Flybird's Nest

photo credit to: verifiedchoice.com Nightingale  Author : Kristin Hannah Year : 2015 Language : English Edition : Ebooks. *** In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France … but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. Vianne's sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of ...

A Step Towards Falling By Cammie McGovern Emily has always been the kind of girl who tries to do the right thing—until one night when she does the worst thing possible. She sees Belinda, a classmate with developmental disabilities, being attacked. Inexplicably, she does nothing at all. Belinda, however, manages to save herself. When their high school finds out what happened, Emily and Lucas, a football player who was also there that night, are required to perform community service at a center for disabled people. Soon, Lucas and Emily begin to feel like maybe they're starting to make a real difference. Like they would be able to do the right thing if they could do that night all over again. But can they do anything that will actually help the one person they hurt the most? *** Pertama kali melihat buku ini di etalase sebuah toko buku import dengan label Lowest Price in Town! Covernya yang catchy dan sticker 25% off, membuat saya berhenti untuk membaca back cover bu...

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell "Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . " From the award-winning author of Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, and Landline comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel about love in the workplace. Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives. Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke. When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should t...

Beautiful Ruins (Hardcover edition) Beautiful Ruins Author : Jess Walter Year : 2012 Dengan sampul yang luar biasa cantik, foto dari sebuah kota di Cinque Terre- pesisir Italia, buku ini langsung menarik perhatian siapapun yang melihat. Tanpa membaca blurbs (yang memang tidak ada di halaman belakang!), pembaca akan menimang apakah buku ini layak untuk dibawa pulang? Apalagi, buku ini mendapatkan banyak pujian dari siapapun yang namanya tertera di cover bagian belakang tersebut. Beautiful Ruins menceritakan tentang beberapa orang dengan pusatnya adalah seorang pemuda berusia 20-an bernama Pasquale, dan seorang aktris kelas dua holywood bernama Dee Moray. Pasquale adalah satu-satunya anak yang tersisa dari pasangan Italia yang tinggal di sebuah desa berada di Cinque Terre, Italia. Desa yang berada di kaki bukit karang yang tidak memiliki pantai, dan terpisah dari desa-desa lain yang lebih maju. Pasquale mengelola sebuah hostel bernama "Adequate View" dengan jumlah pe...

The Little Prince The Little Prince Author : Antoine de Saint-Exupery Publisher : Penguins (Modern Classic) Original Language : France Read-Language : English First Published in 1943 *** Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French Language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behavior through a series of extraordinary encounters, His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to earth and further adventures. *** Ada beberapa alasan mengapa saat melihat buku ini berada di atas rak toko buku , saya langsung mengambilnya tanpa membaca blurbs di halaman belakangnya. Pertama, saya ketinggalan nonton filmnya, kedua karena saya suka dengan covernya, ketiga karena judulnya : The Little Prince-sudah sangat menggoda, dan terakhir serta yang paling penting, baru kali ini saya melihat Penguins-publis...

No Longer Human Author : Osamu Dazai Year 1st Published : 1948 Publisher : Tuttle *** The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's  No Longer Human  narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness. *** Pernah membaca karya Haruki Murakami? Franz Kafka? Albert Camus?  Jika Ya untuk ketiganya, maka kamu tidak akan asing dengan No Longer Human milik Osamu...

China Rich Girlfriend  China Rich Girlfriend Author : Kevin Kwan Year Published : 2015 Language : English *** Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of  Crazy Rich Asians , is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather.     On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancé willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything ...