…

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Hoakiau di Indonesia

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Mangir

Mangir adalah novel sejarah karya Pramoedya Ananta Toer yang mengisahkan konflik perebutan kekuasaan di Jawa pada abad ke-16 Masehi antara Kerajaan Mataram pimpinan Panembahan Senopati dengan daerah perdikan (otonom) Mangir yang dipimpin oleh Ki Ageng Mangir Wanabaya, menyoroti ambisi kekuasaan absolut dan pengorbanan demi negara, dengan tokoh-tokoh seperti Wanabaya, Baru Klinting, dan Pambayun…