Search Results: Titles starting with Y from The Penang Bookshelf

Kuala Lumpur: The YWCA of Malaya, 1948. Fifth edition. Board_book. Good. As one might expect from an organisation representing the busy mems of Malaya this is a no nonsense cookery book packed with lots of tips and tried recipes for the tropics. Most of the recipes are Western ones, but there are also chapters of Chinese, Indian, Indonesian and Malay dishes. 257 pages with an index and a guide to 'Local market Produce' by the botanist RE Holttum. For further details, please see the scanned contents pages. Good Board Book. Fifth Edition Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a few minor marks and the spine is rubbed in places. A previous owner's name is written on the inside front cover. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild to medium tanning of the pages.

Kuala Lumpur: Penerbitan Federal Berhad, 1965. Reprint. Paperback. Good. A collection of short stories, a poem and a dramatic sketch by someone who was best known as a playwright. Kala Dewata was one of the pseudonyms of �Mustapha Kamil bin Yassin. Good paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1963. 91 pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover is tanned particularly around the edges. There is a previous owner's name written on the inside front cover. The binding is tight, text clear and there is medium tanning throughout.

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Matahari Books, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Good. A chatty and emotional review of Yasmin Ahmad's six feature length films. The book was written within a month of her funeral by a friend and fellow film maker. Good Paperback. First Edition. 224 pages with some colour stills from her films. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has a bit of wear around the edges and is dirty at the back. The text block has mild tanning. There are one or two bits of minor spotting on the end papers. Otherwise the binding is tight, text clear and there is very mild tanning throughout.

Singapore: Horizon Books Pte Ltd, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/new. New. The Yasukini Shrine to Japan's war dead is guaranteed to stir up violent emotions whenever it slips into the news. This book attempts for the first time in English to take a dispassionate academic look at the shrine and its meaning. The collection of articles includes - 1 - Stalemate: The Yasukuni Shrine Problem in Sino-Japanese Relations- Caroline Rose, 2 - A Religious Perspective on the Yasukuni Shrine Controversy - Kevin Doak, 3 - China, Japan and the Spell of Yasukuni - Wang Zhixin, 4 - Plumbing the Depths: The Yasukuni Controversy in China - Seki Hei, 5 - Legacies of Empire: The Yasukuni Shrine Controversy - Takahasi Tetsuya, 6 - And Why Shouldn't the Prime Minister Worship at Yasukuni? A Personal View - Nitta Hitoshi, 7 - Yasukuni and the Loss of Historical Memory - John Breen & 8 - Pledge Fulfilled: Prime Minister Koizumi, Yasukuni and the Japanese Media - Phillip Seaton. The 202 pages include an index and a… Read More

London: HarperElement, 2007. Paperback. Good. The author's account of his attempt to put his ecological principles into practice and set up an ecological farm in a 60 acre abandoned tea estate. Bravely accompanied by his wife and two young sons, he struggles with struggles with centipedes, unfamiliar Sri Lankan customs and the tsunami. Good. Paperback. 295 pages. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The text block has spotting. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild tanning of the pages.

Singapore: NUS Press, 2018. Reprint. Paperback. New. The book, originally published in 1931, purports to be the autobiography of a plainclothes Malay policeman recruited from boyhood to work undercover. In the introduction the author says he withholds his name to protect himself and others and yet there is apparently a photo of the diminutive author standing next a towering Englishman as the frontispiece. The writing style is also obviously of a native English speaker. That said, the book gives an interesting insight to undercover police work in Malaya before the First World War, in the first World War in France and then back in Malaya tackling the beginnings of Communism. This reprint includes a foreword by Paul Kratoska and an introduction by Philip Holden, where they reveal the unmasking of the identity of the author many years after his death. xxi and 162 pages. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

New York: Century, 1923. Hardcover. Good. A thriller set in exotic Borneo between the world wars. Romance and banditry dominate. 401 pages. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has faded with age, but the decorations are still strong. The cover also has a few small stains and a little bit of rubbing. The front hinge is beginning to loosen. Otherwise the binding is tight, the text is clear and there is medium tanning throughout.

Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, 2017. Paperback. New. This book is based on hundreds of interviews carried out by the author over a six year period amongst the more than 60,000 traders who supply trinkets, memorabilia and a whole range of other low cost items to stores throughout the world. Jacobs argues that Yiwu's success and challenges reflect what is happening in the country at large and suggests how Yiwu and China might develop in the future. 333 pages with a bibliography and index. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

Bombay: DB Taraporevala, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair +. A self-teaching yoga course with diagrams. 101 pages. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia Suitable as a reading copy. The book has suffered from insect attack throughout, but still perfectly usable. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is mild to medium tanning throughout.

Kuala Lumpur: Purple PR Consultants, 1998. Paperback. Good. A guide to the city of Melaka/Malacca with includes brief notes on its important role in the country's history. Good Paperback. 100 pages with maps and several black and white and colour photographs. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The front cover is dirty and the back cover has a large surface tear. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is no tanning of the pages.

London: Phoenix House, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Part of a series introducing children to different parts of the world through the fictional adventures of Simon and Jennie. This one was unusual as they travelled through 'one of the trouble spots of the world,' visiting Malaya during the 'Emergency,' surviving a bomb plot in Bangkok as well as visiting Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong and Borneo. Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 140 pages with some black and white plates. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket is a bit dirty at the back where there is also a small tear. The binding is tight, text clear and there is mild tanning throughout.