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ORANG JAWA NAIK HAJI, Danarto

Judul/Title: ORANG JAWA NAIK HAJIPenulis/Author: DanartoPenerbit/Publisher: Grafiti PersEdisi/Edition: 1987Halaman/Pages: 94Dimensi/Dimension: 11x 18 x 0,5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 297.425/Dan/o/C.1

***TUTUP MULUTTUTUP MATATUTUP TELINGA adalah bekal yang dibawa Danarto ketika menunaikan ibadah haji. Agustus September 1983. Maksudnya adalah ia mencoba untuk lurus beribadah. Tapi nyatanya ada saja hal-hal yang tak mungkin ia berkelit. Sampai sekarang ia masih terkenang oleh sejumlah peristiwa yang ia alami di Masjid Nabawi ataupun Masjidil Haram. Ia merasa jangan-jangan banyak malaikat yang menyamarkan diri sebagai orang berkulit hitam.

Buku yang Anda pegang ini paling tidak menghantarkan 17 surat-suratnya, catatan harian yang ia tulis ketika berada di Tanah Suci.

Danarto adalah pelukis dan penulis cerpen. Lahir 27 Juni 1940 di Sragen (Jawa Tengah) ia pernah membantu pembuatan film cerita sebagai penata artistik. Pernah pula pameran Kanvas Kosong (1973) dan cerpen-cerpennya memenangkan hadiah (1968 & 1983), dan diterjemahkan ke beberapa bahasa. Juga menyutradarai naskah dramanya (1978).

.....kepadatan buku ini tidak menyembunyikan pengalaman rohaniah menarik yang dijalani manusia Danarto, yang ingin bertemu malaikat di sekitar Ka'bah, dan merasa mampu melakukan komuni mutlak

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dengan Tuhannya -- sesuatu yang sangat diirikan mistikus mana pun sejak dahulu kala.Abdurrahman Wahid

Labels: BIOGRAFI/MEMOAR, TOTAL KOLEKSI, TRAVEL

LETTERS TO SAM: A GRANDFATHER'S LESSONS ON LOVE, LOSS AND THE GIFTS OF LIFE, Daniel Gottlieb

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Judul/Title: LETTERS TO SAM: A GRANDFATHER'S LESSONS ON LOVE, LOSS AND THE GIFTS OF LIFEPenulis/Author: Daniel GottliebPenerbit/Publisher: SterlingEdisi/Edition: 2006Halaman/Pages: 175Dimensi/Dimension: 14 x 20.5 x 1cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 826/Got/l/C.1

***"Dear Sam, my life was changed the moment you were born."

So begins this remarkable collection of thirty-two intimate, compassionate letters that Dan ["Pop"] Gottlieb wrote to Sam, his grandson. Frank, honest, and inspiring, they address life changes we all face, each in our own way.

Although the themes of the letters are universal, they draw from a highly personal well of experience: Dan Gottlieb has been paralyzed from the neck down since a nearly fatal automobile accident twenty-five years ago, and his grandson Sam was diagnosed at fourteen months with pervasive developmental disability, a severe form of autism. Dan wrote these letters with the hope that Sam would one day be able to read them, and through them, get to know his grandfather. Devoid of self-pity or regret, Dan's letters sing with the purity of a grandfather's love, and cover life lessons from dealing with parents and coping with school, to falling in love and achieving personal success.

Letters to Sam is an enduring testament to the connection between people, no matter how difficult the obstacles to communication may seem. Written with a keen intelligence and hard-won sensitivity, these

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letters are inspiring reminders that, regardless of our abilities or limitations, we are all the same.

Labels: BIOGRAFI/MEMOAR, MOTIVASI DAN INSPIRASI, TOTAL KOLEKSI

LUCILLE: THE LIFE OF LUCILLE BALL, Kathleen Brady

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Judul/Title: LUCILLE: THE LIFE OF LUCILLE BALLPenulis/Author: Kathleen BradyPenerbit/Publisher: HyperionEdisi/Edition: 1994Halaman/Pages: 397Dimensi/Dimension: 15.5 x 23.5 x 2cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 927/Bra/l/C.1

***In her twenty-year career in show business, which included stints on the stage and in radio, and roles in over sixty films, Lucille Ball had only modest and sporadic success. But her television program I Love Lucy had been tailored to her talents, and she more than anyone realized that it was her last chance to fulfill the ambition that had sustained her through the frustation of her professional life and the anguish of a failing marriage.

For millions of television viewers, and for years to come, Lucille would in effect become her greatest creation, Lucy Ricardo. While that role revealed her true gifts, it changed her life immeasurably, and the remarkable individual who was Lucille Ball slowly began to be obscured in the shadows of Lucy.

The definitive biography presents an extraordinary portrait of the Lucille that her fans have never known, based on recollections of fellow performers like Milton Berle, Ginger Rogers, Bob Hope, and Katharine Hepburn; her closest friends and family; and Lucille herself. From her childhood, when her virtual abandonment instilled in her a relentless drive for love and attention, through her struggling early years in vaudeville and Hollywood, through her troubled relationship with Desi Arnaz, which became the basis for one of television's famous marriages, Brady vividly recounts the story of this passionate,

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vulnerable, and often fiercely demanding woman. Lucille is the thoughtful and candid biography this great star has long deserved.

Labels: BIOGRAFI/MEMOAR, TOTAL KOLEKSI

LIMA TOKOH WANITA YANG MENGUBAH SEJARAH, Mary L. Davis

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Judul/Title: LIMA TOKOH WANITA YANG MENGUBAH SEJARAHPenulis/Author: Mary L. DavisPenerbit/Publisher: Pustaka JayaEdisi/Edition: 1984Halaman/Pages: 114Dimensi/Dimension: 15 x 21 x 0.5cmSampul/Cover: HardcoverBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 920.72/Dav/l/C.1

***Lima tokoh wanita, para ratu Eropa, dikaji dalam buku yang menarik ini. Meskipun ambisi, tujuan dan cara memerintahnya berlainan sesuai dengan kepribadiannya masing-masing, lima tokoh wanita ini telah mengubah jalannya sejarah dengan cara yang menarik.

Elanor Aquitane, duchess cantik, berpengaruh dan menjadi ratu dua negara, berani menceraikan seorang seorang raja dan mengawini raja yang lain, jadi seorang poiltikus dalam arti sebenarnya

Isabella Spanyol, ratu dan panglima perang yang berani, dengan keimanannya terjun ke medan perang melawan kaum Muslimin Moor, dan dengan pandangan yang tajam jauh ke muka berani membiayai proyek pelayaran Colombus, sehingga kerajaannya yang miskin itu menjadi kerajaan yang terkaya di Eropa.

Elizabeth I, "Ratu Perawan" yang berkemauan baja, membina zaman keemasan dalam sejarah Inggris, ratu yang berani memerintahkan memenggal kepala lelaki yang dicintainya demi cintanya pada negara.

Marie Antionette, putri rupawan seperti dalam dongeng, hidupnya berakhir menyedihkan dipotong guilotine setelah menjadi Ratu Perancis yang mewah dan serakah, yang mengakibatkan berakhirnya Revolusi Perancis.

Catherine Yang Agung, putri yang tak jelas kelahirannya tapi haus kekuasaan, menjadi Maharatu Rusia setelah menggulingkan dan

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menghabisi riwayat suaminya, dan kemudian membuktikan bisa mengubah Rusia yang miskin menjadi salah satu kekaisaran yang terkaya dan terkuat di dunia.

