"Manusia tidak diciptakan untuk dikalahkan. Seorang lelaki boleb dihancurkan tetapi tidak akan terkalahkan." The Old Man and the Sea, karya Ernest Hemingway yang paling terkenal mengisahkan tentang perit perjųangan nelayan tua Cuba bernama Santiago yang digelar, salao. Hidup malang yang penuh celaka sehingga nasibnya ditemukan dengan ikan malin raksasa. Karya The Old Man and the Sea terus diperkatakan sebagai antara karya terpenting sastera dunia sehingga Hemingway dan penulisan minimalisnya diangkat sebagai gaya sastera terpenting di Amerika selain F. Scott Fitzgerald. Pada tahun 1953, Hemingway memperoleh Hadiah Pulitzer dan Hadiah Nobel Sastera pada ahun 1954 bagi novelnya.

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas. Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become? Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.

"Manusia tidak diciptakan untuk dikalahkan. Seorang lelaki boleb dihancurkan tetapi tidak akan terkalahkan." The Old Man and the Sea, karya Ernest Hemingway yang paling terkenal mengisahkan tentang perit perjųangan nelayan tua Cuba bernama Santiago yang digelar, salao. Hidup malang yang penuh celaka sehingga nasibnya ditemukan dengan ikan malin raksasa. Karya The Old Man and the Sea terus diperkatakan sebagai antara karya terpenting sastera dunia sehingga Hemingway dan penulisan minimalisnya diangkat sebagai gaya sastera terpenting di Amerika selain F. Scott Fitzgerald. Pada tahun 1953, Hemingway memperoleh Hadiah Pulitzer dan Hadiah Nobel Sastera pada ahun 1954 bagi novelnya.

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions. Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms.

Novel Burung-burung Manyar dapat dibaca sebagai bentuk proyek pasca-kolonial. Novel ini berusaha untuk mencari penyimpangan yang terjadi dalam penulisan sejarah Revolusi Indonesia. Sejarah dalam novel Burung-burung Manyar diceritakan secara mengalir dengan beberapa masukan anekdot. Sejarah tidak disampaikan dengan nada otoriter. Sejarah dicerita melalui kisah cinta seorang yang bekerja mendukung kemerdekaan Indonesia, Larasati, dan Satadewa alias Teto, orang Indonesia yang bekerja dalam angkatan perang Belanda. Menjelang akhir novel, terdapat kejutan yang menggelitik. Teto atau terbangkitkan jiwa nasionalismenya, dengan menjadi relawan membongkar kecurangan perusahaan tempatnya bekerja yang merugikan Indonesia.