Elizabeth is desperate to play the piano in the school concert. Only one student can be chosen and her rival Arabella is practicing hard! Elizabeth knows Arabella is very good, so she spends every waking minute practicing. But piano practice leaves Elizabeth with no extra time, and exams are looming. Will the Naughtiest Girl have to stay in her grade another year?
“It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learnt while we are at our lowest. But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.” The Comfort Book is Haig’s life raft: it’s a collection of notes, lists, and stories written over a span of several years th…
The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn’t felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being. There is another way. In Joy at Work, bestselling author and Netflix star Marie …
Gordon Comstock, seorang terpelajar dari keluarga miskin Inggris era 1930-an, membenci uang dan sistem kapitalisme. Ia rela meninggalkan pekerjaan mapan demi idealisme. Ia menyatakan perang terhadap uang, dan bertekad hidup mandiri tanpa menghamba pada barang yang dipuja banyak orang itu. Bencana pun datang! Satu demi satu masalah pelik menyerbu seiring terjun bebasnya Gordon menuju kemiskin…
Culled from the creative minds of two zany moms who still remember what it’s like to be a kid, Make Fun Stuff! is the perfect answer to summertime boredom. In its cheerful and colorful pages, you’ll find DIY activities that range from old favorites (marbelize paper, anyone?) to quirky and stylish crafts (such as making a messenger bag out of comic books) to low-tech adventures (like rigging…
Nothing less than the fate of life on earth lies in the balance, which makes for an engrossing plot, made more poignant by the scientific research and data that back it up. All packaged in gonick's unmatchable humor that helps lightening the dark realization of the sad state of the earth today. Do you think that the ozone hole is a grunge rock club? or that the food web is an on-line restaurant…