Melalui pemotretan luar-dalam, Marry L. Davis berhasil menghidupkan sejarah mereka. Buku ini memperinci pengalaman-pengalaman para ratu yang jarang diketahui, demikian pula kehidupan pribadi dan penampilannya. Kebahagiaan dan penderitaan, kekuasaan dan tanggung jawab, kemenangan dan kekalahannya sepanjang hidup mereka sebaga ratu, merupakan informasi menarik dan berharga.

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THE DREAMS LIVES ON: MARTIN LUTHER K, JR., Sandra Millner

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Judul/Title: THE DREAMS LIVES ON: MARTIN LUTHER K, JR.Penulis/Author: Penerbit/Publisher: MetroBooksEdisi/Edition: 1999Halaman/Pages: 120Dimensi/Dimension: 13 x 20.5 x 2cmSampul/Cover: HardcoverBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 923/Mil/d/C.1

***One of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, Martin Luther King, Jr., transformed the socioeconomic landscape of the United States through his boundless courage, powerful mind, and unshakable faith in the transformative power of nonviolent protest. The son and grandson of Baptist ministers, King's spirit was forged in the flames of religious propriety, but it was his humanity and ability to apply a sense of social justice to the most pressing issue of his time that made him such a transcendent figure. The Dream Lives On is a reverent tribute to a remarkable man who refused to stand down from the fight for equal rights in the hostile environment of postwar American culture.

King's early life was devoted to scholarship. Graduating from Morehouse College at nineteen, he quickly went to win a divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary and a Ph.D from Boston University. It was at Crozer that King became familiar with the nonviolent principles of Mahatma Gandhi, principles that would inform his future fight against discrimination. It was a fundamental aspect ok King's beliefs that violent protest could serve only to perpetuate the cycle of violence that characterizes racism. By putting this belief into practice, King altered the course of history. For his efforts in the fight for civil rights in the United States, King was eventually awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

With evocative full-color and black-and-white photographs and a comprehensive text written by an expert in the history of struggle for

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civil rights in the United States, The Dreams Lives On is a stirring celebration of the life and achievements of one of the most pivotial figures of the twentieth century.

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MEMOAR OEI TJOE TAT: PEMBANTU PRESIDEN SOEKARNO, Oei Tjoe Tat

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Judul/Title: MEMOAR OEI TJOE TAT: PEMBANTU PRESIDEN SOEKARNOPenulis/Author: Oei Tjoe TatPenerbit/Publisher: Hasta MitraEdisi/Edition: 1998Halaman/Pages: 412Dimensi/Dimension: 14.5 x 21 x 2cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 920/Tat/m/C.1

***Pengangkatan seorang keturunan Tionghoa menjadi Menteri, disamping yang setuju tentu ada yang tidak, bahkan mungkin dari kalangan keturunan Tionghoa sendiri ada yang tidak senang, walaupun tidak dinyatakan terbuka. Sejak muda, Oei Tjoe Tat sangat aktif dalam berbagai kegiatan kemasyarakatan, akan tetapi dia tidak dikenal sebagai politikus, malah menurut hemat saya Oei Tjoe Tat boleh dikatakan a-politis. Tetapi itu pula rupanya menjadi salah satu pertimbangan Presiden Soekarno untuk mengangkatnya menjadi pembantunya setelah cukup lama mengobservasi bahwa sikap "a-politis"-nya justru positif karena dia lurus, berani dan correct dalam sepak-terjangnya.

Saya dapat membayangkan betapa suatu kontroversi dialami dalam dirinya, sebab di satu pihak dia sangat percaya pada Soekarno dan hak-hak azasi manusia, di lain pihak suasana dan praktek revolusioner di masa itu tidak selalu menghormati hak-hak azasi. Membaca memoarnya kita melihat bagaimana suatu pribadi meluncur ke dalam sejarah, bukan sosok yang berpamrih melemparkan diri ke dalam sejarah.

Setelah 50 tahun merdeka, separohnya dalam zaman Orde Baru, seyogianya selesailah segala kontroversi sosial-politik di masa lalu

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karena isu-isu baru yang lebih relevan perlu dihadapi.

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WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER: SETELAH AKU PERGI, Sally Nicholls

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Judul/Title: WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER: SETELAH AKU PERGIPenulis/Author: Sally NichollsPenerbit/Publisher: Gramedia Pustaka UtamaEdisi/Edition: 2008Halaman/Pages: 216Dimensi/Dimension: 13.5 x 20 x 1cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 823/Nic/w/C.1

***Sam menyukai fakta-fakta. Dia penasaran tentang UFO, film horor dan ilmuwan, balon Zeppelin dan Kematian. Sam mengidap leukimia. Karena itu, dia ingin tahu fakta-fakta tentang kematian. Sam membutuhkan jawaban atas pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang enggan dijawab orang-orang.

Ways to Live Forever adalah buku harian Sam yang berisi daftar-daftar, cerita-cerita, foto-foto, berbagai pertanyaan dan fakta yang dikumpulkannya selama minggu-minggu terakhir kehidupannya. Pandangannya yang jernih tentang kehidupan dan kematian membuat buku ini menjadi salah satu buku yang paling membangkitkan semangat dalam menghadapi salah satu fakta kehidupan yang tak terelakkan.

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LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET, Rainer Maria Rilke

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Judul/Title: LETTERS TO A YOUNG POETPenulis/Author: Rainer Maria RilkePenerbit/Publisher: Random HouseEdisi/Edition: 1987Halaman/Pages: 109Dimensi/Dimension: 10.5 x 17.5 x 1cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 836/Ril/l/C.1

***Rielke's Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of our country. Written when the poet was himself still a young man with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his work, asking for device about becoming a writer. The two never met, but over period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, which have been enjoyed by hundreds of thousand of readers for what Stephen Mitchell calls the "vibrant and deeply felt experience of life" that informs them.

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WALKING THROUGH FIRE: A LIFE OF NAWAL EL SAADAWI, Nawal El Saadawi

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Judul/Title: WALKING THROUGH FIRE: A LIFE OF NAWAL EL SAADAWIPenulis/Author: Nawal El SaadawiPenerbit/Publisher: Zed BooksEdisi/Edition: 2002Halaman/Pages: 251Dimensi/Dimension: 15.5 x 24 x 3cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 928/Saa/w/C.1

***Walking Through Fire shows the passion for justice that has shaped her life and her writing. We read about her as rural doctor, trying to help a young girl escape from a terrible fate imposed on her by a brutal male tyranny. We follow her attempts to set up women's organizations and to publish magazines later banned by the authorities or endangered by fundamentalist threats. We travel with her into exile after the publication of her name on death list. We witness her first marriage to a freedom fighter hounded into drug addiction by a system that has no mercy. We share her struggle against her 'false self' and a second husband who offers her financial security and comfort -- provided she stops writing. We live the beautiful moments of her third marriage with a man released after fourteen years of imprisonment and hard labour, and the love, companionship, shared struggle and the differences between them.

Nawal El Saadawi has carved a place for herself in the universal struggle against oppression. 'Words should not seek to please, to hide the wounds in our bodies, or the shameful moments in our lives', she says. 'They may hurt, give us pain, but they can also provoke us to question what we have accepted for thousands of years.'

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THE DISCOMFORT ZONE: A PERSONAL HISTORY, Jonathan Franzen

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Judul/Title: THE DISCOMFORT ZONE: A PERSONAL HISTORYPenulis/Author: Jonathan FranzenPenerbit/Publisher: PicadorEdisi/Edition: 2007Halaman/Pages: 178Dimensi/Dimension: 10.5 x 17 x 1.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 920.71/Fra/d/C.1

***The Excruciating Dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship in the 1970s... the effects of Kafka's fiction on a young man's protracted quest to lose his virginity... the web of connections between birdwatching, a collapsing marriage, and global warming; in this comic memoir of self-consciousness, the author of The Corrections tells the story of his life and of the strange country in which he's lived it.

