The only childrens picture book about Frances greatest general and eventual emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon achieved countless military victories and unified half a continent; he was a corporal, general, consul, and emperor. The life and career of Napoleon sounds impossiblebut its true. His success, though brilliant, was also short-lived. Robert Burleighs biography of the Litt…
On a daily basis, Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon Jay Jayamohan makes life-and-death decisions on the most vulnerable and fragile members of society, babies and children
Alfred Nobel, siapa dia? Alfred Nobel, seorang ilmuwan yang lahir dari keluarga sederhana dan memiliki tubuh lemah, namun berhasil menciptakan dinamit dan menjadi kaya raya. Meski kaya, ia tetap ingat tujuan hidupnya, yaitu meneliti demi kedamaian umat manusia dan menyumbangkan hartanya untuk Penghargaan Nobel.
from the back cover: William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time . . . or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet . . . or when his on…
What does the name 'Agatha Christie' mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery - a 'whodunnit'. 'I'm reading an Agatha Christie,' people say. 'I'm not sure who the murderer is - I think it's . . .' But they are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderer's name before the end of the book.
Known for both his bestselling books and his work on black holes, physicist Stephen Hawking beat the odds and lived with ALS—a form of motor neuron disease—for longer than doctors ever expected. This engrossing biography shows why Hawking is such an inspiring example of someone who pursued his dreams in spite of his disability. Born into a family of thinkers who loved reading books at the d…
Di Kalimantan, tidak semua anak mendapat pendidikan merata. Alvian dan teman-temannya ingin membantu. Namun, usahanya tidak mudah. Ada banyak hal yang harus dia hadapi. Bagaimana Alvian membantu anak-anak di sans? In Borneo, not every child was receiving an equal education. Alvian and his friends wanted to teach children there to read. But to do that, they needed to save money, travel long dist…