E-book Spain : A Country Study

This volume is one in a continuing series of books now being prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies—Area Handbook Program. The last page of this book lists the other published studies. Most books in the series deal with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems a…

E-book Culture Spain

Immerse yourself in a culture with an ancient history and thrill to Spain's artistic riches. Discover the Arab legacy in the Alhambra in Granada, marvel atthe media eval riches of Avila or Cáceres and experience what it was like to be a Roman at the aqueduct in Segovia or in the Roman theatre in Mérida. Spain is one of the countries in the world with the most assets with the UNESCO World Heri…

E-book Discovering Thailand

Whether you fancy indulging in shopping, appreciating Thai art and architecture, or unwinding at a spa, everything you desire awaits you in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand. This captivating city is considered one of the enchanting capitals of the world, attracting travelers from all over the globe who long to experience the magic of Bangkok at least once. Bangkok boasts a blend of both an…

E-book Hong Kong in Brief

Hong Kong is a leading financial, trade and business centre. Although lacking in natural resources, its fabled harbour is one of the finest deep water ports in the world. Hardworking, entrepreneurial and well-educated people form the foundation of Hong Kong’s productivity and creativity. Upon the resumption of exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), t…

E-book An Atlas of the Sahara Sahel : Geography, Economics, and Security

Having become an area of geopolitical uncertainty, the “Sahel” now refers to a land mass that defies classical geographic description. The bioclimatic zone model has long dominated the delineation of the Sahara and the Sahel. Average significant isohyetal lines were underscored according to their relationship to agricultural and pastoral activities. Accordingly, the 200 mm annual line is co…

Sejarah Rahasia Perang Dunia II

"Pada masa perang, kebenaran amat berharga sehingga harus selalu didampingi pengawal berupa dusta."~Winston Churchill~ - Enam bab yang mengungkap sejarah rahasia konflik terbesar di dunia, mengisahkan para mata-mata, pemecah sandi, penipuan, dan pasukan rahasia di balik perang. - Menampilkan lebih daripada 700 artefak langka, pesan bersandi, peta rahasia, dan foto yang menunjukkan perang raha…

Spare

Ini adalah salah satu gambar paling memilukan di abad ke-20: dua anak laki-laki, dua pangeran, berjalan di belakang peti mati ibu mereka sementara dunia menyaksikannya dengan penuh kesedihan dan kengerian. Saat Putri Diana dibaringkan di tempat peristirahatan terakhirnya, miliaran orang bertanya-tanya apa yang dipikirkan dan dirasakan oleh Pangeran William dan Pangeran Harry-dan bagaimana kehid…

21 Pelajaran untuk Abad ke-21

Dalam dua puluh satu bab yang provokatif sekaligus mendalam, Harari mengembangkan gagasan-gagasan yang dijelajahinya di buku-bukunya terdahulu, mengurai isu-isu politik, teknologi, sosial, dan eksistensial sambil memberi saran bagaimana menghadapi masa depan yang mungkin sama sekali berbeda.

The Golden Road: Sejarah yang terlupakan bagaimana peradaban India kuno menye…

Dalam buku ini, William Darlymple menyoroti posisi India yang sering terlupakan sebagai jantung Eurasia Kuno. Untuk pertama kalinya, ia memberi nama pada penyebaran ide-ide India yang mengubah dunia ini. Dari kuil Hindu terbesar di dunia di Angkor Wat hingga Buddhisme Tiongkok, dari perdagangan yang membantu mendanai Kekaisaran Romawi hingga penciptaan angka yang kita gunakan hingga saat ini (t…

Ignatius Loyola : Pendiri Serikat Jesus

Buku ini merupakan buku biografi St. Ignatius Loyola yang ringkas. Dibandingkan dengan buku-buku riwayat St. Ignatius Loyola yang terbit sebelumnya, buku ini dapat dikatakan sebagai hasil usaha penuturan kembali riwayat hidup tokoh kita dalam gaya bahasa yang lugas, terus terang, hangat dan lembut. Dengan usahanya ini, pengarang bermaksud menghadirkan biografi lengkap tokoh saksi Allah yang dap…

Sejarah Dunia Empat Benua: Dari Zaman Kuno Hingga Modern

Jika Homo Sapiens dikenal sejak 300.000 tahun yang lalu, mereka bermigrasi diperkirakan 90.000 - 60.000 tahun lalu ke Eurasia, melalui jalur subur yang dekat dengan perairan dan kaya dengan hewan buruan. Buku ini mencatat segala cerita dari empat benua secara lengkap dan menarik.

