William dreams of acting and writing plays. This ambition takes him from the quiet country town of Stratford, where he grows up, to the great playhouses of London. His talent takes the city by storm. But how will he cope with jealous rivals strict censorship, plague and plotting earls?
Samurai were warriors who lived in old Japan. Armed with bows and shining swords, they were respected and feared wherever they went. Find out how these mighty warriors trained, how they fought... and how they died.
Throughout the 16th to 19th centuries, the world saw the expansion and collapse of the last great empires. Dynamic leaders, struggles for independence and the introduction of firearms led to borders around the globe being redrawn.
This book tells the story of the last 100 years - the most exciting, innovative, invigorating century of modern times. The momentous events described in these pages were unimaginable in 1890 when Queen Victoria reigned as the doyen of European Royal Families, Britain was the foremost world power, the whole of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, women had no vote, Sundays were only for worsh…
1. Phidias (490 SM?-430 SM); 2. Praxiteles (390 SM?-330 SM); 3. Cimabue (1240?-1302); 4. Donatello (1386?-1466); 5. Jan van Eyck (1390?-1441); 6. Giovanni Bellini (1430?-1516); 7. Hugo van der Goes (1440?-1482); 8. Botticelli (1445-1510); 9. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519); 10. Albrecht Durer (1471-1528); 11. Michelangelo (1475-1564); 12. Matthias Grunewald (1475?-1528); 13. Raphael (1483-1520); …
Hudson Taylor merupakan seorang misionaris yang mendedikasikan dirinya untuk memenangkan bangsa Cina kepada Allah. Dengan berbekal kemampuan dalam pengobatan, Hudson menjelajahi Cina dan memberitakan Injil di sana. Bahkan, agar dapat membaur dan diterima bangsa Cina ia rela mengubah penampilannya seperti orang Cina pada umumnya, sekali pun ia dihina oleh rekan sebangsanya. Perjuangan Hudson sar…
Spartacus, an army deserter and slave, is forced to fight to the death as a gladiator for the entertainment of his masters. But Spartacus rebels. After a daring escape, he and his fellow slaves rise up to face the might of Rome.
Di manakah karya lukis Michael Angelo yang paling megah?rnSiapakah nama kecil Genghis Khan?rnKoran apa yang pertama kali terbit?rnDan alat musik apa yang tertua menurut sejarah?rnAdalah sedikit pertanyaan atas fakta paling unik yang disajikan di dalam buku ini.rnBersama Jodie dan Robby anak-anak diajak bertualangan ke masa lalu untuk menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan seputar sejarah dunia.rnFakta-…
In August 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was at the height of his campaign for civil rights. In front of 200,000 people in Washington D.C. he gave the speech of his lifetime. 'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.' King was a preacher who had lived with racial inequa…