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  • Lies, Loss, and Longing

    Modern Library of Indonesia

    by John H. McGlynn, Mary Zurbuchen, Keith Foulcher, Leslie Dwyer, Vern Cork, Putu Oka Sukanta ...
    Series series Modern Library of Indonesia
    Putu Oka Sukanta, born into a low-caste Balinese family in 1939, began writing poetry and short stories in high school. In the early 1960s, after university studies in Yogyakarta, he moved to Jakarta where he taught high school and began to mix with leftist artists and writers. Sukanta never formally joined the Indonesian Communist Party but in 1965, when Soeharto wrested control of the country, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Disappeared

    by Kim Echlin ...
    "The familiar tale of star-crossed lovers is revisited with gripping immediacy and compelling freshness . . . a voice readers will not soon forget" (Stephanie Kallos, national bestselling author).A fiercely beautiful love story for the ages, The Disappeared traces one woman's three-decades-long journey from the peaceful streets of Montreal to the war-torn villages of Cambodia, as a brief affair ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Ink Readers of Doi Saket

    A Tor.Com Original

    by Thomas Olde Heuvelt ...
    Series series A Tor.Com Original
    People send their dreams and wishes floating down the Mae Ping River with the hope that those dreams will be captured, read and come true. It is a surprise what some wish for and why. One can never know what's inside someone's heart - what they really truly want, and those dreams sometimes reveal our true selves.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Languages Fast and Easy ~ Indonesian

    by O-O Happiness ...
    Remember trying to learn a language at school? Remember trying to get your head around conjugating verbs? Past tense, present tense, present participle, imperfect subjunctive? Yes, that's right, it was all mind numbing. Language is not about perfect grammar. Language is about communication. Why not try our system. Learn to communicate quickly and easily in another language. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bed Time Stories

    for Kids

    by Srinivas Vikram ...
    Bedtime stories have many advantages, for parents/adults and children alike. The fixed routine of a bedtime story before sleeping has a relaxing effect, and the soothing voice of a person telling a story allows for a calm atmosphere in which the child can fall asleep more easily. The emotional aspect creates a bond between the storyteller and the listener, often a parent and child. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arid Dreams

    Stories

    by Duanwad Pimwana ...
    Translated by Mui Poopoksakul ...
    "One of Thailand's preeminent female writers . . . Each of her stories poses its own moral challenge, pleasurable and unsettling at once . . . phenomenal." —NPR.orgIn thirteen stories that investigate ordinary and working-class Thailand, characters aspire for more but remain suspended in routine. They bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary event to end their stasis. A politician's wife ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Home

    by John H. McGlynn, Leila S Chudori ...
    Series series Modern Library of Indonesia
    Home is a remarkable fictional account of the September 30th Movement’s impact on people’s lives. This “movement” led to the murder of a million or more presumed “Communists” and the imprisonment of another tens of thousands of people. At the time, thousands of Indonesians who were abroad had their passports revoked and were exiled. History was manipulated by the Suharto government to cast a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Discovering Big Cat Country

    On the trail of tigers and snow leopards

    by Eric Dinerstein ...
    Series series Island Press E-ssentials
    With their elusive and solitary nature, tigers and snow leopards are a challenge for even the most seasoned field biologists to track and study. Yet scientist and conservation leader Eric Dinerstein began his career in the heart of Nepal’s tiger country and the perilous Himalayan slopes of the snow leopard, where he discovered the joys—and frustrations—of studying wildlife in some of the most ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Folk Tales from Zimbabwe

    Short Stories

    by V. T. Kandimba ...
    While he was growing up, Tsuro, the bunny rabbit, learned the hard way to treat others as he wanted to be treated by them. Being street smart is good, but its not always the best way to live with others. As children, we must never look down on people. We can learn something from our friends no matter how different they are. Amazingly, Kamba, the turtle proved that slow is the new fast. I, Victoria ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Book of the Edge

    by Ece Temelkuran ...
    Translated by Deniz Perin ...
    Ece Temelkuran is arguably Turkey’s most accomplished young writer. In Book of the Edge, she describes an allegorical journey wherein the speaker, or explorer, encounters strange creatures, including a butterfly, bull, swordfish, sow bug, and cruel city dwellers. These poems point to the undeniable connection between all living beings.Born 1973 in Turkey, Ece Temelkuran (www.ecetemelkuran.com) has ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Revenge of the Scorpion

    by Francis Chang ...
    a police road block on the highway to chiang mai on a hot day. A policeman who takes more than his lunch break and decides to join a card game with his friends.an unscheduled encounter with a scorpion ultimately leads the policeman into some very hot water. ... Read more

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  • The Yam Child and Other Tales From West Africa

    African Fireside Classics, #2

    by A. Sakyiama ...
    Series Book 2 - African Fireside Classics
    From talking yam tubers and polite little boys who throw up money, to the deliciously scary story of a disrespectful little girl who sets out to find something to see, this second collection of stories in the African Fireside Classics series has something for everyone. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus