Search Results: Authors starting with R from The Penang Bookshelf

Singapore: NUS Press, 2014. Paperback. New. While naturally most attention is focussed on communities in conflict while violence rages, this study, conducted over several years, looks at the aftermath of such conflict. More than a decade after the religious violence in North Maluku in Eastern Indonesia, Duncan sets out to discover how relationships are still affected and the reflections of those who actually took part in the violence at the time. 239 pages with references and an index. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

London: Academic Press, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. At the time of publication this was the most up to date and comprehensive work on avifauna of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Over 380 species are covered with information on identification, behaviour, habitat and conservation status .Near Fine Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket 648 pages with indices of scientific and vernacular names, maps and 69 colour plates. Weight: 3 kg Post free within Malaysia, but may incur additional charges when posted elsewhere. The dust jacket has slight wear around the edges in places. The outer margins have traces of faint tanning. Otherwise the book looks new.

Singapore: Chopmen Publishers, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Clammer was a sociologist at the National University of Singapore for twelve years and the author of several books on society in the region. Here he looks at the interconnectedness between ethnicity, "the primary means of social stratification Singapore," religion and the urban environment. He uses these strands to plot changes in the country's society and argues that they should be embraced, rather than resisted. Very Good Hardback. First Edition. 125 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover is unmarked except for a couple of small ripples in the lamination and a slight bump at the top of the spine. There is an attractive former owner's book plate on the inside front cover. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is no tanning throughout.

Sydney: Speleological Research Council, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Good. By the time this book was published the author and fellow speleologists had managed to catalogue more than 2,000 caves in Thailand. Most of them are included here together with not only speleological information and notes on local folklore and customs associated with several of the caves. Good Paperback. First Edition 124 pages with maps, black and white photographs and a list of references. Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia The front cover has several white marks and the spine and back cover have tanned with age. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild to minimal tanning of the pages.

Singapore: NUS Press, 2012. Paperback. New. 18-5-15. A historical study of the relationship between indigenous people and the outside word pressing in on them. In fact the people of Borneo have been trading their forest products, particularly natural rubber, for hundreds of years. So, Dove, postulates, such communities do not need economic help, but rather to be empowered politically. 332 pages with some black and white photographs, notes, references, an index and an index of plant names. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. Although today the investment by overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia (Nanyang) in Chinese industry is well recognised, an earlier phase of similar participation has been mainly forgotten. Godley's book looks back to the final days of the Ching dynasty when there was a similar encouragement and response from emigrant Chinese to help with the modernisation of their former homeland. Nanyang Chinese not only invested in industry but also took up Chinese Government positions. 222 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Very Good Hardback First Edition Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The book has been rebound in leather with gilt titling on the spine. There are a few stains on the cover. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is very mild tanning throughout.

Ohio University, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A study of the unsettled period that preceded the Malayan 'Emergency.' Malayans were still suffering from the deprivations of war, but for the first time, they were not prepared to put up with their hardships. The Japanese had demonstrated that Asians could stand up to European colonialism and that awakening was followed by intense political organising in political parties and trades unions in a way that the country had not seen before. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 31 pages. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has light tanning around the edges. The binding is tight, text clear and there is minimal tanning throughout.

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2021. First edition. Paperback. New. The book opens with the apposite African saying 'Until the lions have their own storytellers, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.' In this book the author, a Professor at the National Institute of Education, Singapore, picks through the way history has been taught in Malaysia from the late colonial times until now. The result is evidence that when the government's message changes, history does too. As Mark Twain said, 'The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. New Paperback. 111 pages with a bibliography. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 2007. First edition. Paperback. New. The literature on the Japanese occupation of Borneo is not so extensive as that on the Japanese occupation of peninsular Malaya. The author, the son of a North Borneo civil servant, who was interned by the Japanese. He himself started his schooling during the occupation. 119 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Silverfishbooks, 2005. First edition. Paperback. New. A collection of short stories set in Malaysia. New Paperback. First edition. 191 pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia

Berkeley, USA: University Of California Press, 2007. Paperback. New. A fascinating study of how the British used both the culture and peoples of India as a resource in subsequent imperial incursions elsewhere. Mughal architecture appeared in Malaya, where no Mughal had ever trod, and Indian indentured labour and fighting men underpinned colonial economies and security from in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. 264 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: EPB Publishers, 1993 . First edition. Paperback. Very Good. An adventure story that follows a group of friends in search of treasure on a 'desolate atoll.' Their task is complicated by by the intervention of a local Triad society and a turtle and an old man, who share the secret of the treasure's whereabouts between them. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 257 pages. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has minor wear and the endpapers have minimal spotting. The binding is tight and there is no tanning throughout.

Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2017. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A history of the Australian presence in Penang between 1955 and 1988 when the country's armed forces and their families were based there for two year tours. The book not only looks into the lives of those based here but looks at the significance of the deployment in the context of Asian and Australian military history. Very Good Paperback. 320 pages with an index and some black and white plates.Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia The text block has spotting in places. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is minimal tanning of the pages.

Bombay, India: Blackie & Son, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. A translation from Sanskrit into English of the important Hindu religious classic by one of the most notable 20th century Indian scholars. The sacred text is interspersed with commentary Good Hardback. Reprint. Originally published in 1948. 388 pages with a few colour plates, a bibliography and an index. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The front and rear end papers have damp stains which are not evident elsewhere in the book. The binding is tight and there is mild tanning throughout.

Colombo: Sooriya Publishers, 2002. Reprint. Paperback. Good. The memoirs of a man who decided to get away from the busy life of the world and settle for a while in a simple home in the Ruhunu jungles in southern Sri Lanka. He describes the wildlife and jungles as well as the traces of ancient civilisations that once dominated his neighbourhood. Good Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1959. 214 pages with some line drawings and some black and white photographs. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has little wear, but the text block is tanned. There are damp marks on the end papers. Otherwise the binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild tanning of the pages.

Serdang, Malaysia: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, 2019. Revised. Paperback. New. Malaysia is home to about 3,000 species of orchid, approximately 10% of the world's total known species. While this book introduces the reader to a brief insight into the variety of species growing in the country, it also has a detailed section on the nature and characteristics of the plant. However the main purpose of the book is to showcase a newly discovered species, Vanilla Norashikiniana, one of among 12 vanilla orchid species present in Malaysia with a potential for economic use. New Paperback. Revised Edition. 100 pages with many colour photographs. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia

Bangi, Malaysia: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, , 2006. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Through the centuries the practice of Malayan traditional medicine, based on herbal remedies, has developed into a sophisticated form of healing. Malaysia is the host to at least 1000 special of plants that have a pharmaceutical value. In this book the authors detail 30 of such species, in each case providing the botanical and vernacular names, the plant's uses in traditional medicine, a colour photograph and an anatomical description. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 152 pages with references, a glossary and an index. For further details of the plants covered in this volume, please see the scanned contents pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover and text block have minor dirt marks. Otherwise the book looks new.

Bangi, Malaysia: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, , 2006. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Through the centuries the practice of Malayan traditional medicine, based on herbal remedies, has developed into a sophisticated form of healing. Malaysia is the host to at least 1000 special of plants that have a pharmaceutical value. In this book the authors detail 30 of such species, in each case providing the botanical and vernacular names, the plant's uses in traditional medicine, a colour photograph and an anatomical description. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 158 pages with references, a glossary and an index. For further details of the plants covered in this volume, please see the scanned contents pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover and text block have minor dirt marks. Otherwise the book looks new.

Bangi, Malaysia: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, , 2006. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Through the centuries the practice of Malayan traditional medicine, based on herbal remedies, has developed into a sophisticated form of healing. Malaysia is the host to at least 1000 special of plants that have a pharmaceutical value. In this book the authors detail 30 of such species, in each case providing the botanical and vernacular names, the plant's uses in traditional medicine, a colour photograph and an anatomical description. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 1164 pages with references, a glossary and an index. For further details of the plants covered in this volume, please see the scanned contents pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover and text block have minor dirt marks. Otherwise the book looks new.

George Town, Penang: Shukor Rahman, 2018. Paperback. New. Whereas most books on Penang history concentrate on buildings and the exploits of colonials and entrepreneurs, the author, a distinguished retired journalist, prefers to unearth tales of what life was like for the ordinary Penangite of the past. In his third collection of stories he employs his newsman's craft to explain some of Penang's oddities, rekindle some gossip and bring back to life an array of Penang's forgotten characters. 247 pages with many black and white photographs. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia