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 ke…
The only childrens picture book about Frances greatest general and eventual emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon achieved countless military victories and unified half a continent; he was a corporal, general, consul, and emperor. The life and career of Napoleon sounds impossiblebut its true. His success, though brilliant, was also short-lived. Robert Burleighs biography of the Litt…
On a daily basis, Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon Jay Jayamohan makes life-and-death decisions on the most vulnerable and fragile members of society, babies and children
Alfred Nobel, siapa dia? Alfred Nobel, seorang ilmuwan yang lahir dari keluarga sederhana dan memiliki tubuh lemah, namun berhasil menciptakan dinamit dan menjadi kaya raya. Meski kaya, ia tetap ingat tujuan hidupnya, yaitu meneliti demi kedamaian umat manusia dan menyumbangkan hartanya untuk Penghargaan Nobel.
from the back cover: William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time . . . or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet . . . or when his on…
What does the name 'Agatha Christie' mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery - a 'whodunnit'. 'I'm reading an Agatha Christie,' people say. 'I'm not sure who the murderer is - I think it's . . .' But they are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderer's name before the end of the book.