100 Best Indonesia Books of All Time

We've researched and ranked the best indonesia books in the world, based on recommendations from world experts, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. Learn more

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Bumi Manusia

Roman Tetralogi Buru mengambil latar belakang dan cikal bakal nation Indonesia di awal abad ke-20. Dengan membacanya waktu kita dibalikkan sedemikian rupa dan hidup di era membibitnya pergerakan nasional mula-mula, juga pertautan rasa, kegamangan jiwa, percintaan, dan pertarungan kekuatan anonim para srikandi yang mengawal penyemaian bangunan nasional yang kemudian kelak melahirkan Indonesia modern.

Roman bagian pertama; Bumi Manusia, sebagai periode penyemaian dan kegelisahan dimana Minke sebagai aktor sekaligus kreator adalah manusia berdarah priyayi yang semampu...
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Eat, Pray, Love

A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life.

Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she...
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Chelsea FrankI read everything with an open mind, often challenging myself by choosing books with an odd perspective or religious/spiritual views. These books do not reflect my personal feelings but are books that helped shape my perspective on life, love, and happiness. (Source)

Gabriel CoarnaI started reading "Eat, Pray, Love" as soon as I finished watching Elizabeth Gilbert give this talk. (Source)

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Man Tiger

A wry, affecting tale set in a small town on the Indonesian coast, Man Tiger tells the story of two interlinked and tormented families and of Margio, a young man ordinary in all particulars except that he conceals within himself a supernatural female white tiger. The inequities and betrayals of family life coalesce around and torment this magical being. An explosive act of violence follows, and its mysterious cause is unraveled as events progress toward a heartbreaking revelation.

Lyrical and bawdy, experimental and political, this extraordinary novel announces the arrival of a...
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Recommended by Dee Lestari, and 1 others.

Dee LestariEka’s writing has a distinct, masculine voice. I admire his seriousness in crafting his story. This book depicts familiar facets of Indonesia, and yet those facets can be totally unique for an international audience. (Source)

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Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)

In Child of All Nations, the reader is immediately swept up by a story that is profoundly feminist, devastatingly anticolonialist—and full of heartbreak, suspense, love, and fury. Pramoedya immerses the reader in a world that is astonishing in its vividness: the cultural whirlpool that was the Dutch East Indies of the 1890s. A story of awakening, it follows Minke, the main character of This Earth of Mankind, as he struggles to overcome the injustice all around him. Pramoedya’s full literary genius is evident in the brilliant characters that populate this world: Minke’s fragile Mixed-Race... more

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Beauty Is a Wound

The epic novel Beauty Is a Wound combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humor, and romance in a sweeping polyphony. The beautiful Indo prostitute Dewi Ayu and her four daughters are beset by incest, murder, bestiality, rape, insanity, monstrosity, and the often vengeful undead. Kurniawan's gleefully grotesque hyperbole functions as a scathing critique of his young nation's troubled past: the rapacious offhand greed of colonialism; the chaotic struggle for independence; the 1965 mass murders of perhaps a million "Communists," followed by three decades of Suharto's despotic... more

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Saman

Saman is a story filtered through the lives of its feisty female protagonists and the enigmatic “hero” Saman. It is at o­nce an exposé of the oppression of plantation workers in South Sumatra, a lyrical quest to understand the place of religion and spirituality in contemporary lives, a playful exploration of female sexuality and a story about love in all its guises, while touching o­n all of Indonesia’s taboos: extramarital sex, political repression and the relationship between Christians and Muslims.

Saman has taken the Indonesian literary world by storm and sold over 100,000...
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Dee LestariThe story broke many barriers of various taboos and sensitive topics, including the rise of women authors. To me, Saman was a mark of a new era in literature. (Source)

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The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano — Krakatoa.

The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa — the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster — was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in...
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Gadis Pantai

"...Roman ini menusuk feodalisme Jawa yang tak memiliki adab dan jiwa kemanusiaan tepat langsung di jantungnya yang paling dalam." less

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Perahu Kertas

Namanya Kugy. Mungil, pengkhayal, dan berantakan. Dari benaknya, mengalir untaian dongeng indah. Keenan belum pernah bertemu manusia seaneh itu.

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Namanya Keenan. Cerdas, artistik, dan penuh kejutan. Dari tangannya, mewujud lukisan-lukisan magis. Kugy belum pernah bertemu manusia seajaib itu.

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Dan kini mereka berhadapan di antara hamparan misteri dan rintangan. Akankah dongeng dan lukisan itu bersatu?

Akankah hati dan impian mereka bertemu?
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5 cm

Bestseller book di Gramedia Bookstore selama 2 tahun berturut-turut!

Lima sahabat telah menjalin persahabatan selama tujuh tahun. Mereka adalah Arial yang paling tampan, Riani sebagai satu-satunya wanita dalam kelompok itu, Zafran yang berlagak seperti seorang penyair, Ian yang paling subur badannya, dan Genta yang dianggap sebagai leader dalam kelompok itu. Kegemaran mereka adalah mengeksekusi hal-hal yang tidak mungkin dan mencoba segala hal, mulai dari kafe paling terkenal di Jakarta, sampai nonton layar tancap. Semuanya penggemar film, dari film Hollywood sampai film yang nggak...
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Autumn in Paris

Tara Dupont menyukai Paris dan musim gugur. Ia mengira sudah memiliki segalanya dalam hidup… sampai ia bertemu Tatsuya Fujisawa yang susah ditebak dan selalu membangkitkan rasa penasarannya sejak awal.

Tatsuya Fujisawa benci Paris dan musim gugur. Ia datang ke Paris untuk mencari orang yang menghancurkan hidupnya. Namun ia tidak menduga akan terpesona pada Tara Dupont, gadis yang cerewet tapi bisa menenangkan jiwa dan pikirannya… juga mengubah dunianya.

