Written over the course of the two years spent hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse, Anne Frankâ€s diary has become one of the most widely recognized personal testimonies of the Second World War. Ending abruptly with reflections on how her ‘superficial†self hides her more serious nature, the diary brings to light the conditions she and her family endured as well as her teenage concern…
Aku ini binatang jalang adalah kumpulan puisi terlengkap karya penyair terbesar Indonesia Chairil Anwar. Selama ini puisi-puisinya tersebar dalam beberapa buku seperti Deru Campur Debu, Kerikil Tajam dan Yang Terampas dan Yang Putus. Sebagian lagi ada dalam Tiga Menguak Takdir dan Chairil Anwar Pelopor Angkatan 45. Selain keseluruhan sajak asli dalam koleksi ini juga dimuat untuk pertama kaliny…
All the foul facts about the Frightful First World War are ready to uncover, including what the 'Fat King' did with food scraps and dead horses, how sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack and why a pair of old socks gave away top German secrets
All the foul facts about the Woeful Second World War are ready to uncover, including why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty, what really happened in Dad's Army and how to make a rude noise with a gas mask
Their very names--Gettysburg, Waterloo, Stalingrad--evoke images of great triumph and equally great suffering, moments when history seemed to hang in the balance. Considered in relation to each other, such battles--and others of less immediate renown--offer insight into the changing nature of armed combat, advances in technology, shifts in strategy and thought, as well as altered geopolitical l…
From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey…
Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of four Londoners—three women and a young man with a past—whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in tragedy, stunning surprise and exquisite turns, only to change irreversibly in the shadow of a…
**WIRED** In the 21st century, Africa becomes a key battleground for control of global communications. As fiber optic cables are laid across the continent, two powerful forces clash for dominance. Roger Gordian, the head of UpLink Communications, is behind the ambitious and costly project to create a pan-African fiber optic network. His adversary, Harlan Devane, has found a way to exploit …
A new strain of mass destruction threatens mankind in this thriller in Tom Clancy's bestselling Power Plays series. The most dangerous man of this century has employed the most dangerous weapon yet. Criminal mastermind Harlan DeVane has developed—and spread—a deadly, genetically engineered “superbug” resistant to all known cures. A microscopic time bomb, it will lie dormant inside i…
When a conflict between the Ukraine and Russia escalates, members of the U.S. Air Force--including radar navigator Darren T. Mace and Rebecca Furness, one of the first American women to fly combat aircraft--are drawn into the war