The adventures of a boy growing up in the nineteenth century in a Mississippi River town as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for the pirates' treasure, and becomes lost in a cave. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, our fun-loving protagonist goes on multiple adventures, getting into all kinds of trouble as he navigates the messiness of boyhood. Sawyer is now so emblematic of…
We all want to be happier, more successful and less stressed, but what really works? From building confidence and boosting creativity to forming better relationships and getting smarter (and healthier), This Book Could Fix Your Life explores the real science behind self-help. Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson has zero desire to become a lifestyle guru. All she wants is to help us under…
The year is 1969. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportcoat shoots - for no apparent reason - the local drug-dealer who used to be part of the church's baseball team. The repercussions of that moment draw in the whole community, from Sportcoat's best friend - Hot Sausage - to the local Italian mobsters, the police (corrupt and otherwise), and the sta…
Lebih dari 2.000 tahun lalu, sebuah mazhab filsafat menemukan akar masalah dan juga solusi dari banyak emosi negatif. Stoisisme, atau Filosofi Teras, adalah filsafat Yunani-Romawi kuno yang bisa membantu kita mengatasi emosi negatif dan menghasilkan mental yang tangguh dalam menghadapi naik-turunnya kehidupan. Jauh dari kesan filsafat sebagai topik berat dan mengawang-awang, Filosofi Teras just…
We make a ridiculous number of decisions every day--possibly even thousands. We think about what to eat for breakfast, how many cups of coffee it's okay to drink, and how to get to work. In Your Day, Your Way renowned health policy expert Timothy Caulfield takes us through a regular day--from the moment we wake up--to when we go to sleep--and shows us the science behind our habits. What he reve…
Failure is something none of us like to experience, but in Dare to Win, Jeff Chegwin and Carmela Di Clementi explain that mistakes are not only good for you, they can actually lead to huge successes. If you look at the most inspirational innovators, athletes and icons throughout history, they all share a common belief – they simply do not entertain the notion of failure as a bad thing. In Dare …
As a career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost's life is dedicated to balancing being a mother to her five-year old son Nathaniel and seeking justice to keep those who commit the most unthinkable of all crimes behind bars. But this delicate balance is upset when Nina and husband Caleb find out that Nathaniel has fallen victim to the same crime she strives to fight - and whose lega…
Tradisi orang Baar di padang sabana Madagaskar menyatakan tegas: seorang pemuda baru bisa meminang gadis idamannya bila berhasil membawakan sapi zebu curian dari kawanan lain untuk calon ayah mertuanya. Bagi masyarakat tradisional penggembala zebu itu, memang tak ada yang lebih berarti di dunia ini selain memiliki kawanan ternak dan memperbesarnya. Maka sekelompok pemuda berkomplot merencanakan…
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Life as Augusta Rockwell knows it changes once she unearths a box of old letters written by her estranged husband, Nick Flemming, the love of her life and the father her children have never known. She's told her daughters that their absent father was actually a spy, which is why he couldn't be part of their lives. But the letters reveal that Nick has secretly been keeping tabs on his family all…