Eragon dan naganya, Saphira, berhasil menyelamatkan para pemberontak dari Raja Galbatorix, penguasa kejam Kekaisaran. Sekarang Eragon harus pergi ke Ellesmera, negeri para elf, untuk mempelajari lebih dalam ilmu sihir dan ilmu pedang, keahlian utama Penunggang Naga. Perjalanan yang luar biasa itu membuatnya sampai di banyak tempat yang memikat dan menemui orang-orang yang menakjubkan. Setiap ha…
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Suatu hari Eragon, anak petani miskin berusia lima belas tahun, telah menemukan "batu" berwarna biru yang indah. Ternyata batu itu telur naga! Ditemani Brom si pendongeng tua dan naga yang dinamainya Saphira, Eragon belajar berbagai hal mengenai sejarah dan naga. Brom juga mengajarkan ilmu sihir dan ilmu pedang karena ternyata Eragon adalah penerus klan para Penunggang Naga. Klan ini punah kare…
KEY BENEFIT: This book prepares readers to understand finite mathematics and calculus used in a wide range of disciplines. Covering relevant topics from finance, linear algebra, programming, and probability, the Seventh Edition places emphasis on computational skills, ideas, and problem solving. Other highlights include a rich variety of applications and integration of graphing calculators. …
In this Very Short Introduction, Vanessa Schwartz argues that modern France, as both a world stage and a global crossroads, is an essential actor in the development of contemporary culture. Indeed, French is the only language other than English spoken on five continents, and more people still visit France than anywhere else in the world. French fashion continues to dominate haute couture and, a…
What configuration of institutions and policies is most conducive to human flourishing? The historical and comparative evidence suggests that the answer is social democratic capitalism — a democratic political system, a capitalist economy, good elementary and secondary schooling, a big welfare state, pro-employment public services, and moderate regulation of product and labor markets. Lane Ke…
The human mind is capable of entertaining an astounding range of thoughts. These thoughts are composed of concepts or ideas, which are the building blocks of thoughts. This book is about where all of these concepts come from and the psychological structures that ultimately account for their acquisition. We argue that the debate over the origins of concepts, known as the rationalism-empiricism d…
Recovering Identity examines a critical tension in criminalized women’s identity work. Through in-depth qualitative and photo-elicitation interviews, Cesraéa Rumpf shows how formerly incarcerated women engaged recovery and faith-based discourses to craft rehabilitated identities, defined in opposition to past identities as “criminal-addicts.” While these discourses made it possible for w…
In the early 1970s, there was a small group of advocates for an infrared space telescope; however, the field of infrared astronomy was only a few years old, and no one had ever built a space-based observatory of the required complexity. Considering the technical, political, scientific, and economic uncertainties, it was not obvious that a project like SIRTF could—or should—be dared by NASA.…
Integrating concepts from philosophical, anthropological, and astrobiological disciplines, Cosmos and Culture begins to explore the interdisciplinary questions of cosmic evolution.
This Open Access volume brings together contributions to the research on coherence in teacher education from a transnational perspective. Using theoretical-conceptional, empirical as well as instructional approaches, the contributions explore structural, curricular, conceptual and personnel dimensions of coherence. Within the EU Erasmus +-funded project ConnEcTEd (Coherence in European Teacher …
Virtual Exchange refers to the numerous initiatives and methodologies which engage learners in sustained online collaborative learning and interaction with partners from different cultural backgrounds as part of their study programs and under the guidance of teachers or trained facilitators. This book reports on a large-scale European project, VALIANT (Virtual Innovation and Support Networks fo…
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Chicago will lead you straight to the best attractions the Windy City has to offer. Visit the Lincoln Park Zoo or the Art Institute of Chicago, shop on Michigan Avenue, enjoy the rides at the Navy Pier funfair, take in the view from the Willis Tower, or explore the areas outside the heart of the city.
