Sumatran Warrior

Sumatran Warrior
Author: Abdul Wadud Karim Amrullah
Publsiher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-05-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781512731811

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This autobiography is unlike most existing accounts about former Muslims. It does not contain pretentious words or sensationalism about the author or Islam. It shares the dynamic life experiences of a passionate soul, innately and eagerly desiring exciting adventures since being a young boy of Minangkabau descent in West Sumatra, Indonesia. This is the authors transformational life account, as he travelled through escapades from pain of war, romance, hope for lifes intense hardships, and discovering his destiny. He actively describes his Muslim upbringing and life after leaving Islam.

Tauro The Titan Slayer 1E15 30

Tauro The Titan Slayer  1E15 30
Author: Kelson Hayes
Publsiher: Self-Published
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2023-04-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9798387738876

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Taking place in the Southwest of Aerbon in the early years of the First Era, Tauro the Titan-Slayer tells the tale of a simple Itanian farmer who finds himself sentenced to life imprisonment after killing the Roman god of fertility one fateful Summer day. Forced to fight as a gladiator in the Emperor's arena, Tauro quickly earns his nickname of Titan-Slayer after working his way up the ranks of the coliseum's prison league, tirelessly pushing himself towards his goal of exacting revenge upon those who he perceives to be responsible for his predicament and relishing in all of the blood he sheds along the way. Tauro the Titan-Slayer is the tale of one man's quest for vengeance, though it also focuses on the lives of those affected by his bloodthirsty crusade against the gods.

The Chronicles of Bree I 1E35 48

The Chronicles of Bree I  1E35 48
Author: Kelson Hayes
Publsiher: Self-Published
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2023-10-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9798864687123

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Taking place in the Brebon Isles off the northern coast of Aerbon during the First Era, "The Chronicles of Bree I" tells the tale of Rome's invasion of Bree. With the Roman economy suffering in light of the Roman-Itanian War of 1E25-30 and the Second Sumatran War (1E21-32), the Roman-based Merchant's Guild sent an expedition across the Aerbonean Ocean in their efforts to circumvent the neighbouring Kingdom of Svaneiol. This was predominantly due to the fact that they found their northern convoys plagued by the bandits and thieves that were prevalent in the poorer kingdom where it was situated in the mountainous woodlands between Rome and Legion. Following their ensuing discovery of the Brebon Isles, the reigning emperor launched a military campaign to bring the islands under the rule of the Roman Empire. The Breelanders were a primitive and tribal people, though their main advantage laid in the wars that had ravaged Rome's mighty empire. As a result, both sides found themselves pitted against one another in a long and bloody war where the Breelanders tenaciously fought to maintain their independence whilst Rome's forces fought to strengthen their influence in the lands of Aerbon and restore their economy in light of their campaigns against Itania and Sumatra.

A Century of British Orientalists 1902 2001

A Century of British Orientalists  1902 2001
Author: C. Edmund Bosworth
Publsiher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2001-10-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0197262430

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The evolution of Oriental Studies in Britain over the last century is traced in thirteen essays on key figures (twelve of them Fellows of the British Academy). They exemplify the outstanding contribution of British scholars to Oriental scholarship, within the general trend in the West to understand and interpret the civilisations of the East sympathetically. Through the careers and achievements of these influential scholars these essays shed light on studies ranging from Ancient Egyptian and Hebrew, through Arabic, Persian and Turkish, to Indology, Chinese and Japanese. With important changes of methodology and approach to the cultures and religions of Asia, the twentieth century has been an exciting and fruitful period for Oriental Studies in Britain.

Frank Wildman s Adventures on Land Water

Frank Wildman s Adventures on Land   Water
Author: Friedrich Gerstäcker
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1855
Genre: Malay Archipelago
ISBN: NLS:V000581535

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Women Warriors in Southeast Asia

Women Warriors in Southeast Asia
Author: Vina A. Lanzona,Frederik Rettig
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2020-01-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781317571841

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This book brings together a wide range of case studies to explore the experiences and significance of women warriors in Southeast Asian history from ancient to contemporary times. Using a number of sources, including royal chronicles, diaries, memoirs and interviews, the book discusses why women warriors were active in a domain traditionally preserved for men, and how they arguably transgressed peacetime gender boundaries as agents of violence. From multidisciplinary perspectives, the chapters assess what drove women to take on a variety of roles, namely palace guards, guerrillas and war leaders, and to what extent their experiences were different to those of men. The reader is taken on an almost 1,500-year long journey through a crossroads region well-known for the diversity of its peoples and cultures, but also their ability to creatively graft foreign ideas onto existing ones. The book also explores the re-integration of women into post-conflict Southeast Asian societies, including the impact (or lack thereof) of newly established international norms, and the frequent turn towards pre-conflict gender roles in these societies. Written by an international team of scholars, this book will be of interest to academics working on Southeast Asian Studies, Gender Studies, low-intensity conflicts and revolutions, and War, Conflict, and Peace Studies.

History of Padang Lawas 2

History of Padang Lawas 2
Author: Cahier d’Archipel 43
Publsiher: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2015-02-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9782910513702

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For the last century and a half, the name of Padang Lawas, in the present province of North Sumatra, Indonesia, has been associated with a number of isolated Hindu-Buddhist remains located in the interior of the island. These remains are all the more remarkable because they form the largest Indianised archaeological complex known so far in the northern half of Sumatra, This book follows the recently published volume on archaeological researches conducted at the Si Pamutung site from 2006 until 2010. Its two main purposes are ?rstly to present and reappraise all the available sources for the ancient history of the region and, secondly, to provide an initial synthesis of the history of Padang Lawas between the mid-ninth and the end of the thirteenth century CE. As no comprehensive inventory of sculptures and other artefacts reported since the mid nineteenth century had been published, the ?rst chapter attempts to ?ll this gap by providing descriptions of Z64 items. lt is followed by four systematic studies on dozens of these items, whether stone or bronze artefacts, Furthermore, the thirteen ancient inscriptions from Padang Lawas are systematically reinvestigated or are deciphered for the ?rst time. To this epigraphic study is associated a historical study on the indigenous writing system. Two chapters present on the one hand the main results of recent archaeological research conducted in two other sites of the Barumun River Basin and, on the other a panorama of archaeological data on the Mandailing-Natal region situated west of Padang Lawas, in order to get a comprehensive and updated overview of the knowledge currently available of the area between both coasts of this part of Sumatra. In addition, the epigraphic study on Padang Lawas is supplemented with a reappraisal of inscriptions from Mt Sorik Merapi in this Mandailing-Natal region, and inscriptions from the site of Muara Takus on the banks of the upper reaches of the Kampar River.

Rainbow Warriors

Rainbow Warriors
Author: Maite Mompo
Publsiher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-10-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781780261881

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Encounters on the high seas, eco-style. Stories from the decks of the three ships that have sailed as Rainbow Warriors.