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Factfiles : Martin Luther King

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Rudy : Kisah Masa Muda Sang Visioner

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9786022911111

Collation

262p; bw; pbk

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Call Number

920 NOE

Wright bersaudara

Seri ini mengisahkan para tokoh dunia yang telah berjasa sangat besar terhadap kehidupan modern. Dengan teknik komik maka jalan hidup mereka menjadi lebih mudah untuk dipahami.'

Buddha

Buddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionized the religious ideas of his time to advocate a new way of living. All that is known about him comes from a collection of ancient writings that fuse history, biography and myth. Karen Armstrong distils from these the key events of Buddha's life: his birth as Siddhartha Gotama in the 5th centur…

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Ugly

Madiha Riaz rated it really liked it Recommends it for: All the friends Shelves: biographies I read some of the reviews of this book and found out how some people are criticizing about the 'writing', 'grammar' or 'repetitiveness. This book is an account of a child's memories of how she was abused, humiliated and rejected. This is a powerful book. The very beauty of biographies is that th…