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In 1904, the Sri Kumala, a Chinese schooner became wrecked off Sanur in Bali. Claiming the vessel had been sacked by the Balinese, the Dutch attack recorded in history as the brutal Puputan Wars, was to change Bali and its culture forever. Entire kingdoms perished as wave upon wave of the island’s inhabitants committed suicide.
European artists become entrenched, integrating with the Balinese. Their stories of surviving the Dutch invasion, then the Japanese and the brutal 1965 slaughter of more than eighty-thousand Balinese, reveals an unspoken image of Bali, The Island of the Gods.
In 1904, the Sri Kumala, a Chinese schooner became wrecked off Sanur in Bali. Claiming the vessel had been sacked by the Balinese, the Dutch attack recorded in history as the brutal Puputan Wars, was to change Bali and its culture forever. Entire kingdoms perished as wave upon wave of the island’s inhabitants committed suicide.
European artists become entrenched, integrating with the Balinese. Their stories of surviving the Dutch invasion, then the Japanese and the brutal 1965 slaughter of more than eighty-thousand Balinese, reveals an unspoken image of Bali, The Island of the Gods.
| |  | | Crescent Moon Rising
At a time when Australians are wavering in support of a proposed U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, more than six hundred U.S. Marines rotating on R & R in Bali suddenly disappear; then, Kuta erupts in a fireball and Australia falls into line with America’s demand to become part of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’.
Based on indisputable fact, a step by step account of the Bali bombers, the rise of extremist Islamic militancy across Asia and what the future might hold when terror is unleased on Australia’s doorstep.
Crescent Moon Rising relates the rise of militant Islam across Asia and how the U.S. and other foreign intelligence agencies missed opportunities to arrest not only the instigators of the September 11 attacks on the U.S.A. but also those who created the Jemaah Islamiyah and carried out the Bali bombings. The Bojinka Plot is uncovered in Manila but the U.S. ridicules the contents discovered on a white Toshiba laptop found in an apartment fire. The computer files layout out an assassination plot against Pope John Paul II who would visit that week, and the detailed plan to hijack 11 aircraft and crash these into the World Trade Towers and other U.S. targets.
The timing of this event was January 1995.
“Crescent Moon Rising”
©
Kerry B. Collison
ISBN: 1 921030 39 9 (Sid Harta Publishers)
At a time when Australians are wavering in support of a proposed U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, more than six hundred U.S. Marines rotating on R & R in Bali suddenly disappear; then, Kuta erupts in a fireball and Australia falls into line with the American’s demand to become part of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’.
Based on indisputable fact, a step by step account of the Bali bombers, the rise of extremist Islamic militancy across Asia and what the future might hold when terror is | |  | | In Search of Recognition
In Search of Recognition - The Leo Stach Story A biographical account of extraordinary events in the career of Leo W.Stach, an expatriate geologist, during war and peace in the Western Pacific region, based on official documents as well as personal written records, together with his recollections, as narrated to the author, Kerry B. Collison, during a series of recorded interviews from December 1996 to June 1997.
Leo Stach
A gifted child, Leo was born in Melbourne to a first generation Australian family of German extraction, at a time when the European conflict spread, creating economic hardship for all.
When the Great War finally ended and, under the watchful eyes of his mother and a doting Aunt Hilda, Leo excelled at school, winning scholarships as his academic achievements multiplied. He was a lonely child, neglecting sports in favour of his studies, accepting that he would be unable to attend high school or university without the benefit of scholarships.
It was these difficult times | |  | | Indonesian Gold
Based on events surrounding the infamous, billion-dollar BRE-X gold fraud, and the determined few that recklessly destroyed so many lives with their all-consuming quest for gold, in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.
“Indonesian Gold” brings a depth of description and colour to the archipelago’s ethnic tribes as they resist the flood of Moslem migrants from the poorer, Indonesian islands, and reveals the extent of devastation visited upon indigenous peoples by multinational, mining companies.
When Canadian miner, Borneo Gold Corporation announces the discovery of gold reserves in excess of twenty million ounces, pundits drive the worthless stock to giddying heights as the rich and powerful in three countries move to secure control over the deposit. Dayak tribes are forced off traditional lan | |  | | Indonesian Gold
The inspiration for this novel was based on events surrounding the infamous, billion-dollar BRE-X gold fraud, and the determined few who recklessly destroyed so many lives and severely impacted on local cultures with their all-consuming quest for gold, in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.
Indonesian Gold
Based on events surrounding the infamous, billion-dollar BRE-X gold fraud, and the determined few who recklessly destroyed so many lives with their all-consuming quest for gold, in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.
When Canadian miner, Borneo Gold Corporation announces the discovery of gold reserves in excess of twenty million ounces, pundits drive the worthless stock to giddying heights as the rich and powerful in three countries move to secure control over the deposit. Dayak tribes are forced off traditional lands, precipitating ethnic blood feuds and a return to head | |  | | Jakarta
JakartaIndonesia post-Soeharto: the new military government hits overdrive with ambitious plans to construct state of the art nuclear power stations in Bali and Java. 'Jakarta' completes the trilogy series by taking us into the dangerous and corrupt world of high finance and global politics.
Indonesia post-Soeharto:
The new military government hits overdrive with ambitious plans to construct state of the art nuclear power stations in Java and Bali. But will it stop there, or will Indonesia's burgeoning nuclear potential expose the unstable region to a terrifying arms race? How will the powerful Lim family gain from the installation of the nuclear reactors, and what is the mysterious Bartlett's treacherous game?
