The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the man himself, his position in history and the world in which he lived? This riveting biography reveals the man behind the myth.
From the bestselling author of Sister of My Heart comes a spellbinding tale of mothers and daughters, love and cultural identity. Rakhi, a young painter and single mother, is struggling to come to terms with her relationship with ex-husband Sonny, a hip Bay Area DJ, and with her dream-teller mother, who has rarely spoken about her past or her native India. Rakhi has her hands full, juggling a c…
For more than fifty years the Turners have lived on Yarrow Street. Their house has seen thirteen children get grown and gone—and some return. It has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit’s East Side, and the loss of a father. But when their powerful mother falls ill, the Turners are called home to decide their house’s fate and to reckon with how their past haunts—and sh…
No. 23 has a secret. In this bedsit-riddled south London wreck, lorded over by a lecherous landlord, something waits to be discovered. Yet all six residents have something to hide. Collette and Cher are on the run; Thomas is a reluctant loner; while a gorgeous Iranian asylum seeker and a 'quiet man' nobody sees try to stay hidden. And watching over them all is Vesta - or so she thinks. In th…
America's foremost baby and childcare experts tell you what to expect, month by month, from conception through birth In this uniquely authoritative and comprehensive guide, Dr. Bill and Martha Sears, the pediatrics specialists whose books on birth, babies, and parenting have become widely praised bestsellers, team up with one of America's leading obstetricians. The the definitive book on pregna…
Kecakapan literasi anak dapat ditumbuhkan sejak dini. Banyak hal dapat dilakukan orang tua; salah satunya, mengenalkan mereka kepada kekayaan kata-kata melalui cerita. Buku ini memaparkan langkah-langkah sederhana untuk bercerita kepada anak sejak tahun pertama kehidupannya hingga saat mereka menapaki jenjang pendidikan formal pertamanya, yaitu PAUD atau TK. Stimulasi cerita tak hanya mengemban…
What Stiff did for the dead and Fast Food Nation did for the burger, Dog, Inc. does for the stranger-than-fiction world of commercial dog cloning. It all began with a pit bull named Booger. Former Miss Wyoming Bernann McKinney was so distraught over the death of her dog, whom she regarded as her guardian and savior, that she paid $50,000 to RNL Bio for the chance to bring her beloved compani…
A dictionary of words that don't exist for feelings that do written by The Middle actress Eden Sher and illustrated by acclaimed graphic novelist Julia Wertz. All her life, Eden Sher has suffered from dyscommunicatia (n. the inability to articulate a feeling through words.). Then, one day, she decided that, whenever she had an emotion for which she had no word, she would make one up. The …
Si Kucing Tertawa adalah hewan peliharaan Daisy. Dia bersahabat dengan seekor anjing peking bernama Maria atau Si Moncong Panjang. Mereka suka bermain di taman. Suatu hari, saat bermain di taman, mereka bertemu si Tampan, seekor anjing gembala, beserta anjing pengasuhnya, seekor anjing tekel berwajah suram. Kejadian demi kejadian nahas dialami oleh si Tampan saat bersama si Anjing Pengasuh, unt…
Pada sebuah garis waktu yang merangkak maju, akan ada saatnya kau bertemu dengan satu orang yang mengubah hidupmu untuk selamanya. Kemudian, satu orang tersebut akan menjadi bagian terbesar dalam agendamu. Dan hatimu takkan memberikan pilihan apa pun kecuali jatuh cinta, biarpun logika terus berkata bahwa risiko dari jatuh cinta adalah terjerembab di dasar nestapa. Pada sebuah garis waktu ya…