(A SET OF 8 EPISODES) (HARD COVER) A HISTORY OF VIET NAM IN PICTURES (IN COLOUR) (Hết hàng)
Edited by Trần Bạch Đằng
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 8934974172918 | Giá: 1,095,000 đ)
The series "A HISTORY OF VIETNAM IN PICTURES" presents the history of Vietnam in a brief, interesting and systematic style through concise tales and beautiful pictures. Our very first kings were the Hùng kings. They built the foundation for the nation of Văn Lang - the very first page in our country’s history. This was also the time of beautiful stories which were first told by our ancestors before the start of writing. These stories give us our ancestors’ thoughts and ...

(HARD COVER) A HISTORY OF VIETNAM IN PICTURES - THE DAWN OF THĂNG LONG (IN COLOUR) (Hết hàng)
Edited by: Trần Bạch Đằng. Text by: Tôn Nữ Quỳnh Trân. Pictures by: Nguyễn Trung Tín. Coloured by: Nguyễn Thùy Linh. Translated by: Mai Barry and Patrick Barry
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 8934974172833 | Giá: 135,000 đ)
Lý Công Uẩn founded the Lý dynasty at the dawn of the 11th century. The Lý dynasty lasted over 200 years and is one of the three most stable dynasties in the history of Vietnam. The Lý were successful in their undertaking from the beginning. They restored peace and order in many parts of the country. They defended borders north and south. The kingdom went from strength to strength with later kings continuing the good work of their predecessors. In the time of ...

(HARD COVER) A HISTORY OF VIETNAM IN PICTURES - NGÔ QUYỀN DEFEATS THE SOUTHERN HAN ARMY (IN COLOUR) (Hết hàng)
Edited by: Trần Bạch Đằng. Text by: Đinh Văn Liên. Pictures by: Nguyễn Quang Vinh. Coloured by: Nguyễn Thùy Linh. Translated by: Mai Barry and Patrick Barry
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 8934974172864 | Giá: 138,750 đ)
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INDIAN SUMMER (Hết hàng)
Author: Sara Sheridan
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781472127112 | Giá: 174,800 đ)
Brighton,1957 Mirabelle Bevan can't resist a cry for help, be it the little girl at a seaside sanatorium who is getting bullied or the strange behaviour of Uma, the Indian nurse who is looking after her. Intrigued she soon finds herself drawn into a spider's web of connections between an upmarket brothel, local priest Father Grogan, a man's body washed up on Brighton beach and a missing nursing sister. Attracted to handsome police doctor, Chris Williams, Mirabelle is determined to finally put ...

MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE (Hết hàng)
Author: Herman Melville
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781847496447 | Giá: 67,450 đ)
When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master’s obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous conditions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets to its ...

FACTFULNESS: TEN REASONS WE'RE WRONG ABOUT THE WORLD--AND WHY THINGS ARE BETTER THAN YOU THINK (Hết hàng)
Author: Hans Rosling - Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 8934986051218 | Giá: 155,800 đ)
“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” ―Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” ―Melinda Gates "Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, ...

(HARD-COVER) THE ART OF DECISION MAKING (Hết hàng)
Author: Joseph Bikart
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781786781710 | Giá: 366,700 đ)
Drawing from different ‘fields’ such as philosophy, psychology, literature, and theology, Joseph Bikart uses decades of experience as a business coach for senior executives around the globe to explore how and why we make the decisions we do. What is it that makes some of us better - or worse - than others at committing to a choice? What are the forces that hold us back, and how can we successfully overcome them? Every facet of our lives depends on the decisions we make. Yet, how ...

STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE AND OTHER (Hết hàng)
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781847493781 | Giá: 54,150 đ)
Includes pictures, notes and an extensive section on Stevenson's life and works. One of Stevenson's most famous and enduringly popular works, STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE describes the mysterious relationship between a respectable and affable doctor and his brutal associate. Set in the grimy streets of Victorian London, this tale of murder, split personality and obscure science, with its chilling final revelation, became an instant horror classic when it was first published in 1886 and ...

