Dalam kumpulan 17 cerita pendek berikut ini kita mendapatkan berbagai gaya menyajikan cerita; namun banyak yang masih terkesan diilhami oleh sentimentalisme yang diangkat dari peri kehidupan serba kesempitan, serba pasrah, serba kalah, serba menerima. Sepertinya ada kecenderungan kuat untuk memanggil munculnya suasana perasaan serba mineur: kepiluan, keharuan, keprihatinan, ketidakber-dayaan. Boleh jadi hal ini memang.merupakan pantulan dari kenyataan yang diamati oleh para pengarangnya. Tidak ...

When Mark Heyward first went to Indonesia, to teach at a small school in East Kalimantan, little did he realise how life changing his decision would prove to be. Within three years his Australian life would be behind him and he would be travelling, with fellow adventurers, across remote Indonesian Borneo. The story of that remarkable expedition — a true travel adventure — coalesces with the author’s longer journey into the complex heart of Indonesia. It is a journey that spans two ...

Not many people know that there was actually a time where the value of Garuda Indonesia had reached only 1 US dollar. The company had a very large debt and the problem was so acute that the company’s reputation slowly collapsed. Then, the internal problems followed. However, Garuda Indonesia, as we know it now, is a story to be proud of. Garuda has become an airline that has a respected reputation all over the world and also gained international accolades. This book examines the ...

Rani is a 16-year-old teenage girl who was born and grew up in Bandung. She started to experience strange things after her parents’ divorce, started when she got lost on a hill without a peak, then she received a visit from an uncle and cousin she had never known existed. She was introduced to Javanese culture and finally found a portal that leads to another world! Not stopping there, Rani and her cousin, Bima, dared to enter the portal and discovered that the things hidden through the ...

The children of war sudah berlalu, kini kami adalah the children of peace. Tak ada lagi kata saling menyalahkan, tak ada lagi kata kalah dan menang. Berhenti mewariskan konflik dan tidak membuat konflik baru. Itu tekad, bukan slogan. Berbagai peristiwa konflik di Indonesia pasca kemerdekaan akibat adanya pertentangan ideologi, mewariskan luka yang dalam selama puluhan tahun di hati anak-cucu yang orangtuanya terlibat konflik. Rasa terhina, dendam, benci, takut, menyesaki dada setiap ...

Mengapa tidak memperlambat atau bahkan menghambat proses penuaan? Sehingga seseorang dapat tetap sehat dan berkualitas, meskipun usia bertambah. Buku ini menguraikan prinsip-prinsip upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk menghambat proses penuaan. · Kenali tanda-tanda penuaan. · Peranan dan pengobatan hormon. · Bagaimana menghambat penuaan? Mulai dari upaya estetika-kosmetik, hingga suplemen dan olah raga. · Beberapa penyalahgunaan dan pembodohan masyarakat atas konsep anti-penuaan. Buku ...