When events spin out of control, only Michael Bradshaw can prevent global disaster.
In Jakarta, which completes his popular Indonesia trilogy, Kerry Collison | |  | | Merdeka Square
Freedom Square
Reviewers praised Kerry Collison's best-selling first novel, The Timor Man.. '...hard to put down...'
The Canberra Times'...certainly a powerful doomsday thriller...'
Australian Book Review'...inspired by his long experience...intriguing plot...vivid descriptions'
The Sydney Morning Herald
'...a compelling story...'
South China Morning Post.
Merdeka Square (Released in North America as Freedom Square) "Tense, intelligent and gripping. Merdeka Square presents a rich portrayal of the terrifying crisis which brought President Soeharto to power, and explores an exotic shadowy world, mixing undoubted fact and exciting fiction in an intoxicating form. | |  | | Merdeka Square Bahasa Indonesia
Merdeka (Freedom) Square explores an exotic, shadowy world, mixing undoubted fact and exciting fiction in an intoxicating form that will fascinate readers both Asian and European.
MERDEKA SQUARE
Indonesia - Intrik Perebutan Takhta Istana, 1965-1967
English and Indonesian
MERDEKA SQUARE
“Bagaimana kalau kita memanfaatkan tanggal Lima Oktober?” Saran Yani, ketika Dewan Jenderal mengadakan rapat until melakukan perlawanan terhadap Komunis pada 5 Oktober.
“…kita harus melangsungkan gerakan sebelum 5 Oktober…dan menangkap (anggota) Dewan itu pada hari Kermerdekan Cina,”kata Soebandrio, ketika mereka (Aidit, Soebandrio dan Omar Dhanai) membahkas rencana until menghalangi rencana Nasution mengambil alih Negara.
Peristiwa 1965 merupakan puncak dari | |  | | Rockefeller and the Demise of Ibu Pertiwi
Decades have passed since heir Michael Rockefeller disappeared in West Papua and with the rise of the Free Papua independence movement with sightings of the hermit will Australia and Indonesia again go to war?
Will West Papua become another East Timor?
Michael Rockefeller disappeared in West Papua as Indonesia commenced occupying the territory preparing for what became a flawed UN sponsored plebiscite. Fifty years pass when an elderly European hermit is sighted in the Papuan highlands just at a time the Free Papuan Movement gains support worldwide for the United Nations to revisit the flawed referendum of 1969 dragging Australia and Indonesia into confrontation. | |  | | The Asian Trilogy
Asian Trilogy consisting of Freedom Square, The Timor Man and Jakarta titles.
“Merdeka Square” (“Freedom Square”)
For the Western spies on the prowl in Jakarta, 1965 was the best of times and the worst of times. The political climate was as sordid as a Turkish steam bath and just as tricky to find your way about in. But there was real intelligence work to be done. The agents saw their task as saving Indonesia from the creeping Red menace. The country’s Communist Party was Asia’s largest outside China and was gaining influence over President Soekarno. His wavering threatened to destabilize an already shaky Southeast Asia as the Soviet Union’s influence | |  | | The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season Many readers no doubt will be disturbed, perhaps even incredulous at the novel's portrayal of the events surrounding Ten Days In May, 1998, when American-trained, Indonesian Special Forces shot and killed students on Jakarta's streets, and more than one thousand citizens lost their lives.
In 1998, when Indonesia’s political climate became confused, then convulsed violently, many of the archipelago’s two hundred millions sensed that the long-awaited winds of change carried the elusive promise of reform and a political shift towards democracy.
Pancaroba, the brief and often erratic time which conjoins the tropical Wet and Dry, is accepted in Equatorial Asia as the Fifth Season and is known as the transitional climatic period when weather patterns become confused and turbulent. Often, during these uncertain periods omens become apparent tempting people whose cultures hav | |  | | The Happy Warrior
‘Throughout these works there is the underlying theme of love of country and the heartfelt hardship of separation from loved ones. Mateship and compassion for the innocent victims of conflict are also important themes that permeate many of the poems.’
John Grey AC Lieutenant General (Retd)
‘This book must be put aside – frequently. To savour it fully and to overcome the emotions it generates, it must be read in small doses.’
Michael O’Connor, Executive Director – Australia Defence Association
‘The Happy Warrior is an important work of historical retrieval. The volume returns to these long forgotten rank-and-file bards both their voice and their moral stature in our folk literature. It embodies all that is best about Australian humanity in the terrible crucible of war.’
Rod Moran, Literary Editor - The West Australian.
‘The lighter side of military life is not forgotten, for laughter really is a soldier’s last line of defence, putting a morbid reality into perspective.’
The Melbourne Sun Herald
‘The offerings within present all sides of t | |  | | The Timor Man
The Timor Man is an absorbing thriller, provides a controversial perspective on events in Indonesia, and takes the reader through the brutal invasion of East Timor. The book gives an insider's view of the execution of foreign journalists and builds to a chilling finale, set in the present day.
The Timor Man
Canberra bomb toll 'horrific' - PM
Amongst those believed killed were the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, the Indonesian Chief of Army Staff, the Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs and...
Tension between Australia and Indonesia, the world's largest Moslem nation, brings the two countries to the brink of war. East Timor's sovereignty and rich oil fields shared by the two neighbouring countries become key elements in one man's ambitions.
General Nathan Seda, a powerful Indonesian Officer, has a dangerous plan in which he enmeshes Stephen C |
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Dear Margaret,
by Pamela Ackerson
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 Based on the memoirs of a Pearl Harbor survivor. Letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned. |
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