After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneos – Augustus’ legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, the Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece. It tells of Aeneas a survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven-year journey: to Carthage, where he fell tragically in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld, in the company of the Sibyl of Cumael and finally to Italy, where he founded Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile, of love and war, hailed by Tennyson as ‘the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man.’
It is 1939, Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier and will become busier still.
By her brother’s graveside, Liesel Meminger finds her life changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Grave Digger’s Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayour’s wife’s library, wherever there are books to be found.
But these are dangerous times. When Liesel’s foster family hides a Jewish man in their basement, Liesel’s world is both opened up and closed down.
In superbly crafted writing that burns with instensity, award-winning author Markus Zuzak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.
Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends — and their amazing links to recent discoveries. By recent, we’re referring to the year of 1977 when the book was published, and received the Pulitzer Prize.
Some science has evolved ever since, but Sagan’s great mind leading us to understand some complex scientific concepts of the era in a palatable way, made the book a great read to understand how far we’ve gone understanding the universe.
This hilarious extravaganza presumes the existence of a secret society of revolutionaries sworn to destroy the world. There are seven members of the Central Anarchist Council who, for reasons of security, call themselves by the names of the days of the week — Sunday, Monday, and so on. But events soon cast a doubt upon their real identities, for Thursday (the Man Who Was Thursday) is not the passionate young poet he appears to be, but a Scotland Yard Detective. Who and what are the others? Chesterton unravels the fantasy in his own inventive and exuberant way and then uses this nightmare of paradox and surprise to probe the mysteries of human behaviour and belief.
This book is a 1962 copy.
One gloomy Sunday afternoon, Gregoire Bouillier answers a call from a woman who left him five years before. She’s not calling to apologize but to invite him to be the “mystery guest” at a birthday party of a woman he’s never met.
Tung, tung, tung, tung, tung! Sejak gong itu berbunyi, Apui harus memakai topi jena. Mengapa?
Apakah semua orang juga memakainya?
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Membicarakan tentang kedukaan dan berkabung tidaklah mudah, terutama dalam konteks cerita anak. Namun karya ini memperkenalkan budaya topi jena untuk membicarakan tentang fase hidup yang tidak bisa kita hindari itu. Kami belajar tentang makna kehadiran serta kehilangan dengan sederhana dan lewat perspektif anak-anak. Kami juga diajak untuk belajar mengartikulasikan emosi akan membantu proses menjalaninya.
Ditulis oleh Laba Jumidah Sriwaty yang suka menikmati hal-hal yang membawa kebahagiaan dan kedamaian hati. Di antaranya membaca cerpen, mendengarkan musik, dan bertamasya. Ia menamatkan pendidikan di S1 PGSD Universitas Mulawarman dan saat ini aktif menjadi pendidik di SDN 001 Malinau Selatan. Tulisan ini dibuatnya untuk mengenalkan dan melestarikan budaya dari tempat asalnya, Kalimantan Utara.
Diilustrasikan oleh Evelline Andrya. Ia tumbuh dalam campuran budaya Tionghoa dan Jawa. Koleksi kartu natal klasik berilustrasi indah milik neneknya serta komik, buku cerita bergambar dan film animasi di masa kecil membuatnya yakin mempelajari desain komunikasi visual. Pernah bekerja sebagai ilustrator penuh waktu untuk majalah CosmoGirl! Indonesia pada 2007-2010. Saat ini menjadi ilustrator lepas untuk berbagai penerbitan buku anak lokal dan internasional.
Amir membantu Bapak menangkap ikan di laut. Kesukaannya udang papai. Tapi lama sekali menunggu udang papai dijemur. Amir sudah lapar sekali. Bagaimana caranya agar cepat ya?
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Amir hebat sekali ya! Dia berani ikut melaut dan menangkap udang papai kesukaannya. Apa teman-teman tahu apa itu udang papai? Membaca cerita udang papai ini membuat kami jadi ingin berkunjung dan ikut mencicipinya! Bagaimana ya rasanya?
Ditulis oleh Siti Nasriah, yang mengajar siswa kelas dua di SDN 002 Tanjung Palas Timur sejak tahun 2005. Terinspirasi makanan kesukaan di tanah kelahirannya, Tanah Kuning, cerita udang papai menceritakan kehidupan tepi laut dan kuliner khas yang ada di Tanah Kuning, tanah kelahiran sang penulis. Menurutnya udang papai yang enak dan gurih biasa dinikmati dengan sambal dan belimbing tunjuk atau belimbing sayur. Nyam!
Ditulis oleh Siti Nasriah. Diilustrasikan oleh Husna Aghniya & Al Nurul Gheulia
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Hujan turun terus dan Kira mulai bosan. Kan jadi tidak banyak yang bisa dilakukan.
Jadi waktu Ana dan Ilo mengajaknya keluar di waktu hujan, Kira pun penasaran dengan satu pertanyaan: “Apa mungkin ada banyak cerita waktu hujan turun?”
Waktu Hujan Turun adalah kisah seorang anak perempuan bernama Kira dan petualangannya bersama teman-temannya saat hujan sedang turun. Mereka keluar dan bertemu dunia yang berbeda di saat hujan sedang turun. Kira bertemu teman-teman baru, melihat kota yang terlihat berbeda di waktu hujan, dan belajar tentang kilat (dan bahayanya), dan akhirnya menemukan kehangatan di akhir hari.
Sebuah kisah eksplorasi dan menemukan perspektif baru dalam keseharian kita. Kisah ini melihat hujan sebagai metafora tentang hal-hal yang tak menyenangkan namun menyimpan petualangan, kesenangan, dan keindahan di baliknya.
These six stories — here presented in memorable new translations — represent Chekov’s narrative genius at the full range and power of its maturity. As masterfully constructed as his earlier stories but with far greater richness and dimension, they deal with human beings suffering the pain of existence, their lives illumined by the author’s rigorous objectivity.
The novella Ward Six, with its hauntingly symbolic depiction of the world of an insane asylum; The Duel, with its theme of moral degradation, its hint of regeneration; and A Dull Story, with its relentless depiction of a culture that corrupts and alienates … these and others present a vivid portrait of what Rufus W. Mathewson calls a “blighted” society, seen through the eyes of a writer whose understanding of “human foolishness” is without equal.
Umbu melihat tiga babi hutan mengendap-endap di ladang jagung miliknya. Umbu segera menghalau mereka pergi. Namun, ada batu aneh milik babi hutan yang terjatuh. Batu itu terus-menerus mengeluarkan air. Kalau begini, lama-lkelamaan ladang Umbu bisa tenggelam. Apa yang harus Umbu lakukan?
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