Library of Congress Jakarta- Southeast Asia Blog

Walk to freedom /Pramuan Pengchan. – 12th ed. [Bangkok, Thailand] : Sukhapabjai Publishing House, 2009. xxvii, 515 p. : ill., col. maps ; 22 cm. ISBN 9786161400415. LCCN 2010354292.

About the Publication:

Reasoning alone is not sufficient tofight against desire within ourselves… more than reasoning is required for change. Previously he employed reasoning but subsequently he followed his heart. I think loving kindness and living happily together are vital for meaningful life in this world.
- Professor Praves Wasee, M.D.

This is a journey in search of spiritual truth. The most significant meaning of this search depends on our awareness of the value of life that can be realized by following a course of gentleness until we reach the truth… which many people cannot reach.
- Dr. Ekawit Na Thalang

I like this book… A retired university lecturer made a pilgrimage from Chiang Mai to Samui Island, his birthplace … and stopped over at Suan Moke…The author talked about his journey and what he encountered. The individuals he met along the way were exquisite. The book teaches us both philosophy and religion.
- Thepsiri Suksopha
Writer/Author

“…When the Department of Thai Language at Thammasart University requested the professors of this department to help select a book for the first-year students, ..I proudly presented this book… and together with my colleagues selected “Walk to Freedom” ..for 4,000 first-year students.
This book is ideally suited… to learn… and know about mankind and the nature that surrounds us.”
- Dr. Thanomwongse Lamyodmuckphon
Thammasart University

Further review please read:
http://www.seed.com/eshop/Products/Detail.aspx?No=9786161400415&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

The Asia Pacific: steering between crisis and opportunity / Mohamed Jawhar Hassan.—Kuala Lumpur : Institute of Stategic and International Studies, [2010]. xiv, 138 p, ; 23 cm.. ISBN 9789679473070. LCCN 2010337493.

About the Publication:
This publication carries some of the thought-provoking papers presented at the 23rd Asia Pacific Roundtable, held in June 2009, in Kuala Lumpur. The topics range from the prospects for peace arising from the changes in leadership in Washington, Tokyo and Taipei, to the building of a people-oriented community in Asean.

Further review please read:
http://www.isis.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599:april-2010-new-book-the-asia-pacific-steering-between-crisis-and-opportunity&catid=1:latest

Tinta Emas di Kanvas Dunia : Jejak Ahli Bedah Saraf, DR. Eka Julianta Wahjoepramono, Sp.B.S./ Pitan Daslani – Jakarta : penerbit Buku Kompas, 2010. 226 p. : ill. (some col.); 22 cm. ISBN 9789797094669. LCCN 2010339694

About the Publication :
If you think you're one in a million then he's one in TWO millions. A surgeon is so rare among Indonesians. Out of Indonesia's 240 million population, the country has only 120 surgeons, so the ratio is 1 in 2 millions. Imagine one surgeon serving two million people.

From the small group of Indonesian surgeons, Prof. Dr. Eka Julianta Wahyoepramono is one of the priveleged. He is a neurosurgeon, specialized in brainstem surgery, undoubtedly a very rare profession in this country. which is an achievement never done by any other Indonesian doctors. For that reason, Dr. Eka Julianta deserves his biography written by Pitan Daslani


http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/health/the-steady-hand-of-a-doctors-courage/363263