The burning maze

I WAS A GOD, ONCE. UNTIL I WAS CAST OUT BY MY FATHER, ZEUS. NOW I'M AN AWKWARD MORTAL TEENAGER CALLED LESTER. My way out? A series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For my third mission, I must: Journey through the Labyrinth to free an Oracle who only speaks in puzzles. Which sounds easy. Then, defeat the most vicious of three very vicious Roman Emperors. Is that all? No, I …

The labors of hercules

In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet—reasoned the detective—like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters. So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot makes up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed “Labors.” Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic fea…

The psychology of money

Kesuksesan dalam mengelola uang tidak selalu tentang apa yang Anda ketahui. Ini tentang bagaimana Anda berperilaku. Dan perilaku sulit untuk diajarkan, bahkan kepada orang yang sangat pintar sekalipun. Seorang genius yang kehilangan kendali atas emosinya bisa mengalami bencana keuangan. Sebaliknya, orang biasa tanpa pendidikan finansial bisa kaya jika mereka punya sejumlah keahlian terkait peri…

The selfish gene : gen egois

Mengapa di antara hewan ditemukan kerja sama, pengasuhan, bahkan pengorbanan diri? Sepintas itu semua sulit diselaraskan dengan gagasan evolusi sebagai “pertarungan untuk hidup”. Konsep gen egois hadir untuk menjelaskannya, juga kasus lain seperti keberadaan serangga sosial dan efek gen yang bisa melampaui tubuh pemiliknya. Namun gen cuma satu contoh replikator, sesuatu yang bisa membuat sa…

The magic of reality : sihir realitas

Saya ingin menunjukkan kepada Anda bahwa dunia nyata, seperti yang dipahami lewat sains, memiliki sihirnya tersendirijenis yang saya sebut sihir puitis: kecantikan yang mengilhami, yang semakin ajaib karena nyata sifatnya dan karena kita bisa memahami bagaimana cara kerjanya.... Sihir realitas sungguh mengagumkan. Mengagumkan, dan nyata. Mengagumkan karena nyata. Ada berbagai pertanyaan be…

Dune : Mesias

Edition

cetakan kedua

ISBN/ISSN

9786231341662

Collation

315 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

Dune

Call Number

800 HER d

Kosmos

KOSMOS adalah salah satu buku sains paling laris sepanjang sejarah. Dengan prosa jernih memukau, ahli astronomi Carl Sagan mengungkapkan alam semesta yang dihuni suatu bentuk kehidupan yang baru saja mulai berpetualang menjelajahi luasnya antariksa. Kosmos menelusuri empat belas miliar evolusi kosmik yang telah mengubah zat menjadi kesadaran, asal-usul kehidupan, misi wahana antariksa, rupa ber…

A curse so dark and lonely

Fall in love, break the curse. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his ca…

The isle of the lost (book one)

Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon to the Isle of the Lost―a dark and dreary place protected by a force field that makes it impossible for them to leave. Stripped of their magical powers, the villains now live in total isolation, forgotten by the world. Mal learns from her mother, Maleficent, that the key to true darkness, the Dragon’s Eye…

Bobby Fischer teaches chess

A one-of-a-kind masterclass in chess from the greatest player of all time. Learn how to play chess the Bobby Fischer way with the fastest, most efficient, most enjoyable method ever devised. Whether you’re just learning the game or looking for more complex strategies, these practice problems and exercises will help you master the art of the checkmate.