Alexander Graham Bell

Telepon adalah terobosan baru dalam dunia komunikasi pada tahun 1976. Sebelum penemuan ini, pesan jarak jauh disampaikan melalui morse lewat kawat telegraf. Sebelum telegraf, surat disampaikan kurir, sinyal asap, burung merpati, atau kapal laut. Tidak sedikit orang ingin menyempurnakan telegraf. Akan tetapi Bell secara kebetulan berada dalam posisi yang unik telah membaktikan dirinya untuk memb…

Duo Hippo Dinamis Tersesat di Byzantium

Trinity memang tak ada matinya! Petualangan serunya keliling dunia dalam The Naked Traveler 1 dan 2 membuat orang tak pernah puas membacanya jika hanya sekali. Orang tetap kagum dan tertawa ngakak membaca pengalaman serunya. Kali ini Trinity bersama Nina pamer pengalaman seru mereka. Mereka menjelajah Turki! Duet antihero, KK (Nina) dan DD (Trinity) ini dinamai Duo Hippo Dinamis. Kedua-duanya p…

Asal-Mula Festival Cina, Origins of Chinese Festivals

Banyak sekali festival atau perayaan tradisional Cina yang tak henti-hentinya diikuti oleh para pengamat. Namun, apa arti atau maknanya dan bagaimana asal-mula perayaan tersebut? Juga apa peranan perayaan ini bagi nilai-nilai luhur traadisional dalam peradaban yang memiliki sejarah lebih dari 5.000 tahun?rnrnBuku ini melukiskan semua perayaan-perayaan populer tradisional itu. Apa pun latar bela…

Viking

Viking bangsa penghuni Eropa Utara, pada awal zaman pertengahan ditakuti karena keganasan mereka di medan perang. Dari kampung halaman yang dingin mereka berlayar dengan kapal perang, menebar teror di negeri-negeri tetangga. Wilayah yang mereka serang dan taklukkan merentang dari pantai Baltik Rusia di Timur sampai Eslandia di Barat, bahkan mencapai Tanah Hijau dan Benua Amerika. Bangsa Viking…

Tourism Gems and Community Development

This international Conference on Gems and Tourism took place in South Kalimantan, Indonesia , an area renowned for its production of raw gemstones and diamonds. However, while the resources are there, the area is relatively weak in designing and marketing its own designs of brand-name-gems and jewellery. Therefore, South Kalimantan normally supplies the raw materials for more experienced and so…

The Traveller's Guide to Planet Earth

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John Paul George Ringo & Me

Tony Barrow coined the Beatales's nickname the Fab Four, wrote the sleeve notes for a number of the group's album covers, set up their huge international press conferences, selected their media interviews and fixed up their photo shoots at home and abroad during the touring years, and finally collaborated with Paul Caratney in 1967 to compile the strip-cartoon story booklet that came with the …

100 Folk Heroes Who Shaped World History

Since the beginning of civilzation, folk heroes have mesmerized the world with their larger-than-life feats and defeats. In their realm, the unusual and the improbable are the norm, and their oft-repeatied myths reveal cultural freams and fears. Their dramas and tragedies hace been documented in every imaginable form, yet they are still experienced on a personal level.rnrnHere our nobleast figh…

100 Women Who Shaped World History

This book is a perfect desk reference for tivia fans and for anyone interested in learning more about the achievements and contributions of women. 100 Women Who Shaped World History is learning eith interesting biograhical information and also features: A time line, locator maps, chronological organization, a complete index with cross references and material for a trivia quiz!

100 Events That Shaped World History

This book is a perfect desk reference for trivia fans and for anyone interested in hostory. The handy size also makes it an ideal book for students. Each page is illustrated with maps, artwork and / or photographs of the event in question, plus several paragraphs of text discussing how it came about and why it affected history so profoundly.