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Reading for our lives : the urgency of early literacy and the action plan to …
Today’s children face intense pressure to meet rising academic standards and prepare for future careers, but most fall dangerously short. Early struggles with language and literacy often snowball into lasting disadvantages. Millions of U.S. kids don’t learn to read well in elementary school, driving low adult literacy rates and threatening the nation’s economic productivity, public health…
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- 978-2-78678-746-0
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- 260 hlm. ; 21 cm
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- 372.41 SMA R
How to train a happy mind : a skeptic's path to enlightenment
TRAIN YOUR MIND TOWARD LASTING CONNECTION AND JOY Eager to share the life-enhancing benefits he found in Buddhism, skeptic Scott Snibbe presents this 8-step programme that allows anyone to build positive mental habits. Inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science, How to Train a Happy Mind is the first mainstream book to show how you can achiev…
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- 978-2-78678-746-0
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- vii, 238 hlm. : ilus. ; 22 cm
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- 158.12 SNI H
Intermezzo
Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women—his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a col…
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- 978-0-374-60853-8
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- 454 hlm. ; 21 cm
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- 823.92 ROO I
Martyr!
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of…
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- 978-0-593-68577-8
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- 331 hlm. ; 21 cm
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- 813.6 AKB M
Judgement at work : making better choices
How do I know who to trust? What about risk? Should I rely on my intuition? How do I best use my knowledge and experience? Good judgement is crucial to good management and leadership: it covers not only major choices like recruitment, strategy and big projects, but how organisations shape their culture. Andrew Likierman - former dean of London Business School and director of the Bank of E…
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- 9781805223528
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- xix, 283 hlm. ; 22 cm
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- 658.403 LIK J
Reef fishes of the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific region is the dream destination for all SCUBA divers and snorkellers. The coral reefs in this region are bursting with marine life and are home to more animal species than any other diving spot in the world—more than 40 per cent of all coral reef fishes known worldwide. Added to this, the waters are crystal-clear, giving the best chance of viewing the underwater stars. Top-qu…
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- 978-1-912081-34-9
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- 352 hlm. : ilus. ; 21 cm
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- 597.17789 BER R
A diary of genocide : catatan pembantaian Palestina 7 Oktober--30 Desember 2023
A Diary of Genocide merupakan catatan harian yang ditulis oleh Atef Abu Saif, yang mengajak kita untuk melihat bagaimana kondisi Palestina sesungguhnya. Betapa sulitnya kehidupan mereka yang bertahan tanpa air bersih, tanpa perawatan medis, kehilangan banyak sekali keluarga tersayang, dan setiap hari mendengar suara ledakan, drone, bahkan dentuman jet tempur. Bersama buku ini, kita disadarkan u…
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- 978-623-242-432-6
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- 420 hlm. ; 23 cm
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- 956.94 SAI A
Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics
The bestselling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. The authors take students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlation and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. In addition, the text prov…
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- 978-1-0718-5550-8
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- 519.5 SAL S
The social contract : prinsip-prinsip hak politik
Jean-Jacques Rousseau mengajak kita menelusuri kembali fondasi masyarakat dan otoritas politik. Dengan argumen yang tajam dan provokatif, Rousseau membuka mata kita tentang kehendak umum dan bagaimana kedaulatan rakyat menjadi kunci kebebasan sejati, bukan hanya ilusi. Buku ini bukan sekadar risalah politik, melainkan refleksi tentang dilema antara kebebasan individu dan tuntutan sosial. Rou…
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- 978-634-7157-45-5
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- 236 hlm. ; 20 cm
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- 320.11 ROU T
You will own nothing : your war with a new financial wolrd order and how to f…
When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum’s predictions for 2030 was “You will own nothing, and be happy,” she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was that a number of businesses, governments, and global elites share a vision of a future that sounds utopian: Everyone will have everything they need, and no one will own anythi…
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- 978-0063304932
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- xvi, 328 hlm. : ilus. ; 23 cm
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- 305.5 ROT Y
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