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  • Car-tastrophes

    80 Automotive Atrocities from the Past 20 Years

    by George Fowler ...
    Automakers are as prone to turn out clunkers as politicians are to lie. Their cars may be ugly, misconceived, badly built, diabolical to drive, ridiculously thirsty, or just plain unreliable. So which were the worst offenders of the past 20 years? In this light-hearted, somewhat irreverent look at the world of cars, journalists Honest John and George Fowler share their combined wealth of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Bottle Fruit, Vegetables, Chicken, Game, Tomatoes & How to Make, Jams, and Jellies, Fruit Wines and Pickles

    by George Fowler ...
    This antiquarian text contains a comprehensive guide to bottling food, with information on bottling fruit, vegetables, chicken, game, tomatoes, et cetera; and contains supplementary information on making jellies, jams, and pickles. This easy-to-digest manual contains simple, step-by-step instructions, and will be of considerable utility to the modern reader with an interest in fruit preservation. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sukra’s Eyes & Other Tales

    A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian

    Series Book 9 - BTW
    German title: Sukras Augen und andere ErzählungenIndonesian title: Mata Sukra dan cerita lainnyaManyof Gunawan Maryanto’s stories are reinterpretations of Javanese literary textswhich themselves were based on or inspired by episodes in the Mahabarata andother ancient Indian texts. Through their retelling, Gunawan shows himself tobe part of a long tradition of self-examination and speculation about ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Haji Syiah & Other Stories

    A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian

    Series Book 6 - BTW
    German title: Hadschi Schia und andere ErzählungenIndonesian title: Haji Syiah dan cerita lainnyaBen Sohib’sstories, often set in Jakarta and with their panoramic backdrop of urban Muslimlife, contain fierce criticism against religious radicalism and serve toadmonish people who lightly use religious arguments to justify their actions.The authors delivers his criticism in a light-hearted manner, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • What’s left & other poems

    A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian

    Series Book 21 - BTW
    German title: Was bleibt und andere GedichteIndonesian title: Yang Tertinggal dan puisi lainnyaTaufik Ikram Jamil’s poetry is filled with references to geography, history, and classic Malay literature. With their Malay flavor and diction, his poems convey a tension between the past and present, between the colloquial and the literary, and between regionalism and nationalism. The poet bequeaths the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Garden of Delights & Other Stories

    A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian

    Series Book 5 - BTW
    German title: Der Garten der Wonnen und andere ErzählungenIndonesian title: Hikayat Taman Kenikmatan dan cerita lainnyaAzhari’sreimagined stories of Aceh in the 17th century encompass a garden ofextraordinary beauty, a turtle with chin hairs, pirates in the waters of theMalacca Straits, and so much more. The author’s enthralling storytelling,reminiscent of the 1001 Nights, makes you, the reader, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Sitti Nurbaya

    Series series Modern Library of Indonesia
    The author’s thoughts are reflected through this love story of forbidden lovers, telling a story about customs that were no longer in line with the times, and desire for release from the shackles of traditional societies that did not provide an opportunity for the young to express their opinions or desires. Sitti Nurbaya (Siti Nurbaya) laid the foundation of thinking that led to the emancipation ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Learning for Life

    Politics and Progress in Recurrent Education

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    Although the 1970s and 1980s witnessed a widespread reaction against investment in education there has been an extraordinary growth of interest in recurrent education. This book, sponsored by the Association for Recurrent Education, reports these considerable developments in both theory and practice in the United Kingdom and abroad. It presents a comprehensive picture of the range of initiatives ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Rose of Cikembang

    Series series Modern Library of Indonesia
    First published in 1927 as Bunga Roos dari Tjikembang, Kwee Tek Hoay’s The Rose of Cikembang is an excellent example of the so-called peranakan literature of the Netherlands East Indies that flourished between 1900 and the Japanese Occupation beginning in 1942. Highly sentimental in tone, the novel is rich in many of the controversial themes that Kwee was famous for: interracial love and the lives ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome

    Series Book 39 - Advances in Library Administration and Organization
    Librarianship may be said to be facing an identity crisis. It may also be said that librarianship has been facing an identity crisis since it was proposed as a profession. With the advent of technology that lowers barriers to the access of information, the mission of a library has become indistinct. This volume will explore the current purpose of librarianship and libraries, how we become “Masters ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

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    Muslin (UNABRIDGED)

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    Unabridged

    10 hours 42 min

    Muslin, better known as A Drama In Muslin, is a realistic novel by George Moore. It describes the lives of five Irish girls after their graduation from convent school. Alice Barton, around whom the story revolves, is unfulfilled by the role society gives her. She wants to find herself, but is prevented from doing so by her gender. Olive, her younger sister, was less popular at school but more ... Read more

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  • Ceremony

    Series series Modern Library of Indonesia
    A coming-of-age story, a tapestry of erotic and tragic liaisons, a dreamscape of nightmares and wonders. But Ceremony is, above all, a tribute to the ceremony-rich life of the Benuaq Dayak, one of the many “upriver people” of Kalimantan. This post-modern (and first) novel by Korrie Layun Rampan took Indonesian literary scene by storm when it won the Jakarta Arts Council’s novel writing competition ... Read more

    $9.99 USD