Search Results: Authors starting with S from The Penang Bookshelf

Pustaka San Ming, 1991. Paperback. Good. A collection of 13 Borneo folk tales, mainly from Sabah, illustrated by Benedict Chong, one of the state's better known artists. . Good Paperback. 37 pages with several colour illustrations. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has a little bit of wear around the edges and marks from a removed price sticker on the front. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild tanning of the pages.

Singapore: MPH Publishing, Singapore. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. The book claims to be a first of its kind in being not only a comprehensive review of festivals of the Chinese diaspora, but also as a record of the origins of each of the festivals with notes on modifications, if any, following their export to Southeast Asia. 236 pages Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 1.4 kg. Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia The dust jacket and cover have minor wear. The dust jacket alsohas some minor scratches on the lamination. Otherwise the book looks almost new.

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2007. First edition. Paperback. New. Although it is generally assumed that improved trade for a country means more jobs for its citizens, this is not always the case. The author seeks to determine the situation in Malaysia, setting out first a comprehensive picture of the Malaysian labour market and trade in Malaysian manufactured goods and then links the trends to determine their impact on each other. This results, amongst other suggestions, in proposals for areas in which improvement and realignment of skills could make better use of the trading opportunities available. 183 pages with a bibliography, index, tables and figures. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Times Academic Press, 2005. Second edition. Paperback. New. This collection of studies looks at language issues in Singapore from several angles - cultural, economic, educational, political, psycholinguisitic and social. Although the increased use of English and Mandarin have played a significant role in the country's economic success, contributors also highlight unintended detrimental side effects and methods of tackling them in future. 407 pages with a list of references. Weight: 0.7.kg.

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Banner, a prolific fiction and non-fiction writer of the pre World War II era, takes his readers on a tour of the Malay Archipelago. The tour is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather a series of sketches to evoke further interest.. 320 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. With about a dozen black and white etchings and other line draings by Dorothy Hope-Fletcher. Weight: 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia The spine has darkened with age and there are stains on the front and back cover which have spread a short way onto the inside front and back covers. The binding is tight and the text clear with minimal tanning.

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Sabah Museum, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. An extensive survey of different types of Malay traditional healing practiced in and around Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 133 pages with a bibliography and map. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has tanned slightly with age and there is minor spotting on the text block. Otherwise the book looks new.

Skoob Books, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. An award winning collection of thirteen sort stories by the noted Malayan dramatist, novelist and poet. He often wrestles with the problems of identity of Malaysian Indians, but also of their fellow Malaysians. Full of humour and symbolism. Very Good Paperback. First Edition 231 pages. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo),Malaysia, 2001. Hardcover. New/new. This is a reprint of an article published in the Journal of the Linnean Society in 1914. Lilian Gibbs recorded her observations of North Borneo flora in 1909 and 1910. Her records of plants in the area became a useful reference point for future botanists studying the area. xii, 240 p., 8 p. of plates. Weight 1.1kg Post free within Malaysia but may incur additional postage charges when posted elsewhere.

Dordrecht, Netherlands: Foris, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. When the European powers, Britain and the Netherlands, arrived in the Malay Archipelago the script of the Malay Language, Jawi, was based on the Arabic script. In the course of time both Britain and the Netherlands Romanised the Jawi script, independently of each other and basing their spellings on English and Dutch respectively. Following Indonesia's and Malaya's independence discussions between both countries resulted in a common spelling system for Malay in the archipelago. This is an account of not only that process, but also of other efforts prior to that to Romanise the Jawi script. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 98 pages with an index of names. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has a little bit of rubbing around the edges and a bump at the base of the spine. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is very mild tanning of the pages.

Singapore: Malaysia Publications Limited, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A review of the state of poetry and its development during this period by one of the 'literary pioneers' of Singapore and a noted poet. 155 pages. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia There is some slight shelf wear, a previous owner's name is written in ink on the inside front cover. and there is medium tanning of the endpapers. Otherwise the binding is tight and the text clear with no tanning.

London: The School of Oriental and African Studies, 1966. Paperback. Very Good. This a 26 page article in Bulletin of The School of Oriental and African Studies XXIX Part 3 (1966) a volume of 216 pages. Details of the remaining contents are available on request. The price includes the entire volume. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The spine has some slight rubbing. The binding is tight and the text clear with mild tanning throughout.

New Delhi: Adam Publishers, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. A British trained barrister compares Muslim and Western concepts of human rights. Very Good Paperback. 206 pages. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has minimal wear. The text block is slightly dirty at the top and has minor spotting on the other edges. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is no tanning of the pages.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A concise introduction to the variety of English poetry that has sprung up in countries in former British colonies in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia and the Caribbean following the end of empire. Patke also proposes a method of analysis of this diverse genre as well as analysing the key motifs in such literature. Very Good Paperback. 267 pages with a list of references and an index. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The book looks new apart from a bump at one of the corners of the front cover

University of Chicago Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. In this prescient polemic, written as the Second World War was ending, Ward takes the case of Hong Kong to look at how the Japanese invaders sought to present themselves as liberators of Asians from white imperialism. After examining Japan's modus operandi in the British colony, he advocates measures that colonial powers will have to take if they were going to regain their former dominance. Either such advice fell on deaf ears or was ineffective, since within a decade from the end of the war most Western colonies in Asia were either in the hands of newly independent governments or on their way to do so. Very Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 205 pages with an index. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket is frayed and rubbed around the edges. The binding is tight and there is mild tanning throughout.

University of Chicago Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Good/N/A. In this prescient polemic, written as the Second World War was ending, Ward takes the case of Hong Kong to look at how the Japanese invaders sought to present themselves as liberators of Asians from white imperialism. After examining Japan's modus operandi in the British colony, he advocates measures that colonial powers will have to take if they were going to regain their former dominance. Either such advice fell on deaf ears or was ineffective, since within a decade from the end of the war most Western colonies in Asia were either in the hands of newly independent governments or on their way to do so. Good Hardback. First Edition. 205 pages with an index. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has faded in places, particularly on the spine. The binding is tight, text clear and there is mild tanning throughout.

Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006. Reprint. Hardcover. New. Although Malaysia is generally seen as a country dominated by Malays, Chinese and Indians, there is also a wealth of sub-communities as this book demonstrates. The author brings to life a community of descendantsof Indian immigrants in early colonial times, who practice Saivite Hinduism, have intermarried with the Malay community and speak their own dialect of Malay amongst themselves. New Hardback. Reprint. 118 pages with several black and white photographs. Weight: 0.8 kg Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. This booklet attempts to tackle the vexing question of what a Malaysian national identity could or should look like. The author presents the results of surveys carried out among the country's citizens in an attempt to formulate an answer. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 48 pages with a map, figures, tables and a bibliography. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia There are minor bumps and creases on the cover. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is minimal tanning of the pages.

Singapore: Select Publishing, 2015. First edition. Paperback. New. In this study of the Ulama, or Muslim religious authorities, in Singapore, the author looks at its evolution, current role and how this body of scholars functions in relation to the Islamic world outside Singapore. In the course of this research he also touches on Muslim religious practice in Singapore today and questions the extent to which it and the teachings of the Ulama are based on Islamic faith or sectarian practice. 114 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia Read More

Kota Kinabalu: PAM Sabah Chapter, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. New. In this book, the Sabah section of Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia, The Malaysian Architects'' Association, showcase the state's architectural achievements over the previous half century. There is little evidence of conservation architecture, but plenty of commercial and a few domestic buildings. 102 pages with many black and white and a few colour photographs For further details, please see the scanned contents page. New Hardback. First Edition. Weight: 1 kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: NUS Press, 2018. Paperback. New. An anthology of exhibition reviews, catalogue essays, conference papers, artist interviews, personal papers and speeches from the most important Singaporean art historian of this period. His work has guided modern art history in both Malaysia and Singapore. 428 pages with a list of the author's writings during this period and an index. Weight 1.2kg Post free within Malaysia but will incur additional postage charges when posted elsewhere.