Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts his adventure to a group of men onboard an anchored ship. The story told is of his early life as a ferry boat captain. Although his job was to transport ivory downriver, Charlie develops an interes…
This rhyming, brightly illustrated book is the perfect way to practice the alphabet and to introduce young children to kindergarten. It's the first day of kindergarten and Miss Bindergarten is hard at work getting the classroom ready for her twenty-six new students. Meanwhile, Adam Krupp wakes up, Brenda Heath brushes her teeth, and Christopher Beaker finds his sneaker. Miss Bindergarten put…
Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory – the most advanced relationship science in existence today – can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behav…
The kids in the After-School Sports Club learn all about T-ball—and the game brings out a competitive side in Caleb. Can he learn to be a good sport and team player? Find out in the latest adventure of this Ready-to- Read series that motivates reluctant readers with fun sport themes and shows how much fun it is to exercise!
The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved… and is still evolving. We’ve come a long way. The earliest human had a brain as small as a child’s fist; ours are four times bigger, with spectacular abilities and potential we are only just beginning to understand. This is How the Mind Changed, a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, packed with vivid stories, g…
Tom Ward harus menghabiskan musim dingin yang sangat berat di rumah musim dingin sang Spook di Anglezarke--daerah yang berada sangat dekat dengan Kegelapan dan harus tinggal di sana untuk melawan makhluk-makhluk jahat yang sudah menguasai daerah itu sejak dahulu kala. Bukan hanya rumah itu letaknya terpencil, tapi juga memiliki gudang bawah tanah yang dihuni makhluk-makhluk mengerikan. Meskipun…
Peradaban umat manusia seperti sebuah roda yang berputar. Kemajuan adalah sebuah siklus―dari puncak ke penurunan dan kemudian, perlahan dan susah payah, kembali ke puncak―bukan jalur lurus dan menanjak sepanjang waktu. Setiap kerajaan berumur panjang memiliki suksesi zaman keemasan dan kegelapan; dan berkali-kali peradaban manusia telah menciptakan pemerintahan luar biasa yang dalam beberap…