In Marx: A Very Short Introdution, Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. He sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. In plain English, he explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital, and Marx's ideas of commun…
A giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from peasant child to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth. Delia Davin provides an invaluable portrait of Mao, showing him in all his complexity…
What is a family? The essays gathered here explore disparate family histories in early modern Japan, attending variously to the samurai elite, agrarian villagers, urban merchants, communities of outcastes, and the circles surrounding priests, artists, and scholars. They draw on diverse sources—from population registers and legal documents to personal letters and diaries, from genealogies and …
Today, the majority of the world’s population lives in a country with falling marriage rates, a phenomenon with profound impacts on women, gender, and sexuality. In this exceptionally crafted ethnography, Sarah Lamb probes the gendered trend of single women in India, examining what makes living outside of marriage for women increasingly possible and yet incredibly challenging. Featuring the s…
For centuries, the Mosque of Eyu?p Sultan has been one of Istanbul’s most important pilgrimage destinations, in large part because of the figure buried in the tomb at its center: Halid bin Zeyd Ebû Eyûb el-Ensârî, a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Timur Hammond argues here, however, that making a geography of Islam involves considerably more. Following practices of storytelling and bui…
In the late fifth century, a girl whose name has been forgotten by history was born at the edge of the Chinese empire. By the time of her death, she had transformed herself into Empress Dowager Ling, one of the most powerful politicians of her age and one of the first of many Buddhist women to wield incredible influence in dynastic East Asia. In this book, Stephanie Balkwill documents the Empre…
In a modern and fast-evolving technological world, precarity has become more notable. Digital transformation has ushered in an era of ‘datafication’, profoundly impacting societies and individuals in such a way that there are emerging complexities and potential vulnerabilities in our interactions with technology. Thus, it is crucial that the Humanities subjects focus on human beings, their …
The twenty-first century has witnessed a pervasive militarization of aesthetics with Western military institutions co-opting the creative worldmaking of art and merging it with the destructive forces of warfare. In Martial Aesthetics, Anders Engberg-Pedersen examines the origins of this unlikely merger, showing that today's creative warfare is merely the extension of a historical development th…
Digital spaces are saturated with metaphor: we have pages, sites, mice, and windows. Yet, in the world of digital textuality, these metaphors no longer function as we might expect. Martin Paul Eve calls attention to the digital-textual metaphors that condition our experience of digital space, and traces their history as they interact with physical cultures. Eve posits that digital-textual metap…
Materials are probably more deep-seated in our culture than most of us realize. Transportation, housing, clothing, communication, recreation, and food production virtually every segment of our everyday lives is influenced to one degree or another by materials. Historically, the development and advancement of socities have been intimately tied to the members's ability to produce and manipulate m…
Ensiklopedi ini menyampaikan bagian pendahuluan yang komprehensif, untuk meletakkan dasar pemahaman mengenai sejarah ilmu golongan darah dan sekaligus memberikan peneguhan terhadap teori D'Adamo yang dihasilkan oleh pemetaan baru atas gen manusia. Seluruh entri dalam ensiklopedia ini memberikan informasi khusus, yang berkaitan dengan golongan darah, tentang berbagai gangguan kesehatan dan tenta…
The chapter introduce our current understanding of the origin and nature of the matter in our solar system. It then discusses the atomic properties of the elements and summarizes how atomic structure is rationalized in terms of the behavior of electrons in atoms. We review trends in atomic parameters such as radius and the spacing of energy levels, and rationalize these trends in terms of the r…
On the first day of Christmas day, my true love gave to me A partridge in a pear tree.
