Steve Jobs: Insanely great

Jobs’s remarkable life reads like a history of the personal technology industry. He started Apple Computer in his parents’ garage and eventually became the tastemaker of a generation, creating products we can’t live without. Through it all, he was an overbearing and demanding perfectionist, both impossible and inspiring. Capturing his unparalleled brilliance, as well as his many demons, J…

Victory 100 Great Military Commanders

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9780572029364

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208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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920.02 CAW v

The Wanted : the unauthorized biography

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9781782430391

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254 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.

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Astronomy

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9781444103137

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276 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.

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Teach Yourself

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520 MOO a

Thomas Edison: His electrifying life

Provides an overview of the inventions, patents and technological advances pioneered by the "Wizard of Menlo Park" as well as his concentration on industrial research and his flair for marketing and promotion.

Time : Albert Einstein ; the enduring legacy of a modern genius

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9781603201735

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925 TIM

Hitler

Narrates the dictator's rise and fall, describing how by the force of his personality, political fanaticism, and superior abilities as an orator he became the leader of Germany and led his country into the devastation of World War II.

Thomas Edison : his electrifying life

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Pram Dalam Belenggu

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9786027197879

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899.221 TOE p

Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: vision and reality

OverviewrnVan Gogh, who took up a variety of professions before becoming an artist, was a solitary, despairing and self-destructive man. This richly illustrated and expert study follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of peasants and workers in his homeland, through his bright and colorful Parisian period, to the work of his final years, spent und…

Bung Karno : penyambung lidah rakyat Indonesia

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9789799114518

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415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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923.1

Rendra: Ia Tak Pernah Pergi

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Original

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9789797094393

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385p;ill.

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920 HER r

Panggil Aku King

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1st

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9789797094218

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xxiii, 456 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

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927.9 ADH p

Titik Balik Bima Arya

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9789792516463

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232 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

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920 EFF t

China men

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0679723285

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973.04951 KIN c

Charles Dickens

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9780300170931

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823.8 SLA c

The first tycoon: The epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

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9781400031740

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973.5092 STI f

Gandhi before India

Detailing the life and work of the influential political advocate draws on private papers and other untapped sources to cover his birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, discussing his London education and decades as a lawyer in South Africa.

Michael: 1958-2009

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Living with a dead language: My romance with latin

After thirty-five years as a book editor in New York, Ann Patty stopped working and moved to the country. Bored, she decided to challenge her word-loving brain through studying Latin at local colleges. Her study opened unexpected windows into her life, and along the way, she met an impassioned group of professors, students and classicists outside of academia who keep Latin very much alive. Wr…

Red sorrow: A memoir of the cultural revolution

The author describes her experiences during China's Cultural Revolution, relating how she was "sent down" to the largest work camp in China, where she endured lies and betrayal until she was able to attend Madame Mao's university.

Every bone tells a story: Hominin discoveries, deductions and debates

When did language begin? How did early humans populate the globe? By looking closely at four of the most significant hominins ever discovered, the authors explain how Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman have influenced debates about the nature of the earliest members of the family Hominidae.

Mao

From humble origins in the provinces, Mao Zedong rose to absolute power, unifying with an iron fist a vast country torn apart by years of weak leadership, colonialism, and war. Both a canny tactician and a hardworking organizer, Mao parlayed the privations of the famous Long March and the success of his guerrilla army into a powerful cult of personality and a dominant position in the burgeoning…

Eureka: How invention happens

While the discoveries of scientists have provided vital knowledge which has made innovation possible, it is more often than not the amateur who enjoys the "eureka moment" when an invention works for the first time. Weightman tells fascinating stories of struggle, rivalry, and the ingenuity of both famous inventors and hundreds of forgotten people, and offers a fresh take on the making of our mo…

Kepler and the universe: How one man revolutionized astronomy

A contemporary of Galileo and a forerunner of Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a pioneering German scientist and a pivotal figure in the history of astronomy. This colorful biography brings the man and his scientific discoveries to life, showing how his contributions were every bit as important as those of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. It was Kepler who first advocated the compl…

Conversations with myself

Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has opened his personal archive, which offers an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life and offers a unique access to the private world of an incomparable world leader. Journals kept on …

Napoleon: My ambition was great

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0810992086

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944.05 LEN n

Cezanne

Describes the development of Cezanne's techniques for creating landscapes, still-lifes, and figure studies, and discusses influences on his work

Michael Faraday and the electrical century

Faraday's forte was electricity, a revolutionary force in 19th-century society. The electric telegraph made mass-communication possible; hopeful inventors during the 1840s looked forward to the day when everything would be done by electricity. By the end of the century, electricity really was in the process of transforming everyday life. What was Faraday's role in all this? How did his science …

First man: The life of Neil A. Armstrong

On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch 38-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also--as NASA historian Hansen reveals in this authorized biography--misunderstood. Armstrong's accomplishments as an engineer, a t…