Tara maupun Tatsuya sama sekali tidak menyadari benang yang menghubungkan mereka dengan masa lalu, adanya rahasia yang...
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Edensor

Aku ingin mendaki puncak tantangan, menerjang batu granit kesulitan, menggoda mara bahaya, dan memecahkan misteri dengan sains. Aku ingin menghirup berupa-rupa pengalaman lalu terjun bebas menyelami labirin lika-liku hidup yang ujungnya tak dapat disangka. Aku mendamba kehidupan dengan kemungkinan-kemungkinan yang bereaksi satu sama lain seperti benturan molekul uranium: meletup tak terduga-duga, menyerap, mengikat, mengganda, berkembang, terurai, dan berpencar ke arah yang mengejutkan. Aku ingin ke tempat-tempat yang jauh, menjumpai beragam bahasa dan orang-orang asing. Aku ingin berkelana,... more

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Jejak Langkah

Kehadiran roman sejarah ini, bukan saja dimaksudkan untuk mengisi sebuah episode berbangsa yang berada di titik persalinan yang pelik dan menentukan, namun juga mengisi isu kesusastraan yang sangat minim menggarap periode pelik ini. Karena itu hadirnya roman ini memberi bacaan alternatif kepada kita untuk melihat jalan dan gelombang sejarah secara lain dan dari sisinya yang berbeda.

Tetralogi ini dibagi dalam format empat buku. Pembagian ini bisa juga kita artikan sebagai pembelahan pergerakan yang hadir dalam beberapa periode. Dan roman ketiga ini, Jejak Langkah, adalah...
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Negeri 5 Menara

Alif lahir di pinggir Danau Maninjau dan tidak pernah menginjak tanah di luar ranah Minangkabau. Masa kecilnya adalah berburu durian runtuh di rimba Bukit Barisan, bermain bola di sawah berlumpur dan tentu mandi berkecipak di air biru Danau Maninjau.

Tiba-tiba saja dia harus naik bus tiga hari tiga malam melintasi punggung Sumatera dan Jawa menuju sebuah desa di pelosok Jawa Timur. Ibunya ingin dia menjadi Buya Hamka walau Alif ingin menjadi Habibie. Dengan setengah hati dia mengikuti perintah Ibunya: belajar di pondok.

Di kelas hari pertamanya di Pondok Madani (PM),...
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Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago

Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes that has a long and rich history stretching back a thousand years and more.

Indonesia is the fabled "Spice Islands" of every school child's...
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Summer in Seoul

Jung Tae-Woo—penyanyi muda terkenal Seoul yang muncul kembali setelah empat tahun menghindari dunia showbiz.

"Aku hanya ingin memintamu berfoto denganku sebagai pacarku," kata Jung Tae-Woo pada gadis di hadapannya.

Sandy alias Han Soon-Hee—gadis blasteran Indonesia-Korea yang sudah mengenali Jung Tae-Woo sejak awal, namun sedikit pun tidak terkesan.

Sandy mengangkat wajahnya dan menatap laki-laki itu, lalu berkata, "Baiklah, asalkan wajahku tidak terlihat."

Awalnya Jung Tae-Woo tidak curiga kenapa Sandy langsung menerima...
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Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesia said it would "work out the details of the transfer of power etc. as soon as possible." With over 300 ethnic groups spread across over 13,500 islands, the world’s fourth most populous nation has been working on that "etc." ever since. Author Elizabeth Pisani traveled 26,000 miles in search of the links that bind this disparate nation. less

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"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best."--John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review


 



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Paris in Bloom

Paris—City of Love, City of Light, City of Flowers. From elegant floral boutiques to lively flower markets to glorious blooming trees and expansive public gardens, flowers are the essential ingredient to the lush sensory bouquet that is Parisian life. With beautiful photography, Paris in Bloom transports readers on a stunning floral tour of the city, and provides recommendations to the best flower markets and a detailed guide to spring blooms. Timeless in content, Paris in Bloom is a book for Paris lovers to savor again and again, one to keep on the nightstand to conjure fond... more

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Amba

Sebuah Novel

Dalam epik ini, kisah Amba dan Bhisma dalam Mahabharata bertaut (dan bertabrakan) dengan kisah hidup dua orang Indonesia dengan latar kekerasan tahun 1965.

Amba anak sulung seorang guru di Kadipura, Jawa Tengah. Ia meninggalkan kota kecilnya, belajar sastra Inggris di UGM dan bertunangan dengan Salwa Munir, seorang dosen ilmu pendidikan yang mencintainya. Pada suatu hari di Kediri, ia bertemu dengan Bhisma Rashad, seorang dokter muda lulusan Universitas Leipzig yang bekerja di sebuah rumah sakit.

Percintaan mereka yang intens terputus mendadak di tahun 1965, di tengah...
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Ayat-Ayat Cinta

Tentang seorang pemuda Indonesia yang mencari ilmu jauh di tanah Arab. Berbekal iman yang kuat dan ketabahan, Fahri mengalami banyak hal yang menggetarkan hidupnya, yang sesaat membuat Fahri mempertanyakan jalan hidupnya.

Kesabaran dan keimanan adalah kunci kehidupan. Fahri, Aisyah dan Maria membuktikannya dalam cerita yang halus dan mengalir.
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Supernova

Petir

Tak ada cara untuk menggambarkannya dengan tepat. Tapi coba bayangkan ada sepuluh ribu ikan piranha yang menyergapmu langsung. Kau tak mungkin berpikir. Tak mungin mengucapkan kalimat perpisahan apalagi membacakan wasiat. Lupakan untuk berpisah dengan manis dan mesra seperti di film-film. Listrik membunuhmu dengan sensasi. Begitu dashyatnya. engkau hanya mampu terkulai lemas. Engkau mati tergoda. less

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The Year of Living Dangerously

The year is 1965. The fiercely nationalistic government of the god-king Sukarno has brought Indonesia to the brink of chaos. Engulfed in the violence are Guy Hamilton, a Western journalist; Billy Kwan, his Chinese-Australian cameraman; and the young British woman they both love. Kwan's disillusionment with his hero Sukarno leads him to desperate action, and a complex drama of loyalty and betrayal is played out in the eye of the political storm. less

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From acclaimed author Katie McGarry comes an explosive new tale of a romance forged in the fast lane

The girl with straight A's and the perfect life—that's who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private school junior keeps secrets from her wealthy family…and she's just added two more to the list. One involves racing strangers down dark country roads in her Mustang GT. The other? Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Walker—a guy she has no business even talking to. But after the foster kid with the tattoos and intense gray eyes comes to her rescue, she can't get him out of her mind.
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Refrain

Tidak ada persahabatan yang sempurna di dunia ini, yang ada hanya orang-orang yang berusaha sebisa mungkin untuk mempertahankannya.

