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Spice Islands: The History, Romance and Adventure of the Spice Trade over 2000 Years
Cloves and nutmeg are indigenous to the Spice Islands of Eastern Indonesia This intriguing book - now available in paperback - tells of the many uses...RM95.00 -
Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and...RM139.00 -
Spirit Possession in Buddhist Southeast Asia: Worlds Ever More Enchanted
In dramatic contrast to the reported growing influence of doctrinal and fundamentalist forms of religion in some parts of Southeast Asia, the...RM176.50 -
Spirit Worlds: Cambodia, The Buddha and The Naga
An absorbing study of Cambodian religion and beliefs covering everything from the role of monks in everyday life to beliefs in ghosts, gods and...RM89.90 -
Spiritual Verses
The spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition in a brilliant new translation The longest single-authored "mystical" poem ever written,...RM96.00 -
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome matters Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves Its myths and stories...RM55.90 -
Squatters into Citizens: The 1961 Bukit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore
The crowded, bustling, 'squatter' kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Singapore, leaving few visible traces...RM85.00 -
State and Society in the Philippines
This clear and nuanced introduction explores the Philippines’ ongoing and deeply charged dilemma of state-society relations through a historical...RM220.00 -
State of Emergency
Finalist for the 2016 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Siew Li leaves her husband and children in Tiong Bahru to fight for freedom in the jungles of...RM49.90 -
Sterling Clark in China
This catalogue presents the captivating story of museum founder Robert Sterling Clark's important but little-known 1908–9 scientific expedition to...RM96.00 -
Stories of the Sahara
The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time Sanmao: author, adventurer,...RM59.90 -
Stormtroopers: A New History of Hitler’s Brownshirts
The first full history of the Nazi Stormtroopers whose muscle brought Hitler to power, with revelations concerning their longevity and their...RM90.00 -
Straits Chinese Embroidery and Beadwork
Peter Soon, the man behind the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and the Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum in Malacca and Penang is an avid collector of rare...RM125.00 -
Straits Chinese Gold Jewellery
Peter Soon, the man behind the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and the Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum in Malacca and Penang is an avid collector of rare...RM85.00 -
Straits Muslim: Diasporas Of The Northern Passage Of The Straits Of Malacca
This book discusses the migration of Tamils, Arabs, Acehnese and other Muslim minorities from India, Yemen and Sumatra to the Northern port cities in...RM90.00 -
Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation
More than ever before, radiation is a part of our modern daily lives We own radiation-emitting phones, regularly get diagnostic x-rays, such as...RM95.00 -
Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c.800-1830
Volume 1: Integration on the Mainland This ambitious work has two novel goals: to overcome the extreme fragmentation of early Southeast Asian...RM163.00 -
Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c.800-1830
Volume 2: Mainland Mirrors: Europe, Japan, China South Asia and the Islands Blending fine-grained case studies with overarching theory, this book...RM203.00