An appeal to the world: The way to peace in a time of division

The Dalai Lama "outlines both the inward and outward paths to peace, addressing a wide range of contemporary topics--from war, climate change, and materialism to meditation, universal ethics, and even neuroscience.

Napoleon: My ambition was great

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The ultimate book of impostors: Over 100 true stories of the greatest phonies…

Uncover the boldest and most notorious impostors and frauds in history!

Realism in 20th century painting

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Cezanne

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

Gauguin

Traces the life of the nineteenth century French artist, looks at his most important paintings, drawings, and sculpture, and discusses influences on his work

French painting in the Golden Age

The 17th century has always been considered the golden age - the grand siecle - of French culture. The reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV witnessed an unprecedented flowering of literature and philosophy, of music, architecture and art. The poetic history painting of Poussin, the landscapes of Claude Lorrain, the portraits of Philippe de Champaigne, and the celebratory art of Le Brun at the cou…

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 …

Journey to the centre of the earth: A scientific exploration into the heart o…

One hundred and fifty years after the extraordinary, imaginative feat of Jules Verne's 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth', David Whitehouse embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery into the heart of our world

Storm in a teacup: The physics of everyday life

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The weather book: Why it happens and where it comes from

Features facts, practical diagrams and explanations about weather phenomena and why they form. This title includes: weather systems - electrical storms, cyclones and the good-old British drizzle; weather tales - from raining frogs in Sussex, to ball lightning and sand storms in the East Midlands; and, weather forecasts

Junk DNA: A journey through the dark matter of the genome

For decades after identifying the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions that make up 98% of the human genome were dismissed as "junk," sequences that serve no purpose. Yet recently researchers have discovered variations and modulations in this junk DNA that underwrite a number of intractable…

Fearie tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome

A fantastical mix of spellbinding retelling of classic stories such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and Rumpelstiltskin, along with unsettling tales inspired by other children's classics, all interspersed with the original tales of their inspiration.

Panicology: What's there to be afraid of?

Combines statistics from news sources and government reports with their own analysis to take a rational look at many of today's fears."--USA Today. Are you worried that a life of poverty awaits you in old age? Anxious that our planet is under threat from climate change? You're not alone. But should you really be worried? This revealing book strips away the hysteria that surrounds over forty of …

Lion ( A long way home)

The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home ... but an identity long-since left behind

Over complicated: Technology at the limits of comprehension

You don't understand the software running your car or your iPhone. But here's a secret: neither do the geniuses at Apple or the Ph. D.'s at Toyota--not perfectly, anyway. No one, not lawyers, doctors, accountants, or policy makers, fully grasps the rules governing your tax return, your retirement account, or your hospital's medical machinery. The same technological advances that have simplified…

A brief history of slavery

Slavery is as old as the world itself and expert and professor Jeremy Black will show that its history is one that is central to our understanding of the modern world. This essential guide is a new global history of slavery from ancient times to the present day, includes fascinating new insights and interpretations including the role of slavery within Islam, the complicity of some Africans in t…

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…

A brief history of science: As seen through the development of scientific ins…

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Churchill

Asking whether Churchill was as great a wartime leader as he has hitherto been made out, this book discusses the view of soldiers such as Alanbrooke, his wartime Chief of Staff, who thought Churchill better as a pragmatist than as a strategist. It also considers Churchill, the politician and talks about Churchill's upbringing.

Harry Houdini

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Animalium

Learn how animals have evolved, see inside the dissection laboratory, and discover the amazing variety of habitats on Earth.

Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (Revised and Expanded Edition) (Diary of a Wimp…

Now you can write your own bestseller! With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, you're the author, illustrator, and main character. Filled with loads of interactive pages and plenty of space to write your own life's story, this book is all you need to create your masterpiece. Whatever you do, make sure you put it someplace safe after you finish. Because when you're rich and famous, this thing…

Beliefs that changed the world: The history ad ideas of the great religions

Tells the story of the major faiths from their earliest beginnings to their present-day impact. Explaining the core ideas of each, and complemented by iconic images and significant quotataions, this is a fascinating introduction to the beliefs of Jews, Christians, Mulims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Sikhs, among many others.

Thank for the days: A boy's own adventures in radio and beyond

BBC Radio2 DJ Mark Radcliffe looks back on some of the best and worst days of his life in this love letter to music.

A brief history of the Amazons: Women warriors in myth and history

Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars consigned them to the world of myth, but Lyn Webster Wilde journeyed into the homeland of the Amazons and uncovered astonishing evidence of their hist…

Faithful

Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an extraordinary tragedy changes her fate. Her best friend's future is destroyed in an accident, while Shelby walks away with the burden of guilt. What happens when a life is turned inside out? When love is something so distant it may as well be a star in the sky? Faithful is the story of a survivor, filled with emot…

Peter Panda Melts Down

Every kid has them, and every parent, or kid-caretaker, has had to deal with them - those meltdown-tantrum-pitching-a-fit moments! Peter Panda has them - when it's time to leave the playground, when some other child has the book he wants, when Mama insists he eat some broccoli. When this happens: Uh-oh. Here it comes. Here comes that frown. Peter Panda melts dowwwnnn! Presented with humor and u…

One Kiss, One Hug

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Aku suka belajar air

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