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Ini bisa jadi sebuah kisah cinta biasa. Tentang sahabat sejak kecil, yang kemudian jatuh cinta kepada sahabatnya sendiri. Sayangnya, di setiap cinta harus ada yang terluka.

Ini barangkali hanya sebuah kisah cinta sederhana. Tentang tiga sahabat yang merasa saling memiliki meskipun diam-diam saling melukai.

Ini kisah tentang harapan yang hampir hilang. Sebuah kisah tentang cinta yang nyaris sempurna, kecuali rasa...
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In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises.

Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland,...
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Bill GatesI’m a big fan of everything Jared has written, and his latest is no exception. The book explores how societies react during moments of crisis. He uses a series of fascinating case studies to show how nations managed existential challenges like civil war, foreign threats, and general malaise. It sounds a bit depressing, but I finished the book even more optimistic about our ability to solve... (Source)

Steven PinkerJared Diamond does it again: another rich, original, and fascinating chapter in the human saga, this one on how societies have extricated themselves from wicked crises-with vital lessons for our difficult times. (Source)

Yuval Noah HarariA riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises -- which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis. (Source)

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Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voices in American politics, Barack Obama published this lyrical, unsentimental, and powerfully affecting memoir, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller when it was reissued in 2004. Dreams from My Father tells the story of Obama’s struggle to understand the forces that shaped him as the son of a black African father and white American mother—a struggle that takes him from the American heartland to the ancestral home of his great-aunt in the tiny African village of Alego.

Obama...
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Robert McCrumHe is really is a globish president and a brilliant writer. He is of Kenyan origin, grew up in Kansas and Hawaii. His reference is Islam, America, Kenyan tribal customs, Indonesia. (Source)

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Winter in Tokyo

Tetangga baruku, Nishimura Kazuto, datang ke Tokyo untuk mencari suasana baru. Itulah katanya, tapi menurutku alasannya lebih dari itu. Dia orang yang baik, menyenangkan, dan bisa diandalkan. Perlahan-lahan---mungkin sejak malam Natal itu---aku mulai memandangnya dengan cara yang berbeda. Dan sejak itu pula rasanya sulit membayangkan hidup tanpa dia.
---Keiko tentang Kazuto

Sejak awal aku sudah merasa ada sesuatu yang menari dari Ishida Keiko. Segalanya terasa menyenangkan bila dia ada. Segalanya terasa baik bila dia ada. Saat ini di dalam hatinya masih ada seseorang...
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Larung

Buku ini adalah kisah lanjutan novel Saman. Di penghujung masa Orde Baru. Saman telah tinggal di New York sebagai pelarian politik. Ia bertemu lagi dengan empat sahabat yang dulu membantu ia kabur dari Indonesia—Shakuntala si pemberontak, Cok si binal, serta Yasmin dan Laila yang diam-diam mengagumi dia.

Kini mereka memiliki misi baru: membantu tiga aktivis mahasiswa kiri melarikan diri dari kejaran rezim militer. Misi ini dibantu oleh seorang pemuda misterius dengan karakter gelap: Larung.
Akankah misi itu berhasil? Ataukah Larung justru menyeret mereka ke dalam kegelapan?
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The Ten Thousand Things

The Ten Thousand Things is a novel of shimmering strangeness—the story of Felicia, who returns with her baby son from Holland to the Spice Islands of Indonesia, to the house and garden that were her birthplace, over which her powerful grandmother still presides. There Felicia finds herself wedded to an uncanny and dangerous world, full of mystery and violence, where objects tell tales, the dead come and go, and the past is as potent as the present. First published in Holland in 1955, Maria Dermoût's novel was immediately recognized as a magical work, like nothing else Dutch—or... more

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Partikel

Di pinggir Kota Bogor, dekat sebuah kampung bernama Batu Luhur, seorang anak bernama Zarah, dan adiknya, Hara, dibesarkan secara tidak konvensional oleh ayahnya, dosen sekaligus ahli mikologi bernama Firas. Cara Firas mendidik anak-anaknya mengundang pertentangan dari keluarganya sendiri.

Di balik itu semua, masih tersimpan berlapis misteri, di antaranya hubungan khusus Firas dan sebuah tempat angker yang ditakuti warga kampung. Tragedi demi tragedi yang menimpa keluarganya akhirnya membawa Zarah ke sebuah pelarian sekaligus pencarian panjang.

Di konservasi orang...
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Hafalan Shalat Delisa

Delisa anak perempuan yang bermata hijau, bening dan umurnya baru mencecah lima tahun. Dia hidup dalam keluarganya yang sebegitu, dia cuba menghafal bacaan dalam solat dengan bantuan ibu dan kakaknya.

Namun Tuhan lebih tahu apa yang lebih baik untuk hamba-Nya. Tsunami datang melumatka senyuman pada wajah Delisa. Tsunami mengambil segala-galanya, keluarga juga kaki kecilnya. Yang tersisa, hanya dia dan ayahnya, dan dalam keadaan sebegitu apakah Delisa mampu tetap tersenyum seperti dahulu dan menyudahkan hafalannya?
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Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

Max Havelaar - a Dutch civil servant in Java - burns with an insatiable desire to end the ill treatment and oppression inflicted on the native peoples by the colonial administration. Max is an inspirational figure, but he is also a flawed idealist whose vow to protect the Javanese from cruelty ends in his own downfall. In Max Havelaar, Multatuli (the pseudonym for Eduard Douwes Dekker) vividly recreated his own experiences in Java and tellingly depicts the hypocrisy of those who gained from the corrupt coffee trade. Sending shockwaves through the Dutch nation when it was published in 1860,... more

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Ranah 3 Warna

Alif baru saja tamat dari Pondok Madani. Dia bahkan sudah bisa bermimpi dalam bahasa Arab dan Inggris. Impiannya? Tinggi betul. Ingin belajar teknologi tinggi di Bandung seperti Habibie, lalu merantau sampai ke Amerika.

Dengan semangat menggelegak dia pulang ke Maninjau dan tak sabar ingin segera kuliah. Namun kawan karibnya, Randai, meragukan dia mampu lulus UMPTN. Lalu dia sadar, ada satu hal penting yang dia tidak punya. Ijazah SMA. Bagaimana mungkin mengejar semua cita-cita tinggi tadi tanpa ijazah?

