Buku ini mengubak cerita tentang pranata mangsa, budaya petani Jawa yang kini memudar. Dikembangkan dari katalog terbitan Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta (BBY), Pranata Mangsa tidak sekadar mengulas penghitungan musim, hama padi, dan alat pertanian tradisional, namun juga kisah Dewi Sri dalam beberapa cerita rakyat. Cerita pendek, humor, dan puisi pun ikut dipadu di dalamnya, dikemas apik dengan gamb…
Tentara Terakota adalah patung-patung prajurit dan kuda yang ditemukan di sekitar Makam Kaisar Pertama China, Qin Shi Huang. Tentara Terakota pertama kali ditemukan pada 1974 oleh beberapa petani setempat di dekat Xi’an, Provinsi Shaanxi. Jumlah patung-patung itu diperkirakan lebih dari 8.000 prajurit, 130 kereta dengan 520 kuda dan 150 kuda kavaleri, yang sebagian besar masih terkubur di ban…
Spring Washam is a founder of the East Bay Meditation Center, one of the most diverse and accessible Dharma centers in the United States. In A Fierce Heart, Washam shares her contemporary, unique interpretation of the Buddha's 2,500-year-old teachings, with short chapters that get to the heart of mindfulness, wisdom, loving kindness, and compassion. Woven throughout the book are stories from th…
Learn about how we organize our society in The Sociology Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Sociology in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Sociology Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the …
Tenun Sumba telah melanglang buana dalam dua abad ini, dikagumi orang keindahannya, nilai filosofis yang terkandung di dalamnya, dan kerumitan cara pembuatannya. Tidak hanya merupakan integritas budaya Sumba dalam siklus hidup dan tradisi orang Sumba, tenun Sumba berkembang memiliki nilai ekonomis tinggi sebagai karya seni yang menjadi koleksi, baik pribadi maupun museum terkemuka di dalam dan …
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong. Piper has a secret. Her fath…
This is an open access book. This edited collection aims to document the effects of Covid-19 on film festivals and to theorize film festivals in the age of social distancing. To some extent, this crisis begs us to consider what happens when festivals can’t happen; while films have found new (temporary) channels of distribution (most often in the forms of digital releases), the festival format…
Learn about the origins of our species and all things revolution in The History Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about History in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The History Book brings a f…
The complete DIY bible of graffiti - Now in paperback! Graffiti Cookbook is a guide to the materials and techniques used within today's most creative and progressive art movement. In hundreds of images and dozens of interviews with the world's most famous artists, the book shows how graffiti is made. From spray techniques and hand styles to tools and style analysis, Graffiti Cookbook takes us o…
History of Jakarta, Indonesia, 1950-1970.
This title provides an expose of the men who changed independent cinema for ever in the 1990s.
Including full-colour film stills and original artwork, this text explores the power of colour in film.
Brings together key writings on American avant-garde cinema to explore the long tradition of underground filmmaking from its origins in the 1920s to the work of contemporary film and video artists.
Featuring 75 of the world's most influential designers, this book presents the story of graphic design through the fascinating personal stories and significant works that have shaped the field. Arranged in chronological order, the book shows the development of design, from early innovators such as Edward McKnight Kauffer and Alexey Brodovitch to key figures of mid-century Swiss Design and corpo…
No journalism awards are awaited with as much anticipation as the Pulitzer Prizes. Andamong those Pulitzers, none is more revered than the Joseph Pulitzer Gold Medal. Pulitzer’s Gold is the first book to trace the ninety-year history of the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, awarded annually to a newspaper rather than to individuals, in the form of that Gold Medal. Exploring this serv…