Anakku, engkau kebanggaan Ayah. Engkau anugerah Allah yang terbaik. Ketahuilah bahwa engkau hidup di masa yang berbeda dengan masa Ayah. Engkau akan menghadapi beban yang lebih berat dan banyak fitnah. Orang saling tidak percaya, senang berbantah-bantahan, lebih mendahulukan akal daripada hati, dan sering mengecilkan perintah Tuhan. Sementara itu seiring dengan berjalannya waktu, Ayah akan bert…
Raja yang arif dan bijaksana tentu akan dicintai rakyatnya. Seorang raja juga harus dapat mengambil keputusan yang dapat menyejahterakan rakyatnya. Namun, bagaimana jadinya jika seorang raja malah melakukan hal-hal konyol dan menggelitik. Yuk, baca-kisah-kisah raja yang jenaka dalam buku ini. Ada raja yang gemar mengerjai orang, raja yang belum bisa membaca, raja yang suka sembarangan mengam…
The Arabian Nights is your magic carpet ride to exotic lands full of wonders and marvels. First collected nearly a thousand years ago, these folktales are presented as stories that crafty Scheherazade tells her husband, King Shahryar, over a thousand-and-one consecutive nights, to pique his interest for the next evening's entertainment and thereby save her life. Among them are some of the best-…
"Quite simply the best guide to the global economy today." ―Fareed Zakaria Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma’s The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks the "dismal science" of economics as a practical art. Narrowing the thousands of factors that can shape a country’s fort…
On 2 May 2011 Pakistan General Ashfaq Kayani, the Chief of Army Staff, stood exposed before the world as either incompetent or complicit in harbouring a mass murderer. US Navy Seals had undertaken a major covert operation on Pakistan soil, killing Osama bin Laden under the noses of the Pakistan Army. Incredibly, bin Laden?s compound was on the doorstep of the prestigious Pakistan Military Acade…
David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the surge." Now, in The Accidental Guerrilla , Kilcullen provides a remarkably fresh perspective on the Wa…
The Military Balance 2014 contains region-by-region analysis of the major military and economic developments affecting defence and security policies and the trade in weapons and other military equipment. Detailed entries describe the military capabilities of 171 countries, displaying key equipment inventories and defence economics. Comprehensive tables detail major training activities, UN and n…
A comprehensive A-Z reference guide to over 65 years of military helicopters, from the first types deployed in World War II to today's specialized aircraft; this informative book is superbly illustrated with cutaway drawings and over 500 photographs showing helicopters both on the battlefield and in service.
This is an illustrated encyclopedia with more than 500 photographs. It is an illustrated guide for the most powerful military seafaring vessels, with over 500 stunning photographs. It discusses the history and evolution of warships, from the first man-powered vessels of the ancient world, through to the frigates of the Renaissance and to the fast-attack crafts used during the two world wars. It…