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Writer : Jostein Gaarder Original title : Sirkus direktorens datter Language : English Genres : Fantasy Novel Country : Norwegia Year : 2001 Pages : 371 I make a review about Jostein Garrder's novel again because I'm so in love with his works. Actually I read this book first then I found Sophie's world. This book is also blowing my mind. His speciallity...

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Writer : Khaled Hosseini Language : English Genres : Novel Country : Afghanistan Year: 2007 Pages : 384 Khaled Housseini is an Afghan-American author who wrote the international best seller, The Kite Runner (2003). This book is actually has the same theme with The Kite Runner. The difference is just The Kite Runner's main characters are boys,  I mean their friendship. But in this novel,...

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In this post I'll introduce Mr. Hirata - one of the famous and talented Indonesian author. Mr. Hirata was born on October 24th 1982 in Gantung, Belitung (Indonesia) . His name is Andrea Hirata Seman Said Aaron. While he was young his parents had changed his name 7 times then finally they put Andrea Hirata as his name.  "Andrea is taken from the name of a woman who is determined to kill himself if his favorite singer, Elvis Presleydoes...

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Writer : Thich Nhat Hanh Translator : Mobi Ho Language : English Genres : Religion book (Buddhist) Country : Vietnam Year : 1975 Pages : 158 Thich Nhat Hanh actually wrote this as a long letter to Brother Quang, a main staff member of the School of Youth for Social Service in South Vietnam in 1974. The author, a Buddhist monk, had founded the...

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Everybody has their own problems. Some people may be stressed about them and the others may not. Actually as Norman Vincent Peale said, "Problems are a sign of life, and if you don't have problems you had better start to worry because the only people that don't have problems are in the grave!"  I totally agree with him, and it's also very true...

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Eric Arthur Blair aka. George Orwell is author of the most famous novel in 20th century; Animal Farm, and 1984. He was  born on June 25, 1903, in Bengal, India.  His father is a British colonial civil servant in India. He was educated in England and, after he left Eton, joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, then a British colony. He resigned in...

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Original title : Sophie Verden Writer : Jostein Gaarder Language : English Translator : Paulette Moller Country : Norway Genres : Philosophical fiction Pages : 519         Sophie's world is one of my favorite novel. Through this book Jostein Gaarder wrapped a history of philosophy in great fiction. In the beginning, I thought it was kind of  'a hard lecturer's philosophy book'. But...

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Today Indonesia celebrates Hari Pahlawan (Heroes' Day). It's annually celebrated to commemorate the battle of Surabaya where thousands people die against British and Dutch troops. Exactly years ago, on November 10th 1945 British troops began to advance into Surabaya with cover from both naval and air bombardment. Despite the heroic resistance from the Indonesians, half of the city was conquered within 3 days...

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Arguably Indonesia's best-known writer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, also known as Pramoedya or Pram (1925–2006), was the author of novels that chronicled much of that Southeast Asian country's turbulent history. His writing had special force because he lived that history, doing much of his best work while imprisoned as a result of his dissident activities. Born on February 6, 1925 in Blora, Dutch East Indies...

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Well actually what's bookworm? Bookworm is a popular generalization for any insect that supposedly bores through books. No, no, no.. we're not literally talking about that bookworm, but the other bookworm which means someone who loves reading books. They are also called bibliophiles. How do I know  I am a bookworm? If you go to the library and lookout for a new book to read,...

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