Empat puluh tahun sejak Sukarno meninggal, nama serta wajahnya tidak pernah benar-benar lumat terkubur. Kampanye puluhan tahun Orde Baru untuk membenamkannya justru hanya memperkuat kenangan orang akan kebesarannya. Sukarno tak pernah berhenti menjadi ikon revolusi nasional Indonesia yang paling menonjol-mungkin seperti Che Guevara bagi Kuba. Di banyak rumah, foto-fotonya, kendati dalam kert…
Kiai Wahid, demikian dia biasa disapa, merupakan tokoh pembaru pesantren sekaligus pendidikan islam negeri ini. Sepulangnya menyantri di sejumlah pesantren di Jawa timur dan menuntut ilmu di Negeri Arab, ayah mantan Presiden Abdurrahman Wahid ini mengubah sistem pendidikan Pesantren Tebuireng dengan memasukkan pendidikan umum. Kepiawaiannya dalam berorganisasi dan berpolitik membuat Wahid Ha…
Sutomo atau Bung Tomo ialah tokoh "pemberontak" termasyhur. Pidato-pidatonya--yang dibuka dan ditutup dengan lagu Tiger Shark karya Peter Hodgkinson asal Inggris--selalu meneriakkan "Allahu Akbar". Sosoknya terekam kuat dalam potret diri yang mengacungkan telunjuk dengan tatapan mata tajam. Lewat Radio Pemberontakan, suara Bung Tomo berapi-api membakar semangat pejuang Republik Indonesia ter…
On a legendary road across Spain, travelled by pilgrims of San Tiago, we find Paulo Coelho on a contemporary quest for ancient wisdom. This journey becomes a truly initiatory experience, and Paulo is transformed forever as he learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life. The Pilgrimage has a very important place in the work of Paulo Coelho, not just because it is t…
Over 60 profiles of inspiring women-featuring incredible photos. Discover the lives and stories of amazing women who shaped the modern world, from mathematicians and doctors to aviators, authors and code-breakers.
Take Courage is Samantha's personal, poignant and surprising journey into the life and work of a woman sidelined by history. A brave, strongly feminist writer well ahead of her time -- and her more celebrated siblings -- and who has much to teach us today about how to find our way in the world.
Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus's claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun. This conflicted with the teachings of the Catholic Church, and brought Galileo before the judges of the Inquisition. He spent his final years under house arrest. Galileo's gen…