Aug 18th, 2008 | Ebook, Ebook-Indonesia, Politik | No Comments
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Barack Obama berhasil meniti tangga sukses menjadi senator kulit hitam kelima dalam sejarah Amerika Serikat, setelah sebelumnya menjadi dosen di Universitas Chicago, senator junior di Negara Bagian Illinios, dan presiden Afrika-Amerika pertama kalinya pada jurnal bergengsi, Havard Law Review, sewaktu ia masih belajar di Universitas Havard. Kini ia adalah salah satu calon kuat wakil Partai Demokrat dalam pemilihan Presiden AS pada 2008.
Obama lahir di Hawaii pada tanggal 4 Agustus 1961, dari pasangan Barack “Hussein” Obama Senior, seorang mahasiswa ekonomi dan penganut Muslim yang taat dari Kenya, dan Ann Dunham, seorang perempuan kulit putih dari Kansas. Kedua orangtuanya bercerai ketika Obama berumur dua tahun. Setelah perceraian itu, ayahnya memutuskan untuk menempuh studi doktoral di Harvard University sebelum akhirnya kembali ke Kenya. Sedangkan, ibunya menikah kembali dengan orang Indonesia yang bernama Lolo Soetoro dan pindah ke Indonesia ketika Obama berumur enam tahun. Ia dan ibunya tinggal di Jakarta selama empat tahun, ia pun pernah menyebut dirinya sebagai Jakarta’s street kid. Barack kembali ke Hawaii seorang diri dan tinggal bersama kakek-neneknya hingga ia menamatkan sekolah menengah atasnya pada 1979.
Pada 1982, Obama mendapat kabar bahwa ayahnya meninggal dalam sebuah kecelakaan mobil di Kenya. Kematian ayahnya begitu memukul dirinya dan membawanya dalam sebuah belenggu. Nyatanya, ia hanya sekali melihat ayahnya sejak kedua orangtuanya bercerai, ketika Barack berusia sepuluh tahun.
Seiring dengan meningkatnya popularitas dirinya secara nasional, Barack menuliskan riwayat dan pandangan hidupnya. Dreams from My Father adalah karya pertamanya, sedangkan buku dalam genggaman Anda ini adalah yang kedua. Dalam buku ini, ia menyampaikan berbagai hal; mulai dari kehidupan pribadinya (satu bab khusus membahas saat ia tinggal di Jakarta), dunia kebijakan, politik, masalah sosial, agama, hingga hubungan internasional. Di tengah-tengah amukan dan serangan publik dunia terhadap ketidakbecusan Bush memimpin Amerika, lahir seorang heal-maker (pemimpin yang merangkul) sekaligus deal-maker (seorang yang mampu menjawab persoalan-persoalan praktis). Ia muncul secara tak terduga dan dalam waktu relatif singkat mampu mengubah peta politik, menumbuhkan harapan dan gairah baru.
Selamat menyelami dunia pikiran Obama!
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Jul 12th, 2008 | Ebook, Ebook-English | No Comments
Synopsis
Did you know that : there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to evolve on Queerditch Marsh - What Bumphing is? That Puddlemere United is oldest team in the Britain and Ireland league (founded 1163). All this information and much more could be yours once you have read this book: this is all you could ever need to know about the history, the rules - and the breaking of the rules - of the noble wizarding sport of Quidditch.
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Jun 30th, 2008 | Ebook, Ebook-English | No Comments
ABOUT THIS BOOK
“A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged, ready to pull off the shelf. It will have to be constructed from the best of our traditions and will have to account for the darker aspects of our past. We will need to understand just how we got to this place, this land of warring factions and tribal hatreds. And we’ll need to remind ourselves, despite all our differences, just how much we share: common hopes, common dreams, a bond that will not break.”
–from The Audacity of Hope
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called “the audacity of hope.”
Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of “our improbable experiment in democracy.” He explores those forces–from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media–that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment.
At the heart of this book is Senator Obama’s vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats–from terrorism to pandemic–that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy–where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories about family, friends, members of the Senate, even the president, is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus.
A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic, and above all a student of history and human nature, Senator Obama has written a book of transforming power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes–“waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them.”
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
BARACK OBAMA is the junior U.S. senator from Illinois. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and two daughters.
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Jun 29th, 2008 | Ebook, Ebook-Indonesia, Motivation Books | 1 Comment
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Jun 28th, 2008 | Computer, Ebook-English | No Comments
Fabio Cevasco “Firefox 3 Revealed - What’s New, What’s Hot & What’s Not ”
SitePoint Pty. Ltd. | 2008 | ISBN: N/A | 30 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
Let experienced web developer Fabio Cevasco guide you through all of the new features in Firefox 3 — both on the surface and under the hood. Whether you’re a beginner user or an experienced web developer, the latest version of Firefox makes your web browsing easier, faster and more secure … and this eBook will show you how.
In Firefox 3 Revealed, you’ll learn:
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