(HARD COVER) A HISTORY OF VIETNAM IN PICTURES - BORN OF DRAGONS AND FAIRIES (IN COLOUR) (Hết hàng)
Edited by: Trần Bạch Đằng. Text by: Tôn Nữ Quỳnh Trân. Pictures by: Nguyễn Trung Tín. Coloured by: Nguyễn Thùy Linh. Translated by: Mai Barry and Patrick Barry
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 8934974172802 | Giá: 127,500 đ)
The series "A HISTORY OF VIETNAM IN PICTURES" presents the history of Vietnam in a brief, interesting and systematic style through concise tales and beautiful pictures. Our very first kings were the Hùng kings. They built the foundation for the nation of Văn Lang - the very first page in our country’s history. This was also the time of beautiful stories which were first told by our ancestors before the start of writing. These stories give us our ancestors’ thoughts and ...

(HARD COVER) A HISTORY OF VIETNAM IN PICTURES - LÝ THƯỜNG KIỆT (IN COLOUR) (Hết hàng)
Edited by: Trần Bạch Đằng. Text by: Lê Văn Năm. Pictures by: Nguyễn Quang Cảnh; Coloured by: Nguyễn Thùy Linh. Translated by: Mai Barry and Patrick Barry
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 8934974172826 | Giá: 142,500 đ)
The history of Vietnam is one of heroes. Talented leaders, both military and otherwise have always emerged in times of trouble. There was one such time when the Song in the North was ready to launch their invasion whilst the Champa in the South was planning their revenge. The two enemies came together to bring their wrath on Đại Việt. Đại Việt was then a small country with a young king. Fortunately, the king had a team of talented advisors. Lý Thường Kiệt was one such person. He was a ...

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE (Hết hàng)
Author: Virginia Woolf
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781847496577 | Giá: 112,100 đ)
When Mrs Ramsay tells her guests at her summer house on the Isle of Skye that they will be able to visit the nearby lighthouse the following day, little does she know that this trip will only be completed ten years later by her husband, and that a gulf of war, grief and loss will have opened in the meantime. As each character tries to readjust their memories and emotions with the shifts of time and reality, this long-delayed excursion will also prove to be a journey of self-discovery and ...

SKIN IN THE GAME (Hết hàng)
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9780141982656 | Giá: 243,200 đ)
In his inimitable, pugnacious style, Taleb creates a jaw-dropping framework for understanding this idea. SKIN IN THE GAME challenges our long-held beliefs about risk, reward, politics, religion and finance - and makes us rethink everything we thought we knew.   Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why does imposing democracy on other countries never work?   The answer: ...

(HARD COVER) A HISTORY OF VIETNAM IN PICTURES - THE TRƯNG SISTERS (IN COLOUR) (Hết hàng)
Edited by: Trần Bạch Đằng. Text by: Phan An. Pictures by: Nguyễn Trung Tín. Coloured by: Nguyễn Thùy Linh. Translated by: Mai Barry and Patrick Barry
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 8934974172796 | Giá: 142,500 đ)
The series A History of Vietnam in Pictures presents the history of Vietnam in a brief, interesting and systematic way through concise tales and beautiful pictures. The Trưng Ladies were Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, two best known female heroes in Việt Nam. Together with her sister, Trưng Trắc led an uprising against the Hán invaders, liberated the country and became Queen. This infuriated the Hán Emperor. He ordered  Mã Viện - a notoriously cunning general to invade Việt ...

THE 30 YEAR WAR (Hết hàng)
Author: Many authors
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9786047703623 | Giá: 285,000 đ)
In August 1945, the Vietnamese people led by the Communist Party and President Ho Chi Minh rose up to wrest back national independence and freedom from the French colonialists and Japanese fascists. On 2nd September 1945, President Ho Chi Minh solemnly proclaimed to the world the barth of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam with his famous Declaration of Independence, thus putting an end to the 80-year French domination. However, shortly afterward, the nascent Seate of laborers had to take up ...

AUTONOMOUS (Hết hàng)
Author: Annalee Newitz
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9780356511221 | Giá: 200,450 đ)
Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap medicines for those who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane. Hot on her trail is an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his indentured robotic partner, Paladin. As they race ...