Terinspirasi semangat tim dinamit Denmark, dia mendobrak rintangan...
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Vivid, bawdy, comic, and arresting: the exciting new novel by the Indonesian phenomenon

Ajo Kawir is one of the toughest fighters in the Javanese underworld, his fearlessness matched only by his unquenchable thirst for brawling. But the young thug is driven by a painful secret – he is impotent. When he finally meets his match in the shape of the fearsomely beautiful bodyguard Iteung, Ajo is left bruised, battered and overjoyed – he has fallen in love. But will he ever be able to make Iteung happy if he can’t get it up?

Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay...

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Dirty Little Secrets About Black History

Its Heroes & Other Troublemakers

MEET THE HERO

Ben Barata. Sukses dengan kariernya dan berkehidupan mapan, tapi masih merasakan kekosongan dalam hidupnya. Dan dia yakin kekosongan itu hanya bisa diisi oleh Jana, cewek yang menghilang tanpa jejak setelah hatinya dia injak-injak bertahun-tahun yang lalu. Dia bertekad untuk bertekuk lutut meminta maaf dan mendapatkan kesempatan kedua dengan Jana... Namun, bagaimana dia bisa melakukannya tanpa membuat Jana mengambil langkah seribu ketika melihatnya?

MEET THE HEROINE

Jana Oetomo. Ibu dari sepasang anak kembar yang bandelnya setengah...
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Colin O’Brady’s awe-inspiring memoir recounts his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident and his gripping 932-mile crossing of the landmass of Antarctica solo, unsupported, and human powered—the first to accomplish this extraordinary feat.

Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone and without any outside assistance. Yet Colin O’Brady was determined to do just that, even if, upon taking the first steps of what was to be a nearly two-month journey, he had his doubts. He was compelled by a curiosity for the unknown, his own...
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Sunshine Becomes You

“Walaupun tidak ada hal lain di dunia ini yang bisa kaupercayai, percayalah bahwa aku mencintaimu. Sepenuh hatiku.”

Ini adalah salah satu kisah yang terjadi di bawah langit kota New York…
Ini kisah tentang harapan yang muncul di tengah keputusasaan…
Tentang impian yang bertahan di antara keraguan…
Dan tentang cinta yang memberikan alasan untuk bertahan hidup.

Awalnya Alex Hirano lebih memilih jauh-jauh dari gadis itu—malaikat kegelapannya yang sudah membuatnya cacat.
Kemudian Mia Clark tertawa dan Alex bertanya-tanya bagaimana ia dulu bisa...
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The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago--remote, tranquil, and now largely ignored. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, however, Run's harvest of nutmeg turned it into the most lucrative of the Spice Islands, precipitating a fierce and bloody battle between the all-powerful Dutch East India Company and a small band of ragtag British adventurers led by the intrepid Nathaniel Courthope. The outcome of the fighting was one of the most spectacular deals in history: Britain ceded Run to Holland, but in return was given another... more

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Burlian

Burlian, anak kampung dengan segala keriangan keluarganya. Bercita-cita ingin naik kapal besar keliling dunia. Buku 2, dari Serial Anak2 Mamak. Buku 3, PUKAT terbit Februari 2010, Buku 4, Eliana direncanakan terbit Oktober 2010, Buku 1, Amelia direncanakan terbit Februari 2011. less

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House of Glass (Buru Quartet, #4)

With House Of Glass comes the final chapter of Pramoedya's epic quartet, set in the Dutch East Indies at the turn of the century. A novel of heroism, passion, and betrayal, it provides a spectacular conclusion to a series hailed as one of the great works of modern literature. At the start of House of Glass, Minke, writer and leader of the dissident movement, is now imprisoned - and the narrative has switched to Pangemanann, a former policeman, who has the task of spying and reporting on those who continue the struggle for independence. But the hunter is becoming the hunted. Pangemanann is a... more

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Celebrity Wedding

Semua bermula dari Inara bosan dengan perlakuan keluarganya yang terlalu protektif, selalu mengatur kehidupannya, sehingga dia ingin menunjukkan pada keluarganya bahwa dia bisa mengambil keputusan sebagai wanita dewasa.

Kemudian ada Revel yang betul-betul terdesak mendapatkan istri untuk menyelamatkan karier musik dan image-nya di mata masyarakat. Bukan dia yang menghamili Luna, kekasihnya, dan tak mau bertanggung jawab. Dia harus menikah dan pilihannya jatuh pada Inara, akuntan publik yang bekerja padanya.

Pernikahan ini akan jadi pernikahan di atas kertas yang...
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In a Blue Moon

“Apakah kau masih membenciku?”
“Aku heran kau merasa perlu bertanya.”


Lucas Ford pertama kali bertemu dengan Sophie Wilson di bulan Desember pada tahun terakhir SMA-nya. Gadis itu membencinya. Lucas kembali bertemu dengan Sophie di bulan Desember sepuluh tahun kemudian di kota New York. Gadis itu masih membencinya. Masalah utamanya bukan itu—oh, bukan!—melainkan kenyataan bahwa gadis yang membencinya itu kini ditetapkan sebagai tunangan Lucas oleh kakeknya yang suka ikut campur.

Lucas mendekati Sophie bukan karena perintah kakeknya. Ia mendekati Sophie karena...
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Bumi

Namaku Raib, usiaku 15 tahun, kelas sepuluh. Aku anak perempuan seperti kalian, adik-adik kalian, tetangga kalian. Aku punya dua kucing, namanya si Putih dan si Hitam. Mama dan papaku menyenangkan. Guru-guru di sekolahku seru. Teman-temanku baik dan kompak.

Aku sama seperti remaja kebanyakan, kecuali satu hal. Sesuatu yang kusimpan sendiri sejak kecil. Sesuatu yang menakjubkan.

Namaku, Raib. Dan aku bisa menghilang.
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Ring of Fire

An Indonesia Odyssey

Based on the Emmy award-winning documentary series of the same name, Ring of Fire is a first-person account of the adventures of two English brothers as they explore the astonishingly rich cultures of the Indonesian islands. nduring record of a vanishing world. less

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Bidadari Bidadari Surga

Bidadari-Bidadari Surga bercerita tentang pengorbanan seorang kakak (Laisa) untuk adik-adiknya (Dalimunte, Ikanuri, Wibisana dan Yashinta) di Lembah Lahambay agar adik-adiknya dapat melanjutkan pendidikan mereka, meski ia harus bekerja di terik matahari setiap hari, mengolah gula aren setiap jam 4 pagi serta dimalam hari menganyam rotan, meski pada dasarnya keempat adik-adiknya tersebut berasal dari darah yang berbeda dengan dirinya.

Satu sisi Laisa digambarkan sebagai kakak yang galak dan tegas, mengejar-ngejar adiknya yang bolos sekolah dengan rotan dan ranting kayu. Di sisi...
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52

Harimau! Harimau!

Harimau! Harimau! telah mendapat Hadiah Yayasan Buku Utama sebagai buku penulisan sastra terbaik tahun 1975.

Buku ini dapat dibaca sebagai sebuah cerita petualangan di rimba raya oleh sekelompok pengumpul damar yang diburu oleh seekor harimau yang kelaparan. Berhari-hari mereka mencoba menyelamatkan diri mereka dan seorang demi seorang di antara mereka jatuh menjadi korban terkaman harimau.
Di tingkat lain, juga terjadi petualangan dalam diri masing-masing anggota kelompok pengumpul damar ini. Di bawah tekanan ancaman harimau yang terus-menerus memburu mereka, dalam...
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53

Remember When

Part 1: Hot Rocks
Part 2: Big Jack


She's one author - with two number-one New York Times-bestselling careers. As Nora Roberts, her novels include Three Fates and Birthright. As J. D. Robb, she offers such novels as Portrait in Death. Now she unites her separate identities in a riveting two-part novel that combines edgy suspense and romantic passion - and journeys through past, present, and future.
In Part One, Nora Roberts introduces us to Laine Tavish, known to the folks in Angel's Gap, Maryland, as the proprietor of Remember When, an antique treasures and gift...
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Para Priyayi

Sebuah Novel

Novel ini bercerita tentang Soedarsono seorang anak dari keluarga buruh tani yang oleh orang tua dan sanak saudaranya diharapkan dapat menjadi “sang pemula” untuk membangun dinasti keluarga priyayi kecil. Berkat dorongan Asisten Wedana Ndoro Seten ia bisa sekolah dan kemudian menjadi guru desa.

Dari sinilah ia memasuki dunia elite birokrasi sebagai priyayi pangreh praja. Ketiga anaknya melawati zaman Belanda dan zaman Jepang tumbuh sebagai guru opsir PETA dan istri asisten wedana. Cita-cita keluarganya berhasil. Benarkah? Lalu apakah sesungguhnya “priyayi” itu? Status kelas?...
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Many recent works on Muslim societies have pointed to a growing ‘de-culturalization’ and ‘purification’ of Islamic practices. Instead, by exploring themes such as architectural designs, preaching activities, political engagement and cultural celebrations, this book describes and analyses the formation and negotiation of Chinese Muslim cultural identities in Indonesia today — a rapidly evolving environment where there are multiple ways of being or not being Chinese and Muslim.

By engaging with the notions of ‘inclusive Chineseness’ and ‘cosmopolitan Islam’, this book gives insights...
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Pulang

Paris, Mei 1968.

Ketika revolusi mahasiswa berkecamuk di Paris, Dimas Suryo seorang eksil politik Indonesia bertemu Vivienne Deveraux, seorang mahasiswa Prancis yang ikut demonstrasi melawan pemerintah Prancis. Pada saat yang sama, Dimas menerima kabar dari Jakarta: Hananto Prawiro, sahabatnya, ditangkap tentara dan dinyatakan tewas. Dimas merasa cemas dan gamang. Bersama puluhan wartawan dan seniman lain, dia tak bisa kembali ke Jakarta karena paspornya dicabut oleh pemerintah Indonesia. Sejak itu mereka mengelana tanpa status yang jelas dari Santiago ke Havana, ke Peking dan...
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Namaku Hiroko

Kali ini Nh. Dini bercerita mengenai wanita Jepang, Hiroko namanya. Seorang gadis desa yang mengadu untuk di kota besar. Mula-mula ia bekerja sebagai pembantu rumah tangga, kemudian beralih ke sebuah toko besar (pada siang hari) merangkap penari di sebuah kabaret (pada malam hari). Walaupun Hiroko banyak mengalami cobaan dalam mencapai cita-citanya, toh ia merasa puas dengan kehidupannya.
"Ya. Aku puas dengan kehidupanku", tutur Hiroko di ujung novel ini.
"Dan aku tidak menyesali pengalaman-pengalamanku". Bagaimanakah Hiroko mencapai kepuasan dalam hidupnya itu? Apa dan bagaimana...
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58

A History of Modern Indonesia

Since the Bali bombings of 2002 and the rise of political Islam, Indonesia has frequently occupied media headlines. Nevertheless, the history of the fourth largest country on earth remains relatively unknown. Adrian Vickers's book, first published in 2005, traces the history of an island country, comprising some 240 million people, from the colonial period through revolution and independence to the present. Framed around the life story of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia's most famous and controversial novelist and playwright, the book journeys through the social and cultural mores of... more

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Laut Bercerita

Jakarta, Maret 1998

Di sebuah senja, di sebuah rumah susun di Jakarta, mahasiswa bernama Biru Laut disergap empat lelaki tak dikenal. Bersama kawan-kawannya, Daniel Tumbuan, Sunu Dyantoro, Alex Perazon, dia dibawa ke sebuah tempat yang tak dikenal. Berbulan-bulan mereka disekap, diinterogasi, dipukul, ditendang, digantung, dan disetrum agar bersedia menjawab satu pertanyaan penting: siapakah yang berdiri di balik gerakan aktivis dan mahasiswa saat itu.

Jakarta, Juni 1998

Keluarga Arya Wibisono, seperti biasa, pada hari Minggu sore memasak...
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat diner in Plainview, Indiana is home away from home for Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean. Dubbed "The Supremes" by high school pals in the tumultuous 1960s, they’ve weathered life’s storms for over four decades and counseled one another through marriage and children, happiness and the blues.

