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“umar thamrin, author”

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  • Star Memories

    by Umar Thamrin, Author, Yuni Utami Asih, Translator, Zainal Beta, Cover Designer, Terre Gorham, Editor, Ayman Arya Umar, Map Illustrator, Manneke Budiman, Indonesian Literary Advisor. ...
    Step into the world of Sulawesi, where the sea and stars guide destinies and the tides of history shape the lives of ordinary people.Star Memories is a sweeping, multi-generational novel that follows Punggawa, a commoner-turned-leader, and his son Wellang as they navigate the storms of colonial oppression, war, and revolution from the 1930s to the 1960s. Against the backdrop of Dutch and Japanese ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    by Stuart Robson, Julian Millie ...
    It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication!Do you want to speak simple Indonesian but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting Indonesia for a short time and want an Indonesian phrase book to help you communicate? If so, this Indonesian phrasebook is for you—it's the easiest and quickest way to learn Indonesian. It's tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Gun Island

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    by Amitav Ghosh ...
    Named a Best Book of Fall by Vulture, Chicago Review of Books and AmazonFrom the award-winning author of the bestselling epic Ibis trilogy comes a globetrotting, folkloric adventure novel about family and heritageBundook. Gun. A common word, but one that turns Deen Datta’s world upside down.A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to ... Read more

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  • Singapore Children's Favorite Stories

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    Illustrated by L. K. Tay-Audouard ...
    Series series Favorite Children's Stories
    This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Singaporean fairy tales and other folk stories—providing insight into a rich literary and oral culture.Singapore Children's Favorite Stories is a collection of eleven stories that provide an insight into the traditional culture and history of Singapore. They make perfect new additions for story time or bedtime reading. Retold by ... Read more

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  • Swimmer Among the Stars

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    by Kanishk Tharoor ...
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  • Gifting Fire

    by Alina Boyden ...
    The battle has been won, but the war is just beginning.Although at long last Razia Khan has found peace with herself and love with her prince, Arjun, her trials are far from over. In order to save her prince and his city from certain destruction, Razia made a deal with the devil--her father, the Sultan of Nizam. Now the bill has come due.Razia must secure the province of Zindh, a land surrounded ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Sunjata Story

    by Bamba Suso, Banna Kanute ...
    A child is born who will overthrow a king...After the leader of a great African kingdom hears that a baby has been born who will destroy him, he hides behind a mighty army and surrounds himself with magical charms. There remains only one way to kill him.Concealing this secret weakness from the world, the ruler clings to power. But when the sister of his enemy seduces him, lust overwhelms the king. ... Read more

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  • The Cruelest Journey

    Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu

    by Kira Salak ...
    DESCRIPTIONKira Salak became the first person in the world to kayak alone 600 miles on the Niger River of Mali to Timbuktu, retracing the fatal journey of the great Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Enduring tropical storms, hippos, rapids, the unrelenting heat of the Sahara desert, and the mercurial moods of this notorious river, Kira Salak traveled solo through one of the most desolate and dangerous ... Read more

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  • Atlas of Lost Kingdoms

    Discover Mythical Lands, Lost Cities and Vanished Islands

    by Emily Hawkins ...
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    **Shortlisted for Children's Travel Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2023On this quest around the world, you will discover lost kingdoms, phantom islands, and even legendary continents once sought by explorers but now believed to be mythical.**For centuries, people have dreamed of finding the lost worlds of Atlantis, El Dorado, and the Seven Cities of Gold. As well as ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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    by Mfundishi Jhutyms Salim ...
    This book is based upon real characters of the eleventh dynasty and specifically on a real ruler, Menchu-hotep, the founding and unifying king of ancient Kemet’s (Egypt) Eleventh Dynasty and Classical Age who ruled for fifty-four years. Because he is an obvious black African from the south, very little is written about him even when he is a giant in ancient history. As an African cultural ... Read more

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  • Indonesian Flash Cards

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    by Zane Goebel, Junaeni Goebel, Soe Tjen Marching ...
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    Indonesian Flash Cards is an excellent new Indonesian language learning resource for beginning students of Indonesian.Before heading out to Bali, the best way to learn Indonesian is to start practicing with these flashcards and give a boost to your Indonesian language skills. Since Indonesian uses a romanized alphabet, you can read Indonesian without learning a new alphabet or special characters. ... Read more

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  • The Three Princes of Serendip: New Tellings of Old Tales for Everyone

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    by Rodaan Al Galidi ...
    This feast of Middle Eastern folklore from an award-winning Iraqi storyteller is paired with vibrant cut-paper art.The twenty fables and folktales in this illustrated storybook have taken a long journey. Many have roots that stretch across Europe, Asia, and Africa, but when award-winning writer and gatherer of tales Rodaan Al Galidi learned them in his homeland of Iraq, it was as Arabic folktales ... Read more

    $14.39 USD