A moving story of a woman with early onset Alzheimer's disease, now a major Academy Award-winning film starring Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart. Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty, she's a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a renowned expert in linguistics, with a successful husband and three grown children. When she begins to grow forgetful a…
In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet weekly to play mahjong and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters' futures, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Their daughters, who have never heard these stories, think their mothers' advice is irrelevant to their modern American lives - until their own inner crise…
Another moving and true-to-life story for Jacqueline Wilson fans aged 8+ A tender and gentle story that will captivate readers of 8+ from bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson . Ella's mum's in a deep coma having just had a new baby. That means Ella has to live with Jack, her hopeless stepfather and cope with her tiny newborn brother, as well as worrying about Mum. The only thing that's going ri…
In 1962, Madeleine L’Engle debuted her novel A Wrinkle in Time, which would go on to win the 1963 Newbery Medal. Bridging science and fantasy, darkness and light, fear and friendship, the story became a classic of children’s literature and is beloved around the world. Now Disney is taking it to the silver screen! With an all-star cast that includes Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Ka…
Hundreds of articles' worth of experience - anywhere anytime The Chemistry Review editorial board has commissioned topical and focused new material for the 2023/24 volume, including: - Carbon capture from wastewater - Victoria Atkinson - Answer back: reactions of d-block elements - Alison Nairn - Wonders of chemistry: gut feeling: how bacteria in the intestines affect mental health - Isla S…
This novel examines family ties and the legacy of the Vietnam War through the portrait of a single North Florida family. Profound and poignant, it is an examination of relationships, personal choice and how war resonates down the generations. Robert Quinlan is a seventy-year-old historian, teaching at Florida State University, where his wife Darla is also tenured. Their marriage, forged in the…
Bridie lives on the remote Scottish island of Torrnish, the youngest of three sisters. Although she loves her island, with its wild seas and big skies, she guiltily nurses a secret dream of flight - to America and the freedom of the New World. But her family are struggling under the spiteful oppression of the new Laird, and it seems that even some of the Laird's own household are desperate t…
Hundreds of articles' worth of experience - anywhere anytime The Wideworld editorial board has commissioned topical and focused new material for the 2023/24 volume, including: - Urban growth in Dharavi: redevelopment for the future - Kate Williamson - Economic change in the UK: the 'reinvention' of northeast England - David Fowler - The effects of climate change in the Mekong Delta, Viet Na…
Yiannis is a poacher, trapping the tiny protected songbirds that stop in Cyprus as they migrate each year from Africa to Europe, and selling them on the black market. He dreams of finding a new way of life, and of marrying Nisha, who works for Petra and her daughter Angela. Nisha is raising Angela, mothering her own child back in Sri Lanka by the screen of a phone. When Nisha disappears, Yia…
At 36, Kelly had a good marriage, a couple of kids, and a weekly newspaper column. But she still saw herself as George Corrigan's daughter. A garrulous Irish-American charmer from Baltimore, George was the center of the ebullient, raucous Corrigan clan. Kelly's was a colorful childhood, just the sort a girl could get attached to. She lives deep within what she calls the Middle Place - "that sli…
Why had i not died in my young years -- Before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty: but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off. 1841: Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken from his family in New York State and forced t…
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion... and anything is possible. In this, Gaiman's first book of short stories, his imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders -- a place where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins advertise their services in the Yellow Pages under "Pest Control," and w…
New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in this behind-the-scenes expose that offers the definitive account of Facebook's fall from grace. Once one of Silicon Valley's greatest success stories, for the past five years Facebook has been under constant fire, roiled by controversies and crises. It turns out that while the tech giant was connectin…
With her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious young woman who got mixed up with drug runners and delivered a suitcase of drug money to Europe over a decade ago. But when she least expects it, her reckless past catches up with her; convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at an infamous women's prison in Connecticut, Piper becomes inmate #111…
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For more than five decades, Olivia Newton-John has been one of our most successful and adored entertainers. A four-time Grammy Award winner, she is one of the world's bestselling recording artists of all time, with more than 100 million albums sold. Her starring roles in the iconic movies Grease and Xanadu catapulted her into super-stardom. Her appeal as a performer is timeless. In addition to …
