When leafing through the pages of this book you will undertake a journey among the most singular cultural expressions of mankind: oral traditions, material culture, rituals, folklore, dances and spectacle. These are manifestations, words and gestures that have left a profound mark on history and that in our present period of globalization deserve to be protected in order to be transmitted…
Air-conditioner, cellphones, guitars, cars, camera, washing machine etc., are items used by everyone around the world on a daily basis. Yet how many know what makes these devices function? Presenting "How it works", a collection of items, gadgets and tools with a detailed analysis on their origin, their use and of course, how they work.
Picture an alien in your head.
Upper Fourth Darrell Rivers is Head Girl of her class and her sister Felicity has joined Malory Towers. It looks set to be a wonderful term until Felicity makes friends with young trouble-maker June. With twins Connie and Ruth causing problems in their form too, Darrell's first term in charge is a big challenge . . . In the Fifth Now that Darrell Rivers and her friends are fifth-formers, i…
Andrea Hirata adalah pemenang pertama penghargaan sastra New York Book Festival 2013, untuk The Rainbow Troops, Laskar Pelangi edisi Amerika, penerbit Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, kategori general fiction, dan pemenang pertama Buchawards 2013, Jerman, untuk Die Regenbogen Truppe, Laskar Pelangi edisi Jerman, penerbit Hanser Berlin. Dia juga pemenang seleksi short story majalah sastra terk…