Now, however, they’re about to face their most challenging year yet. Proud, talented Clarice is struggling to keep up appearances as she deals with her husband’s humiliating infidelities; beautiful Barbara Jean is rocked by the tragic reverberations of a youthful love...
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The Devil in Black Jeans

Dara betul-betul mencintai pekerjaannya sebagai personal assistant para artis, sampai dia bekerja untuk Blu, penyanyi opera Indonesia berumur lima belas tahun. Masalahnya bukan pada Blu, tapi kakaknya, yaitu Johan Brawijaya, drummer paling ganteng se-Indonesia yang superprotektif kepada adiknya dan membuat Dara ingin mencekiknya setiap kali bertemu.

Sebagai drummer kawakan Indonesia dengan wajah di atas rata-rata dan masih single, Jo mencintai kebebasannya untuk melakukan apa saja yang dia mau. Kebebasan ini punah dengan kedatangan adiknya di rumahnya. Seakan itu belum cukup...
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Critical Eleven

Dalam dunia penerbangan, dikenal istilah critical eleven, sebelas menit paling kritis di dalam pesawat—tiga menit setelah take off dan delapan menit sebelum landing—karena secara statistik delapan puluh persen kecelakaan pesawat umumnya terjadi dalam rentang waktu sebelas menit itu. It's when the aircraft is most vulnerable to any danger.

In a way, it's kinda the same with meeting people. Tiga menit pertama kritis sifatnya karena saat itulah kesan pertama terbentuk, lalu ada delapan menit sebelum berpisah—delapan menit ketika senyum, tindak tanduk, dan ekspresi wajah orang tersebut...
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Infinitely Yours

Orang bilang, pertemuan pertama selalu kebetulan. Tapi, bagaimana caramu menjelaskan pertemuan-pertemuan kita selanjutnya? Apakah Tuhan campur tangan di dalamnya?

Kita bukanlah dua garis yang tak sengaja bertabrakan. Sekeras apa pun usaha kita berdua, saling menjauhkan diri—dan menjauhkan hati—pada akhirnya akan bertemu kembali.

Kau tak percaya takdir, aku pun tidak. Karenanya, hanya ada satu cara untuk membuktikannya....

Kau, aku, dan perjalanan ini.


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“Kocak! Wajib dibaca dan dikoleksi Kpoppers maupun non-Kpoppers...
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Am I Small? Je Suis Petite, Moi ?

Bilingual edition English-French: "Am I small?" - Tamia is not sure and keeps asking various animals that she meets on her journey. Eventually she finds the surprising answer... Je suis petite, moi ? Perplexe, Tamia se met en route a travers un monde fabuleux et colore pour aller poser sa question. Emerveillee, elle y croise des collectionneurs d'arcs-en-ciel et des attrape-c urs avant de finir par trouver une reponse etonnante... less

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Padang Bulan

Melalui pergolakan nasib seorang perempuan dan huru-hara kecemburuan, Andrea Hirata kembali memilih sudut yang tidak terduga untuk menampilkan kisah yang inspiratif tentang kegigihan karakter-karakter di dalam novelnya. Novel Padang Bulan bermula dari kisah seorang gadis kecil berusia 14 tahun, Enong namanya, yang sangat gemar pada pelajaran bahasa Inggris, namun secara mendadak terpaksa harus berhenti sekolah dan mengambil alih seluruh tanggung jawab keluarga. Tersambung pada sekuel novel ini, Cinta di Dalam Gelas, perjalanan nasib anak perempuan kecil itu, melalui gaya... more

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After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he’s still in good health. A big celebration is in the works for his 100th birthday, but Allan really isn’t interested (and he’d like a bit more control over his alcohol consumption), so he decides to escape. He climbs out the window in his slippers and embarks on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey. It would be the adventure of a lifetime for anyone else, but Allan has a larger-than-life backstory: he has not only witnessed some of the most important... more

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Sitti Nurbaya

Kasih Tak Sampai

Marah Rusli adalah contoh sastrawan besar Indonesia yang benar-benar melampaui zamannya. Ia terus hidup, bersama keindahan cinta Sitti Nurbaya dan Samsulbahri, bersama kenangan dan kebencian orang-orang terhadap peringai Datunk Meringgih yang licik, akan tetapi sekaligus memesona.

Berkali-kali buku Sitti Nurbaya dibaca, berkali-kali pula ditemukan keindahan yang berbeda. Berkali-kali novel ini diperbincangkan, berkali-kali pula ditemukan misteri yang tak sama. Benarkah Samsulbahri adalah tokoh yang baik? Mengapa Datuk Meringgih yang digambarkan jahat pada akhir cerita menjadi...
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Let Go

Kau tahu apa artinya kehilangan? Yakinlah, kau tak akan pernah benar-benar tahu sampai kau sendiri mengalaminya.

Raka tidak pernah peduli pendapat orang lain. Selama ia merasa benar, dia akan melakukannya. Hingga, suatu hari, mau tidak mau, ia harus berteman dengan Nathan, Nadya, dan Sarah. Tiga orang dengan sifat yang berbeda, yang terpaksa bersama untuk mengurus mading sekolah.

Nathan, si pintar yang selalu bersikap sinis. Nadya, ketua kelas yang tak pernah meminta bantuan orang lain. Dan Sarah, cewek pemalu yang membuat Raka selalu ingin membantunya.
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Jingga Dalam Elegi

Sejak peristiwa pagi hari saat melihat mata Tari bengkak, Ari jadi penasaran. Benarkah itu hanya karena Ari menghapus nomor HP Ata dari HP Tari, ataukah karena Angga? Kalau memang karena Angga yang notabene musuh bebuyutan Ari, Ari ingin tahu apa yang telah dilakukan cowok itu terhadap Tari.

