Factfiles : Ireland

from the back cover: There are many different Irelands. There is the Ireland of peaceful rivers, green fields, and beautiful islands. There is the Ireland of song and dance, pubs and theatres - the country of James Joyce, Bob Geldof, and Riverdance. And there is the Ireland of guns, fighting, death, and the hope of peace. Come with us and visit all of these Irelands - and many more . . .

The Coldest Place on Earth

from the back cover: In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is…

Factfiles : San Francisco

from the back cover: 'It's a good place for gold,' said people in the 1840s, and they came from all over the world. 'It's a good place for a prison,' said the US government in the 1920s, and they put Al Capone there on the island of Alcatraz. 'It's a good place for love,' said the hippies in the 1960s, and they put flowers in their hair and came to Haight Ashbury. And San Francisco is still a …

Meeting Special Needs in Mainstream Schools

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Fakta tentang Gaya

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9789790758858

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Roti Buaya & Tradisi-Tradisi Perayaan lain di Dunia

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This is Caravaggio

Mercurial, saturnine, scandalous, and unpredictable, Caravaggio—as a man, as a character, and as an artist—holds dramatic appeal. He spent a large part of his life on the run, leaving a trail of illuminated chaos wherever he passed, most of it recorded in criminal justice records. When he did settle for long enough to paint, he produced works of staggering creativity and technical innov…

Abstract Expressionism

Hailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in America in the 1940s, with lead protagonists including Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. Abstract Expressionism spawned many different stylistic…

Pollock

The rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape. Channeling ideas from sources as diverse as Picasso and Mexican surrealism, he rejected convention to develop his own way of seeing, interpreting, and expressing. Pollock’s most famous works are his drip paintings, where he dripped and poured …

Elegi Rinaldo (Blue Valley)

Di pojok selatan Jakarta, kau akan menemukannya. Tempat itu tak sepanas bagian Jakarta lainnya. Langit di sana sering berubah seolah mengikuti suasana hati penghuninya. Kau akan bisa menemukannya dengan mudah. Ada banyak rumah di sana. Orang menyebut tempat itu Blue Valley. Jika kau berjalan ke salah satu blok, kau akan menemukan rumah yang setiap pagi dipenuhi nyanyian Rihanna. Seorang pemu…