Judul asli: al-Mufashshal fi Tarikh al-'Arab Qabla al-Islam. Dalam buku yang terbagi sembilan jilid ini, Jawwad Ali, seorang sejarawan masyhur, mengisahkan secara gamblang riwayat (bangsa) Arab kuno dari berbagai aspek: geografi, iklim, karakteristik, silsilah; politik, hukum, dan pemerintahan; sosial-budaya; agama dan kepercayaan; sumber daya alam dan perekonomian; bahkan bahasa, literasi, dan…
The Entrepreneurial Process, one of Brown University's highest-rated courses, has empowered thousands of students to start their own ventures. You might assume these ventures started because the founders were born entrepreneurs. You might assume that these folks had technical or finance degrees, or worked at fancy consulting firms, or had some other specialized knowledge. Yet that isn't the cas…
This book will introduce young readers to planet Earth's different continents and countries and their cities and landmarks. Each spread contains a fascinating fact about the continent depicted, as well as labelled images of different cities and iconic landmarks. The process of how a globe is turned into a flat map is explained step-by-step on the back cover to inform young readers.
Science is how we understand the world. Yet critical flaws in peer review, statistical methods, and publication procedures have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless-or worse, badly misleading. Drawing on surprising new data from "meta-science" (the science of how science works), Science Fictions documents the errors that have distorted our knowledge on issues as varied as ca…
Come soon. come late, I knew that ere long I should do some deed against the doers of evil who sit in strong castles or loll in soft abbeys and oppress and wrong poor or weaker folk.
"What if what is permissible and acceptable today is anathema tomorrow? There is a whole canon of scholarly ethics books written with the express purpose of telling you what is RIGHT and what is WRONG. This is not one such book. Juan Enriquez wants to make it easier for us to talk to one another, to prod one another, to understand and guide one another without an everlasting certainty of strict…
How can a chopstick come in handy when you're making a pie? What is it about a colander that will ensure your next party runs more smoothly? Why in the world should you put holiday ornaments in your garden? Find these answers in 869 New Uses for Old Things, the latest book from the editor Real Simple. Paying homage to one of the most popular franchises in the magazine, this incredibly useful co…
Judul asli: Al-Malikah Bilqis: at-Tarikh wa al-Usthurah wa ar-Rumz. Nama Bilqis Sang Ratu Kerajaan Saba' begitu populer dalam sejarah dunia dan Arab, Yaman khususnya. Dia disebut-sebut sebagai ratu agung pertama dalam sejarah yang memerintah sebuah kerajaan besar dengan wilayah yang luas pada zaman kuno. Tak hanya keagungannya yang tercatat, tetapi juga kekayaan kerajaan serta kem…
Offers more than two hundred tips and tricks for making financial management easier, sharing insights into making and saving money while avoiding scams.
"A guide to changing how you think about numbers and mathematics, from the prodigy changing the way the world thinks about math. We all know math is important: we live in the age of big data, our lives are increasingly governed by algorithms, and we're constantly faced with a barrage of statistics about everything from politics to our health. But what might be less obvious is how math factors i…