Sejarah Renaisans: Misteri Kebangkitan Sains, Seni, dan Pemikiran Baru di tan…

Buku tertajuk Sejarah Renaisans ini bertujuan menjelaskan keajaiban dan kompleksitas era Renaisans sehingga pembaca bisa lebih akrab dengan salah satu perjalanan sejarah umat manusia ini. Kemudian, penulis menyajikan sejarah Renaisans dari berbagai sudut pandang, baik melalui perkembangan seni rupa yang monumental, transformasi ilmu pengetahuan yang mengguncang keyakinan lama, maupun pergeserah…

Ensiklopedia Sejarah Dunia

Buku terbaru ini akan memperkenalkan kalian pada sejarah dunia dari zaman prasejarah hingga awal abad ke-21. Di dalam buku ini, kalian akan menemukan informasi mengenai dinosaurus, manusia pertama, Mesir Kuno, Kekaisaran Aztec, Abad Pertengahan di Eropa, Perang Dunia I, dan banyak hal-hal menarik lainnya.

E-book A Brief Guide to Living in Norway

Which is a good thing, because Norway can be confusing at first - and Norwegians are a very odd people - they are walking paradoxes! Norwegians consume more coffee per capita than any other country on the planet, and read more papers than any other people in the world. So on the one hand we’re a nation of wide-awake, extremely well informed people. On the other hand, some Norwegians enjoy liv…

E-book Hungary for You

Hungary is an infinite source of miracles all year around, so no matter when you set out on a trip to discover the country, you will never tire of its ever-changing colours. So, if you feel like taking a closer look at our country’s myriad natural and cultural gems, combined with the promise of a great experience, just follow the road – any road – to yet another beautiful place. Take a lo…

E-book Tourism the International Business

As we prepare for an annual vacation or a weekend trip we take for granted how easy present-day travel is. We do not realize the conditions necessary for present-day tourism to flourish. Consider what we require to travel. First, we must have the free time to engage in leisure pursuits. Second, we must have the money to go somewhere. Where we go is affected by the means of transportation. A com…

E-book Frontiers of the Caribbean

This book argues that the frontier, usually associated with the era of colonial conquest, has great, continuing and under explored relevance to the Caribbean region. Identifying the frontier as a moral, ideational and physical boundary between what is imagined as civilisation and wilderness, the book seeks to extend frontier analysis by focusing on the Eastern Caribbean multi-island state of St…

E-book China Guide Book

By and large China is safe, but petty crime is on the increase and tourists are particularly vulnerable. Take precautions and use common sense, particularly at night, and particularly around the tourists areas and in crowded places like markets. Try not to carry large amounts of money or obvious symbols of wealth, and keep your wallet or purse out of sight (back pockets are a big no no). Pickpo…

E-book The Rough Guide to Beijing

As the capital of one of the world’s most dynamic economies, the bold modernity of Beijing (??, b?ij?ng) should take nobody by surprise. And yet it’s hard not to be overawed by the sheer dynamism of this brash, gaudy, elegant, charming, filthy and historic city: whether partying to punk in a club, admiring the bizarre modern architecture spiking the skyline, or pushing your way through the …

E-book The Enduring Legacy External Review of Whole Manuscript

Enduring Legacy describes a multifaceted paradox—a constant struggle between those who espouse a message of hope and inclusion and others who systematically plan for exclusion. Structured inequality in the nation’s schools is deeply connected to social stratification within American society. This paradox began in the eighteenth century and has proved an enduring legacy. Mark Ryan provides h…

E-book Comparative Studies on Chinese and Western Civilizations

This open access book compares Chinese and Western civilizations from multiple perspectives, and it mainly consists of three parts that respectively compare the Warring States and ancient Greece, the Qin and Han dynasties and ancient Rome, and the Central Plains of China and the Western Roman Empire in the face of incursions from neighboring ethnic groups. It explores the inner logic behind the…

E-book Italy Itinerary : A 10 Day Highlights Tour

Welcome to Italy and Rome! One of the world’s greatest cities, Rome is where you start your Italian journey. It is a fun and vibrant city with a magnificent past stretching over 2,000 years. You can see evidence of the Ancient Roman civilisation on almost every corner and of course the iconic monument – the Colosseum.But Rome has evolved over the ages and it is this melange of Ancient, Baro…

Nico Dumais SJ : Guruku sahabatku

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E-book The Reuse of Tombs in Eastern Arabia