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CATATAN SEORANG DEMONSTRAN, Soe Hok Gie

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Judul/Title: CATATAN SEORANG DEMONSTRANPenulis/Author: Soe Hok GiePenerbit/Publisher: LP3ESEdisi/Edition: V, 1989Halaman/Pages: 494Dimensi/Dimension: 11 x 17.5 x 2cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 920/Gie/c/C.1

***"... di tengah-tengah pertentangan politik, agama, kepentingan golongan, ia [Soe Hok Gie] tegak berdiri di atas prinsip perikemanusiaan dan keadilan serta secara jujur dan berani menyampaikan kritik-kritiknya atas dasar prinsip-prinsip itu demi kemajuan bangsa."[Harsja W. Bachtiar, Kompas, 26 Desember 1969]

"Dia [Soe Hok Gie] adalah seorang jujur dan berani. Dan mengerikan, karena ia maju lurus dengan dengan prinsip-prinsipnya tanpa kenal ampun. Maka seringkali ia bentrok karena dianggap tidak taktis."[Nugroho Notosusanto, Kompas, 26 Desember 1969]

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CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, John Perkins

Judul/Title: CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MANPenulis/Author: John PerkinsPenerbit/Publisher: Abdi TandurEdisi/Edition: I, 2005Halaman/Pages: 278Dimensi/Dimension: 15.5 x 24 x 1cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 337.1/Per/c

***Dalam cerita pribadi yang memukau ini, Perkins menceritakan perjuangan pribadinya dari seorang pelayang kerajaan menjadi pejuang yang gigih untuk hak asasi manusia dan orang-orang tertindas. Sebagai hasil rekrutmen terselebung oleh United States National Security Agency dan tercantum sebagai penerima gaji dari perusahaan konsultan internasional, dia berkelana ke berbagai pelosok dunia -- Ke Indonesia, Panama, Ekuador, Kolombia, Saudi Arabia, Iran dan negara strategis lainnya.

Pekerjaanya adalah menerapkan kebijakan yang mempromosikan kepentingan kororatokrasi (koalisi pemerintah, bank dan korporasi) Amerika Serikat, sambil menyatakan minat mengurangi kemiskinan - suatu kebijakan yang sebenarnya mengasingkan berbagai bangsa serta menyebabkan peristiwa 11 September dan meningkatkan Anti-Amerika.

Cerita dari Perkins menjelaskan seberapa jauh dia dan teman-temannya -- yang mereka sebut sebagai Economic Hit Man - bersedia terlibat. Dia menerangkan, misalnya bagaimana dia membantu

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penerapan skema yang akan mengucurkan jutaan dolar dari Saudi Arabia kembali ke ekonomi Amerika Serikat, sekaligus juga mempererat hubungan fundamentalis di Saudi Arabia dengan pemerintah Amerika.

Perkins memaparkan berbagai cara tersembunyi dari kerajaan untuk mengendalikan sejumlah peristiwa dramatis dalam sejarah, seperti kejatuhan Shan Iran, kematian presiden Panama Omar Torrijos, dan invasi Amerika ke Panama dan Irak.

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man -- yang diperingatkan oleh banyak orang agar tidak ditulis- mengemukakan pengetahuan tentang sistem yang memacu globalisasi dan memicu kemiskinan jutaan manusia di seluruh dunia.

Labels: BIOGRAFI/MEMOAR, HUBUNGAN INTERNASIONAL, TOTAL KOLEKSI

BANK KAUM MISKIN: KISAH YUNUS DAN GRAMEEN BANK MEMERANGI KEMISKINAN, Muhammad Yunus

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Judul/Title: BANK KAUM MISKIN: KISAH YUNUS DAN GRAMEEN BANK MEMERANGI KEMISKINANPenulis/Author: Muhammad YunusPenerbit/Publisher: Marjin KiriEdisi/Edition: IV, 2008Halaman/Pages: 269Dimensi/Dimension: 14 x 20 x 1.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 332.3/Yun/b/C.1

***Sebagai seorang dosen ekonomi Universitas Chittagong, MUHAMAD YUNUS merasa resah melihat kesenjangan antara teori yang diajarkannya dengan realitas kemiskinan sehari-hari di Bangladesh. Dan ia pun memutuskan keluar dari ruang kelas untuk belajar langsung dari masyarakat miskin pedesaan. Lahirlah ide-ide cemerlang pengentasan kemiskinan yang sangat relevant dengan kondisi Indonesia saat ini.

Ikutilah pergulatan mengharukan Yunus dan Grameen Bank dalam memberdayakan masyarakat miskin, membela hak-hak kaum perempuan yang selama ini diabaikan, melawan kelambanan birokrasi, kekolotan sikap keagamaan, kekakuan cara berpikir akademis, dan kesewenang-wenangan lembaga keuangan internasional seperti Bank Dunia.

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THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Sidney Poitier

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Judul/Title: THE MEASURE OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY Penulis/Author: Sidney PoitierPenerbit/Publisher: Harper CollinsEdisi/Edition: I, 2000Halaman/Pages: 255Dimensi/Dimension: 13.5 x 20 x 2cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 927/Poi/m/C.1

***"With the unwavering sense of dignity and worth... this man's authenticity is earned by the life he describes." -- The Los Angeles Times

"Reading The Measure of a Man is somewhat akin to having a worthwhile conversation with a revered older relative; he doesn't always tell you what you want to hear, but you appreciate it just the same." -- The Washington Post

"An effective memoire." -- The Dallas Morning News

"Revealing... Poitier ivites us to re-examine his work and through it, our history." -- The New York Times Magazine

"Candid memoirs from the actor aho has starred in more than forty movies, directed nine, and written four." -- USA Today

"Reflective, generous, humane... moving... [Poitier] writes with vivid emotion." -- New York Book Review

"Having already penned a book about his professional life, legendary actor Sidney Poitier tackles a greater subject -- life itself -- with this

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new spiritual autobiography." -- American Way

Labels: BIOGRAFI/MEMOAR, TOTAL KOLEKSI

SURAT DARI PALMERAH: INDONESIA DALAM POLITIK MEHONG: 1996 - 1999, Seno Gumira Ajidarma

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Judul/Title: SURAT DARI PALMERAH: INDONESIA DALAM POLITIK MEHONG: 1996 - 1999Penulis/Author: Seno Gumira AjidarmaPenerbit/Publisher: Kepustakaan Populer GramediaEdisi/Edition: I, 2002Halaman/Pages: 287Dimensi/Dimension: 17.5 x 22 x 1.5 cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 814/Aji/s/C.1

***Surat-surat ini ditulis pada masa transisi dalam sejarah politik Indonesia kontemporer, antara 1966-1999, yakni sebelum dan sesudah tergulingnya Orde Baru. Surat-surat ini berbincang tentang etika politik dan masalah sosial budaya, yang merefleksikan situasi kritis dalam kehidupan politik masa itu. Namun pengawasan ketat Departemen Penerangan RI pada masa Orde Baru, maupun ancaman kelompok-kelompok radikal setelah Reformasi, membuat opini wartawan seringkali tidak bisa dinyatakan secara langsung -- dibutuhkan suatu seni untuk mengutarakan pendapat yang sensitif. Itulah yang dirasakan penulisnya, yang setelah musim politik berganti pendapatnya belum berubah: Politik di Indonesia adalah politik mehong.

