Everyone has that one guy. The one who broke your heart, the one who got away, the one you can't decide if you regret. Because the thing about first loves' is that you really did fall, and even though life fell short of happily ever after there were still things worth remembering. But while your first love is the hardest, it doesn't have to be the last. At least, that's what Arya's realizing. Told from past and present perspectives, Alone on Cloud 9 is about a girl who lived in her dreams and the one day that changed everything…

“Like the howl of an accordion—half sorrow and half joy, wondrous and exquisite—these stories squeezed my heart.” —Sandra Cisneros, author of "The House on Mango Street" * In "Once More to the River," Erasmo Guerra writes a moving account of his boyhood on the Texas-Mexico border. An award-winning novelist and journalist, Guerra explores present-day political and cultural realities, and recounts the shattering loss his family suffered when his teenage sister was murdered. Told with lyrical prose and a reporter’s ear for the “Tex-Mex” language of the region, these stories capture the voices of South Texas. By turns humorous and haunting, powerful and tender, this collection is an intensely personal chronicle of tragedy and the triumph of survival.

A decade of hurt; a lifetime of loss. Amy Carter has been through what most people could only imagine. Memories haunt her to her core and love ceases to exist. There is no hope in Amy’s world. And so, she dedicates her time to her studies, aiming for a law degree to gain justice for her father. Studying at Monash was all Amy had dreamed of, until she is accepted into Yale. This is where our story begins.

Do you believe in fate? Kayleigh Brown does. She believes that everything happens for a reason, that our lives are mapped out for us before were even born. She believes in fate so much that when she meets the incredible guy at the bar, she knows it’s not meant to be. This guy can't be meant for her because he's on his stag night. He’s promising himself to another woman, taking himself off the market and committing to someone else. Fate was just messing with her this time; if he was the one she was meant to be with then there would be some signs to show that. He wouldn’t be that easy to cut out of her life. But even when the signs start appearing, Kayleigh chooses to ignore them, going against everything she’s ever believed in her life. Instead, she tells herself that fate is what you make it, fate is about choices, and she chooses not to be with him. But is it really going to be that easy?

Demi menyelesaikan tesisnya tentang TKW, Diandra nekat menjalani profesi tersebut ke Singapura. Bagaimana kalau ternyata majikannya adalah pria tampan, lajang, dan kesepian? Benarkah sang majikan ada hubungannya dengan kematian salah satu rekan Diandra sesama TKW? Mana yang harus dia pilih akhirnya, perasaan ataukah logika? Pict of Merlion taken from: http://lifineart.com/galleryartworks/woon_MerlionEsplane13July2009.JPG

Who is Marilyn Monroe? It is the 1940's when Marilyn becomes a symbol for women's independence. She is a symbol for men's desires. Even in death, she remains every girl's idol, the woman men drool over. She is who girls wish to be and who men wish they had. But outside of all the fame and fortune, there's another side to Marilyn. In there is the shy, insecure girl overwhelmed by sudden success, who idolizes Clark Gable, who had a rough childhood, and who is used by men but can still fall head-over-heels in love. Go back to her time and see how she lived. This is the real Marilyn Monroe's story.

Abby Elliott and Van Taylor have been close for years. Close in friendship, close to killing each other when they disagree, and they even live across the street from each other. But one affair, a drunken kiss, and not to mention their whole group of friends that's been together for years, could really change things....

Prince John's biggest fear? Becoming King, and everything to do with it, from the sheltered life, to someday having to get married. Celia, a lady knight, minus the 'Lady' if she can help it, is not looking forward to coming of age and attending the High Ball which she thinks is nothing more than a market for single girls. The two have hated each other since childhood, but when the stress gets to John and he does something drastic, Celia's the only one who can help.