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Journeys : tales of travel and trailblazers
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” So wrote Saint Augustine almost 1,700 years ago, and his words are as true now as they were then. Read your way around the world with some of history’s greatest storymakers. As well as the usual suspects, explore some lesser-known but equally amazing journeys, including that of Nobu Shirase – who raced Scott and Amund…
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- 9781848575936
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- 96 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- 910 LIT
Segala hal tentang tanah airku
Menumbuhkan jiwa nasionalis dapat dilakukan dengan berbagai cara, salah satunya dengan membaca buku ini. Buku ini memberikan informasi mengenai Indonesia dan detail-detail di setiap provinsi, mulai dari letak geografis, jumlah penduduk, kesenian tradisional, flora dan fauna, hingga kuliner. Dengan membaca buku ini diharapkan menjadikan siswa dapat menjaga kekayaan budaya bangsa serta semakin ci…
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- 9786024671037
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- 256 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- 959.8 ANG
Kisah penemu dunia
Banyak anak merasa kurang beruntung dalam hidupnya. Ada yang merasa kurang pandai, selalu dijauhi teman, orang tua yang kurang mampu, dan sebab-sebab lainnya. Mereka tidak tahu bahwa banyak orang terkenal bahkan para penemu dunia yang hebat, seperti Thomas Alva Edison, Albert Einstein, Wilhelm Rontgen, Wright bersaudara, Alan Turing, and Isaac Newton, tidak selalu memiliki masa kecil yang indah…
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- 9786020413075
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- 121 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 923 SAH
Why? perang dunia i & ii yang mengguncang dunia = world war i & ii that shook…
Pada awal abad ke-20 terjadi dua peperangan dalam skala yang sangat besar. Perang Dunia Pertama yang terjadi akibat peristiwa pembunuhan di Sarajevo, dan Perang Dunia Kedua yang dimulai saat penyerangan Hitler ke Polandia yang diikuti oleh negara-negara yang lain. Di dalam buku "Why? World War I & II That Shook Up the World" dijelaskan latar belakang serta proses dari kedua peperangan tersebut.…
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- 9786020217444
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- 192 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- Why Series
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- 940.3 CHO
Wangari's tress of peace : a story from Africa
As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard. And as they grow, so do her plans. . . . This true story of Wangari Maath…
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- 9780152065454
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 920 MAA
Exploring the polar regions
"Exploring the Polar Regions" describes the perils of Arctic and Antarctic travel, and the courage of the explorers who first mapped these frozen wastelands. It tells of the quest for the fabled Northwest and Northeast Passages through icy Arctic seas, of Peary's conquest of the North Pole, Shackleton's epic journey and the race for the South Pole. You will learn why these explorers set out, ha…
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- 9780872264892
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 998 GRE
The cities book : a journey through 86 of the world's greatest cities
Do you know where in the world you can buy drinkable gold; why an 'elephant's foot' is one of the most dangerous objects in the world; or where you might have to swim to school? Discover the answers to these questions and loads more mindblowing facts in The Cities Book, where readers aged 8+ are taken on an incredible world tour through 86 of the world's greatest cities. Sister title to the …
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- 9781786570185
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- 207 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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- Lonely Planet Kids
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- 910.91732 GOS
My place
Starting in 1988 and going back 200 years, we are told the history of Australia by being told the history of one particular place, told by the generations of children who have lived in that one spot. Winner of Australia's Book of the Year 1988. Full-colour illustrations.
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- 9780582811072
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- 44 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- 994 WHE
The noisy paint box : the colors and sounds of Kandinsky's abstract art
Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers—like a proper artist. But as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound—the swirling colors tri…
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- 9780307978486
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 927 ROS
Ashley Bryan : words to my life's song
Ashley's autobiography is full of art, photographs, and the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and painting. Even as a boy growing up during the Depression, he painted -- finding cast off objects to turn into books and kites and toy and art. Even as a solder in the segregated Army on the beaches of Normandy, he sketched -- keeping charcoal cr…
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- 9781416905417
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- 58 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 928 BRY
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