Bagai katak dalam tempurung, Soon Neo hidup di kampung dan dalam budaya yang menganggap perempuan sebagai manusia kelas dua di bawah lelaki. Namun, dia berkeyakinan bahwa anak perempuannya harus keluar dari tempurung yang mengurungnya. Dia bersikeras dan berjuang agar anaknya memperoleh pendidikan yang baik. Puluhan tahun kemudian, si anak menuliskan memoar yang indah ini untuknya. Buku ini seb…
Every day, President Obama reads ten representative letters among the thousands he receives from citizens across the land. The letters come from people of all ages, walks of life, and political points of view. Some are heartbreaking, some angry, some hopeful. Indeed, Obama reads as many letters addressed “Dear Jackass” as “Dear Mr. President.” Eli Saslow, a young and rising star at th…
Learn about castles and moats, knights and jousts, the Crusades, and the bubonic plague. Being a knight wasn't as fun as you might think Intercurricular activities and puzzles follow each chapter to enhance language arts, math and critical thinking skills.
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, "Eyewitness Books" provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. The newest entry in the "Eyewitness" series, this comprehensive guide introduces young readers to some of the most fascinating ancient civilizations in the world's history. From the intriguing world of pharaohs in A…
This second edition of 'Medicine Through Time' retains all the popular features from the original book, whilst new features provide additional exam support to develop students' skills.
The story of the love that ended an empire In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish back…
Ruth McBride Jordan, twice married, mother of 12 remarkably successful children, cofounder of a Baptist church, was born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew. Fleeing her abusive father, an itinerant rabbi, she ended up in Harlem, where she a married a black man and her family declared her dead. James McBride tells the remarkable story of this determined woman's life and of his own troubled youth in …