John Ross, the chief of the great Cherokee Nation, is looking at his home for the last time. The Cherokee people do not want to leave their land but they have no choice. Today is their first day on the Trail of Tears.'
Hidupnya tak terlalu berwarna. Apalagi penuh kejutan ala kisah Hollywood: perjuangan, petualangan, cinta, perselingkuhan, gaya yang flamboyan, dan akhir yang di luar dugaan, klimaks. Ia menarik karena santun, bersih, konsisten, toleran, tapi teguh berpendirian. Satu teladan yang jarang. Mohammad Natsir orang yang puritan. Tapi kadang kala orang yang lurus bukan tak menarik. Hidupnya tak berw…
Sekiranya masih hidup dan diminta memerikan situasi Republik Indonesia di awal abad ke-21, Mohammad Hatta hanya perlu mencetak-ulang tulisannya yang pernah terbit pada 1962: "Pembangunan tak berjalan sebagaimana semestinya.... Perkembangan demokrasi pun telantar karena percekcokan politik senantiasa. Pelaksanaan otonomi daerah terlalu lamban sehingga memicu pergolakan daerah." Buku ini memap…
Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family's white house. His family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Missouri. His affection for small-town life is reflected in Disneyland Main Streets around the world. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this b…
A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the world. But Twain also had a serious st…
Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician, but do they know that he was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography is full of the details of Houdini's life and illustrated throughout with beautiful black-and-white drawings.