Awalnya, semua anak kelas enam membenci Anto. Anak yang paling pintar matematika itu memang cuek, angkuh, dan enggan berteman. Anto tidak memerlukan kawan maupun persahabatan. Namun, Astrid akhirnya tahu bahwa Anto si anak genius itu punya kelemahan. Anto rapuh dan dianggap tidak berharga oleh ayahnya sendiri. Bahkan, Anto harus menyembunyikan hal yang amat disukainya demi ekspektasi tinggi aya…
Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile r…
Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of…
A mindful approach to parenting that helps children (and their parents) feel happier, healthier, calmer, and less stressed in our frenetic era Rooted in the science of the brain, and integrating cognitive neuroscience and child development, Mindful Parenting is a unique program that speaks directly to today’s busy families who make up what Dr. Race calls "Generation Stress." Research has s…