Aladdin is a street rat. Like most, he's just trying to survive another day in impoverished Agrabah. Jasmine is a princess, one who is about to enter into an arranged marriage. All she wants is to escape her fate, to see what lies beyond the palace walls. But everything changes when the sultan's trusted advisor, Jafar, suddenly rises to power. With the help of an ancient lamp, Jafar attempts to…
The authors of the best-selling Decision Book teach us how to communicate better at work and in everyday life. Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tscha?ppeler have tested the 44 most important communication theories and distilled them in book form, alongside clear and entertaining illustrations. Want better conversations? Deploy Proust's questionnaire and ask open-ended questions that have no right or w…
In Personality Plus, Plorence Littauer give you valuable insight for appreciating your one-of-a-kind, God-given personality. She includes a Personality Profile test that reveals how your unique blend of traits affects your emotions, work performances, and relationships. Through humorous anecdotes and straightforward counsel, Personality Plus guides you to improve upon your strengths and correct…
Emma Bovary is an avid reader of sentimental novels; brought up on a Normandy farm and convent-educated, she longs for the passion of romance. At first, Emma pins her hopes on marriage, but life with her well-meaning husband in the provinces leaves her bored and dissatisfied. She seeks escape through extravagant spending sprees and, eventually, adultery. As Emma pursues her impossible reverie s…
Buku ini secara lengkap menghadirkan surat-surat, kumpulan artikel, memorandum, dan korespondensi asli yang ditulis oleh Kartini. Surat-surat dan petisi yang ia tulis ditujukan untuk memperjuangkan hak rakyat agar memperoleh kemerdekaan nasional, jauh sebelum rekan-rekan prianya melakukannya di hadapan publik. Kartini menggunakan tulisannya untuk memberikan edukasi kepada Belanda dan para kolon…
Sebagai mahkluk sosial, seberapa sering Anda mendapatkan nasihat dari orang lain? Apakah Anda senang dinasihati atau sebaliknya? Sebenarnya, pentingkah nasihat itu? Dalam budaya Jawa, banyak nasihat atau pitutur yang bisa kita petik hikmahnya. Pitutur Jawa mungkin terdengar cukup kuno bagi masyarakat zaman sekarang. Namun, menyimak pitutur luhur Jawa yang diciptakan berabad-abad lalu, kita dapa…
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how resilient your genes are, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Science…