“Buku ini saya beri nama Dari Penjara ke Penjara. Memang saya rasa ada hubungan antara penjara dengan kemerdekaan sejati. Barangsiapa yang mengkehendaki kemerdekaan buat umum, maka ia harus sedia dan ikhlas untuk menderita kehilangan kemerdekaan diri (nya) sendiri.” -Tan Malaka. Tan Malaka menulis buku Dari Penjara ke Penjara dalam dua jilid terpisah. Jilid pertama menuturkan tentang pergu…
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a ?giant leap for mankind.? This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a little boy and then grew up to be a test pilot for experimental aircraft before becoming an astronaut. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations bring Armstrong?s story to life.
Discover the lives of outstanding people, from musicians and activists, to inventors and sports stars. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream
Timelines of Everyone reveals not just the incredible achievements, contributions, and adventures of historical figures, but the lesser-known events that shaped them too, from childhood into old age. Did you know that West African ruler Mansa Musa was the richest person ever to have lived? Or that Hollywood screen legend Hedy Lamarr invented the technology that would one day develop into WiFi? …
These 56 people indelibly changed our world—for better and for worse. From architect Le Corbusier, astronaut Neil Armstrong, and the Beatles to the designer Coco Chanel, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, this illustrated volume presents the most influential figures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The varied list includes musician…
Witty and mischievous Jane Austen grew up in a house overflowing with words. As a young girl, she delighted in making her family laugh with tales that poked fun at the popular novels of her time, stories that featured fragile ladies and ridiculous plots. Before long, Jane was writing her own stories-uproariously funny ones, using all the details of her life in a country village as inspiration. …
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would …