This unassuming Book - Hardcover in black buckram with a dark lavender title plate is the door into a world of twisted pleasures. Filmmaker Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas) tells 23 winsomely macabre stories about boys and girls who don't fit in. Their bodies are misshapen, their habits are odd and their parents are appalled by them. But they …
Selama 14 tahun sejak isu trafficking ditangani dan mencuat di media massa, kita menemukan ternyata nuansa kekerasan seksual sangat kompleks. Trafficking tidak hanya terjadi pada perempuan dewasa tetapi juga pada anak-anak perempuan. Bentuk masalahnya tidak hanya soal penjualan tetapi juga eksploitasi seksual yang dilakukan oleh orang-orang terdekat seperti anggota keluarga, pemuka agama dan te…
Coming of Age in Samoa is a book by American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978) based upon her research and study of youth on the island of Ta'u in the Samoa Islands which primarily focused on adolescent girls. Mead was 23-years old when she carried out her field work in Samoa. First published in 1928, the book launched Mead as a pioneering researcher and the most famous anthropologist …
Sebelum kau membaca buku ini, kuperingatkan: cerita ini bukan untuk anak-anak. Penyihir dengan mantra keji, pemburu berdarah dingin, serta tukang roti yang memanggang anak-anak, mengintip di halaman-halamannya. Namun, jika kau berani, ikuti petualangan Hansel dan Gretel memasuki dunia penuh sihir, teror, dan sepercik kelakar yang berkilauan seperti kerikil putih di sepanjang jalannya. …
Negeri tempat Mathilde tinggal adalah salah satu negeri paling indah di dunia. Semua aman dan tenteram di bawah pimpinan raja yang baik serta bijaksana. Suatu pagi, tanah bergetar keras...segalanya jadi tunggang-langgang tak karuan. Kata Raja pada Mathilde, 'ini gara-gara si naga Ajdar, yang tinggal di pusat Bumi. Kenapa dia marah? Gadis kecil pergilah ke pusat Bumi, temui Ajdar dan tanyakan se…
A young woman losing her vision rides the subway with her dog in search of emotional healing.
A treasure of 14 charming stories about family, friends, couples and unexpected bonds. Written by Natsume Ono over ten years, here is the long-awaited collection of her early work, including numerous illustrations and previously unpublished stories!
Two boys: the same age, almost the same face. The one difference: Tom Canty is a child of the London slums; Edward Tudor is heir to the throne. How insubstantial this difference is becomes clear when a chance encounter leads to an exchange of clothing and of roles...
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
Forty-two tantalizing teasers ? most by the creator of Alice in Wonderland and published here for the first time ? Cakes in a Row, Alice's Multiplication Tables, Looking-Glass Time, Arithmetical Croquet, Four Brothers and a Monkey, Hidden Names, Diverse Doublets, Mischmasch, more. Many hints and solutions. Illustrations by John Tenniel.