Karya epik legendaris Tolkien yang mendahului "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" Ketiga Silmaril adalah batu-batu permata sempurna buatan Fëanor, Elf yang paling cemerlang di antara seluruh rasnya. Ketika permata-permata itu dicuri Morgoth, Penguasa Kegelapan pertama, untuk memenuhi maksud dan tujuannya sendiri, Fëanor dan kaum kerabatnya mengangkat senjata dan mengobarkan perang dahsyat yang be…
Kisah anak-anak Húrin berlangsung jauh sebelum The Lord of the Rings, ketika Morgoth masih menghuni benteng Angband di Utara. Dalam bayang-bayang Angband serta perang yang dikobarkan Morgoth terhadap Elves inilah nasib Túrin dan adiknya Niënor saling terkait secara tragis. Hidup mereka yang singkat dan penuh tragedi didominasi oleh kebencian Morgoth yang luar biasa terhadap Húrin, manusi…
Roverandom, si anjing kecil, ditenung menjadi anjing mainan dan menjelajahi dunia yang penuh makhluk aneh menakjubkan; Petani Giles dari Ham, yang gendut dan penakut, dipanggil untuk berperang melawan naga Chrysophylax; Tom Bombadil dalam petualangan-petualangannya bertemu dengan troll, kurcaci, dan para pangeran; Pandai Besi dari Wootton Major masuk ke dunia Faery melalui bahan-bahan ajaib unt…
Here you can find all about planet Earth, and how scientist think it came to be formed.
Everything you need to know about our environment today, from little known habitats through to the beauty of such incredible sights as the Amazon Rainforest and much more. Beautiful photographs and descriptions feature throughout.
Beautiful, constantly changing yet endangered: this is what our planet looks like from the skies. Beautiful Earth offers a completely new viewpoint on our well-known globe. From fascinating cloud formations caught by weather satellites to erupting volcanoes, sand storms or urban developments with all environmental issues they cause, no activity on our planet can be hidden from the "heavenly eye…
Using images from the air, land and space, this work brings together dramatic natural and man-made events. It traces the path Hurricane Katrina took through New Orleans, and looks at the damage done to the presidential palace in Baghdad during the war in Iraq. It also provides a look at the effects our actions have on the planet.
The eagerly awaited new book from the Emmy-winning, Oscar-hosting, Daily Show-anchoring Jon Stewart--the man behind the megaseller America (The Book). Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a mas…
This incredible reference resource eight subject areas and provides 8000 bulleted facts. There are 800 panels, each containing an illustration and ten key facts, star facts, and news flashes. There are no long passages of text - just facts.