Japan is an ideal holiday-land with sun and fun galore. Here, you'll find the seasons clear-cut, each with its own charm and colorful appeal in spring, the pearly haze of cherry blossoms, in summer, the cool azure of the lofty peaks and the deep blue seas, in autumn, the golden ricefields and crimson foliage, and in winter, the brilliant sunshine and blue skies in the southern part and the dazz…
WAKING up in a room adjoining the General's shrine that first morning was a tranquillizing sensation. From somewhere outside, through the barred window, there came a sound of tapping, then the long dragging sweep of a besom, followed by the twitter of birds from the rain-gutter above. The tapping seemed to come from the far side of our courtyard, then from just under the barred window-tap tap-t…
The present volume is a new work describing, with a few exceptions, the 15th-century printed maps listed in the catalogue published for the International Geographical Union in 1952. It was prepared under the auspices of the Commission for the Inventory of Early Maps, created at the 1931 International Geographical Congress, in Paris, under the presidency of Professor Roberto Almagia. The Commiss…
Owen Lattimore was born in 1900 and spent his early childhood in China where he lived, after education abroad, more or less continuously from 1919 to 1942. During this period he travelled widely in Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Manchuria, often with his wife Eleanor. His career, which started in commerce, turned to academic, political, and diplomatic work; and at various times he was adviser to the C…
Lebih dari 30 tahun lamanya Soeharto berkuasa. la naik ke singgasana kekuasaan dari krisis politik (1966); juga berhenti di tengah krisis politik (1998). la merasa mengerjakan segalanya demi kesejahteraan rakyat; ternyata cuma untuk keluarga dan orang terdekat.rnrnSosok yang jeli melihat dan optimal dalam mengeksploitasi kesempatan ini, dikupas tuntas. Buku ini menyajikan catatan lengkap dan me…
working closely with scholars in such fields as anthropology,economics,statistics,and sociology,historians accurately map out the trends and events of our past,revealing spesific precedents for social scientistis to consider in planning future approaches to our social problem
Mountains cover about one-fifth of the Earth's surface and ars characterized by great environmental and cultural diversity They are important for at least half the world's populations a places to live; for natural resources and tourism, and as centres of biodiversity.rnrnGeographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly used in mountain areas to record baseline information about the state o…