Drive critical, engaged historical learning. Helping learners more deeply understand historical concepts, the student-centred approach of this new Course Book enables broader, big picture understanding. Developed directly with the IB and fully supporting the new syllabus for first examination 2017, the clear, structured format helps you logically and easily progress through the new course conte…
Something or somebody that begins with just a passing thought and ends up being the only thing we can think about. This can be unerstood as saintliness or insanity. The Zahir, Paulo Coelho's new novel, is a perfect follow-on to The Alchemist. Paulo picks up the theme of the pilgrimage to Santiago but tells a very different, gripping story of love, loss and passionate obsession. The protagon…
For all the ten years of her life, HÀ has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by . . . and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. HÀ and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, HÀ discovers the foreign world of Al…
Di tengah jatuhnya kekuasaan Jerman Nazi, Marianne von Lingenfels kembali ke puri keluarga suaminya yang dahulu kala berdiri tegak sebagai benteng kukuh tapi kini telah rusak seiring berlangsungnya Perang Dunia Kedua. Sebagai janda dari anggota gerakan perlawanan yang dieksekusi setelah gagal melancarkan rencana pembunuhan Adolf Hitler pada tanggal 20 Juli 1940, Marianne bertekad untuk menepati…
Gibson memanggil pilot Shannon untuk menyerang. Tetapi segera ia mendengar suara tajam di alat komunikasinya, suara Martin yang berteriak bahwa Dam telah lenyap. Ia melihat Dam Mochne pecah berantakan dan runtuh. Air sebanyak 134 juta ton sekarang membanjir hebat ke lembah Mochne. (Bab tentang Skadron 617 RAF Menyerang Bendungan Jerman) Mendengar itu, Mussolini pun menjadi pucat, berdirinya sem…
Anna's mother had promised to buy her a new winter coat when the war was over. But when the World War II ended, there were still no coats to be had. There was hardly any food, and no one had any money. Things seem hopeless until Anna's mother thinks of a very unusual way to get Anna a new winter coat at last.