6 Top nonfiction books like The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder (Rethinking Southeast Asia) by Jess Melvin

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The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder (Rethinking Southeast Asia)

By: Jess Melvin

4.56

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

For the past half century, the Indonesian military has depicted the 1965-66 killings, which resulte…

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1. Perawan Dalam Cengkeraman Militer

By: Pramoedya Ananta Toer

3.68

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

Catatan Pramoedya Ananta Toer tentang derita gadis-gadis Indonesia yang menjadi korban kekejaman te… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Orang jawa kulitnya licin, seperti ular."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Perawan Dalam Cengkeraman Militer

"Tapi perintah tinggal perintah begitu saja."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Perawan Dalam Cengkeraman Militer

"Biasa: harta dengan kejamnya telah memisahkan ibu dari anak."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Perawan Dalam Cengkeraman Militer

"Bukang perempuang undang harta, Ngama, hanya harta mencari perempuang."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Perawan Dalam Cengkeraman Militer

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2. All About Love: New Visions

By: bell hooks

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our… read more

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  • nonfiction
"All awakening to love is spiritual awakening"

-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

"Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love. "

-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

"Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue."

-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

"Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair."

-bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

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3. Dari Kamp ke Kamp

By: Mia Bustam

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

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4. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

By: Mark Fisher

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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5. Tahun yang Tak Pernah Berakhir: Memahami Pengalaman Korban 65 - Esai-esai Sejarah Lisan

By: John Roosa , Hilmar Farid , None

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

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6. Entrok

By: Okky Madasari

4.17

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Marni, perempuan Jawa buta huruf yang masih memuja leluhur. Melalui sesajen dia menemukan dewa-dewa… read more

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"Ealah.. Nduk, sekolah kok malah membuatmu tidak menjadi manusia."

-Okky Madasari, Entrok

"Cinta mungkin hanya sebuah kata kecil yang belum ditemukan, terselip di antara segala kemudahan dan kenyamanan."

-Okky Madasari, Entrok

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7. The Question of Red

By: Laksmi Pamuntjak

3.83

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

In this sweeping saga of love, loss, revolution, and the resilience of the human spirit, Amba must … read more

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"Perjalanan: melatih diri untuk tetap menjaga jarak seraya berbagi begitu banyak."

-Laksmi Pamuntjak, The Question of Red

"Nggak ada yang lebih menyedihkan di dunia ini, daripada permintaan maaf yang nggak pada tempatnya."

-Laksmi Pamuntjak, The Question of Red

"Ketika bicara menunggu, itu bukan tentang berapa jam, hari, dan bulan. Kita bicara tentang titik di mana kita akhirnya memutuskan untuk percaya."

-Laksmi Pamuntjak, The Question of Red

"Tertawa bisa menunda kesangsian. Itulah efek narkotik seni. Aku akan hirup habis-habisan karena besok semuanya akan punah dan kita semua akan merasa hampa."

-Laksmi Pamuntjak, The Question of Red

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8. Bumi Manusia

By: Pramoedya Ananta Toer

4.42

Format: 535 pages, Paperback

Roman Tetralogi Buru mengambil latar belakang dan cikal bakal nation Indonesia di awal abad ke-20. … read more

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"Eropa gila sama dengan Pribumi gila."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Pelacur makhluk lemah tanpa pelindung."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Keindahannya ada dalam kenang-kenangan."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

"Yang berani mengalah terinjak-injak, Bunda."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia

9. Ten Myths about Israel

By: Ilan Pappé

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What are the myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel? Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoke… read more

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10. Pulang

By: Leila S. Chudori , None

4.30

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

Paris, Mei 1968. Ketika revolusi mahasiswa berkecamuk di Paris, Dimas Suryo seorang eksil poli… read more

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"Rumah adalah tempat di mana aku merasa bisa pulang. (Dimas Suryo)"

-Leila S. Chudori, Pulang

"Benarkah angin tidak sedang mencoba menyentuh bibirnya yang begitu sempurna?"

-Leila S. Chudori, Pulang

"Aku tak ingin berakhir seperti mereka, saling mencintai. Lantas kehilangan dan kini mereka hanya mengenang dan merenung dari jauh."

