An informative guide to political systems, elections, voting and government and issues including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech and fake news, all explained with clear text and bright, infographic style illustrations. Includes tips on how to argue and debate, a glossary, and links to specially selected websites with more information.
Sepak bola bukan sekedar olahraga. Sepak bola bisa menjadi alat untuk memahami seluk-beluk dunia kontemporer yang dilanda segala dampak arus globalisasi. Apa kaitan sepak bola dengan dengan pembantaian Muslim Bosnia? Dengan budaya korupsi di Dunia Ketiga? Dengan bangkitnya sentimen-sentimen rasial dan konflik keagamaan? Dengan Zion**** maupun anti-Semitisme? Ikutilah perjalanan jurnalis …
Namaku Alam adalah novel coming of age, bercerita tentang pergumulan remaja yang tumbuh dewasa pada era 1980-an, lengkap dengan berbagai urusan sekolah. Mulai dari sistem pendidikan dasar pada masa itu hingga persoalan menjaga kewarasan mental, seperti mengendalikan amarah atau emosi, dan melerai gejolak asmara remaja.
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to h…
This Step 4 leveled reader about Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Prize–winning activist for racial equality in South Africa, is as spellbinding a biography as you can find. His journey from student to revolutionary to inmate to president of South Africa will inspire and engage kids of all ages. As conversations about race, prejudice, and injustice pervade classrooms and homes, teachers and pare…
The effort to destroy facts and make America ungovernable didn’t come out of nowhere. It is the culmination of 70 years of strategic denialism. In On Disinformation, Lee McIntyre shows how the war on facts began, and how ordinary citizens can fight back against the scourge of disinformation that is now threatening the very fabric of our society. Drawing on his 20 years of experience as a scho…
Nearly 5 years and over 200 recorded conversations with great narrators and luminaries from the region and the world, combined with almost 3 years spent at a widely-recognized nexus of innovation, academic excellence, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Stanford University, led to a compelling conclusion: Southeast Asia has what it takes to be part of global consciousness—to have the capacit…
In 1981, a new company, Hasta Mitra, founded by three men just released from over a decade in prison, published a novel written in a prison camp by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The novel was This Earth of Mankind. It told the story of the early gestation of the Indonesian national awakening. The dictatorship eventually banned it after several months of tactical struggle by the three men, Pramoedya hi…