This is Pollock

"In 1956, Time magazine referred to Pollock as 'Jack the Dripper'. His iconic paintings stretch out with the generosity and scale of America's Western landscape where the artist grew up. Pollock said that he painted 'out of his conscious': the cathartic dribbled paint reflected his troubled mind. This book traces Pollock's career and discusses how his loose, individual style was used as a polit…

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

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9780448448862

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104p; ill; bw; pbk

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Call Number

920 PAS W

Long Walk To Freedom : The Autobiography Of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspirin…

The Man Without a Face the Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

When Vladimir Putin, an unimportant, low-level KGB operative, was rushed to power by a group of Oligarchs in 1999, he was a man without a history. Within a few brief years, Putin had dismantled the country's media, wrested control and wealth from the country's burgeoning business class, and decimated the fragile mechanisms of democracy. Virtually every obstacle to his unbridled control was remo…

Dreams from My Father : Pergulatan Hidup Obama

Siapa tak mengenal Barack Obama? Namanya telah tercatat dalam sejarah sebagai presiden Amerika pertama dari kalangan kulit berwarna. Ia menjadi tumpuan kekaguman dan harapan bagi banyak orang yang mendambakan perubahan, toleransi, kesetaraan hak, dan perdamaian. Namun, tak banyak yang tahu proses yang dilalui seorang Obama hingga ia menjadi seorang tokoh besar dan berpengaruh. Inilah satu-satun…

Einstein : Kehidupan dan Pengaruhnya bagi Dunia

Bocah berusia lima tahun itu terus menggigil di ranjang tidurnya. Tapi bukan karena demam. Ia melihat jarum magnet, yang gerakannya seolah-olah dipengaruhi oleh kekuatan tersembunyi. Jarum itu membangkitkan rasa ingin tahu yang memotivasinya kelak, seumur hidupnya. Ayahnya memberi tahu bahwa benda menakjubkan itu bernama kompas. Belasan bahkan puluhan tahun kemudian, Albert Einstein—lelaki k…

Roberto Mancini : a Footballing Life (the Full Story)

When Manchester City’s owners appointed Roberto Mancini in late 2009, the message was clear: this was the man who would overtake the Blues’ illustrious neighbours and restore the club to the pinnacle of English football. The former Italy playmaker swiftly repaid their faith, following up an FA Cup triumph in his first full season with the Premier League title – won in the most heartsto…

Alex Ferguson

Kisah Sir Alex Ferguson yang penuh anekdot dan selalu blakblakan berawal di Govan, distrik galangan kapal di Glasgow: dengan kejujuran dan keterbukaan, dia merenungkan kembali perjalanan hidupnya yang luar biasa serta perjalanan kariernya sebagai manajer yang menghadirkan kesuksesan di tingkat Eropa bagi Aberdeen dan 27 tahun penuh kejayaan bersama Manchester United. Selama seperempat abad t…

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X's blazing, legendary autobiography, completed shortly before his assassination in 1965, depicts a remarkable life: a child born into rage and despair, who turned to street-hustling and cocaine in the Harlem ghetto, followed by prison, where he converted to the Black Muslims and honed the energy and brilliance that made him one of the most important political figures of his time – an…

America is in the Heart

Bulosan's America Is in the Heart is one of the few books that detail the migrant workers' struggles in the United States during the 1930s through the 1940s, a time when signs like "Dogs and Filipinos not allowed" were common. The struggles included "beatings, threats, and ill health". In this book, Bulosan also narrated his attempts to establish a labor union.