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ÒIÕm happy to have been a part of history, however small my role was.Ó The words of Wardiman Djojonegoro reveal Indonesian history the way only a man who worked alongside Ali Sadikin, B. J. Habibie and Soeharto can. The modest 85-year-old, a former education minister and current foundation chairman at the Habibie Center, recalls the younger days of a Òbig villageÓ Jakarta and says it was the countryÕs third president who taught him the keys to national development. This is what Peter Zack, a reporter for the Jakarta Globe, wrote on 18 April 2009. In the present English translation of his 2014 memoir, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Reminiscences of Working with Three Great Indones...
* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * An instant New York Times Bestseller and one of their 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * 'This is a captivating book... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA. Yeongdo, Korea, 1911. Teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a fisherman, falls for a wealthy yakuza. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant – and that her lover is married – she refuses to be bought. Facing ruin, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle minister passing through on his way to Japan. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country where she has no friends, Sunja will be forced to make some difficult choices. Her decisions will echo through the decades. Spanning nearly 100 years of history, Pachinko is an unforgettable story of love, sacrifice, ambition and loyalty told through four generations of one family.
OSCT Indonesia is a company established in 2011 by Bayu Satya based on his concern about oil spill disasters in the seas. Before that, this entrepreneur from Palembang, South Sumatra, had been involved for decades in the world of manufacturing oil spill response equipment with the brand Slickbar Indonesia. The idea for establishing OSCT Indonesia was motivated by the reality that many companies are not able to buy, store, and operate oil spill response equipment in their operational headquarters. Even though, the risk of oil spill disasters is always lurking when not expected. An oil spill disaster in the seas creates a chain of terrible impacts that are so destructive. The environment is da...
An ideal secretary is required to fulfill all of the boss’s desires… In order to investigate Andreas, a wealthy Greek man who put her sister through hell, Carrie applies to be his private secretary. Andreas has some doubts about her identity and decides to challenge her with extreme demands and work conditions. Hitting the limit of her patience, Carrie resists his orders and reveals her identity. Now he’s threatening a lawsuit against her. But then he offers her an unexpected alternative—marry him for six months!
? Jika kau memiliki keinginan yang kuat dan tulus untuk mengubah perilaku orang-orang di sekelilingmu menjadi lebih baik, maka terlebih dahulu ubahlah perilakumu sendiri ?. Inilah semangat buku ini. [Mizan, Hikmah, Inspiration, Motivation, Indonesia]
Pancasila sebagai ideologi dan pandangan hidup bangsa, merupakan mahakarya Ir. Sukarno yang telah mengalami pengendapan selama beberapa dekade. Buku ini merupakan kumpulan berbagai pokok pikiran Bung Karno mengenai substantif Pancasila, yang beliau telah pikirkan sejak menjadi tapol di era kolonial. Intinya, Pancasila adalah titik keseimbangan antara ilmu dan amal, antara nasionalisme dan internasionalisme, antara asas demokrasi dan musyawarah/mufakat, serta antara pembangunan dan keadilan sosial. Uraian Bung Karno dalam buku ini membawa kita kepada pemahaman yang jernih dan hakiki mengenai cara bangsa indonesia hidup di masa lalu, masa kini dan masa depan.
Dalam buku ini terkumpul 12 tulisan terpilih Mely G. Tan yang telah dipresentasikan dan diterbitkan dari tahun 1990-an sampai dengan tahun 2004. Kebanyakan, 9 dari 12, ditulis dalam bahasa Inggris, karena dipresentasikan dalam pertemuan ilmiah internasional dan diterbitkan di luar negeri pula. Kurun waktu ini mencakup peristiwa Mei 1998, yang merupakan tonggak amat penting (watershed) dalam sejarah masyarakat Indonesia Tionghoa.
The celebratory, revealing, inspiring, and entertaining autobiography of the greatest manager in the history of British soccer--fully updated one year later Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story is always honest and revealing, and he reflects on his managerial career that embraced unprecedented European success for Aberdeen and 26 triumphant seasons with Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson's best-selling autobiography has now been updated to offer reflections on events at Manchester United since his retirement, as well as his teachings at the Harvard Business School, a night at the Oscars, and a boat tour round the Hebrides, where he passed unrecognized. The extra material adds fresh insights and detail on his final years as United's manager. Both the psychology of management and the detail of soccer strategy at the top level can be complex matters but no one has explained them in a more interesting and accessible way for the general reader than Sir Alex does here. Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography is revealing, endlessly entertaining, and above all, inspirational.
Unlock the Hidden Doors to Personal and Spiritual Growth The chakras are the body's invisible energy centers that store information and distribute life force. When out of balance, they hold the root cause of a variety of physical illnesses, emotional disturbances, and general unhappiness with life. Understanding and awakening the chakras will help you achieve a state of well being on every level. In Chakras for Starters, Savitri Simpson demystifies the chakras. She explains in easy-to-understand terms what they are, shows you how to work with them, and describes the many benefits you will experience. Using the wisdom, techniques, and exercises in this book, you can increase your calmness and will power, expand your heart and intuition, develop a greater sense of personal security and self-control, and experience spiritual transformation. This simplified, yet deeply meaningful, exploration of each chakra offers powerful keys to personal growth and inner peace.
This new edition of How People Tick is a practical guide to over 50 types of difficult people such as Angry People, Blamers, Impatient People, Workaholics and Gossips. Each difficult situation is described, how it happens is analysed, and then strategies to help you deal with the problem are suggested. Disruptive behaviour patterns can be addressed once and for all, instead of having to handle one-off 'difficult' events, time and time again. Absolutely invaluable to everybody, How People Tick is full of tried and tested tips for handling 'difficult' people in 'difficult' situations, based on a real understanding of their behaviour. It is an essential read if you find people bewildering or just plain difficult, and yet still want to understand them, work with them and live with them.