Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered for his famous "I have a dream" speech, which he gave during the March on Washington in 1963. But his life before and after that big event, and his other enormous contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, largely go unspoken. In this biography, learn all about MLK - from his early family life and experiences in education, t…
Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing due to an early childhood illness and spent the first six years of her life unable to interact with other people. She remained isolated from the outside world until Anne Sullivan came to work as her teacher. In this biography for kids ages 8-12, learn all about Helen Keller's amazing life and achievements--how she learned to read Braille and speak, go to …
Runtuhnya pemerintahan Shogun Tokugawa, yang menguasai Jepang selama lebih dari dua setengah abad (1603 - 1868), tercatat sebagai peristiwa terbesar dalam sejarah Jepang modern. Revolusi, yang dikenal dengan nama Restorasi Meiji, diawali dengan reaksi keras oleh kalangan samurai terhadap keputusan shogun pada 1854 untuk membuka bangsa yang tertutup itu terhadap masuknya "kaum barbar dari barat…
In Marx: A Very Short Introdution, Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. He sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. In plain English, he explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital, and Marx's ideas of commun…
Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century. In a new foreword, noted peace expert and teacher Sissela Bok urges us to ad…
Medical knowledge is always in motion. It moves from the lab to the office, from a press release to a patient, from an academic journal to a civil servant’s desk and then on to a policymaker. Knowledge is deconstructed, reconstructed, and transformed as it moves. The dynamic, ever-evolving nature of medical knowledge has given rise to different concepts to explain it: diffusion, translation, …
Hidup dalam kelimpahan dapat terwujud karena 100% usaha manusia, tetapi juga 100% karena iman kita kepada Allah Tritunggal Yang Maha Kudus. Iman kepada Roh Kudus yang mengobarkan, memperbarui, dan menggerakkan semangat hidup manusia. Iman inilah yang akan menjiwai dan menggerakan kita untuk siap diutus dan berbagi, utamanya kepada yang miskin dan menderita demi terwujudnya hidup dalam kelimpaha…