Madiha Riaz rated it really liked it Recommends it for: All the friends Shelves: biographies I read some of the reviews of this book and found out how some people are criticizing about the 'writing', 'grammar' or 'repetitiveness. This book is an account of a child's memories of how she was abused, humiliated and rejected. This is a powerful book. The very beauty of biographies is that th…
This book tells the story of a young man who failed his PSLE examinations, but through sheer determination, perseverance and hard work is now a graduate teacher at a primary school in Singapore. Attending a full-time vocational course (Maintenance Fitting) in the day and part-time night classes, he scored his first success — a GCE N Level certificate in 1989. While in National Service, he …
Puji syukur ke hadirat Allah SWT. Minggu kemarin Ghina dengan mama papanya (mbak Yeti dan Mas Budi) dan juga Zahra si bontot, berkunjung ke rumah bunda. Dengan wajah ceria Ghina menyampaikan buku yang akhirnya terbit berjudul Ghina. Tentu saja sesuai dengan nama gadis kecil yang menulisnya. Buku berjudul Ghina betul-betul merupakan Kisah Nyata perjuangan seorang anak penderita Crouzon Syndrome…
The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively …
First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston's candid, funny, bold, and poignant autobiography, an imaginative and exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. As compelling as her acclaimed fiction, Hurston's very persona…
Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them, Franklin was a statesman, author, inventor, printer, and scientist. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. He also invented bifocals, a stove that is still manufactured, a water-harmonica, and the lightning rod.…
“Kamu ini belum terkenal saja sudah sombong sekali. Begitu banyak orang menginginkan peran itu, kamu malah menolaknya! Kamu lupa dengan perjuangan kamu selama ini? Dengan jilbab kamu tidak akan pernah bisa jadi apa-apa!” Hidup penuh lika-liku: sedih, bahagia, tawa, duka, canda, dan ceria. Semampu apa seseorang mengelola emosi-emosi jiwa ini, setinggi itu pula sikap mental yang akan dimil…