Esai demi esai memperkaya dan memberi kita pelajaran untuk melihat suatu perkara dari segi yang semula mungkin tak pernah kita perhitungkan. Kita seperti menyelam dalam hidup pribadi Seno yang luas, dalam, dan meriah; dan dari penyelaman itu kita pulang membawa sesuatu. Pendek kata, kita mengorbankan waktu bukan untuk sebuah kesia-siaan.

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LETTERS TO CRISTINA: REFLECTIONS ON MY LIFE AND WORK, Paulo Freire

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Judul/Title: LETTERS TO CRISTINA: REFLECTIONS ON MY LIFE AND WORKPenulis/Author: Paulo FreirePenerbit/Publisher: RoutledgeEdisi/Edition: 1996Halaman/Pages: 259Dimensi/Dimension: 15 x 22.5 x 1.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.:370.92 /Fre/l/C.1

***Known for his literacy campaigns in Latin America and Africa and for his seminal work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire is regarded by many as the most significant educational thinker of twentieth century. Letters to Cristina offers Freire's own intimate retrospection on his life and work. These reflections, conceived in the form of letters to his niece Cristina, provide a backdrop for a deeper understanding of the experiences -- including his difficult exile -- that have informed his thinking and teaching. Freire looks back on his childhood and youth, responds to contemporary challenges to his work, and meditates on current educational and political debates. Letters to Cristina represent the culmination of the life work of one of this century's most engaged intellectuals.

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HEROES OF FREEDOM AND HUMANITY

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Judul/Title: HEROES OF FREEDOM AND HUMANITYPenulis/Author: Tim NarasiPenerbit/Publisher: NarasiEdisi/Edition: I, 2006Halaman/Pages: 167Dimensi/Dimension: 14.5 x 21 x 0.5 cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 923/Nar/h

***Sebagian besar dunia tercipta melalui tindakan-tindakan luar biasa yang dilakukan orang-orang besar. Bukan hanya memberi pengaruh langsung terhadap orang-orang segenerasinya, kehidupan orang-orang besar itu pun mampu memberi inspirasi bagi generasi berikutnya.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Che Guevara, Jawaharlal Nehru, Winston Churchill, Dalai Lama Ke-14, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Nelson Mandela, serta Ho Chi Minh adalah nama-nama abadi yang muncul di abad 20, namun akan dikenang sepanjang masa. Mereka berjuang menaklukan musuh-musuh terbesar bagi kebebasan dan kemanusiaan. Mereka berjuang menetang sistem yang tidak adil, imperialisme, dan diskriminasi. Mereka melawan para tiran yang kejam, dan mereka membayar pengorbanannya dengan nyawa. Tindakan-tindakan heroik mereka demi kebebasan dan kemanusiaan aka tetap dikenang dan menjadi pencerahan bagi kita yang hidup di abad 21.

***For SaleHasta La Victoria Siempre , Che Guevara Tshirt Rp. 65.000,-

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MY LIFE, Bill Clinton

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Judul/Title: MY LIFE Penulis/Author: Bill ClintonPenerbit/Publisher: Alfred A. KnopfEdisi/Edition: 2004Halaman/Pages: 999Dimensi/Dimension: 16 x 24 x 5.5cmSampul/Cover: HardcoverBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 923.1/Cli/m/C.1

***PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public.

It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White House -- a journey fueled by an impassioned interest in the political process which manifested itself at every stage of his life: in college, working as an intern for Senator Wiliam Fulbright; at Oxford, becoming part of the Vietnam War protest movement; at Yale Law School, campaigning on the grassroots level for Democratic candidates, back in Arkansas, running for Congress, attorney general, and governor.

We see his career shaped by his resolute determination to improve the life of his fellow citizens, an unfaltering commitment to civil right, and exceptional understanding of the practicalities of political life.

We come to understand the emotional pressures of his youth -- born after his father's death; caught in the dysfunctional relationship between his feisty, nurturing mother and his abusive stepfather, whom he never ceased to love and whose name he took; drawn to the

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brilliant, compelling Hillary Rodham, whom he was determined to marry; passionately devoted, from her infancy, to their daughter, Chelsea, and to experience of fatherhood; slowly and painfully beginning to comprehend how his early denial of pain led him at times into damaging patterns of behaviour.

President Clinton's book is also the fullest, most concretely detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever written -- encompassing not only the high points and crises but the way the presidency actually works: the day-to-day bombardment of problems, personalities, conflicts, setback, achievements.

It is a testament to the positive impact on America and on the world of his work and his ideals.

It is the gripping account of a president under concerted and unrelenting assault orchestrated by his enemies on the Far Right, and how he survived and prevailed.

It is a treasury of moments caught alive, among them: The ten-year-old boy watching the national political conventions

on his family's new (and first) television set. The young candidate looking for votes in the Arkansas hills and

the local seers who tells him, "Any-body who would campaign at beer joint in Joiner at midnight on Saturday night deserves to carry one box... You'll win here. But it'll be the only damn place you win in this county." (He was right on both counts.)

The roller-coaster ride of the 1992 campaign. The extraordinarily frank exchanges with Newt Gingrich and Bob

Dole. The delicate manipulation needed to convince Rabin and Arafat

to shake hands for the camera while keeping Arafat from kissing Rabin.

The cost, both public and private, of the scandal that threatened the presidency.

Here is the life of a great national and international figure, revealed with all his talents and contradictions, told openly, directly in his own completely recognizable voice. A unique book by a unique American.

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SERATUS TOKOH YANG PALING BERPENGARUH DALAM SEJARAH DUNIA, Michael H. Hart

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Judul/Title: SERATUS TOKOH YANG PALING BERPENGARUH DALAM SEJARAH DUNIAPenulis/Author: Michael H. HartPenerbit/Publisher: Dunia Pustaka JayaEdisi/Edition: 1994Halaman/Pages: 515Dimensi/Dimension: 13 x 19 x 2cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 920/Har/s/C.1

***Siapakah yang paling berpengaruh dalam sejarah? Hart menyusun daftar urut (ranking) seratus tokoh dengan argumentasi yang meyakinkan, tapi juga mengandung perdebatan.

Apa alasan Hart menempatkan Nabi Muhammad pada rangking pertama? Mengapa pula Nabi Isa menempati rangking ke-3, sedangkan Isaac Newton rangking ke-2? John F. Kennedy termasuk ke dalam seratus tokoh, tapi mengapa Mahatma Gandhi tidak? Siapa yang lebih berpengaruh, Karl Marx atau Kong Hu-cu? 'Umar bin Khattab Alexander yang Agung?

Seratus Tokoh penuh dengan argumentasi, penuh pula dengan humor. diterjemahkan dengan gaya kocak Mahbub Djuniaidi.

***For SaleMatryoshka Dolls/Russian DollsRp. 70.000,-

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MICHAEL JACKSON: THE MAGIC AND THE MADNESS, J. Randy Taraborrelli

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Judul/Title: MICHAEL JACKSON: THE MAGIC AND THE MADNESSPenulis/Author: J. Randy TaraborrelliPenerbit/Publisher: Carol PublishingEdisi/Edition: 1992Halaman/Pages: 619Dimensi/Dimension: 10.5x 17.5 x 3cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 927/Tar/m/C.1

***A child prodigy with a streak of independence and a genius for music. Michael Jackson has been a star for most of his young life. As the Jackson 5 in the 196os, Michael and his brothers stunned the world with their hip rock harmonizing. But it would be Michael's solo work that would catapult him to international fame as the supreme entertainer.