-Leila S. Chudori, Pulang

"Dan bibirnya adalah sepotong puisi yang belum selesai. Aku yakin, hanya bibirku yang bisa menyelesaikannya menjadi sebuah puisi yang lengkap."

-Leila S. Chudori, Pulang

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11. Aroma Karsa

By: Dee Lestari

4.56

Format: 724 pages, Paperback

Dari sebuah lontar kuno, Raras Prayagung mengetahui bahwa Puspa Karsa yang dikenalnya sebagai donge… read more

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"Tekanan adalah kondisi yang bisa membentuk seseorang."

-Dee Lestari, Aroma Karsa

"Pilih badan kering dan kantong juga kering atau badan basah dan kantong ikut basah?"

-Dee Lestari, Aroma Karsa

"Teka-teki, sebelum terpecahkan, mampu menghalangi banyak hal. Perubahan, salah satunya."

-Dee Lestari, Aroma Karsa

"Pelangi ada bukankah untuk menyalakan langit. Ia hasil berpadunya tangisan awan dan semangat matahari."

-Dee Lestari, Aroma Karsa

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12. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

By: Vincent Bevins

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"

-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

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13. Minor Detail

By: Adania Shibli

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more

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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

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14. Lichter dan ik

By: Dido Michielsen

4.27

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

Java, 1850. Isah is de dochter van de kleermaakster van de sultan en groeit op in de gesloten gemee… read more

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15. The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder (Rethinking Southeast Asia)

By: Jess Melvin

4.56

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

For the past half century, the Indonesian military has depicted the 1965-66 killings, which resulte… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Namaku Alam: Jilid 1

By: Leila S. Chudori

4.35

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Inilah yang kubayangkan detik-detik terakhir Bapak: 18 Mei 1970. Hari gelap. Langit berwarn… read more

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17. Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat

By: Sony Karsono

4.23

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

'Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat' berisi 8 cerita pendek yang ditulis Sony Karsono pada 1995-2002 denga… read more

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18. Ganjil-Genap

By: Almira Bastari

3.89

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Gimana rasanya diputusin setelah berpacaran selama tiga belas tahun? Hidup Gala yang mendadak jo… read more

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"There is a reason why you are my bestfriend. Destiny."

-Almira Bastari, Ganjil-Genap

"Kalo dari awal nggak suka mending nggak usah dilanjutkan, daripada naksir kemudian repot selamanya"

-Almira Bastari, Ganjil-Genap

"Patah hati tidak hanya mengajarkan apa yang tidak kita mau, tapi juga memberikan keberanian untuk menjalani apa yang kita mau."

-Almira Bastari, Ganjil-Genap

"Bisa berbahagia nyatanya belum tentu didapatkan dari "digenapi" orang lain. Bahagia harus datang dari diri sendiri. Tidak memiliki pasangan tidak menjadikan dunia berakhir. Dunia berjalan semestinya."

-Almira Bastari, Ganjil-Genap

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19. The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

By: Antony Loewenstein

4.44

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal depl… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Putih: Warna Kulit, Ras, dan Kecantikan di Indonesia Transnasional by L. Ayu Saraswati

20. Putih: Warna Kulit, Ras, dan Kecantikan di Indonesia Transnasional

By: L. Ayu Saraswati

4.35

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Di Indonesia, berkulit putih dipandang sebagai norma kecantikan. Obsesi memiliki kulit putih membua… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Infrastructures of Impunity: New Order Violence in Indonesia (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project) by Elizabeth F. Drexler

21. Infrastructures of Impunity: New Order Violence in Indonesia (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project)

By: Elizabeth F. Drexler

4.25

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

In Infrastructures of Impunity Elizabeth F. Drexler argues that the creation and persistence of imp… read more

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5 Top history books like The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder (Rethinking Southeast Asia) by Jess Melvin

Transform Your Habits

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

4.61

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The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder (Rethinking Southeast Asia)

Jess Melvin

4.56

Transform Your Habits

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

Antony Loewenstein

4.44

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Beauty Is a Wound

Eka Kurniawan , Annie Tucker

4.05

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Negeri Para Bedebah

Tere Liye

4.36

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Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk

Ahmad Tohari

4.23

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Semua Ikan di Langit

Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie

3.87

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