Kadang-kadang kita jatuh cinta kepada milik orang, kadang-kadang kepada orang yang berbeda agama. Dan yang ia hadapi adalah keduanya, komplet menjadi satu. Mengapa manusia selalu tergerak hatinya untuk meraih ketidakmungkinan? Batavia, 1918. Yansen, pemuda Minahasa, hendak mewujudkan mimpi menjadi dokter di tanah air sendiri. Bersama Hilman pemuda Sunda, Sudiro pemuda Jawa, dan Arsan pemuda Minang, Yansen menemukan ikatan persahabatan di STOVIA. Masa lalu masing-masing tokoh turut membayangi perjalanan mereka selama belajar di sekolah kedokteran pertama di Hindia Belanda itu. Fiksi berlatar Hindia Belanda di awal abad ke-20 ini menceritakan bagaimana keempat sekawan itu saling mendukung kala mereka menghadapi masalah hidup masing-masing, dari soal cinta, keluarga, lingkungan di sekolah, hingga misteri pembunuhan seorang pengusaha Belanda.

Buku sejarah hidup Tan Malaka, Bapak Republik Indonesia yang ditulis secara pribadi ketika beliau berada dalam Penjara di tanah airnya sendiri. Buku ini terdiri dari Tiga jilid, dimana jilid pertama ditulis oleh beliau ketika berada di Penjara Magelang. Hampir sebagian hidup Tan Malaka dihabiskannya di dalam penjara, akibat aktifitas politiknya yang anti kolonialisme. Namun pada kenyataannya, Tan Malaka tidak hanya dipenjarakan oleh Pemerintah kolonial, tp juga oleh pemerintahan bangsanya sendiri yang berbeda posisi politik dengan Tan Malaka. Jilid pertama ini mengisahkan kehidupan beliau disekitar masa pemenjaraan oleh pemerintah Hindia Belanda dan pemerintah Filipina.

Rio selalu ingin menjadi seperti Profesor Nuka—seorang ilmuwan hebat yang melakukan hal-hal besar untuk menyelamatkan lautan. Namun, kenyataannya, Rio hanyalah asisten laboratorium kampus biasa dengan kehidupan yang datar. Tak ada yang istimewa dari dirinya atau apa yang dia lakukan. Hingga suatu hari semua berubah drastis. Seorang pembunuh bayaran mengincarnya. Rio terjebak dalam intrik penelitian rahasia Profesor Nuka yang dianggap berbahaya. Penemuan tersebut, yang seharusnya menyelamatkan lautan, justru bisa menghancurkan ekosistemnya. Dibantu oleh Yunita, seorang agen organisasi perlindungan laut dunia, Rio bukan hanya berusaha menyelamatkan dirinya, tetapi juga mengungkap kebenaran di balik apa yang sebenarnya diciptakan oleh ilmuwan yang ia kagumi.

'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessential core of what stories are all about?' — Haruki Murakami, from the afterword to The City and Its Uncertain Walls. The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a Town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature’s most important writers.

Discover Majapahit, the mighty empire in Southeast Asia that many have never heard of. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Majapahit kingdom reigned supreme in eastern Java, and its influence stretched far and wide, throughout present-day Indonesia, parts of the Malay peninsula and the island of Tumasek, now Singapore. Majapahit's army famously repelled Kublai Khan's invasion, and its formidable navy humbled even the renowned Portuguese mariners. Walk the bustling streets of Majapahit, a melting pot of aristocratic Javanese, shaven-head Brahmins, hermits in bark cloth, widows dressed in white, and Chinese, Persian and Arab traders. Discover beautiful temples and imposing palaces, and markets brimming with goods from all over Asia. At the heart of Majapahit's story are eccentric kings and queens embroiled in bloody family feuds, and a tipsy court scribe who has the good sense to write down everything he sees. Witness the drama of royal intrigues, murders, revenge and war. This is not just the story of an empire's rise and fall, it is an exploration of a society rich in religious diversity, social tolerance and artistic achievement, and a society - much like Indonesia today - which must navigate its way in the challenging tapestry of Chinese and Southeast Asian geopolitics.

Guido and Vincent are childhood best friends—third cousins, really—living in Cambridge and dreaming about their futures. Guido plans to write poetry while Vincent feels confident he will win a Nobel prize for physics. When Guido spots Holly while exiting a museum, he can immediately sense that she will be difficult, quirky, and hard to live with. He loves her on sight. Vincent, open-minded and cheerful, meets Misty at work. Though she is a  bored and misanthropic brunette, he finds himself desperate to know her. Through courtship, jealousy, estrangement, and other perils, Happy All the Time follows four sane, intelligent, and good-intentioned people who manage to find love in spite of themselves. This 2021 reissue includes a new foreword by Katherine Heiny and cover art by Olivia McGiff. An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.

“My Brilliant Life is a moving, earnest, and deeply-felt exploration of a unique family in all its joys and disappointments . . . an utter delight.” —Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had Despite being house-bound due to an accelerated-aging disorder, Areum lives life to its fullest, vicariously through the stories of his parents, conversations with Little Grandpa Jang—his sixty-year-old neighbor and best friend, and through the books he reads to visit the places he would otherwise never see. For several months, Areum has been working on a manuscript, piecing together his parents’ often embellished stories about his family and childhood. He hopes to present it on his birthday, as a final gift to his mom and dad; their own falling-in-love story. As his seventeenth birthday approaches, Areum moves into the long-term ward in the city hospital, bringing abrupt change to his daily life; from a new friend who might be more—or less—than she seems, to his loving parents who are definitely keeping something from him. There are also the challenges of the creeping darkness in his eyes, and the loneliness of his shrinking connection to the world outside his window. Areum meets these situations head on, and with the support of family and friends, finds joy in even the most difficult times. Interweaving the past and present of a tight-knit family, Ae-ran Kim's My Brilliant Life evokes the full breadth of human emotions; happiness and sadness, pain and relief, emptiness and significance; masterfully exploring the power of empathy.

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersburg, it is the story of a young man fighting his inner restlessness. A light and tender narrative, it delves into the torment and guilt of unrequited love. Both protagonists suffer from a deep sense of alienation that initially brings them together. A blend of romanticism and realism, the story appeals gently to the senses and feelings.