After hundreds of interview, celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborelli tackles the rumors and innuendo that hover over the talented family from Gary, Indiana, and traces the real story behind Michael's extensive plastic surgery his bizzare publicity stunts; the mini Disneyland built for his private use, the exciting Motown days of chart-busting records and tours; the phenomenal solo success that has brought Michael undreamed-of wealth and also great personal pain; the shocking accusations leveled by La Toya against her father; the revelation made in the song written by his brother Jermaine; and the video with the all-too-controversial ending.

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GANDHI: SEBUAH OTOBIOGRAFI, Gandhi

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Judul/Title: GANDHI: SEBUAH OTOBIOGRAFIPenulis/Author: GandhiPenerbit/Publisher: Sinar HarapanEdisi/Edition: 1978Halaman/Pages: 446Dimensi/Dimension: 14 x 20.5 x 2cmBahasa/Language: IndonesiaKategori/Category: Sewa/RentHarga Jual/Sale Price: Tidak Dijual/Not for SaleCall No.: 920/Gan/g/C.1Status: Ada/Available

***Dunia kini memandang umat manusia bagaikan lautan bayi yang terserak tersebar di mana-mana, lemah tak berdaya berhadapan dengan kekuasaan dan kekuatan raksasa itu kinta kenal sebagai MNC (Multi National Coorporation atau perusahaan Multi Nasional).

Benarkah demikian adanya? Memang tidak mustahil, MNC secara sengaja atau tidak, langsung atau tidak membuat sesuatu negara nasional menjadi tergantung kepadanya.

Pikiran kritis memandang ketergantungan akan mengurangi kebebasan negara yang bersangkutan itu. Sehubungan dengan ketergantungan itu, bagi setiap negara yang sedang berkembang, setidaknya bagi Indonesia, perlu diingat dua nama, Soekarno dan Gandhi. Ir. Soekarno yang pernah menjadi presiden pertama Indonesia dikenal karena prinsip "Berdiri di Atas Kaki Sendiri", Mahatma Gandhi terkenal antara lain karena prinsip Swadeshinya.

Betapa pun negara-negara miskin harus tetap survive dan konfliknya dengan negara-negara kaya harus terselesaikan secara baik, tanpa harus mengalami konflik terbuka yang bisa membahayakan berbagai pihak di dunia itu.

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Ajaran Gandhi kini semakin bertambah relevan, dan kita barangkali akan kembali menemukan nilai-nilai dan kebenarannya dalam menghadapi perjuangan menyongsong Tata Ekonomi Dunia Baru. Buku ini sangat berguna bagi setiap pribadi, masyarakat atau bangsa yang ingin tumbuh berkembang dan maju, tanpa terjerat dalam ketergantungan yang melenyapkan kebebasan yang hakiki.

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JEIHAN: AMBANG WARAS DAN GILA, Jakob Sumardjo

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Judul/Title: JEIHAN: AMBANG WARAS DAN GILAPenulis/Author: Jakob SumardjoPenerbit/Publisher: Jeihan InstituteEdisi/Edition: 2007Halaman/Pages: 416Dimensi/Dimension: 15,5 x 23 x 2cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 927/Sum/j/C.1

***Seandainya Jakob Sumardjo sama gilanya dengan tokohnya, Jeihan: atau Jeihan sama warasnya dengan Jakob, mungkin buku ini tidak wujud. Atau kalaupun wujud, tidak akan segila buku ini.

Dari kacamata Jakob yang waras, kegilaan Jeihan dapat tertangkap secara utuh. Termasuk bagian-bagian warasnya. Jakob melukis modelnya dengan kegilaan Jeihan dalam kewarasannya sendiri. Hasilnya adalah lukisan gila: campuran antara lukisan ala Raden Saleh dan Affandi. Lahiriah dan batiniah Jeihan tergambar dalam pigura kearifan pujangga.

Pendek kata, melihat 'lukisan' profesor yang satu ini, Jeihan tidak lagi tampak hanya sebagai sosok seperti dalam lukisan naturalis kodian. Sebagai pelukis terkaya. Sebagai pelukis kelas satu. Dst. Tetapi Jeihan sebagai manusia, mahluk yang berproses. Hamba Tuhan sekaligus khalifahNya.

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THE LETTERS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF: VOLUME TWO, Virginia Stephen Woolf

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Judul/Title: THE LETTERS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF: VOLUME TWOPenulis/Author: Virginia Stephen WoolfPenerbit/Publisher: HarvestEdisi/Edition: 1978Halaman/Pages: 627Dimensi/Dimension: 13.5 x 20 x 4cmSampul/Cover: HardcoverBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 826/Nic/l/C.1

***"Which was the real Virginia Woolf? What was she really like? Volume II of her letters, which, from cover, absorbs, enchants, and perplexes the reader, comes to an end with the mystery unsolved -- and wit the reader panting for Volume III..." [Ellen Moers, SATURDAY REVIEW]

"This second of the projected six volumes lives up to all expectations, providing a fascinating, many faceted, private self-potrait of a remarkable woman."[PUBLISHERS WEEKLY]

"Surely these letters would bear witness to a woman of brilliance, possibly genius."[Melvin Maddocks, TIME]

If anything, the second volume of Woolf's correspondece is even more marveolus than the first."[Keith Cushman LIBRARY JOURNAL]

***

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THE LETTERS OF T.S. ELIOT, Thomas Stearns Eliot

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Judul/Title: THE LETTERS OF T.S. ELIOTPenulis/Author: Thomas Stearns EliotPenerbit/Publisher: Harcourt Brace JovanovichEdisi/Edition: 1988Halaman/Pages: 639Dimensi/Dimension: 16 x 24 x 5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 826/Eli/l/C.1

***T.S. Eliot, Nobel laureate, a great literary presence of the twentieth century, is renowned for his unique voice as poet, critic and dramatist. This first volume of his long-awaited correspondence covers the period from his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, until the end of 1922, by which time he had settled in England, married, and published "The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock," The Sacred Wood, and "The Waste Land."

This volume includes all the significant extant letters Eliot wrote up to age 34 as well as many letters written to him by his family, friends, and contemporaries. Here are insight into his struggle to earn a living, to care for a wife who was frequently ill, edit a magazine, and become known as a critic poet. The social and intellectual milieu before and after World War I emerges in brilliant views.

Much has been written about Eliot's work and comparatively little about his life. Such was his determination to maintain his privacy that commentators, however diligent, have been largely restricted to speculation. Now, with the publication of The Letters of T.S Eliot, we will have a self portrait, a form of autobiography.

Eliot's second wife and widow, Valerie Eliot, has assembled letters from collections, libraries, and on her own extensive archives. She has written a detailed introduction, annotated the letters throughout, and provided a chronological biographical commentary. She has also selected numerous photographs of Eliot and his world, many of them

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shown publicly for the first time in this book.

Published on the centenary of Eliot's birth, this volume is the result of twenty years of devoted scholarship and research. It is a literally landmark.

***For Sale"Handmade Cards"22.5 x 18 cmMade in YogyakartaRp. 15.000,-

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DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES: A TRIBUTE, Tim Graham

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Judul/Title: DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES: A TRIBUTEPenulis/Author: Tim GrahamPenerbit/Publisher: Orion HouseEdisi/Edition: 1997Halaman/Pages: 96Dimensi/Dimension: 11 x 18 x 1.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 929.7/Gra/d/C.1

***On hearing of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, there was an emotional outpouring of grief from millions across the world, but the love and regard ordinary people had for 'The People's Princess' was never in doubt. Diana was many things to many people -- tireless charity worker, style icon, loving mother to her two sons - and in Diana, Princess of Wales: A Tribute Tim Graham shows the many facets of her personality in a heartfelt acknowledgement of a remarkable woman.

