Hermès Temptation is a non-fiction lifestyle and memoir book written by Alexandra Dewi and Fitria Yusuf, published in 2011 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama. Based on a true story, the book takes readers behind the scenes into the glittering, ultra-exclusive, and fiercely competitive high-society world of luxury handbag trading—specifically focusing on legendary, hard-to-get designer pieces like the…
Family Album is a sweeping, emotional bestselling novel written by master storyteller Danielle Steel, originally published in 1985. Spanning several decades, the novel traces the triumphs, heartbreaks, scandals, and enduring bonds of a remarkable American family navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood fame, changing cultural eras, and deeply personal crises.
The Beautiful and Damned is a 1922 novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set during the glamorous, high-society boom of the Jazz Age, the novel explores the slow, agonizing moral and financial decay of a wealthy young couple. Widely considered a semi-autobiographical reflection of Fitzgerald’s own tumultuous early life and marriage to Zelda Sayre, the book offers a cynical, sharp crit…
The story is set in the fictional, wealthy village of Highbury and follows Emma Woodhouse: twenty-one, handsome, clever, rich, and remarkably self-satisfied. Having successfully engineered the marriage of her former governess, Miss Taylor, to the local widower Mr. Weston, Emma fancies herself a brilliant matchmaker. Despite gentle warnings from her sensible neighbor and lifelong friend, Mr. …
Published in 1905, The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 short stories that famously brought the world’s most famous detective back from the dead after Arthur Conan Doyle had killed him off in The Adventure of the Final Problem.
The story begins in British India, where Mary Lennox is a spoiled, disagreeable, and neglected ten-year-old girl born to wealthy, distant parents who pay little attention to her. When a sudden outbreak of cholera claims the lives of both her parents and all the household servants, Mary is left completely alone. She is sent away from India to live in England with her enigmatic and grieving un…
A Study in Scarlet is the inaugural detective novel by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally published in 1887. Commissioned for Beeton's Christmas Annual, this historic tale introduced the world to the legendary consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend and chronicler, Dr. John H. Watson. The novel is famous for establishing the iconic dynamic between Holmes and…
The Art of War (Sunzi bingfa) is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to the military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun Tzu (meaning "Master Sun"), dating back to the late Spring and Autumn period (roughly the 5th century BC). Comprising 13 chapters, each dedicated to a distinct facet of warfare and strategy, it is universally recognized as one of the most influential and endu…
King Solomon's Mines is a classic adventure novel by English author H. Rider Haggard, published in 1885. It is widely considered the pioneer of the "lost world" literary genre and established the popular archetype of the colonial-era adventurer. The novel follows a rugged ivory hunter and his companions as they journey deep into the uncharted African interior in search of legendary riches and a…
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by English playwright William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1606–1607 and first published in the 1623 First Folio. Drawing from Plutarch’s Lives, the play spans the tumultuous Roman triumvirate period and depicts the passionate, politically ruinous love affair between the Roman general Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, contraste…