Sebutan maestro merupakan penyemat bagi seorang yang ahli di bidangnya. Begitu juga dengan buku Maestro OSN Kimia SMA/MA Volume 1 ini yang diharapkan menjadi seorang ahli dalam memecahkan soal-soal olimpiade Level Sekolah, OSK, OSP, OSN, dan IChO. Bagaimana caranya? Buku ini akan menuntun Anda menjadi maestro dimulai dari penguasaan konsep. Tahap selanjutnya adalah memahami contoh soal dan peny…
Sebutan maestro merupakan penyemat bagi seorang yang ahli di bidangnya. Begitu juga dengan buku Maestro OSN Kimia SMA/MA Volume 2 ini yang diharapkan menjadi buku referensi untuk seorang ahli dalam memecahkan soal-soal olimpiade Level Sekolah, OSK, OSP, OSN, dan IChO. Bagaimana caranya? Buku ini akan menuntun Anda menjadi maestro dimulai dari penguasaan konsep. Tahap selanjutnya adalah memahami…
Buku “Kumpulan Soal dan Pembahasan OSN Ekonomi SMA, Olimpiade Sains Nasional dan Internasional Bidang Ekonomi” berisi tentang soal-soal dan penyelesaian materi Olimpiade Sains Nasional dari tingkat Kabupaten/Kota, Provinsi, dan Nasional serta Olimpiade Ekonomi Internasional (International Economic Olympiad), dengan penyajian secara praktis, lengkap, dan menyeluruh mulai dari tahun 2017 samp…
Tim Olimpiade Biologi Indonesia (TOBI) dengan bangga mempersembahkan BUKU LATIHAN SOAL & PEMBAHASAN SELEKSI OLIMPIADE SAINS NASIONAL, Edisi keenam sebagai rangkaian dari karya-karya TOBI sebulumnya. Buku ini mencakup soal-soal seleksi OSK, OSP, dan OSN Biologi SMA selama periode tahun 2016-2018 yang di bagi menjadi 2 (dua) jilid, jilid 1 mencakup OSK dan OSP 2016-2018 serta jilid 2 mencakup OS…
Buku ini hadir sebagai referensi bagi peserta didik terbaik yang akan mengikuti Olimpiade Sains Nasional (OSN) di bidang Matematika jenjang SMA/MA, suatu ajang prestisius yang diselenggarakan tiap tahun oleh Pusat Prestasi Nasional Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi. Buku ini memuat paket super lengkap yang meliputi Ringkasan Materi, Problem Solving (Soal Terbahas), dan Ka…
Buku ini hadir sebagai referensi bagi peserta didik terbaik yang akan mengikuti Olimpiade Sains Nasional (OSN) di bidang Matematika jenjang SMA/MA, suatu ajang prestisius yang diselenggarakan tiap tahun oleh Pusat Prestasi Nasional Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi. Buku ini memuat paket super lengkap yang meliputi Ringkasan Materi, Problem Solving (Soal Terbahas), dan Ka…
Buku ini memuat penyelsaian soal Olimpiade Matematika tingkat kota/kabupaten tahun 2007-2019. Melalui buku ini, Anda akan di pandu mulai memahami masalah, membuat strategi penyelsaian, hingga menafsirkan hasilnya. Berbagai strategi penyelsaian soal yang disuguhkan dalam buku ini di rancang untuk menstimulasi kemampuan bernalar dan berpikir kreatif dalam pemecahan masalah dan penyelsaian soal-so…
Olimpiade Komputer Informatika (OKI) merupakan bagian dari Olimpiade Sains Nasional (OSN) untuk tingkat Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) di Indonesia. Tujuan tingkat tinggi dari pelaksanaan OKI adalah memperkenalkan sains komputer (computer sains, CS) di kalangan pemuda pelajar. serta mencari dan menumbuhkan bakat-bakat muda dalam CS. persoalan yang diberikan dalam OKI berupa pemecahan masalah algo…
Hundreds of articles' worth of experience - anywhere anytime The Biological Sciences Review editorial board has commissioned topical and focused new material for the 2023/24 volume, including: - The intestinal barrier: trusting your gut - Sumaira Hasnain - Marine heatwaves: when you can't cool down in the sea - Hannah Whitby - Prospects: medical communications - Josh Abbott The magazine …
Hundreds of articles' worth of experience - anywhere anytime The Biological Sciences Review editorial board has commissioned topical and focused new material for the 2023/24 volume, including: - The intestinal barrier: trusting your gut - Sumaira Hasnain - Marine heatwaves: when you can't cool down in the sea - Hannah Whitby - Prospects: medical communications - Josh Abbott The magazine …
Hundreds of articles' worth of experience - anywhere anytime The Business Review editorial board has commissioned topical and focused new material for the 2023/24 volume, including: - Protectionist policies and implications - Ian Marcousé - The Great Resignation - George Vlachonikolis - Case study: Z is for Zoom - Phil Waterhouse The magazine features: - Topical content: making the lat…
Hundreds of articles' worth of experience - anywhere anytime The Business Review editorial board has commissioned topical and focused new material for the 2023/24 volume, including: - Protectionist policies and implications - Ian Marcousé - The Great Resignation - George Vlachonikolis - Case study: Z is for Zoom - Phil Waterhouse The magazine features: - Topical content: making the lat…
According to author and leadership specialist Stan Toler, our attitudes have enormous power to interpret, shape, and change our world. The Power of Your Attitude will help you analyze your thinking and get to the root of negative feelings and habits that undermine your happiness and success.
Using straightforward definitions and clear, striking visuals, this book makes the workings of the brain easy to understand and shows what happens when things go wrong, with information on disorders such as anxiety and paranoia, as well as explanations of the different therapies that are used to treat them, from CBT to psychoanalysis, group therapy to art therapy. How Psychology Works explains …