From the moment the shy nineteen-year-old kindergarten teacher first stood in a ray of sunlight to have her photograph taken, the world recognized a new star. Seldom out of the newspaper, always in the news, the Princess used her sudden celebrity to fight for the causes she believed in-for the better understanding of Aids patients; against the use of landmines, where the devastation they wreak can be felt decades after they are put in place; for the care of terminally ill children, most particularly at the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital; these and hundreds of other causes benefited from her care and love.

Now, as a nation and the world pay their final respects with an intensity of feeling rarely experienced, Diana, Princess of Wales: A Tribute document in an intimate portrait the making of a legend.

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***For Sale2 Hi-rise TerracottaSize: 15 x 41 cm & 13 x 33 cmRp. 150.000,-

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THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, Anne Frank

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Judul/Title: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANKPenulis/Author: Anne FrankPenerbit/Publisher: Cox & Wyman LtdEdisi/Edition: 1953Halaman/Pages: 223Dimensi/Dimension: 11 x 18 x 1.5cmSampul/ Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 920.72/Fra/d/C.1

***'I want to go on living after my death. And therefore i am grateful to God for giving me this gift ... of expressing all that is in me.'

Thirteen-year-old Anne Frank, with her parents and sister and four other people, went into hiding in the sealed-off back rooms of an Amsterdam office Building in 1942, when the Nazi invaders intensified their persecution of Jews.

For two years they remained safe. In August 1944 they were betrayed. Anne died in the ghastly concentration camp at Belsen. All the others perished too, except her father.

Anne's astonishingly initimate diary was found by accident. With a touch of genius it records the strains of her unfolding womanhood, her falling in love, her unswerving faith in her religion. And it reveals the shining nobility of her spirit.

Now known and loved the world over through Stage, Screen and TV adaptations, or in translation, this touchingly human document remains timeless in its appeal.

***For SaleHandmade Recycled Notebook 12 x 15 x 1cm

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Made in Yogyakarta Rp. 20.000,-

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100 WANITA YANG MEMBENTUK SEJARAH DUNIA, Eddy Soetrisno & Elizabeth Tara, MD

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Judul/Title: 100 WANITA YANG MEMBENTUK SEJARAH DUNIAPenulis/Author: Eddy Soetrisno & Elizabeth Tara, MDPenerbit/Publisher: MM CorpEdisi/Edition: 2003Halaman/Pages: 212Dimensi/Dimension: 15 x 23 x 1cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 920.72/Soe/w/C.1

***Sejarah diisi dengan beribu-ribu orang yang sudah membuat kepandaian nyata. Bagaimanapun, diantara sosok yang bangkit seperti sinar menara api - yang memiliki bakat pribadi, bekerja keras, punya visi unik, telah memposisikan mereka dalam catatan sejarah. 100 Wanita yang Membentuk Sejarah Dunia menyediakan pandangan menyeluruh dari 100 wanita yang memiliki semangat kemanusiaan tak terkuasai dan keinginan mereka untuk merubah sejarah dunia.

Buku ini adalah acuan sempurna bagi mereka yang tertarik belajar lebih banyak tentang prestasi dan kontribusi wanita-wanita. 100 Wanita yang Membentuk Sejarah Dunia adalah kumpulan informasi biografi menarik. Menonjolkan: Garis waktu, peta lokasi, organisasi menurut urutan waktu, indeks lengkap dengan referensi silang dan material untuk kuis yang sederhana.

***For Sale"Vietnamese Woman"6.5 x 23cmMade in VietnamRp. 100.000,-

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STEPHEN HAWKING: QUEST FOR A THEORY OF EVERYTHING, Kitty Ferguson

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Judul/Title: STEPHEN HAWKING: QUEST FOR A THEORY OF EVERYTHINGPenulis/Author: Kitty FergusonPenerbit/Publisher: Bantam BookEdisi/Edition: 1995Halaman/Pages: 192Dimensi/Dimension: 12.5 x 20 x 1.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 925/Fer/s/C.1

***This is the story of one of the most remarkable figures of the late twentieth century - Professor Stephen Hawking, the Cambridge genius who has earned an international reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. His book, A Brief History of Time, has sold 8 million copies worldwide and familiarized a whole generation with complex but intensely exciting scientific theories.

When Kitty Ferguson approached Stephen Hawking with the idea of writing a book about him and asked him to help her make certain she understood his theories, he agreed to do so and also supplied her with material about his childhood and life. This book is the splendid result.

It is not a biography per se. It is rather the story of one man's quest to find the 'Theory of Everything'. In these pages you will encounter a multitude of amazing paradoxes: Beginnings may be endings... Two great scientific theories taken together seem to give us nonsense... Empty space isn't empty... Black holes aren't black... Cruel circumstances can lead to happiness, although fame and success may not... and a man whose appearance inspires shock and pity takes us laughing to where the boundaries of space and time ought to be -- but are not.

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***For SaleHoley Terracottasize: 42 x 25cmMade in YogyakartaRp. 200.000,-

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DIANA: HER TRUE STORY, Andrew Morton

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Judul/Title: DIANA: HER TRUE STORYPenulis/Author: Andrew MortonPenerbit/Publisher: Simon & SchusterEdisi/Edition: 1997Halaman/Pages: 288Dimensi/Dimension: 16 x 24x 3cmSampul/Cover: HardcoverBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 929.7/Mor/d/C.1

***Diana: Her True Story was in fact almost entirely based on her own words, supplemented by interviews with her friends. In 1991 and 1992, when this book was first conceived and written, Diana felt trapped and powerless within the royal family. She knew that the truth about her life was submerged under a mountain of royal propaganda. Diana: Her True Story chronicles Diana's unhappiness, which began shortly before her wedding day, and reveals the life of a young and beautiful woman who, trapped in a loveless marriage, had sunk to the depths of despair, from which the recovery seemed impossible. In an act of desperation, she made a decision in 1991 to tell her own story, no matter what the cost. And so she and Andrew Morton began a collaboration that was to shake the royal family to its foundations and, eventually, force Diana to seek a new life. Tragically, that new, and briefly happy, life is over.

This new edition contains the story of how the book first came into being. What's more, Diana is able, finally, to tell her own story, in her own words. Its pages contain her own testament -- the closest we will ever come to her autobiography.

***For Sale"Flower Candleholder"13 x 12 cm

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Made in YogyakartaRp. 100.000,-

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THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

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Judul/Title: THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES: NOTES ON A LATIN AMERICAN JOURNEYPenulis/Author: Ernesto 'Che' GuevaraPenerbit/Publisher: Harper PerennialEdisi/Edition: 2004Halaman/Pages: 165Dimensi/Dimension: 13 x 19 x 1.3cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 803/Gue/m/C.1

***In January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on 'La Poderosa', the Powerful One; a 500cc Norton. One of them was the twenty-three-year-old Che Guevara.

Written eight years before the Cuban revolution, these are Che's diaries- full of disasters and discoveries, high drama, low comedy and laddish improvisations. During his travels through Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Venezuela, Che's main concerns are where the next drink is coming from, where the next bed is to be found and who might be around to share it.

Within a decade the whole world would know his name. His trip might have been the adventure of a lifetime - had his lifetime not turned into a much greater adventure.