Reuse of ancient monuments and other sites is a well-known phenomenon in all periods all over the world. People in the past were always confronted with surviving remains from previous periods, and reacted to and en-gaged with them in most varying ways. This is particu-larly true for liminal places like tombs. Reused structures are by definition used.1 This…

E-book Complexity and Dynamics

How did people organize their settlements in prehistory? This question is at the core of a large number of archaeological excavations throughout Scandinavia and beyond, and has remained so during the past three to four centuries. A few decades after the introduction and implementation of settlement archaeological excavations based on top-soil m…

E-book The Language of Melancholy : A Historical-Philosophical Exploration of…

When Townes van Zandt was once asked why most of his songs are so sad, he replied with the telling phrase: ‘Blues is happy music!’ His blues is ‘happy,’ of course, not because it is jolly and there is no sadness in it, but much rather precisely because it affirms and gives form to sadness, thereby enabling us to transform and transcend it. Townes’ point w…

E-book Japan’s Arduous Rejuvenation as a Global Power

In the aftermath of the 2018 June 12 summit between the US and North Korea, held in Singapore, there was vehement disagreement among experts and commentators over the question as to whether anything sub-stantive had been established by President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un, or whether it was China, North Korea or the US that had emerged as a winner. The only c…

E-book Tourism And The Emergence Of Nation-States In The Arab Eastern Mediter…

On 1 April 1931, the Lebanese engineer Albert Naccache guided a group of touriststo the Qadisha Valley in Northern Lebanon. Nowadays, the Qadisha Valley figures in the World Heritage List of UNESCO, owing to its age-old cedars and monasteries dating back to the early days of Christianity.1 Naccache, however, drew the atten-tion of his visitors to a mo…

E-book Famous Men of Rome

Many, many years ago, in the pleasant land of Italy, there was a little city called Alba. It stood on the sunny side of a mountain, near the River Tiber and not far from the Mediterranean Sea. In this city and around the mountain lived a brave, intelligent people known as Latins. Several other tribes inhabited the adjacent mountains and plains. The Latins were ruled by kings, and one of their …

E-book 5-day Rome City Guide

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E-book Rome and The Guidebook Tradition : From the Middle Ages to the 20th Ce…

Rome is a paradox embodied in a city. It is both alive and buried, both pagan andChristian, both a small Mediterranean village and the historical centre of the westernworld. Rome is, and has for a very long time been, a place extraordinarily chargedwith preconceptions and prescriptions concerning cultural and historical heritage.Guidebooks to the city have, from the Middle Ages and onward, play…

E-book Singapore in Global History

The basic premise of this volume of articles is that there is a need to respond to the challenge issued by Jerry Bentley – one of the pioneers of the now well-established field of ‘World History’ – for historians to attempt both to ‘globalize history’ and to ‘historicize globalization’. Though directed at historians, it is a challenge that raises broader questions about the …

E-book Tourism in the Maldives

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E-book A Beginner's Guide to Travel in Ireland

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Reaching for the Best

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Buku Harian Santa Faustina

”Aku memiliki cinta yang istimewa terhadap Polandia. Kalau ia mematuhi kehendak-Ku, Aku akan mengangkatnya kepada kekuasaan dan kekudusan. Dari negeri ini, akan muncul percik api yang akan mempersiapkan dunia untuk menyambut kedatangan-Ku yang terakhir.” (Buku Harian 1732)

E-book Travels through the Empire Morocco

The town being built on the declivity of that high tract of land called Cape Spartel (the Cape Cottes or Ampelusian of theancients), it is seen at a great distance; but on entering the bay, it appears to the best advantage. It is defended by two martello towers, a castle, and a large battery; but I am confident that it could not with stand the attack of a few English frigates, and that such a f…

E-book Hello China : Shanghai Travel Guidebook

Shanghai, also known as Hu, is the largest and most prosperous city in China. As one of the main port cities in China, hundreds of foreign travelers arrived at Shanghai to start their trips in China. It is a bustling international metropolis which plays an important role in China’s economy, culture, transport, industry, finance, trade and exhibition. With a pleasant northern subtropical marit…

Tetap Jadi Onghokham

Ini sungguh buku yang amat menarik tentang seorang sejarawan Indonesia, figur publik dan tokoh intelektual hebat bernama Onghokham. Dalam masyarakat yang terbilang masih konservatif, Ong menyeruak sebagai figur unik dalam sejarah Indonesia berkat identitas minoritasnya yang multi. Dia seorang Tionghoa peranakan berlatar pendidikan Belanda, ateis, pemabuk, gay, dan bahkan dikenal bergaya hidup h…

Biografi Jurnalistik

Amir Machmud NS lahir di Pati, 24 September 1961. Menampatkan pendidikan S2 Ilmu Hukum, ia menjadi wartawan Harian Suara Merdeka sejak 1984; kini Direktur Pemberitaan SMNetwork setelah menjadi Pemimpin Readksi, Redaktur Senior dan Kepala Desk Olahraga. Ia mejadi Ketua PWI Provinsi Jawa Tengah 2015 - 2020.

