The success of the first four editions shows that this book fills a vacuum for readers who wish to learn about the countries of South-East Asia. Recent years have seen a number of important developments all of which are covered here. With the global climate becoming more uncertain and the threat of terrorism spilling over, this book will aid readers' knowledge of this region by addressing its h…
Tentara Terakota adalah patung-patung prajurit dan kuda yang ditemukan di sekitar Makam Kaisar Pertama China, Qin Shi Huang. Tentara Terakota pertama kali ditemukan pada 1974 oleh beberapa petani setempat di dekat Xi’an, Provinsi Shaanxi. Jumlah patung-patung itu diperkirakan lebih dari 8.000 prajurit, 130 kereta dengan 520 kuda dan 150 kuda kavaleri, yang sebagian besar masih terkubur di ban…
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong. Piper has a secret. Her fath…
Dalam sejarah politik kekaisaran, Kubilai Khan adalah sosok penguasa legendaris. Kewenangannya mencakup lebih dari separuh wilayah Asia dan seperlima luas area dunia. Dia mewarisi obsesi untuk menguasai dunia dari kakeknya, Jenghis Khan, sang penakluk dari Mongolia. Tetapi tidak seperti sang kakek, Kubilai Khan menjadikan China, bukan Mongolia, sebagai pusat untuk mengendalikan kekuasaan: bermo…
The Heike Story is a modern translation of a Japanese classic. Kyoto in the twelfth century was a magnificent city, but crime, disorder, and lust were rampant. The people were abused by the nobility, while armed Buddhist monks terrorized court and commoner alike. In despair, the Emperor called upon the Heike and Genji clans to quell civil disturbances. Although the clans succeeded, they quarrel…
Pada tahun 1445 Masehi, atas permintaan Bhre Kêrtabumi, Syekh Ibrahim Al-Akbar berlayar dari Champa menuju Jawa, diiringi Sayyid Ali Murtadlo dan tiga belas santrinya. Mengingat pertumbuhan kaum muslim yang pesat di pesisir Jawa, syekh keturunan Samarqand itu didaulat untuk menjadi petinggi agama Islam di Keraton Majapahit. Tetapi jung Syekh Ibrahim diamuk badai hingga terdampar di pantai Ka…
Mengikuti hasrat pengembaraan, Pendekar Tanpa Nama dari Javadvipa tiba di Tanah Kambuja pada tahun 796. Perjumpaan dengan seorang perempuan pendekar, membuat ia terlibat berbagai pertarungan maut yang setiap kali nyaris mencabut nyawanya. Bersama perempuan pendekar itu, ia bergabung dengan pasukan pemberontak An Nam yang melawan penjajahan, yang kemudian membuatnya wajib melakukan perjalanan ra…
Hideyoshi, who called himself the Swordless Samurai, is the Japanese Horatio Alger. He was of peasant origin, but by bonding to powerful Lord Nobunaga, and being useful to him day and night, Hideyoshi secured a powerful patron. Much later, Hideyoshi became the most powerful man in Japan. This book tells how he did it.
In the tempestuous closing decades of the sixteenth century, the Empire of Japan writhes in chaos as the shogunate crumbles and rival warlords battle for supremacy. Warrior monks in their armed citadels block the road to the capital; castles are destroyed, villages plundered, fields put to the torch. Amid this devastation, three men dream of uniting the nation. At one extreme is the charismatic…
The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai—without really knowing what it meant—he regains consciousness after the battle to find himself lying defeated, dazed and wounded among t…