Become an eyewitness to the wonders of one of history’s greatest civilizations, from its vast empire to gladiator fights, this picture-led guide will take you on a visual tour through Ancient Rome like never before. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the de…
This book is about how the design of institutional change results in unintended consequences. Many post-authoritarian societies have adopted decentralization—effectively localizing power—as part and parcel of democratization, but also in their efforts to entrench "good governance." Vedi Hadiz shifts the attention to the accompanying tensions and contradictions that define the terms under wh…
Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile r…
Travel back in time with this fun search and find fact book. Find it! Search for more than 250 ovjects, animals and people. Explore it! Discover amazing facts.
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…
Bersiaplah..! Sebagai anak Inggris pada tahun 1880-an, kamu harus sekolah! kamu tidak punya pilihan lain. Kamu harus menjadi murid sekolah Zaman Viktoria.
Illustrated throughout, My Best Book of Mummies invites you to unwrap the bandages and take a thrilling first look at Egyptian mummies - who they were, how they were embalmed, where they were buried, how they were discovered