A guardian and a thief

Megha Majumdar’s electrifying new novel, following her acclaimed New York Times bestseller A Burning —longlisted for the National Book Award—is set in a near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, in which two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other. A piercing and propulsive tour de force.

Break the cycle: a guide to healing intergenerational trauma

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780593472491

Collation

275 p. ; 22 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

158 BUQ b

Reading and writing for pleasure: an evidence-informed framework for practice

Reading and writing for pleasure represent issues of global concern and interest in policy, research and practice, underpinned by evidence illustrating their importance for young people’s academic, social, and emotional experiences and outcomes. In the face of a sustained decline in children’s enjoyment in both reading and writing, this highly significant book presents findings from a three…

The teacher of nomad land

1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side, Soviet forces on another. Soldiers fill the teahouses of Isfahan. Nazi spies roam the alleyways. Babak and his little sister have just lost their father. Now orphans, fearing they will be separated, the two devise a plan. Babak will take up his father's old job as a teacher t…

The keeper

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780593493465

Collation

484 p. ; 24 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 FRE t

Aku bisa berpuasa - I Can Fast

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9786028793605

Collation

24 p. : ill,; 19 cm

Series Title

Seri Balita Pintar. Arif, Syifa & Pusi.

Call Number

170 FIR a

A short history of the world in 50 failures

From the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder, to the unsuccessful stint in medical school which led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, to the missile detection system malfunction that almost sparked a nuclear war, the course of human history has so often been shaped by failures of all magnitudes.

Spice: the 16th century contest that shaped the modern world

Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could reach Europe only via a complex web of trade routes, and for decades Spanish and Portuguese explorers competed to find their elusive source. But when the Portuguese finally reached the spice islands of the Moluccas in 1511, they set in motion a fierce competi…

Alkitabku : kabar baik untuk anak

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9786022871262

Collation

326 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

220 LEM a

50 writing lessons that work!

Motivating prompts and easy activities that develop the essentials of strong writing