Setelah menemukan a shoulder to cry on pengganti Angga dalam diri Ata, perlahan-lahan Tari mulai melupakan Angga. Sikap Ata yang bertolak belakang dengan Ari membuat Tari nyaman bersama Ata. Ia pun curhat habis-habisan kepada Ata yang lembut, penuh perhatian, baik hati, dan yang baru belakangan...
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Ayah

Betapa Sabari menyayangi Zorro. Ingin dia memeluknya sepanjang waktu. Dia terpesona melihat makhluk kecil yang sangat indah dan seluruh kebaikan yang terpancar
darinya. Diciuminya anak itu dari kepala sampai ke jari-jemari kakinya yang mungil. Kalau malam Sabari susah susah tidur lantaran membayangkan bermacam rencana
yang akan dia lalui dengan anaknya jika besar nanti. Dia ingin mengajaknya melihat pawai 17 Agustus, mengunjungi pasar malam, membelikannya mainan,
menggandengnya ke masjid, mengajarinya berpuasa dan mengaji, dan memboncengnya naik sepeda saban sore ke taman kota.
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Antologi Rasa

Tiga sahabat. Satu pertanyaan. What if in the person that you love, you find a best friend instead of a lover?

K e a r a

Were both just people who worry about the breaths we take, not how we breathe.
How can we be so different and feel so much alike, Rul?
Dan malam ini, tiga tahun setelah malam yang membuatku jatuh cinta, my dear, dan aku di sini terbaring menatap bintang-bintang di langit pekat Singapura ini, aku masih cinta, Rul. Dan kamu mungkin tidak akan pernah tahu.
Three years of my wasted life loving you.

R u l y

Yang tidak...
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“Apa rasanya jika sejarah kita berubah dalam sehari?

Darah saya mendadak seperempatTionghoa,

Nenek saya seorang penjual roti, dan dia,

Bersama kakek yang tidak saya kenal,

Mewariskan anggota keluarga baru yang tidak pernah saya tahu: Madre.”

Terdiri dari 13 prosa dan karya fiksi, Madre merupakan kumpulan karya Dee selama lima tahun terakhir. Untaian kisah apik ini menyuguhkan berbagai tema: perjuangan sebuah toko roti kuno, dialog antara ibu dan janinnya, dilema antara cinta dan persahabatan, sampai tema seperti reinkarnasi dan...
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Seeing Beauty, Sensing Race in Transnational Indonesia

This book explores representations and aesthetic judgments of feminine beauty and their links to issues of skin color and race. It traces the circulation of beauty images from different countries (India, Japan, the Netherlands, and the US) to Indonesia f less

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S�ch thiếu nhi song ngữ (tiếng Việt - tiếng Anh)
"Bầy chim thi�n nga" của Hans Christian Andersen l� một trong những truyện cổ t�ch được đọc nhiều nhất tr�n thế giới. M�i m�i mỗi c�u truyện l� một vở kịch chất chứa sự sợ h�i, t�nh dũng cảm, l�ng y�u thương, sự phản bội, sự chia ly v� hội ngộ.
Quyển truyện n�y được dịch ra nhiều ng�n ngữ. Sự kết hợp giữa c�c ng�n ngữ tạo n�n sự phong ph� cho cuốn s�ch song ngữ "Bầy chim thi�n nga".

Bilingual children's picture book (Vietnamese - English)
"The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian...
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This two-volume set is completely self-contained, providing clear explanations of all basic grammar points. It may be used as a comprehensive series of lessons conducted by an instructor or for self-study. Extensive notes on usage and etiquette as well as copious practical examples make it suitable as an in-depth introduction to both the language and the culture of Indonesia. less

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Blind Date

"Anda ingin pasangan date Anda tingginya antara 165 hingga 180 sentimeter?"
"Betul."
"Untuk umur, Anda memilih antara 26 hingga 40. Betul?"
"Ya."
"Anda terbuka dipasangkan dengan laki-laki dari berbagai ras?
Aku tertawa mengiyakan.
"Anda mengharuskan pasangan date Anda single dan unattached. Apakah Anda bersedia dating dengan laki-laki yang statusnya baru 'pisah' dengan istri mereka?"
"Nggak. Saya ingin laki-laki single, se-single-single-nya."

Rencana hidup Titania Larasati buyar setelah menemukan Brandon, pacarnya selama tiga tahun, berselingkuh...
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Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk

Gabungan 3 buku seri Dukuh Paruk: Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk, Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari & Jantera Bianglala.

Semangat Dukuh Paruk kembali menggeliat sejak Srintil dinobatkan menjadi ronggeng baru, menggantikan ronggeng terakhir yang mati dua belas tahun yang lalu. Bagi pedukuhan yang kecil, miskin, terpencil dan bersahaja itu, ronggeng adalah perlambang. Tanpanya dukuh itu merasakah kehilangan jati diri.

Dengan segera Srintil menjadi tokoh yang amat terkenal dan digandrungi. Cantik dan menggoda. Semua ingin pernah bersama ronggeng itu. Dari kaula biasa hingga...
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Entrok

Marni, perempuan Jawa buta huruf yang masih memuja leluhur. Melalui sesajen dia menemukan dewa-dewanya, memanjatkan harapannya. Tak pernah dia mengenal Tuhan yang datang dari negeri nun jauh di sana. Dengan caranya sendiri dia mempertahankan hidup. Menukar keringat dengan sepeser demi sepeser uang. Adakah yang salah selama dia tidak mencuri, menipu, atau membunuh?

Rahayu, anak Marni. Generasi baru yang dibentuk oleh sekolah dan berbagai kemudahan hidup. Pemeluk agama Tuhan yang taat. Penjunjung akal sehat. Berdiri tegak melawan leluhur, sekalipun ibu kandungnya sendiri.
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Islam and Democracy in Indonesia

Indonesia's Islamic organizations sustain the country's thriving civil society, democracy, and reputation for tolerance amid diversity. Yet scholars poorly understand how these organizations envision the accommodation of religious difference. What does tolerance mean to the world's largest Islamic organizations? What are the implications for democracy in Indonesia and the broader Muslim world? Jeremy Menchik argues that answering these questions requires decoupling tolerance from liberalism and investigating the historical and political conditions that engender democratic values. Drawing on... more

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Rantau 1 Muara

Alif merasa berdiri di pucuk dunia. Bagaimana tidak? Dia telah mengelilingi separuh dunia, tulisannya tersebar di banyak media, dan diwisuda dengan nilai terbaik. Dia yakin perusahaan-perusahaan akan berlomba-lomba merekrutnya.

Namun Alif lulus di saat yang salah. Akhir 90-an, krisis ekonomi mencekik Indonesia dan negara bergolak di masa reformasi. Satu per satu, surat penolakan kerja sampai di pintunya. Kepercayaan dirinya goyah, bagaimana dia bisa menggapai impiannya?

