With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils - and even for ordin…
Included in this volume are the dialogues On the Shortness of Life and On Tranquility of Mind, which are eloquent classic statements of Stoic ideals of fortitude and self-reliance. This selection a…
In these studies, scholars from the United States and Indonesia identify some of the cultural roots of Indonesian political behavior. The authors, representing the fields of anthropology, history, …
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the globa…
Why did the Holocaust happen in Germany, of all places? How did a country known for its culture and refinement turn so rabidly anti-Semitic? Why did a nation where Jews had full civil rights and ma…
"Bercerita tentang kehidupan Soetadi, yang karena sering sakit-sakitan diubah namanya menjadi Gesang, pencipta lagu Bengawan Solo. Perjalanan kehidupan Gesang penuh liku dan onak duri, tidak semerd…
WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD NAMED A BEST…
Kepribadian Oei Tjoe Tat mencerminkan kekuatan idealisme dalam mengatur kehidupan seseorang. Idealisme Oei Tjoe Tat terutama bertumpu pada keinginannya untuk melihat Indonesia yang mampu menampung …