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Much more than a travel or holiday guide, the book is first and foremost a paradisiacal photo album. It features opulent photographs of places that seem too perfect to be real. Pricing and contact information is provided for each hotel.
Decades before al-Qaeda took shape, religious radicals in Southeast Asia were laying the groundwork for a struggle to achieve a backward-looking utopia. This is the story of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the secretive organization that spans no less than half a dozen nations and seeks the full implementation of their intolerant take on Islam. In The Second Front: Inside Asia's Most Dangerous Terrorist Network, best-selling author Ken Conboy pieces together the planning and execution of JI's most deadly terrorist acts from exclusive interviews and classified reports. In details never before revealed, it delves into the minds of the group's leaders - from the professorial bomb expert Azhari to the al...
Tales from Djakarta is a collection of thirteen short stories written between 1948 and 1956 - a period of bitter transition from the revolutionary era to the beginnings of military rule in Indonesia. These stories not only give us a taste of Pramoedya's earlier writings, but also lead us on a tragic tour through mid-century Jakarta with her downtrodden residents as our guides.
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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 copies in the Indonesian language, and is now available for the first time in English. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ayu Utami was...
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Die Entspannung erfolgt schon beim Blättern. Zwischen Whirlpools, Hängematten, Bäder in Rosenblättern und Swimmingpools in allen Formen und Farben, in Granit und Marmor, in eisigen Landschaften oder tropischen Wäldern finden wir den siebten Himmel! Der Überblick rahmt unter anderem Afrika, Asien, Karibik, Europa, Kanada, Ozeanien, Mexiko ein. Viele Interieurfotos und Außenaufnahmen illustrieren die ausgewählten Adressen. Zu jeder heilenden Quelle gibt es eine ganze Seite mit Bildern und eine Übersicht mit allen wichtigen Informationen wie Preise, Serviceangebote, Kontaktadressen (teils auch in Deutschland und der Schweiz), Websites, Verpflegung, Hotels). Buchnummer des Verkäufers 000743
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