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Kingdom of Spies
‘Few novels engage convincingly with the grit and grime of intelligence work in Asia. This one does, and it’s a real page turner. Why? Because it pulls you into a secret world to grapple with issues few comprehend, like what happens when a spy’s professional conviction exceeds their designated role – and all hell breaks loose.’ —WARREN REED, MI6-trained former Australian Secret Intelligence Service officer with ten years active service across Asia and the Middle East ‘A novel of labyrinthian morality … packed with intrigue, spectacular action, and the hard decisions intelligence agents face when the country they’re sworn to protect chooses saving face over saving lives.’ ...
Decentring and Diversifying Southeast Asian Studies
This admirable book contains fascinating autobiographical accounts, by some of Southeast Asia's most eminent scholars, concerning their struggle to find their own voices in interpreting the region to which they belong. The book should be indispensable to anyone interested in thinking about knowledge production and its politics in a postcolonial world. In the views of these scholarly Southeast Asians, we are made to see, in very personal terms, the link between the global crisis in the social sciences and the need to find remedies for it that are neither Eurocentric nor parochially anti-Western. Professor Alexander Woodside Professor of Chinese and Southeast Asian History University of Britis...
Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia
Addressing changes in both the national legal system of Indonesia and the regional legal structure in the province of Aceh, this study focuses on the encounter between diverse patterns of legal reasoning and the vast array of issues arising in the wake of
What Is Written on the Tongue
For readers of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a transportive historical novel about finding morality in the throes of war and colonization Released from Nazi forced labor as World War II ends, 20-year-old Sam is quickly drafted and sent to the island of Java to help regain control of the colony. But the Indonesian independence movement is far ahead of the Dutch, and Sam is thrown into a guerilla war, his loyalties challenged when his squad commits atrocities reminiscent of those he suffered at the hands of the Nazis. Sam falls in love with both Sari and the beautiful island she calls home, but as he loses friends to sniper fire and jungle malady, he also loses sight of what he wants most — to be a good man.
Aku Pilih Dia
Pemergian Khalil tiga bulan sebelum diijabkabulkan, mengheret cinta Johana hingga ke pusara. Bertahun-tahun dia merawat duka di hati, namun pengganti Khalil tetap sukar dicari. Bila ada yang bertanya siapa Raif Imran di sisinya, jawapan yang diulang berkali-kali, lelaki itu cuma teman... tapi mesra. Raif pula tidak pernah meluah rasa kepada Johana. Baginya, walau didampingi ramai gadis sekalipun, Johana tetap ada ruang istimewa di hati. Johana sering menduduki senarai teratasnya biarpun tidak pernah mengisytiharkan gadis itu miliknya. Kemunculan Ian Redza mula mengubah segala-galanya. Kali pertama Raif menonton kemesraan Ian dan Johana, dia dijangkiti virus cemburu. Raif kata, Ian merampas Johana daripada aku! Ian balas, Aku tak mencuri hak sesiapa. Hati Johana berbisik, Hanya aku yang tahu... ada seorang sahaja yang aku cinta. Dalam pada ingin mencintai, tidak seharusnya ada yang akan terluka.
Akan Ku Tunggu
AYU RIHANA terkejut apabila dia dilamar oleh anak bujang jirannya. Pinangan jejaka egois dan berstatus tinggi itu tidak langsung diimpikan. Tambahan pula, mereka tidak saling mengenali mahupun bertegur sapa sejak tinggal berjiran. Malah, dunia mereka jauh berbeza umpama langit dengan bumi. Kehidupan Syamil Bakhtiar yang sentiasa dihimpit gadis-gadis cantik kian berubah sejak dia terlihat kepolosan wajah ayu. Dia nekad mahu mendekati gadis kacukan itu biarpun latar peribadi mereka tidak setara. Namun, perubahan itu hanya seketika. Ugutan seorang bekas teman tapi mesra Syamil menghumban dia kembali kepada sikap suka berfoya-foya dan bersosial hingga lewat pagi. Jauh di sudut hati, Ayu terluka. Dia sering menjadi mangsa keadaan. Namun, dia cuba bertahan demi kasih dan janjinya. Tanpa jemu, Ayu menitip rantaian doa dengan harapan dia mampu membawa Syamil pulang semula ke mahligai impian yang mereka idam-idamkan.
Kau Yang Satu
Bot milik peribadi Datok Mustaza telah karam dipukul ombak sewaktu dia keluar memancing di Laut Cjina Selatan. Nasibnya baik, dia telah diselamatkan oleh seorang nelayan bernama Sulaiman. Datuk Mustaza terhutang budi dengan Mustaza dan ingin menjodohkan anaknya Taufik dengan Salina anak Sulaiman. Taufik tidak setuju denagn cadangan papanya kerana dia telah mempunyai kekasih bernama Isabella, model terkenal tanahair. Manakala Salina pula telah mempunyai teman lelaki bernama Zulkifli, anak ketua kampung. Namun segala impian mereka tidak tercapai. Masing-masing terpaksa akur dengan pilihan orang tua. Taufik menuduh papanya kolot kerana masih terikut-ikut cara orang lama mencari jodoh. Salina pula terpaksa putus dengan Zulkifli. Bahagiakah perkahwinan Taufik dan Salina? Dapatkah mereka melayari bahtera bersama?
Cutenya Dia!
Cinta pandang pertama – “Hmm... aku tak percaya pada ungkapan ini sebenarnya. Tapi, sejak bertemu Naura... kenapa hati aku rasa lain? Naura nampak cute sangat. Mana tahu kalau ini memang jodoh aku! Terima ajelah.” – Ammar Bakhtiar Tak kenal maka tak cinta – “ Aduh, macam mana nak cinta kalau kenal pun tak? Macam kahwin dengan orang asing. Kenapa pulak lelaki ni tiba-tiba setuju? Suka-suka hati dia aje. Atau dia ada agenda lain? Dia nak jual aku ke? Ibu, tolong!” – Naura Namun, walau macam mana pun kata hati Ammar dan Naura, mereka tetap disatukan. Bahtera itu harus dikemudi dengan apa cara sekali pun. Kalau karam, lemaslah mereka. Kalau dilanda badai, hancurlah semua. Selebihnya biarkan cinta bercerita...
Social Science and Power in Indonesia
The premise of Social Science and Power in Indonesia is that the role and development of social sciences in Indonesia over the past fifty years are inextricably related to the shifting requirements of power. What is researched and what is not, which frameworks achieve paradigmatic status while others are marginalized, and which kinds of social scientists become influential while others are ignored are all matters of power. These and other important themes and issues are critically explored by some of Indonesia's foremost social scientists in this seminal work.
