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  1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: Two lives, one nation and a century of art under tyranny in China

  Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and...
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  101 Stories of Old Penang

  Penang has undergone tremendous change over the last few decades, and tradition is fast losing out to transformation The pace has picked up...
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  A Baba Boyhood: Growing Up During World War 2

  Many of us have heard stories of how tough life was during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore from our parents and grandparents Food was scarce and...
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  A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

  In his 22 years as prime minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad transformed his country from an agricultural backwater into an industrial powerhouse...
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  A Fearful Freedom

  An interesting account of a British soldier who survived in the jungles of Malay during the WWII occupation by the Japanese His tale is one of almost...
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  A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor

  Berger's exploration of what it means to heal, now inducted into the Canons series nearly fifty years after its first publication   In 1966...
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  A Frozen Woman

  A Frozen Woman charts Ernaux’s teenage awakening, and then the parallel progression of her desire to be desirable and her ambition to fulfill...
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  A Life Beyond Boundaries

  An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities Born in China, Benedict Anderson spent his childhood in California...
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  A Malaysian Journey

  This is the story of a Malaysian born in the twilight of British Malaya, growing up in an independent Malaysia, attaining maturity as his nation...
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  A Man in Love

  Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard is struck by an overwhelming urge to get away, and he settles in Stockholm Lonely and depressed, he...
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  A Man’s Place

  Introduction by Francine Prose   Annie Ernaux’s father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a...
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  A Month in Siena

  Matar was nineteen years old when his father was kidnapped In the year following he found himself turning to art, particularly the great paintings of...
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  A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand

  This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand is perfect for...
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  A Promised Land

  A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of...
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  A Tokyo Romance: A Memoir

  Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970s When Ian Buruma arrived...
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  A Walk Through Paris: A Radical Exploration

  A walker’s guide to Paris, taking us through its past, present and possible futures Eric Hazan, author of the acclaimed Invention of Paris,...
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  A Woman’s Story

  WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE   Upon her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back...
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  Akira Kurosawa

  “Most directors have one film for which they are known or possibly two,” said Francis Ford Coppola “Akira Kurosawa has eight or nine” Through...
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