When considering the title of this book, we, as its editors, had to reflect on the notion of change. Change is constant and inevitable, but fundamental changes do not happen overnight. Such changes result from actions and measures that address deep, complex and interrelated systemic issues, and thus require a shift in mindset. Fifty years ago, Gregory Bateson (1972/2000), an early advocate for …
The cultural practices of hip-hop have been among people's favorite forms of popular culture for decades. Due to this popularity, rap, breaking, graffiti, beatboxing and other practices have entered the field of education. At the intersection of hip-hop and music education, scholars, artists, and educators cooperate in this volume to investigate topics such as representations of gangsta rap in …
In many countries, the political backlash against neoliberalism has mainly been a retreat from democracy, with a decline in independence of the judiciary and the monetary authorities, increased control of the media, and manipulation of elections for purposes of authoritarian control. The economic dynamics and the impact of neoliberalism, i.e. deregulation and liberalized markets, is just one ca…
Radio signals keep making material, informational, political, and social connections in this world. Exploring these signals architectonically, the contributors engage with the situatedness of radio signal recordings in nature and with knowledge implied in radio communication. Rooted in experimental design and data feminism, the book presents innovative tools for navigating data by spanning medi…
In this new book, a distinguished panel makes recommendations for the nation's programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including a number of new initiatives for observing the universe. With the goal of optimum value, the recommendations address the role of federal research agencies, allocation of funding, training for scientists, competition and collaboration among space facilities, and much mo…
The influence of austerity measures and neoliberal ideologies has sparked discussions about the relevance and value of academic institutions, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Universities are redirecting academic focus towards greater societal engagement. This book argues that academia has much to gain by moving beyond its institutional walls, in our case, by doing data work …
Siapa pun anda, pemula dan profesional sekalipun, pasti membutuhkan buku ini. Bahkan ini adalah buku yang dianjurkan untuk para Photografer. Ternyata belajar Fotografi ini tidaklah sesulit atau serumit yang dibayangkan. Buku ini memaparkan segala yang dibutuhkan dalam proses sebelum pemotretan, saat pemotretan .Bahkan sesudah pemotretan. Bahkan dengan bonus tutorial photoshop, akan semakin mena…
Pernahkah kamu merasa tidak diperhatikan oleh orang lain? Pernahkah kamu mendapat luka dari perkataan teman baikmu? Itu semua karena setiap manusia memiliki sifat yang berbeda-beda. Dalam berinteraksi dengan orang lain, tidak ada salahnya kita mencoba mengerti apa yang dirasakan oleh teman dekat ataupun orang lain yang belum kita kenal. Nah, di komik Simple Thinking about Blood Type 2 ini…
Elizabeth Bennet dan Fitzwilliam Darcy sama sekali tidak cocok. Elizabeth menilai Mr. Darcy sebagai pria yang sok, angkuh, dan mengesalkan, sementara Mr. Darcy menganggap Elizabeth tidak anggun dan terlalu sering berprasangka. Mereka saling bermusuhan, bahkan sering kali saling melontarkan sindiran pedas.Tapi kebencian mereka berangsur menjadi ketertarikan. Seiring berja- lannya waktu, Eliza…
Bagi Soeharto --penguasa orde baru selama lebih 32 tahun-- kekuasaan bukan hanya soal siasat meraup dukungan politik melalui penundukan, tetapi juga bagaimana membangun kharisma dan merawat kekuatan batin melalui benda-benda pusaka. Sebagai seorang Jawa, Soeharto menempatkan pusaka bukan sekadar sebagai benda seni, tetapi juga manifestasi dari eksistensi kedirian dalam meneguhkan kekuasaan yan…
"Dokter, tolong... Saya kena kanker." Inilah kalimat yang sering didengar Dr. Ang Peng Tiam selama kariernya. Dr. Ang bukan hanya dokter yang hebat, melainkan juga juru cerita yang luar biasa. Topik sulit dan "seram" seperti kanker, dipaparkannya dalam cerita-cerita kesembuhan yang memikat dan mudah dipahami. Dr. Ang juga menyampaikan berbagai hal lain, seperti pandangannya terhadap pengobatan …
Tuhan tidak pernah gagal. Tuhan mampu mengubah kehidupan kita sekalipun telah hancur, telah berada dalam puing-puing dan telah berada dalam debu. Tuhan sanggup mengembalikan yang hilang, sekalipun telah rusak, telah remuk, dan tidak dapat diharapkan kembali. Tuhan mau muncul dalam kehidupan kita ketika kita berada dalam kehancuran. Tidak ada yang bisa membatalkan rencana dan tujuan-Nya dala…
Queeny Chang atau Tjong Foek Yin lahir pada tahun 1896 adalah putri dari Tjong A Fie, orang terkaya di Indonesia asal Medan. Dalam buku ini, Queeny berkisah tentang perjuangan hidupnya sebagai putri orang kaya serta perjalanan hidup sang ayah dari pemuda miskin kemusian menjadi kaya raya setelah merantau dari daratan China ke tanah Sumatra dengan hanya bermodalkan uang 10 sen. Walau hidup…
Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia ini merupakan usaha yang bertujuan mencakup sebagian besar kata dan ungkapan Bahasa Indonesia yang paling umum dipakai. Kita semua mengetahui Bahasa Indonesia merupakan bahasa resmi Nasional. Dalam perkembangannya Bahasa Indonesia banyak mendapat pengaruh atau masukan dari bahasa ibu/daerah dan bahasa asing. Kamus ini mengandung kosa kata dengan frekuensi yang tingg…
Chemistry, it is a word that evokes various, and often dramatic, responses. It is a word that is impossible to define concisely, because the field is so diverse, and its practitioners perform such an incredible variety of jobs. Chemistry mainly deals with situations in which the nature of a substance is changed by altering its composition; entirely new substances are synthesized or the properti…
Statistics is interesting and useful because it provides strategies and tools for using data to gain insight into real problems. As the continuing revolution in computing automates most of the tiresome details, an emphasis on statistical concepts and on insight from data becomes both more practical for students and teachers and more important for users who must supply what is not automated. No …
Buku ini dikarang untuk orang dengan pandangan keagamaan atau duniawi yang berbeda-beda. Akan tetapi kami tidak menyembunyikan, bahwa kami seorang iam Katolik. Kami mendalami secara luas tradisi-tradisi mistis yang bukan -Kristen, bahkan bukan- keagamaan dan kami sangat dipengaruhi dan diperkaya olehnya. Akan tetapi kami selalu kembali kepada Gereja kami, yakni Gereja Katolik, karena dialah Bun…
Banyak hal terhenti karena luka. Banyak hal tidak dapat bergerak karena luka. Dan banyak hal membusuk karena luka. Ketika kita membiarkan "Luka yang Menua" dalam hati kita, hal itu akan mengakibatkan kehidupan kita tidak lagi berjalan baik. Melalui buku ini, saya ingin mengajak Anda untuk melihat dari sudut pandang yang benar supaya kita bisa mengatasinya dengan benar. Kalau kita lihat luka d…
Inilah 3 cerita tentang 3 sahabat pecinta kopi dan puisi yang memiliki 3 jalan yang berbeda untuk menemukan kebahagiaan sejati. Ilyaa Si Pencari Komitmen putus asa karena pacar putus nyambungnya, Wahyu malah berselingkuh. Donna Si Tak Peduli Komitmen dengan cueknya menikah dengan Galih tanpa menyadari bahwa Galih sesuatu yang freak. Dan, Shiva Si Takut Komitmen terus berharap mimpinya bersandi…
Dan sampailah buku ini di tangan Anda. Lalu apa? Seketika meletakkannya di rak buku? Sekadar membolak-balik halamannya? Atau membaca tulisan satu-dua penulis yang Anda kenal. Atau mungkin Anda membaca sedikit, seperempat, separuh, atau sebagian besar buku ini. Bagi Tempo Institute—barangkali juga bagi Garuda Indonesia dan GE, yang menjadi mitra kami tahun ini—semua pilihan itu sepenuhnya mi…
50 kebijaksanaan China Klasik yang sangat populer dikemas dan disajikan dengan apik dalam buku ini.Bila Anda membacanya sebagai buku motivasi, kisah-kisahnya akan memberi Anda inspirasi dalam menggeluti kehidupan sehari-hari. Bila Anda membacanya sebagai buku cerita, Anda akan menemukan kisah-kisah singkat yang begitu menarik, cerdik, padat akan pesan moral, dan pasti akan memperkaya batin Anda…
Dengan filosofi menghindari kompetisi langsung sebagai cara yang paling cerdik dalam berkompetisi, The Best of Chinese Strategies menawarkan beraegam strategi, seperti 'Indiriect Action, Continuos change startegy, Deception Strategy' dan lain-lain, sehingga anda mempunyai ruang dan gerak untuk memilih salah satu ataupun gabungan strategi yang terbaik, tepat guna, dapat diandalkan, fleksibel seb…
Roald Dahl kecil bandel sekali. BErsama teman-teman sekolahnya, ia melakukan berbagai kenakalan: memasukkan bangkai tikus ke stoples permen karena sebal pada penjaga tokonya, berbohong sakit usus buntu supaya diizinkan pulang ke rumah dari asrama, bahkan menggantitembakau di pipa teman kakaknya dengan kotoran kambing karena orang itu sangat sombong! Banyak hal seru lain terjadi selama masa kan…
Mr. Wonka memang jenius kalau menyangkut soal cokelat, tapi Charlie dan keluarganya sedikit pun tidak mempercayai kemampuannya dalam soal terbang. Terutama kalau yang diterbangkannya elevator kaca yang yang melesat tak terkendali ke luar angkasa. Tapi hidup tak pernah membosankan dengan Mr. Wonka, dan kalau gara-gara dirinya mereka jadi terlibat masalah, ia akan bisa membereskannya. Betul, kan?