The Arab Spring took all of us by surprise. The questions we all have are how can such leaderless revolts, so different from others in the past, have arisen, why there, and why now. Johnny West is the perfect guide on this quest. Returning to countries in which he had lived years before, he travels by bus and communal taxi through the back streets and small towns and sits in houses and cafés, …
American corporations have to beg for capital from the cash-rich Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Persian Gulf. By invading Iraq, President George W. Bush grossly undermined American credibility in the international arena and irrevocably weakened Washington's diplomatic clout. Together, these historic shifts have provided an opportunity for the world to move from the tutelage of the sole superpowe…
Spurred by modernization, global politics is being reconfigured along cultural lines. Peoples and countries with similar cultures are coming together. Peoples and countries with different cultures are coming apart. Alignments defined by ideology and superpower relations are giving way to alignments defined by culture and civilization. Political bound- aries are increasingly redrawn to coincide …
Old Kyoto focuses on the family establishments that have been in business for at least a hundred years, and in some cases for over ten generations. Astonishingly, many of the old shops and inns of Kyoto can still be found on narrow backstreets, under the heavy, tiled rooftops of traditional machiya dwellings. Here, the adventurous traveler will uncover treasures: the way in which a hand-crafted…
Buku ini berisi: 1. Spotlight on Azerbaijan 2. Cities of Azerbaijan on the Great Silk Road as Centers of craft, trade, culture and thought 3. Craft, trade, routes & connections, etc.
In "Undercover Muslim", Theo Padnos brilliantly evokes a landscape and journey that few Westerners have experienced. He investigates the radicalisation of these disaffected young men as they move, almost unnoticed, from London, Berlin or Paris to their new spiritual home in Yemen. Padnos' journey takes him from the newsroom of a Yemeni newspaper to the prayer rows and lecture rooms of Yemen's m…
Cerita dimulai sekembalinya Meutya dari Aceh, meliput bencana Tsunami. Ia bersama rekannya Budiyono langsung ditugaskan meliput suasana pemilu pertama Irak setelah jatuhnya kekuasaan Saddam Hussein. Negeri Irak yang kala itu benar-benar menyedihkan, menjadi medan yang sangat berat untuk Meutya dan Budiyono dalam menjalankan tugas mereka. Bagdad yang hancur, berantakan, dan mencekam. Jalan-jalan…
The contents of this book: 1. At the foot of the Alps 2. Towards the Tryrrhenian Sea 3. The Dream City of Venice 4. From the Veneto to Emilia 5. The seal of the Serenissima, etc.
Sebagian besar dari kita mungkin juga tak tahu; Bung Hatta yang dikenal teguh memegang prinsip ternyata pernah tersangkut kasus makar Sawito. Siapa pula yang menyangka; jauh sebelum populer seperti sekarang, sistem homeschooling sudah diterapkan Haji Agus Salim yang di zaman perjuangan kemerdekaan memutuskan mendidik sendiri anak-anaknya di rumah? Masih banyak sisi-sisi lain dari sejarah dan to…
Papua Barat, khususnya Raja Ampat adalah salah satu tumpuan Indonesia dalam sektor pariwisata. Raja Ampat adalah wilayah Papua Barat yang kaya akan wisata bahari dan pulau-pulau kecil yang indah berlimpah. Buku ini ditulis sebagai buku bacaan sekaligus edukasi serta informasi mengenai seluk-beluk Raja Ampat. Buku ini memberikan banyak detail informasi mengenai Raja Ampat mulai dari wisata bahar…