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COME BE MY LIGHT, Mother Teresa

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Judul/Title: COME BE MY LIGHT: THE PRIVATE WRITINGS OF THE "SAINT OF CALCUTTA"Penulis/Author: Mother TeresaPenerbit/Publisher: DoubledayEdisi/Edition: 2007Halaman/Pages: 404Dimensi/Dimension: 21.5cmSampul/Cover: HardcoverBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 271.97/Ter/c

***During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions to the care of the sick, the dying, and thousands of others nobody else was prepared to look after have been recognized and acclaimed throughout the world. Little is known, however, about her own spiritual heights and or her struggles. This collection of her writings and reflections, almost all of which have never been made public before, sheds light on Mother Teresa's interior life in a way that reveals the depth and intensity of her holiness for the first time.

Complied and presented by father Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., who knew Mother Teresa for twenty years and is the postulator for her cause for sainthood and director of the Mother Teresa Center, Mother Teresa brings together letters she wrote to her spiritual advisors over decades. A moving chronicle of her spiritual journey -- including moments, indeed years, of utter desolation -- these letters reveal the secrets she shared only with her closest confidants. She emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith, a true deark night of the soul.

Published to coincide with the tenth anniversary of her death, Mother Teresa is an intimate portrait of a woman whose life and work continue to be admired by millions of people.

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RUMI'S WORLD, Annemarie Schimmel

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Judul/Title: RUMI'S WORLD: THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE GREAT SUFI POETPenulis/Author: Annemarie SchimmelPenerbit/Publisher: Shambhala Dragon EditionsEdisi/Edition: 2001Halaman/Pages: 214Dimensi/Dimension: 22.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 891.55/Sch/r

***This highly readable book reflects a lifetime of scholarly concern and at the same time personal intimacy with the words and world of Rumi. In simple and poetic language the author takes the reader through the cultural heritage of Konya, where the saint is burried, his life and family, his transfiguring encounter with Shams al-Din Tabrizi, as well as his poetry and mystical teachings along with his unparalleled intellectual and spiritual legacy. Annemarie Schimmel has provided an at once scholarly, poetic, and existentially moving account of the life, work, and spiritual message of that supreme troubador of Persian Sufi literature and one of the greatest saints of Islam.

-- Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies George Washington University

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SEJARAH HIDUP MUHAMMAD Muhammad Husain Haekal

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Judul/Title: SEJARAH HIDUP MUHAMMAD Penulis/Author: Muhammad Husain HaekalPenerbit/Publisher: Litera AntarNusaEdisi/Edition: 32, September 2006Halaman/Pages: 726Dimensi/Dimension: 24cmSampul/Cover: HardcoverBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 2x9/Hae/s

***Terjemahan selengkapnya dan seperti apa adanya dari buku Dr. Haekal: Hayat Muhammad yang sudah cukup dikenal. Buku ini merupakan studi mendalam dan cermat tentang sejarah hidup Muhammad Rasulullah dan diteliti dari sumber-sumber Islam dan bukan Islam yang penting.

Muhammad sebagai manusia dan sebagai Rasul dibicarakan dengan saksama. Dalam peristiwa yang sangat kritis, di sana-sini penulis terpaksa berhadapan dengan oikiran awam dan sekaligus dengan tanggapan penulis-penulis luar. Semua itu dikemukakan dengan hati-hati dan logis.

Dimulai dengan dua buah kata pengantar yang menilai tanggapan penulis-penulis Islam dan bukan Islam tentang beberapa masalah sekitar pribadi Rasulullah, kemudian penulis memulai telaahnya dalam dua bagian khusus tentang masyarakat pra-Islam. Kata pengantar ini mempunyai nilai sendiri yang perlu sekali kita baca.

Labels: AGAMA ISLAM, BIOGRAFI/MEMOAR, TOTAL KOLEKSI

MUHAMMAD: KISAH HIDUP NABI BERDASARKAN SUMBER KLASIK, Martin Lings

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Judul/Title: MUHAMMAD: KISAH HIDUP NABI BERDASARKAN SUMBER KLASIKPenulis/Author: Martin LingsPenerbit/Publisher: SerambiEdisi/Edition: V, Mei 2008Halaman/Pages: 671Dimensi/Dimension: 20.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 2x9/Lin/m

***Buku ini sungguh luar biasa. Dengan keahlian yang seolah tak tertandingi, Martin Lings menghadirkan riwayat hidup Nabi Muhammad saw. dengan narasi dan detail mengagumkan. Buku ini dinilai banyak kalangan sebagai salah satu buku biografi Rasul terbaik yang pernah diterbitkan. Hanya seorang berkemampuan istimewalah yang dapat menghasilkan buku sedemikian menyentuh.

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ENSIKLOPEDI TOKOH SUFI: WARISAN SPIRITUAL DAN KELUHURAN PARA MAHAGURU SUFI, Abd ar-Rahman Jami

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Judul/Title: ENSIKLOPEDI TOKOH SUFI: WARISAN SPIRITUAL DAN KELURUHAN PARA MAHAGURU SUFIPenulis/Author: Abd ar-Rahman JamiPenerbit/Publisher: BerandaEdisi/Edition: 2007Halaman/Pages: 435Dimensi/Dimension: 15.5 x 23 cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 204/Jam/e

***Buku ini diterjemahkan dari kitab Nafahat al-Uns, sebuah karya paling monumental Abd al-Rahman Jami [817-898H/1414-1492M], seorang sufi agung yang tidak hanya dikenal di Timur [kalangan Muslim sendiri], tetapi juga di Barat [kaum orientalis pengkaji tasawuf]. Jami juga terkenal karena novel legendaris sepanjang zaman yang pernah ia buat, Yusuf dan Zulaikha. Kitab ini sejajar dengan sekian karya tentang tasawuf dan biografi tokoh Sufi yang pernah ditulis. Dibanding Hilyah al-Auliya, Tadzkirah al-Auliya, Thabaqat al Shufiyyah, ataupun Kasyful Mahjub, karya ini tentu saja tidak kalah menarik.

Dikemas dalam dua bagian, bagian pertama karya ini merupakan pengantar, memuat sembilan penjelasan mengenai doktrin-doktrin penting dalam dunia tasawuf. Nilai penting bagian ini, sebagi rujukan para pengkaji dan pegiat dunia sufi, terletak pada analisis penulis yang khas, tajam, detail dan informatif tentang: sumber ajaran tasawuf, frnomena tarekat, aliran-aliran sufi, serta ditambah pula dengan perspektif pribadi sang penulis sebagai pelaku tasawuf.

Yang terpenting adalah bagian kedua, karena memuat biografi 200 syekh sufi terkemuka selama kurun abad III H, mencakup sejarah kelahiran dan wafat mereka, perjalanan hidup, status kesufian [hal], maqam ruhani [maqamat], serta karamah-karamah mereka.

Menarik, Jami juga menyunting pelbagai aforisma dan kisah spiritual para syekh tersebut, serta menjelaskan bagian demi bagian, petuah-

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petuah mereka, sehingga kemudian kita mengenalnya sebagai kredo-kredo sufi.

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MUHAMMAD PROPHET FOR OUR TIME, Karen Armstrong

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Judul/Title: MUHAMMAD PROPHET FOR OUR TIMEPenulis/Author: Karen ArmstrongPenerbit/Publisher: MizanEdisi/Edition: I, April 2007Halaman/Pages: 372Dimensi/Dimension: 20cmSampul/Cover: HardcoverBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 2x9/Arm/m

***Karen Armstrong adalah penulis yang telah menghasilkan karya-karya gemilang tentang berbagai tradisi agama. Dalam setiap tulisannya, dia menampakkan kepiawaiannya menampilkan kajian yang rumit menjadi bahasan yang memikat dan mudah dimengerti. Penulis yang bermukim di Inggris itu kini menampilkan biografi Nabi Muhammad, yang tentunya membawakan tafsiran yang baru dan mengejutkan yang selalu menjadi kekhasannya.