Secercah harapan muncul ketika Alif diterima menjadi wartawan di sebuah majalah terkenal. Di sana,...
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Jingga dan Senja

Tari dan Ari, dua remaja yang dipertemukan oleh takdir. Selain bernama mirip, mereka juga sama-sama lahir sewaktu matahari ter-benam.
Namun, takdir mempertemukan mereka dalam suasana “perang”. Ari yang biang kerok sekolah baru kali ini bertemu cewek, adik kelas pula, yang berani melawannya. Kemarahan Ari timbul ketika tahu Tari diincar oleh Angga, pentolan SMA musuh.
Angga, musuh bebuyutan sekolah Ari sekaligus musuh pribadi Ari, langsung berusaha mendekati Tari begitu cewek itu tak sengaja terjebak dalam tawuran dan Ari berusaha keras menyelamatkannya. Demi dendam masa lalu, Angga...
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Lonely Planet Pocket Bali

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Pocket Bali is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Catch a wave on one of Bali's legendary surf breaks, follow a colourful procession accompanied by traditional music and dance, head to the shops for some retail therapy -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Bali and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet Pocket Bali:

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A Tale from Bali

Vicki Baum's evocative historical novel recounts the lives of peasants and nobles in colonial Bali, reared against a backdrop of bloodshed and cultural invasion. Dutch imperialism brings upheaval and revolution to the beautiful island, and the Balinese rebel in what would become a powerful and poignant example of symbolic resistance. A Tale from Bali culminates with the historic Battle of Badung, in which thousands of Balinese soldiers, clothed in white and armed only with daggers, threw themselves upon the merciless efficiency of the Dutch guns. less

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Love, Hate & Hocus-Pocus

Brody and Brooke, sitting in a tree.

K-I-S-S-I-N-G…

We grew up thinking that our future was set in stone.

We were wrong.

Turns out there is a thin line between love and hate.

Then there is us.

Brooke never imagined a life away from Emmerton. She never pictured a life without her childhood sweetheart, Brody. But when Brody does the unthinkable Brooke’s world is turned upside down. Unable to watch as Brody moves on with his life, she decides to start afresh.

Unfortunately, leaving her past behind is not a easy as she...
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Lonely Planet Bali, Lombok & Nusa Tenggara

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Bali, Lombok & Nusa Tenggara is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stand amongst the clouds on Gunung Rinjani, party all-night in Kuta, or experience the Gili Islands' phenomenal diving scene -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Bali & Lombok and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet Bali, Lombok & Nusa Tenggara...
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Love, Curse & Hocus Pocus

And what would you do, if I told you I have no intention to kiss you?”

“Kurasa... aku akan membuatmu mengubah keputusanmu itu.”

Ketika Troy Mardian dan Gadis Parasayu yang saling membenci harus terbangun dalam keadaan bugil dengan memori kabur akan pernikahan mereka, reaksi pertama mereka adalah berteriak histeris. Mereka curiga jika semua keanehan itu berkaitan dengan wanita gipsi tua yang mereka tertawai pada acara ulang tahun kantor mereka.

Untunglah mimpi dan realita yang tumpang tindih mempermainkan akal sehat mereka itu segera berakhir, dan membawa...
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This two-volume set presents graded courses in Bahasa Indonesia. It is used by universities all over the world and is accessible to those who wish to master the language through self-study at the intermediate and advanced levels. less

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Resign!

Kompetisi sengit terjadi di sebuah kantor konsultan di Jakarta. Pesertanya adalah para cungpret, alias kacung kampret. Yang mereka incar bukanlah penghargaan pegawai terbaik, jabatan tertinggi, atau bonus terbesar, melainkan memenangkan taruhan untuk segera resign!

Cungpret #1: Alranita
Pegawai termuda yang tertekan akibat perlakuan sang bos yang semena-mena.

Cungpret #2: Carlo
Pegawai yang baru menikah dan ingin mencari pekerjaan dengan gaji lebih tinggi.

Cungpret #3: Karenina
Pegawai senior yang selalu dianggap...
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Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world was hailed by The New Republic as "the most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time." less

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Bali & Lombok Includes cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, and street-by-street maps of all the cities and towns of Bali & Lombok. This guide helps you discover everything region-by-region; from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Full description less

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Negeri Para Bedebah

Di negeri para bedebah, kisah fiksi kalah seru dibanding kisah nyata.

Di negeri para bedebah, musang berbulu domba berkeliaran di halaman rumah.

Tetapi setidaknya, Kawan, di negeri para bedebah, petarung sejati tidak akan pernah berkhianat.
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Maryam

Tentang mereka yang terusir karena iman di negeri yang penuh keindahan.

Lombok, Januari 2011

Kami hanya ingin pulang. Ke rumah kami sendiri. Rumah yang kami beli dengan uang kami sendiri. Rumah yang berhasil kami miliki lagi dengan susah payah, setelah dulu pernah diusir dari kampung-kampung kami. Rumah itu masih ada di sana. Sebagian ada yang hancur. Bekas terbakar di mana-mana. Genteng dan tembok yang tak lagi utuh. Tapi tidak apa-apa. Kami mau menerimanya apa adanya. Kami akan memperbaiki sendiri, dengan uang dan tenaga kami sendiri. Kami hanya ingin bisa...
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A journalist's quest to find a wild Asian arowana — the world's most expensive aquarium fish—takes her on a global tour through the bizarre realm of ornamental fish hobbyists to some of the most remote jungles on the planet.

A young man is murdered for his prized pet fish. An Asian tycoon buys a single specimen for $150,000. Meanwhile, a pet detective chases smugglers through the streets of New York. Delving into an outlandish world of obsession, paranoia, and criminality, The Dragon Behind the Glass tells the story of a fish like none other. Treasured as a status...
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From the author of the internationally acclaimed, Costa Award-winning The Harmony Silk Factory comes an enthralling new novel that evokes an exotic yet turbulent and often frightening world.

16-year-old Adam is an orphan three times over. He and his older brother, Johan, were abandoned by their mother as children; he watched as Johan was adopted and taken away by a wealthy couple; and he had to hide when Karl, the Dutch man who raised him, was arrested by soldiers during Sukarno’s drive to purge 1960s Indonesia of its colonial past.

Adam sets out on a quest to...
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