Clay Gregory sudah mengenal Megan Briggs sejak bertahun-tahun lalu, jauh sebelum Meg menjadi penyintas kanker. Mereka berteman baik, hanya itu. Tidak masalah meski teman-teman mereka sepertinya berpikiran lain. Jadi bukan masalah jika Clay mengundang Meg datang ke pernikahan keluarga sebagai teman kencan… ini hanya untuk menghindar dari usaha bibi Clay untuk mengenalkannya pada gadis-gadis. Rencana Clay benar-benar sempurna. Tetapi waktu Meg datang ke pernikahan itu dalam gaun merah yang menakjubkan, Clay benar-benar tak berkutik. Sanggupkah Clay meyakinkan Meg untuk mengambil risiko dan memberikan hatinya?

Set in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, this study explores the shifting relationships between border communities and the state along the political border with East Malaysia. The book rests on the premise that remote border regions offer an exciting study arena that can tell us important things about how marginal citizens relate to their nation-state. The basic assumption is that central state authority in the Indonesian borderlands has never been absolute, but waxes and wanes, and state rules and laws are always up for local interpretation and negotiation. In its role as key symbol of state sovereignty, the borderland has become a place were central state authorities are often most eager to govern and exercise power. But as illustrated, the borderland is also a place were state authority is most likely to be challenged, questioned and manipulated as border communities often have multiple loyalties that transcend state borders and contradict imaginations of the state as guardians of national sovereignty and citizenship.

Simple and concise explanations - using the minimum of linguistic terminology Examples and activities use the vocabulary and topics familiar to school students A wide range of individual, pair and group activities that focus on using grammar to communicate Each chapter includes hints on useful expressions, cultural notes and errors to avoid Each chapter is self-contained, with cross-references to related grammar points in other chapters Glossary of relevant terms.

Teaches a revolutionary approach to making judgements about the difficulty of a reading selection.

Prepare to enter a world where a nation so great is finally tested as if jackals and lions collide. Will Valkar be a jackal or a lion?

In The Appearances of Memory, the Indonesian architectural and urban historian Abidin Kusno explores the connections between the built environment and political consciousness in Indonesia during the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing primarily on Jakarta, he describes how perceptions of the past, anxieties about the rapid pace of change in the present, and hopes for the future have been embodied in architecture and urban space at different historical moments. He argues that the built environment serves as a reminder of the practices of the past and an instantiation of the desire to remake oneself within, as well as beyond, one’s particular time and place. Addressing developments in Indonesia since the fall of President Suharto’s regime in 1998, Kusno delves into such topics as the domestication of traumatic violence and the restoration of order in the urban space, the intense interest in urban history in contemporary Indonesia, and the implications of “superblocks,” large urban complexes consisting of residences, offices, shops, and entertainment venues. Moving farther back in time, he examines how Indonesian architects reinvented colonial architectural styles to challenge the political culture of the state, how colonial structures such as railway and commercial buildings created a new, politically charged cognitive map of cities in Java in the early twentieth century, and how the Dutch, in attempting to quell dissent, imposed a distinctive urban visual order in the 1930s. Finally, the present and the past meet in his long-term considerations of how Java has responded to the global flow of Islamic architecture, and how the meanings of Indonesian gatehouses have changed and persisted over time. The Appearances of Memory is a pioneering look at the roles of architecture and urban development in Indonesia’s ongoing efforts to move forward.