Biografi Nabi Muhammad ini ditulis Karen pertama kali sebagai respons terhadap fatwa Ayatullah Khomeini terhadap Salman Rushdie. Hingga saat itu, kebanyakan literatur Barat menggambarkan Muhammad entah sebagai orang suci yang sempurna atau sebagai penipu ulung. Armstrong berdiri di tengahnya: Muhammad ditampilkan sebagai seorang luar biasa berbakat, pemberani, dan kompleks. Diperlihatkannya pula betapa karakter dan ide-ide Nabi demikian kuat untuk mengubah sejarah secara drastis dan menarik jutaan pengikut.

Dengan mahir Karen menjalinkan di dalam narasinya jejak-jejak awal sejarah panjang permusuhan Barat terhadap Islam. Ditulis dengan riset yang kuat dan berdasarkan sumber-sumber yang berimbang, penggambaran Karen tentang Nabi dengan latar kehadirannya tentu dapat pula menyerahkan pembaca dengan pemahaman baru tentang

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kejadian-kejadian modern di kancah politik internasional.

Labels: AGAMA ISLAM, BIOGRAFI/MEMOAR, TOTAL KOLEKSI

IBN 'ARABI: THE VOYAGE OF NO RETURN, Claude Addas

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Judul/Title: IBN 'ARABI: THE VOYAGE OF NO RETURNPenulis/Author: Claude AddasPenerbit/Publisher: The Islamic Text SocietyEdisi/Edition: 2000Halaman/Pages: 134Dimensi/Dimension: 21.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: EnglishCall No.: 204/Add/v

***This concise introduction to the life and thought of Ibn 'Arabi who is considered as the "Greatest of Sufi Masters". Written by the author of a best-selling biography of Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn 'Arabi: The Vogaye of No Return traces the major events of Ibn 'Arabi's life: his conversion to Sufism; his travels around Andalusia and the Maghreb; his meetings with the saints of his time; his journey to Mecca; his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Syria; his most important books. The events of Ibn 'Arabi's "inner voyage", however, are far more spectacular than those of his outer life and are here presented directly from the many auto-biographical sections found in his writings. Through her detailed analysis of Ibn 'Arabi's works and her profound understanding of his ideas, Claude Addas gives us a comprehensive insight into the major doctrines of this most influential Sufi masters: the doctrine of prophethood and sainthood, of inheritance from the prophets, of the "imaginal world", of the "unicity of Being", of the "Seal of Saints", and many others. Addas also introduces the main diciples of Ibn 'Arabi down the nineteenth century and traces both his unequalled influence on the course of Sufism and the controversies that still surround him till today. Ibn 'Arabi: The Voyage of No Return is essential reading for anyone interested in Islamic mysticism and is a genuine contribution to scholarship in this field.

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MENCARI BELERANG MERAH: KISAH HIDUP IBN ARABI, Claude Addas

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Judul/Title: MENCARI BELERANG MERAH: KISAH HIDUP IBN ARABIPenulis/Author: Claude AddasPenerbit/Publisher: SerambiEdisi/Edition: 2004Halaman/Pages: 474Dimensi/Dimension: 15 x 23.5 cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 204/Add/m

***Biografi pertama dari tokoh berpengaruh dalam mistisisme Islam. Biografi ini didasarkan pada bukti-bukti dokumenter yang luar biasa banyaknya. Di dalam tulisan-tulisannya yang dahsyat, Ibn Arabi menceritakan kembali pengalaman-pengalaman mistiknya, perjalanan-perjalanannya, baik yang lahiriah maupun yang batiniah, dan perjumpaannya dengan sejumlah mistikus lainnya, baik yang hidup maupun yang telah wafat.

Labels: AGAMA ISLAM, BIOGRAFI/MEMOAR, TOTAL KOLEKSI

IBNU RUSYD: SANG FILSUF, MISTIKUS, FAKIH DAN DOKTER, Abbas Mahmud al-Aqqad

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Judul/Title: IBNU RUSYD: SANG FILSUF, MISTIKUS, FAKIH DAN DOKTER

Penulis/Author: Abbas Mahmud al-AqqadPenerbit/Publisher: QirtasEdisi/Edition: 2003Halaman/Pages: 230Dimensi/Dimension: 20.5cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No: 204/Aqq/i

***Kebesaran Ibnu Rusyd sebagai seorang pemikir Islam mungkin tidak pantas lagi dipertanyakan. Pengakuan terhadapnya tidak hanya datang dari dunia Timur, tapi juga Barat yang bahkan mendaulatnya sebagai guru kedua atas jasa-jasanya menerjemahkan sekaligus menafsirkan karya-karya guru pertama, yaitu Aristotles. Sayangnya, dalam perkembangan pemikiran Islam, nama Ibnu Rusyd tidak bersinar segemilang Al Ghazali. Sehingga, pernah berkembang citraan bahwa kemunduran diskursus pemikiran Islam adalah gara-gara umat Islam lebih memilih warisan Ghazali ketimbang Rusyd.

Dalam buku ini, diri dan pemikiran Ibnu Rusyd "ditelanjangi". Ibnu Rusyd tidak hanya dilihat sebagai figur monolitik, sang filsuf saja, tetapi juga sebagai seorang faqih, dokter, sekaligus mistikus. Sungguhpun tidak berpretensi sebagai suluh bagi setiap lempeng dan palung dalam lautan pemikiran Sang Guru kedua, namun buku ini berbicara fasih dan gamblang tentang kesunyian pemikiran Ibnu Rusyd. Sebuah buku sangat penting yang akan membawa Anda ke sebuah cakrawala yang mencerahkan.

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MASTER CHENG YEN: TELADAN CINTA KASIH, Yu-ing Ching

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Judul/Title: MASTER CHENG YEN: TELADAN CINTA KASIHPenulis/Author: Yu-ing ChingPenerbit/Publisher: Elex Media KomputindoEdisi/Edition: IV, 2005Halaman/Pages: 266Dimensi/Dimension: 14 x 21 x 1cmSampul/Cover: PaperbackBahasa/Language: IndonesiaCall No.: 922/Chi/m/C.1

***Master Cheng Yen dilahirkan di kota kecil bernama Chingsui di Taiwan bagian tengah pada tahun 1973. Ketika berusia 23 tahun, beliau meninggalkan rumah untuk menjadi seorang Bhiksuni.

Master Cheng Yen selalu menerapkan cara hidup yang sederhana dan saleh. Agar dapat berhemat, beliau membuat lilin dan tepung sereal yang terbuat dari kacang-kacangan untuk mempertahankan hidup. Pada tahun1966, beliau mendirikan Yayasan Buddha Tzu Chi, dan selama bertahun-tahun organisasi ini memusatkan kegiatan-kegiatannya di bidang amal, kesehatan, pendidikan, budaya kemanusiaan, bantuan internasional, donasi sumsum tulang, sukarelawan komunitas, dan pelestarian lingkungan. Semua kegiatan kemanusiaan tersebut dilakukan tanpa memandang perbedaan agama, ras, suku, dan negara.

Pada tahun 1991, Master Cheng Yen mendapat penghargaan dari Philippine Magsaysay Award yang merupakan penghargaan Nobel Asia. Hidup secara sederhana, beliau secara aktif menjalani kegiatannya menolong kaum papa serta memberikan pelajaran yang bermanfaat bagi kaum yang berkecukupan.

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