Optimist

The novel is mainly about the forgotten British poet/writer named C. J Richards who lived in Burma/Myanmar in colonial times and he believed himself as a Burmophile. He served as I.C.S (Indian Civil Servant) and when he retired from I.C.S service, he was a D.C (District Commissioner) and he left for England a year before Burma gained its independence in 1948. He came to Burma in 1920 to work in civil service after passing the hardest I.C.S examination. He wrote several books on Burma and contributed many monthly articles to Guardian Magazine published in Burma from 1953 to 1974 or 1975. Though he wrote several books which had much literary merit to both communities, Britain and Burma (Myanmar), people failed to recognize him. The story has two parts: one part is set in the contemporary Yangon (then called Rangoon) in 2016 context and a young literary enthusiast named “Lin” found out unexpectedly the forgotten writer’s poetry book and there is surely a good deal of time gap that led him into a quest to know more about the author’s life. The setting is quite different comparing to colonial Burma and independence Myanmar (Burma), early twentieth century and 2016 which is a transitional period in Myanmar. The writer’s life is fictionalized in the novel and most of the facts are taken from his personal stories and other reference books. It is a kind of historical novel with a twist and it has comparatively constructed the two different periods in Myanmar history to convince readers, locally and abroad more about history, authorship, humanity, colonialism, and transitional development in Myanmar today.

Amanda Hale,Andy to a chosen few she permitted to call her with that nickname,is in deep shit with a lot of problems she's facing. She had no idea how to survive her sister in college and her mom in the hospital. For some reason a miracle is about to happen in her life. But she needs to make the right decision or she would be in deeper shit than where she is right now. Join her as she will journey through this all and be a part of her successes and failures.

Imagine being kidnapped; being held hostage; being threatened with hunger and violence; surviving with unknown people. Imagine finding a connection, finding love in that oh so terrible prison. Imagine being loved by that love. Imagine being lost, torn away from that love; slapped back to the reality of your fate. Imagine being tortured; the pain not mostly from your own torture, but from the knowledge that the love was somewhere else, somewhere close but far; also being tortured. Imagine your whole life being questioned, threatened to be a lie. Imagine that love being questioned. Imagine being alone. Imagine Love In Bondage.

He's cold and ruthless and one of the most feared alphas in this new world where the werewolves rule. He cares about nothing, and no one can break through the formidable defence he's built around himself- that is until he met her! Nancy is just an average human girl and in this new world dominated by the werewolves, that's a code for 'target for lab rat'. An agency is taking the few surviving humans into custody for experimenting on genetic coding and gene modification. Problem is, she's been spotted on the agency's radar while snooping around and helping an injured wolf and now she needs protection from them. Throw in an alpha who's bent on paying his debt to her for more reasons than one by taking her under his protection, and buried secrets that will rear its ugly head soon and change every truth Nancy has ever known and you'll have yourself a story you'd want to read. Will their love story survive or will there be too much for either of them to handle.

Mencintai, bagiku ya harus memiliki. Apapun itu alasannya! Seorang Adam datang, ketulusannya meluluhkanku. Sorot matanya yang tajam, memabukkanku. Sedang sebuah cincin, yang melingkar di jari manisnya, seketika menghancurkan harapanku. Iya, dia sudah beristri. Tetapi hasratku untuk memilikinya, tetap menggelora, tidak akan pernah padam sampai kapanpun. Mungkin ini sedikit gila, tetapi ini lah kisahku. Kisah seorang wanita muda, yang bernama Criana.

Musim Semi adalah musim yang disukai orang-orang. Musim yang seharusnya memberikan kebahagiaan, karena Musim Semi adalah musim yang mengawali sebuah kehidupan. Di mata orang-orang, hidup Jolanka tampaknya tak pernah bisa menyentuh Musim Semi. Tapi, Jolanka positif, bahwa ia bisa merasakan Musim Semi-nya meski hal itu datang di hari kematiannya.

Keanehan terjadi pada pasangan Rudiansyah dan Mayasari ketika wanita itu melahirkan bayinya. Meski hanya dari desa dan tidak berpendidikan tinggi, Mayasari dan Rudiansyah bukanlah orang-orang yang berpikiran sempit. Bahkan, selama masa kehamilan Mayasari mereka lebih memilih memeriksakan kandungannya ke bidan atau dokter di kota. Untuk USG dia memang memilih ke dokter di kota karena bidan dan puskesmas di desanya belum memiliki alat USG. Mayasari sendiri termasuk wanita yang rajin memeriksakan kandungannya. Dan kala itu, dokter juga sudah melakukan pemeriksaan Ultrasonografi atau USG. Dari hasil pemeriksaan USG diketahui jika Mayasari mengandung seorang bayi perempuan. Hanya satu orang bayi. Namun, betapa terkejutnya mereka saat tiba waktunya Mayasari melahirkan, wanita itu melahirkan bayi kembar perempuan. Bayi tersebut lahir setelah beberapa menit setelah Mayasari melahirkan bayinya yang lain. Hal yang membuat mereka heran adalah setelah Mayasari melahirkan bayinya yang pertama, perut Mayasari langsung kempes dan dokter sudah memeriksa jika memang tak ada bayi lain setelah Mayasari melahirkan. Mereka bertanya-tanya, darimana datangnya bayi kedua Mayasari? Selain itu ada keanehan lain saat bayi kedua itu lahir. Kelahiran bayi itu, diiringi gemuruh suara angin dan petir yang menggelegar bersahutan juga hujan yang sangat deras. Bahkan suasana pun berubah mencekam dan mampu membuat bulu kuduk berdiri. Ada misteri apakah sebenarnya di balik kelahiran kembaran bayi Mayasari?

Cyril is a sophomore student who is just like any other teenager. Just recently before their freshmen year ended, he had admitted a secret to his clubmates, thus making him the bullies' target. This resulted in him losing his friends and be left with one true friend, Hera. Everything seemed chaotic already until they became classmates with a supposed to be senior student named, Kode. The older guy, on the other, is a loner. He has repeated the year level for 2 years already because he doesn't want to attend school anymore, but his parents force him to. However, after a long drive home from the prom party at the end of the school year all of their lives completely changed, though, they were unsure if the change was for better or worse.

Bagaimana jadinya jika seorang gadis mendapati kisah cintanya mirip dengan cerita fanfiction yang disukainya? Akankah kisahnya benar-benar berakhir bahagia seperti cerita yang dibacanya, ataukah malah memiliki akhir yg berbeda?

"The story of wedding proposals and unexpected rejections from each other influenced by their family members", is the one line narration of Persuasion, a romantic novel by Jane Austen. Frederick Wentworth, a Naval officer proposed to wed Annie, when she was 19 years old. Anne's family members felt that Frederick is not the right match for her as Frederick is poor and does not have a family back round. Influenced by her family members including father, sister and brother-in-law, Anne later decided not to marry Frederick. Russel, acting in place of her mother, breaks the engagement. Eight years later Frederick becomes wealthy and he is now a captain. Anne still unmarried now and meets Frederick who has not forgiven Anne's rejection. Being an eligible bachelor now, he publicly declares he would accept proposal from any one except Anne.