Bung Karno: Biografi Putra Sang Fajar

Bung Karno adalah sosok pribadi yang selalu menarik dan tak pernah selesai untuk diperbincangkan. Peran hidupnya sebagai founding father, nasionalis, cendekiawan, ideolog, orator ulung, dan bahkan sosok negarawan yang hebat, belum tentu bisa tergantikan dalam seratu tahun ke depan. Buku ini tidak hanya mampu menghadirkan kembali biografi dan kisah perjuangan serta sumbangsih Bung Krno bagi n…

Dari Wadowice Sampai Worldwide

Ada kontroversi saat nama Paus Yohanes Paulus II disebut. Di satu sisi ia dianggap progresif karena berhasil membesarkan gereja Katolik terutama dengan menyandarkan kekuatan kepada kaum muda - akhirnya pun sukses menapaki milenium ketiga, namun di sisi lain ia diprotes karena amat konservatif. Ia menolak aborsi, alat kontrasepsi, eutanasia, perkawinan sejenis, juga menutup pintu kemungkinan mun…

Jalansutra : kumpulan kolom tentang jalan-jalan dan makan-makan di Suara Pemb…

Pak Bondaaaaan! Aduh, kok kejam niah Anda! Saya ini tinggal jauh di seberang lautan. Mem-baca tulisan Anda berjudul "Pemuja Nasi", saya jadi gila (went nusts!) rasanya. Puspito Renaningtyas Setidaknya saya dapat ikut merasakan secara virtual rasa makanan yang Anda tulis. Sesekali saya harus menutup mata untuk membayangkan semangkuk soto mengepul di atas leyboard. Wistrinanti Lastani

Van Lith : Pembuka Pendidikan Guru di Jawa

Semua penduduk pribumi memiliki peluang yang sama, dan pendidikan yang baik menjadi sarana untuk mendapatkan sebuah tempat di kantor pemerintah. Padahal pendidikan pribumi masih terbatas pada kelompok elite; hanya keluarga-keluarga yang memiliki cukup uang mampu mengirim anak-anak mereka ke sekolah. Tidak ada kelebihan untuk mengatakan bahwa sekolah-sekolah di Muntilan dan Mendut praktis menjad…

Alfonsus de Liguori 1696 - 1787 : Pujangga Gereja - Calon Penghuni Neraka

"Kasihan kau, Bapa tua, gara-gara ajaranmu, kau akan masuk neraka" Begitulah tanggapan yang hidup sezaman dengan Santo Alfonsus tentang diri dan ajarannya. Tetapi, apa yang terjadi? Alfonsus tidak masuk neraka. Sebaliknya, ia digelar Santo dan Pujangga Gereja justru karena ajaran dan teladan hidupnya. "Semua orang dipanggil untuk menjadi kudus," kata Alfonsus 250 tahun yang lalu. Ia dapat meno…

Augustinus Tahanan Tuhan

Augustinus adalah seorang tokoh luar biasa. Oleh dunia Islam di daerah asalnya (Afrika Utara) ia disebut Rumi Kabir yang artinya orang Kristen yang agung. Oleh orang Kristiani, Augustinus dikenang dengan penuh hormat sebagai seorang gembala umat yang setia, pujangga Gereja yang mahir, teolog kenamaan, dan seorang santo yang teladannya menarik perhatian banyak orang. Dalam buku ini, penulis yang…

35 Tubuh Santo Santa yang Masih Utuh

Percaya atau tidak, semuanya ini adalah fakta. Tubuh para santo-santa yang telah dimakamkan ratusan tahun lamanya, ditemukan masih dalam keadaan utuh dan tidak dapat membusuk ketika digali. Belum ada teori yang bisa menjelaskan bagaimana tubuh para santo-santa itu bisa awet hingga ratusan tahun. Yang menghebohkan lagi, reliqui dari para santo santa ini pun mempunyai keajaiban dengan berbagai mu…

Catatan seorang pendidik fikir : Suster Franscesco Marianti, OSU

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E-book 5 Day Paris City Guide

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