Hideyoshi, who called himself the Swordless Samurai, is the Japanese Horatio Alger. He was of peasant origin, but by bonding to powerful Lord Nobunaga, and being useful to him day and night, Hideyoshi secured a powerful patron. Much later, Hideyoshi became the most powerful man in Japan. This book tells how he did it.
For more than a dozen years, a soft spoken, unassuming woman dominated design at The Walt Disney Studios with a joyful creativity and exuberant color palette that stamped the look of many classic Disney animated features, including Cinderella and Peter Pan. Favorite theme park attractions, most notably the "It's A Small World" boat ride, originally created for the 1964 New York World's Fair, we…
Biography of Tino Sidin, an Indonesian art teacher.
Biography of Hoegeng Iman Santoso, chief of Indonesian National Police, 1966-1971.
Biography of Azwar Anas; former Indonesian politician.
On Yusuf Kalla, the vice president, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the president of the Republic of Indonesia; collected articles.
Biography of Mohammad Hatta, the first vice president of Indonesia.
Political conditions during the time of Soeharto's stepdown, the 2nd president of Indonesia, in 1998.
Biography of Ismail Marzuki, an Indonesian composer.
Thurston Clarke's gripping account of the last months of the life of President John F. Kennedy weaves together his public and private life and addresses the most tantalizing mystery of all - not who killed him but who he was when he was killed, and where he would have led his country and the world. This re-examination of a critical period looks at all the areas of the president's fascinating li…
Author's account as a political exile in Pyongyang, Moscow, and Paris following the 1965 Coup d'etat in Indonesia.
Biography of Bima Arya, an politician from Bogor, Indonesia.
Success story of Sandiaga Uno, an Indonesian entrepreneur who co-founded Saratoga Capital and is one of Indonesia's richest men.