Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

WHY ARE SOME NATIONS RICH AND OTHERS POOR, DIVIDED BY WEALTH AND POVERTY, HEALTH AND SICKNESS, FOOD AND FAMINE? Is it culture, the weather, geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made p…

No More Tantrums

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9781529086935

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unpaged ; ill.

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Dongeng telepon

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9786238094455

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255 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

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Frankenstein : The 1818 Text

2018 marks the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s seminal novel. For the first time, Penguin Classics will publish the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically-charged aspects of Shelley’s original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also emphasizes Shelley’s relationship with her mother—trailblazing feminist Mary Wollsto…

Cerpen Pilihan Kompas 2020= Macan

Situasi pandemi yang menyapu dunia saat ini terekam vdalam sejumlah cerpen yang dimuat Kompas sepanjang tahun 2020. Akan tetapi, seperti halnya warna budaya, situasi pandemi adalah konteks. Cerita tetap membutuhkan substansi yang kuat untuk ditempatkan pada konteks tersebut. Hal ini menjadi tantangan bagi penulis cerpen, tak terkecuali yang sudah dimuat di Kompas

Bia dan bapak batu

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9786020685373

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800 AND b

Gelinding

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9786232422698

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32p,;col

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Read Aloud

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Frankenstein

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.

The man who died twice

Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He is being hunted, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamond, a violent mobster and a very big mistake.

Tales of terror and mystery

"When the impossible has been eliminated the residuum, however improbable, must contain the truth."