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  Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties

  A narrative history of the movement that turned “Orientals” into Asian Americans Until the political ferment of the Long Sixties, there were...
  RM72.00
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  Seven Flowers and How They Shaped Our World

  The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and orchid: one of our finest horticultural historians considers a septet of flowers that have...
  RM79.90
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  Sex in the World of Myth

  In Sex in the World of Myth, David Leeming argues that sex is as important in myths as it is in our lives Myths are our cultural dreams, and sex is...
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  Shadow of the Silk Road

  Colin Thubron has been described as 'one of the two or three best living travel writers, in some ways probably the best' Independent His new book is...
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  Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

  This is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th century   Shadows at Noon tells the subcontinent’s story from the British...
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  Shadows of Empire: Colonial Discourse and Javanese Tales

  Shadows of Empire explores Javanese shadow theatre as a staging area for negotiations between colonial power and indigenous traditions Charting the...
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  Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

  Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried to survive after the collapse of...
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  Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings

  The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language...
  RM114.00
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  Shanghai Baby

  Publicly burned in China for its sensual nature and irreverent style, this novel is the semi-autobiographical story of Coco, a cafe waitress, who is...
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  Sharing Identities: Celebrating Dance in Malaysia

  This anthology celebrates dancing diversities in Malaysia, a multicultural nation with old and not-so-old dance traditions in a synchronicity of...
  RM204.00
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  Shifting Sands: The Unravelling of the Old Order in the Middle East

  A fresh look at the Middle East today, tomorrow and in the past: fifteen writers, with an introduction by Raja Shehadeh, author of the Orwell...
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  Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art

  Discover Japanese art like no other Originally created by the artists of the ukiyo-e ‘school of the floating world’ to advertise brothels in...
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  Siam & China Through the Lens of John Thomson

  The photographs of these journeys form one of the most extensive records of any region taken in the 19th century The range, depth and aesthetic...
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  Siam and World War I: An International History

  100 years ago Siam declared war on Germany In the early morning hours of 22 July 1917, army units and gendarmerie called the roughly 200 completely...
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  Siam in Trade and War: Royal Maps of the Nineteenth Century

  Historical maps are much more than geographical records Often they provide insights into a country's politics, trade and war In 1996, 17 large,...
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  Siam: Through the Lens of John Thomson 1865-66

  Legendary Scottish photographer and travel writer John Thomson (1837-1921) set off for the East in 1862 and over the next ten years undertook...
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  Sickness And The State: Health And Illness In Colonial Malaya, 1870-1940

  This unique book is a history of health, disease and its prevention in Malaya under colonial rule With insight and clarity, it explores the...
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  Silence Speaks: Masks, Shadows and Puppets from Asia

  Silence Speaks: Masks, Shadows and Puppets from Asia is a journey through the many rituals and performance traditions in twelve regions and countries...
  RM313.00