This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature—Emma Bovary. Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing voluptuous dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentimental desires lead her only to suffering corruption and downfall. A brilliant psychological portrai…
Introduce future engineers, inventors, naturalist, and artists to the physics and chemistry, biology and ecology that can be found in everyday play. Create chemical reactions, explore gravity and friction, transform states of matter, play with air pressure, and much more through 52 simpe experiments that zip and zoom, fly and fizz, bubble and burst.
Tahukan Ayah-Bunda bahwa tantrum, rasa cemas berlebihan, dan berbagai luapan emosi lainnya yang dialami anak ternyata bisa disebabkan oleh otak yang belum berkembang secara sempurna? Namun, Ayah-Bunda tidak perlu khawatir. The Whole-Brain Child menawarkan dua belas strategi utama untuk mendorong perkembangan otak yang sehat, sehingga anak menjadi lebih tenang dan bahagia.
With this beautifully illustrated collection, children can start to explore the wonderful world of poetry. Rhymes about nature, nonsense, playtime and enchantment will let imaginations soar.
The Climate Crisis is real. It is already changing the world aroud us. This book will help you to understand how we know this to be true, and what effect it might have in the future. The GOOD NEWS is that we have a plan. But the BIG QUESTION still remains-will we choose to do it?
Whether it's going to school, stopping at a red light or paying for something, you're obeying a LAW. But laws aren't just about telling people what they can and can't do. They keep us safe, give us freedoms and help us settle arguments. Find out how it all works in this bright and friendly introduction.
Make the world a happier place! The activities in this book will help you feel confident, kind...and happy. Be your own best friend, be a cheerleader for your friends and speak up when it really counts. Everyone deserves to feel happy so, let's start with you!
Are you ready for mischief? For the Malign family, Mischief is a very serious matter. But Malice Malign isn't like the rest of her family... When Malice's sister uncovers a TIME-STOPPING POCKETWATCH, she unleashes a whole world of trouble. Maniacal, the most malevolent of all the Malignsm is back and he needs to be STOPPED! The clock is ticking...
Paparan tentang kesuksesan dalam buku ini sangat mendasar dan langka. Lazimnya, buku-buku tentang kesuksesan lebih menawarkan sisi-sisi praktis. Namun, buku ini justru mengajak Anda menggarap inti masalah kesuksesan:pikiran. Tak hanya itu, buku ini mengontraskan dengan apik tokoh-tokoh dunia-di bidang musik, sastra, sains, olahraga, dan bisnis-yang berpola pikir tetap (fixed mindset) dan berpol…
Do you have a lot of curious questions? Then you've picked up the RIGHT book! Your world is a very curious place. Marvellous illustrations and mighty facts explore all that is magical and mind-blowing about space., earth, animals, science, and much more.
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of…
Tilda is so excited when her teacher asks her to run Mash-Up Dance classes to practise for the school concert. It's Tilda's first REAL teacher job! But there is one thing she isn't so sure about. Tilda has also been asked to give a speech at the concert. Now Tilda is feeling enthusiascared- that's right, enthusiastic and scared! What if she messes up her speech? Will the concert be a master mas…
Tilda wants to get a dog, but her parents say no. They tell her that Baby Joe is too young for a pet, and that dogs are expensive to keep. But Tilda is sure a dog will be a better family member than Baby Joe, who can be so annoisy- that's right, annoying and noisy. Tilda decides to make the money she needs for a dog herself. She runs an animal care class, making pet products she can sell. But w…
Tilda has just come back from an amazin holiday. She can't wait to tell Binky and Harry all about it! But her two best friends wont stop talking about their holiday together, and it sounds like they had the Best Time Ever! Tilda is feeling jealoppointed. That's right, jealous and disappointed! Maybe her friends will stop talking about their holiday if Tilda teaches them to make paper chatterbo…
Tilda can't wait to show Binky and Harry what a superstar swimmer she is, with her splashy splashes and fishy flips! But when she realises she can't swim properly, Tilda is embuzzled. That's right, embarrassed and puzzled! Maybe Tilda will feel better if she teaches her friends something actually cool-like cartwheeling! Tilda's cartwheel class is super fun, until it rolls out of control...
More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced each other in an epic battle that rewrote history and came to be known as the Trojan War. The Iliad, Homer's legendary account of this nine-year ordeal, is considered the greatest war story of all time and one of the most important works of Western literature. In this stunning graphic novel adaptation -- a thoroughly researched and artfully r…
Greetings from Jakarta: Postcards of a Capital 1900-1950 is the most comprehensive visual record of Jakarta ever published covering the first half of the twentieth century which was also the last half century of colonial rule. Four hundred and sixty postcards from the author's own collection are brought together here to reveal a city that has largely vanished and is barely recognizable even to …
Portraits of a Capital 1950-1980 shows the evolution of Jakarta during the first three decades after Indonesian independence (1945) and the recognition of national sovereignty by the Dutch (1949) had finally been achieved. It reveals the capital city of a newly independent nation throwing off its colonial inheritance to build a bold new capital that for President Sukarno would be a “beacon”…
Nusantaria – often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' – is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single linguistic, cultural and trading base. Nusantaria encompasses the land…
Nancy Clancy has everything she needs to be a super sleuth (that's a fancy word for detective). Now all she needs is a good mystery to solve. But when crime strikes in her classroom, will Nancy have what it takes to crack the case?
Nancy's Magic 8 Ball doesn't work ever since JoJo dropped it. And the paper dortune-tellers that Nancy and Bree love making never give answers you can count on,. Then all of a sudden Nancy starts predicting things that do come true! Can she really see the future? All signs seems to point to yes! So Nancy tries her hand at fortune-telling during recess. What she sees, however, isn;t the future; …
Nancy Clancy and her best friend, Bree, have love on the brain-after all, they're learning about the human heart in science class! But when the girls decide to play matchmaker, nothing works out as planned. So the big question is: Will love conquer all?
Nancy Clancy and her best friend, Bree, are off to solve another mystery-but this time it involves going back in times! As Nancy's class learns about time capcules in school, another relic from the past pop up in the present.
We all feel sad sometimes, especially when things aren't going so great. It can also be because our minds are dwelling on sad thoughts and we have too many of them, which can feel very uncomfortable and stop us from being happy and having fun. The Happy Workbook is here to help by showing how to express feeling clearly and openly, and offers creative ways to focus on the good things in life an…
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories, recounted from the perspective of Holmes' faithful friend and partner, Dr. Watson. In these intriguing tales, we see Sherlock Holmes contend with thievery, murder, deception, and immorality while utilizing his superior powers of deduction to solve the crimes that have been laid before him. This compilation includes several o…
In this book we have the last two Sherlock Holmes works that Conan Doyle gave to us. The Valley of Fear is a dark tale of an organized crime lodge, terrorizing the iron and coal valleys of America, which ultimately results in a gory murder across the ocean. His Las Bow is a deligthful collection of short stories that take place during various periods of Sherlock Holmes' career. The book fini…
The Return of Sherlock Holmes begins with the story of "The Empty House," which explains how our hero survived what was presumed to be his fatal encounter with the dastardly Professor Moriarty. At the end of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle presented us the intended final act of the detective's career as well as his life. However, at the insistence of his grieving fans, …