Steve Jobs: Insanely great

Enter the world of Steve Jobs -- disrupter, icon, hero -- and be inspired by his fascinating life presented here as a graphic novel.

Faith in Writing : forty years of essays

Through the difficult days of Indonesia's authoritarianism, in the face of violence, through the euphoria of democratic transition, and ensuing disillusionment, one Indonesian writer has never lost faith in the act of writing. Goenawan Mohamad is an activist, journalist, editor, essayist, poet, commentator, theatre director and playwright. These essays, translated by his long-time collaborator …

Are we there yet?

Join, Enid Blyton, one of the world's best storytellers on six fun-filled family holiday adventures! Mike, Belinda and Ann love the Summer holidays - whether they're exploring idyllic Sea-gull Cove, bundled in all together into the family caravan, sailing down a narrow canal in a cosy houseboat or sailing the high seas on a glamorous ocean liner, they know they'll always be in for an adventure.…

Don't Worry Be Hopey (Soft Cover)

Kegalauan adalah melihat masa depan dengan mempertimbangkan semua ahl buruk yang bisa terjadi. Kecemasan tak semestinya seperti itu adalah penyakit kognitif dalam skala mewabah di dunia modern kita. Penangkalnya adalah melihat masa depan dengan mempertimbangkan segala hal baik yang bisa terjadi. Ini bahkan bisa meningkatkan kemungkinan keberhasilan. Ini menambah harapan alih-alih negativit…

Dyslexia : how to survive and succeed at work

Dyslexic people face many problems in the workplace: difficulties with reading and writing, memory, organisation and time management, and a recent TUC report on dyslexia in the workplace estimates that 3 million people are affected. Dyslexia: How to survive and succeed at work is written by a leading expert in the field for people of all backgrounds and abilities and will help you to master …

Ebola : the natural and human history of a deadly virus

In 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leaving no trace. Over the four decades since, Ebola has emerged sporadically, each time to devastating effect. It can kill up to 90 percent of its victims. In between these outbreaks, it is untraceable, hiding deep in the jungle. The search is on to find Ebola’s elusive host animal. And until we find…

Bird Flu

A bird flu pandemic is inevitable—so we are told. First identified in China, this apparently merciless virus, which originated in chickens, has the potential to mutate and kill thousands, even millions of people. John Farndon offers a compact, one-stop read that tells it straight. The public doesn’t want to spend months doing research, and Bird Flu provides readers with all the necessary in…

The One Minute Manager : increase productivity, profits and your own prosperity

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Leadership Secrets

The leadership secrets that experts and top professionals use. Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Leadership. Includes how to: • Understand and develop your leadership style • Identify strategic goals for your department • Motivate and manage teams of all sizes • Build a culture of results and responsibility • Lead the way out of a crisis

Ride the Rising Wind: A Woman

In May 1949, at the age of twenty, Barbara Kingscote left her farm in Mascouche, Quebec, and set out for the Pacific Ocean on horseback. Barbara and her equine companion Zazy reached the West Coast just over a year later, after travelling 4ꯠ miles and discovering the heart of this great country. "Ride the Rising Wind" reveals Canada through the fresh eyes of a brave young woman discovering bo…

Cool Food : refreshing food and drink ideas for lazy days

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Laughing Allegra : the inspiring story of a mother's struggle and triumph rai…

When Anne Ford, great-granddaughter of Henry Ford, learned that her four-year-old daughter Allegra’s “differences” were the result of severe learning disabilities, she faced a challenge that neither money nor position could ease. Desperate for answers, Anne sought out doctors, teachers, counselors, and oth- ers who could help her build a support network for herself and her daughter, while…

Dealing With the Tough Stuff : how to achieve results from crucial conversations

Explains why avoiding dealing with the tough stuff at work can be so costly for managers, staff, and, ultimately, the business Features methods and strategies that have been backed by contemporary theory and tested and trialed with thousands of participants Zeroes in on ways to uncover the root cause of difficult behavior Shares advice for finding the best way to be assertive in any situation R…

Great Answer to Tough Career Dilemmas : test your aptitude, be inspired and d…

Great Answers to Tough Career Dilemmas helps you overcome the fear associated with bagging your dream job and aims to expand your horizons with career solutions you would never previously have considered. With a comprehensive aptitude test and a resulting matrix of career solutions, it will reveal what you are most suited for and how you can start on the path to success

Departures

As an airhostess with the new Indonesian Airlines, Elisa is determined to establish her independence and find a place where she really feels she belongs. With a troubled family background and almost no knowledge of her past or ancestry, Elisa is searching for her true identity. If finding her real father proves a heartbreaking search, then perhaps marriage to the handsome Javanese man she has f…

Jejak langkah

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Book Scavenger : where life is a game and books are the token

Twelve-year-old Emily is on the move again. Her family is relocating to San Francisco, home of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, creator of Book Scavenger, a game where books are hidden and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles. But Emily soon learns that Griswold has been attacked, derailing the launch of his epic new game. Then she and her friend James discover an odd clue, whic…

Some Places More Than Others

All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father’s family in New York City--Harlem, to be exact. She can’t wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay in the brownstone where her father grew up. Maybe this will help her understand her family--and herself--in new way. But New York City is not exactly what Amara thought it would be. It’s crowded, with …

The Dark is Rising Sequence : the dark is rising

With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. His task is monumental: he must find and guard the six great Signs of the Light, which, when joined, will create a force strong enough to match and perhaps overcome that of the Dark. Em…

The Adrien Mole Diaries

The agonizingly funny, captivatingly poignant journals of England’s bespotted everyboy are now available again. An international phenomenon and perennial favorite since their initial publication made a splash in Thatcher’s Britain more than twenty years ago, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 ¾ is now side-by-side with its hilarious sequel The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole in this coll…

The Mosquito Coast : a novel

The paranoid and brilliant inventor Allie Fox takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the one they've left. Fleeing from an America he sees as mired in materialism and conformity, he hopes to rediscover a purer life. But his utopian experiment takes a dark turn when his obsessions lead the family toward unimaginable danger.

The Cay

Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed. When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip reme…

Dracula

In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote a classic horror story that has spawned hundreds of imitators but has never been surpassed. From Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire to such writers such as Stephenie Meyer, the story of the vampire--and the godfather of them all, Dracula--lives on. Compelling, chilling, engrossing, filled with suspense and fear--this is a tale you can't put down. Includes a fascinati…

Chasing Vermeer

When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by…

Scoop

Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs. Algernon Stitch, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in th…

Accross the Barricades

Kevin and Sadie just want to be together, but it's not that simple. Things are bad in Belfast. Soldiers walk the streets and the city is divided. No Catholic boy and Protestant girl can go out together - not without dangerous consequences . . .

Jadilah temanku

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The wonderful wizard of Oz

When a huge cyclone transports the orphan Dorothy and her little dog Toto from Kansas to the Land of Oz, where she follows the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City where the Wonderful Wizard of Oz will grant any wish. She has further adventures in Glinda of Oz.

Rainbow Troops

Published in Indonesia in 2005, The Rainbow Troops, Andrea Hirata's closely autobiographical debut novel, sold more than five million copies, shattering records. Now it promises to captivate audiences around the globe. Ikal is a student at the poorest village school on the Indonesian island of Belitong, where graduating from sixth grade is considered remarkable. His school is under constant th…