Cerita yang berpijak pada garis besar sejarah abad 15 direka degan dongeng yang ditutur dari mulut kemulut, kemudian dibangun dengan imajinasi menurut bagan khas novel atas berbagai sosok yang mewakili perangainya masing-masing. Kaisar Ming, Yung Lo, memberi kepercayaan kepada Ceng Ho, sebagai orang paling dipercaya yang telah berjasa baginya, untuk memimpin pelayaran muhibah ke Nusantara.Diam-…
This book tells the story of China's emergence as a major economic power and the huge impact this will have on world business. Over the last five years Peter Nolan has conducted a major investigation into Chinese industry, its economic structure, and the opportunities for growth in the future. As one of just four world experts invited by the Chinese Government to consult on their application to…
Buku ini berisi: - Kelahiran Pancasila - Pancasila di masa Demokrasi Terpimpin - Pancasila di Era Orde Baru Hingga Pasca-Reformasi - Kontekstualisasi Nilai Pancasila dan Tantangan Masa Depan
The great processes reshaping our world today can be summed up by the term "globalisation". Together with the communications revolution and massive urbanisation, it is reshaping theorganisation of global space. It is illustrated by technological change, pronounced economic growth, the dominance of giant corporations, ever more open markets and universal consumption. Dramatic developments have o…
Dalam dunia pendidikan, Orbis sensualium pictus (dunia indera yang bergambar), yang merupakan bahan bacaan bagi anak-anak untuk masuk dalam dunia ilmu itu, dinilai menjadi tonggak awal sejarah pendidkan. Comenius sendiri juga menjadi pelopor pansophisme, yaitu aliran filsafat pendidikan yang menganjurkan pemahaman pengetahuan mengenai semua hal secara menyeluruh. Ia sangat menyakini bahwa pelaj…
This is a history of the Khmers, the people who for thousands of years inhabited the wooded interior of Cambodia. One hundred and fifty years ago the representatives of imperial France were astonished to find half-buried within the jungle the still magnificent ruins of vast temples. Justly described as one of the wonders of the world, these were the remnants of the once great Angkor empire. Sin…
Global warming, rolling black outs, massive tanker spills, oil dependence: our profligate ways have doomed us to suffer such tragedies, right? Perhaps, but Vijay Vaitheeswaran, the energy and environment correspondent for The Economist, sees great opportunity in the energy realm today, and Power to the People is his fiercely independent and irresistibly entertaining look at the economic, politi…
This study examines the prioritization of religious identity among Central Africans in the wake of the 2013 Seleka crisis. Before the Seleka came to power, ethnicity was the identity that had the most political salience in the Central African Republic. During the crisis, religious identity was prioritized over all others. This study researched a number of possible causes of this identity shift,…
Terlahir dalam keluarga yang percaya pada takdir, Amy Tan selalu mencari cara-cara alternatif untuk memahami dunia. Dalam The Oppsite of Fate, Amy membagi pengalamannya dalam melepaskan diri dari ekspektasi-ekspektasi dan kutukan-kutukan masa lalunya, serta menciptakan takdirnya sendiri. Amy Tan bercerita tentang keluarganya, hantu-hantu penghuni komputernya, perjalanan main ski, rock and roll …
The four scenarios: the United States and its allies have begun to fear the imminent collapse of the nonproliferation regime * a state known to possess a nuclear weapons capability and suspected of possessing both chemical and biological weapons programs stands on the brink of political collapse * analysis of samples from multiple BioWatch sensors has identified a large-scale release of aerosol…