Almost one-quarter of the world's languages are (or were) spoken in the Pacific, making it linguistically the most complex region in the world. Although numerous technical books on groups of Pacific or Australian languages have been published, and descriptions of individual languages are available, until now there has been no single book that attempts a wide regional coverage for a general audi…
Technology can be a powerful tool for transforming learning. It can help affirm and advance relationships between educators and students, reinvent our approaches to learning and collaboration, shrink long-standing equity and accessibility gaps, and adapt learning experiences to meet the needs of all learners. Our schools, community colleges, adult learning centers and universities should be inc…
There’s something haunting about a body touched by magic. Most people first noticed the smell: not the rot of decay, but a cloying sweetness in their noses, a sharp taste on their tongues. Rare individuals also sensed a tingle in the air. A lingering aura on the corpse’s skin. As if the magic itself was still present somehow, watching and waiting. Alive. Of course, those stupid enough to ta…
rancis had a vital role to play at this mo-ment in the history of the Italian peninsula, and in no place is the case for his relevance made more beautifully, completely and com-prehensively than the Sacro Monte di Orta. Riding a wave of enthusiasm created by the success of the Sacro Monte di Varallo, forty miles to the west, this Sacro Monte is both spectacle and hagiography…
There are many ways of seeing Earth. It is possible to gaze at the planet from the vantage of a space shuttle in orbit. If you are standing on the moon, you can see Earth rise in the distance, as seen in the famous photograph of Earth taken from the moon by the NASA astronaut William Anders in 1968, Earthrise (see Figure 1). You can also look at Earth much more closely, on…
Tae Kwon-do as it is today was developed and founded by Grand master general Choi Hong Hi 9th degree black belt (9 November 1918 — 15 June 2002). As a martial art it is unique to any other in that it utilizes fundamental principles of physics in the development of technique and power. Grandmaster Choi set out to use his knowledge of "Tae Kyon" an ancient Korean form of foot fighting to devel…
It might seem rather bizarre to claim that a return to the work of John Dewey can offer a greater appreciation of globalization and global democracy at the start of the twenty-first century. Dewey appears to be a creature of a wholly different epoch; born in 1859, the year Darwin published Origin of the Species and just short of eighteen months before the Battle of Fort Sumter, Dewey’s life w…
On August 8, 1588, the waters of the English Channel churned with the gyrations of hundreds of warships. The great Spanish Armada had arrived to carry out an invasion of Elizabethan England and was met head-on by the English fleet under the command of Sir Francis Drake. The Spanish ships were large and heavy; they were packed with soldiers and carried formidable cannons that fired 50 lb round …
Buku ini terpilih sebagai salah satu dari tiga buku terbaik di bidang ilmu-ilmu sosial dalam International Convention of Asian Scholars, Kuala Lumpur, 2007.
"Allah tidak mendatangkan kesulitan hidup, tetapi Dia menggunakannya untuk menguatkan kita dalam menaklukkan perkara yang lebih besar. Dia tidak pernah menuntun kita ke dalam badai tanpa Dia mengaruniakan kepada kita kekuatan untuk mengatasinya." Anda sudah memiliki apa yang diperlukan untuk menyelesaikan pertandingan dengan baik! Orang Kristen tidak pernah ditetapkan untuk "hidup seadanya". …