Asia
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Moral Economy of the Peasant Rebellion & Subsistence in Southeast Asia
James C Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household—subsistence—at the centre of this study The fear of food shortages, he...RM123.00 -
Moral Politics in the Philippines: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor
Moral Politics in the Philippines offers an in-depth examination of the political participation and discourse of the urban poor in Manila After the...RM155.00 -
Mr Selden’s Map of China: The Spice Trade, a Lost Chart and the South China Sea
Timothy Brook’s award-winning Vermeer’s Hat unfolded the early history of globalisation, using Vermeer’s paintings to show how objects like...RM59.50 -
Ms Ice Sandwich
A young boy returns obsessively to a supermarket sandwich counter, entranced by the beauty of the woman who works there Her aloof demeanour and...RM46.00 -
Mural Art: Studies on Paintings in Asia
Mural Art is a series of 10 articles by the best scholars on murals in Afghanistan, Xinjiang (China), Tibet, Burma, Thailand and Mongolia - from the...RM285.00 -
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment
‘One never tires of reading and re-reading his best works Akutagawa was a born short-story writer’ Haruki Murakami The stories in...RM78.00 -
Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world―and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere Through its...RM90.00 -
My American Sister
What price does a family pay for an unapproved birth Li Fu and Mei, farmers from a far-flung province seeking a livelihood in the...RM81.00 -
My Enemy’s Cherry Tree
A man who has come from nothing, from poverty and loss, finds himself a beautiful wife, his dream love When she vanishes without a trace, he sets up...RM75.90 -
Naga: Awe-Inspiring Beauty
Taking an approach that is equal parts anthropological and art historical, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a rare look at the art, artifacts,...RM540.00 -
Nagasaki: The Massacre of the Innocent and Unknowing
Using contemporary diaries and letters, mainly translated from Japanese, we follow a group of Nagasaki residents from the early morning of the day of...RM111.70 -
Nanyang: Essays on Heritage
This volume is a book of reflections and encounters about the region that the Chinese knew as Nanyang The essays in it look back at the years of...RM118.00 -
Narrow Road to the Interior and Other Writings
A beautiful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature Bashō (1644–1694)—a great luminary of Asian literature who...RM59.90 -
Nathaniel’s Nutmeg
A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago Just two...RM119.00 -
Naval Reservists In Action: World War II (Far East) & Confrontation (1963 – 1966)
Part 1 of this unique book relates the actual accounts of the Colonial Royal Naval Reservists from Australia, Britain, Burma, Hong Kong, India,...RM50.00 -
Negotiating Asymmetry: China’s Place in Asia
Though wary of China's rapid rise, her neighbours have considerable experience in dealing with unequal power without surrendering their autonomy For...RM99.00 -
Negotiating Autonomy in Greater China: Hong Kong and Its Sovereign Before and After 1997
Local autonomy is a complex and often contentious issue in many countries, not least because the situation often involves a process of continuous...RM135.00 -
Nemesis: The First Warship and Her World
The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad, steam-powered naval vessels that established British dominance in Asian waters in the 19th...RM85.00