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Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. First English language edition. Paperback. Very Good. The retelling of the story of Maria Hertog, originally born into a Dutch family in the Netherlands East Indies, but who ended up with Malay foster parents during the Japanese occupation and was renamed Nadrah and brought up in a Malay Muslim household. After the war her biological parents traced her to her foster parents' home in Terengannu, Malaya. Court battles and riots ensued and Maria was eventually returned to her parents, who returned with her to the Netherlands. The whole episode became a cause celebre in the conflict between Christianity and Islam and colonisers and the colonised. It is unlikely that this book is a dispassionate account of the affair. Very Good Paperback. First English Language Edition. 397 pages with a bibliography and index. Weight: 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia The text block is a bit dirty and there are one or two bits of spotting on the inside… Read More

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2003. Paperback. New. A novel filled with mystery and folklore spanning the lives of a grandmother, her daughter and granddaughter from the last days of British rule, through World War II up to Malaya's independence. The grandmother is a noted ghost hunter whose powers are failing and so inspires her granddaughter to take up her dangerous and secretive work. Near Fine Paperback Reprint 329 pages. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia.

George Town, Penang: Areca Books, 2017. First edition. Paperback. New. A stunning selection Southeast Asian artifacts from the collection of the School of Oriental and African studies. Many of the pictures of books, manuscripts, maps, sculpture, metalwork and ceramics are published here for the first time. 118 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 1kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1994. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 24-5-16. A study carried out in Kelantan and Terengganu to determine the role played by women in the fishing industry and the socioeconomic effect on their status. 82 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia Hardly any wear to the cover. The binding is tight and the text clear with mild tanning throughout.

Singapore: NUS Press, 2015. Paperback. New. An interesting study of the management of common areas, shared by communities for agriculture, fisheries and the like, in Asia. Through case studies from Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea &Thailand, local academics examine the positive and negative aspects of commons management by the beneficiary communities themselves and the effects of government involvement as well. 257 pages with a bibliography and an index. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Dalgarth Press, 2005. Second edition. Paperback. New. This is a suspense thriller that mainly concerns the the heroine, Jasmine, grappling with her conflicting identities of being a Malaysian transplanted in the UK. Even though it's the author's first novel the book won good reviews for her subtlety in telling a gripping story of that, according to the book's cover, involves 'love, redemption (and) murder.' 364 pages. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. This is a suspense thriller that mainly concerns the the heroine, Jasmine, grappling with her conflicting identities of being a Malaysian transplanted in the UK. Even though it's the author's first novel the book won good reviews for her subtlety in telling a gripping story of that, according to the book's cover, involves 'love, redemption (and) murder.' Good Hardback. Fair Dust Jacket First Edition 485 pages. Weight: 1 kg Post free within Malaysia This is an ex-library book with a labels on and stamps on the text block and a rear end paper . The dust jacket, now protected in a plastic sleeve, is ragged around the edges and has some loss at the top of the spine. The binding is tight, text clear and there is mild tanning throughout.

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2021. First edition. Paperback. New. Malaysia is unique in countries with a Chinese minority in Southeast Asia in having a Chinese medium schooling system that is supported by the state. This book traces the development of that system, for better or worse, and also looks at attempts to set up private schools in the Chinese medium as an improvement on the current state system. New Paperback. First Edition. 121 pages with a list of references. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Joey Yap, 2016. First edition. Paperback. New. An unusually detailed account of the history of the Chinese lion dance tracing its evolution from a celebratory ritual to the competitive sport that it is in some parts of the world today. By going into the detailed methodology of the dance's performance, Yap also brings out both the external message that is intended to be conveyed as well as the internal spiritual discipline that the dance inculcates in the performers. 264 pages with many colour photographs and other illustrations. New First Edition. Paperback. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2016. Paperback. New. Sometimes the publisher's blurb says it all - "Retrospective is both an attribution and an analysis of a historiographical aesthetic within contemporary art practice. It considers that, by their method and in their assembly, these artworks perform more than a representation of a historical past. Instead, they confront history and its production, laying bare the nature and designs of the historical project via their aesthetic project" Gulp!. 355 pages. with a bibliography and some black and white plates of the art works discussed. New Paperback. First Edition Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Arts Museum, 2009. First edition. Softback. New. As a means of introducing the visitor to the museum's jewelry collection, this book look at the significance of jewellery in an Islamic context, the techniques employed in their creation, pre-Islamic influences and finally the Museum's collection itself. New Paperback. First Edition 79 pages with a bibliography and many colour photographs. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2018. First English language edition. Paperback. New. This is a short introduction to Chinese history through the selection of twelve excerpts of historical writing from various periods. Each selection is accompanied by a commentary. New Paperback. First English Language Edition. 88 pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Koh Pu Lin Associates, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. From September to November every year Singapore and its neighbours witness the migration of nearly 200 bird species to find an alternative to the winter of the Northern Hemisphere. Chew Yen Fook, a professional photographer, in this photographic essay seeks to capture the transformation this brings to Singapore. Very Good Paperback. First Edition 80 pages with many colour photographs. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia Apart from a small bump at one corner of the cover, the book looks new. A certificate of origin is laid in certifying the book to be number 1830 of 5,000 copies printed.

Singapore: Epigram Books, 2011. Reprint. Paperback. New. This novel introduces us to the romantic escapades of Holden Heng, while also providing a social commentary on Singapore in the 1980s. New paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1986. 202 pages. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Yang Publishers, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Yeo, a noted literary figure in Singapore, has collected a few short stories by Singaporean writers in the 1980s and 1990s 'to represent the flowering of short fiction' in the country at the time. Very Good Paperback 144 pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has slightly tanned with age and there are the faint remains of a removed sticker at the front. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is faint tanning of the pages.

Singapore: Epigram Books, 2012. First edition. Paperback. New. A collection of poetry of one of Singapore's best known poets. His poetry is popular not only because it is written in an accessible style, but also because he reflects Singapore life in its various stages as the city state has developed during the years following independence. New Paperback. First Edition. 195 pages with an index of titles and an index of first lines. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Epigram Books, 2006. First edition. Paperback. New. A first collection of poems of a Singaporean poet. 143 pages. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Gerakbudaya, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Although Najib Razak, Malaysia's sixth prime minister, ended his term in scandal, his first 100 days in office saw him with high approval ratings after introducing several new measures. The first half of the book contains the author's assessment of his performance in all major areas including finance, foreign policy and managing the parties in Government and the second part consists of 14 guest essays from prominent p[political commentators. Ooi Kee Beng's essay ends with the prophetic words, 'Sometime soon, he will have to confront the key issue of corruption and break the back of the culture of corruption endemic in Malaysia's key institutions...' Near Fine Paperback. First Edition. 163 pages Apart from minor scuffing of the text block, the book looks new

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2010. Paperback. New. Malaysia's general election of 2008 handed, amongst its many shocks, control of Malaysia's most prosperous state to the opposition. In this assessment various contributors examine the early impact of the change in the state's politics, economics, society and culture as well as discussing the difficulties of delivering the state government's ambitious plans. xxvi and 297 pages. with tables, figures and an index. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

Penang, Malaysia: Penang Institute, 2012. First edition. Paperback. New. Following research carried out close to the heart of Government in Penang and Selangor, the only two states governed by the opposition, the author delivers her judgement. 161 pages. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia