Malaysia
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Slow Boat to China and Other Stories
Dream and Swine and Aurora, Deep in the Rubber Forest, Fish Bones, Allah's Will, Monkey Butts, Fire, and Dangerous Things—Ng Kim Chew's stories...RM132.00 -
Iranun and Balangingi: Globalization, Maritime Raiding and the Birth of Ethnicity
The aim of this book is to explore ethnic, cultural and material changes in the transformative history(s) of oceans and seas, commodities and...RM133.00 -
The Chulia in Penang: Patronage and Place-Making around the Kapitan Kling Mosque, 1786–1957
Tamil Muslims – once known as Chulias – prospered as traders of pelikat cloth, pepper and local products in the Straits of Malacca In the...RM135.00 -
Writing the Modern: Selected Texts on Art & Art History in Singapore, Malaysia & Southeast Asia, 1973-2015
T K Sabapathy has been writing on the art of Southeast Asia for more than four decades, as a critic, curator, and art historian He is a penetrating...RM135.00 -
The House of Doors
It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society...RM136.00 -
A 14th Century Malay Code of Laws: The Nitisarasamuccaya
This work is the result of several years study by the author and colleagues of what is now determined to be the oldest known Malay document It is was...RM137.00 -
Healing Sounds from the Malaysian Rainforest: Temiar Music and Medicine
Music and dance play a central role in the "healing arts" of the Senoi Temiar, a group of hunters and horticulturalists dwelling in the rainforest of...RM138.00 -
Kaki Lima
A light strategy game inspired by walking around Penang's George Town, Kaki Lima is about pedestrians navigating their way through a grid of...RM138.00 -
Orang Asli and Their Wood Art
Orang Asli and their Wood Art gives a fascinating account of the art, culture, customs and beliefs of Peninsular Malaysia's three main Orang Asli...RM139.90 -
The Last Post: Story Of The Emergency & Commemorative Events, 1948-1960
The author, a retired police superintendent with experience of the Malayan 'Emergency', sets down a mainly factual record of the period in the state...RM140.00 -
Chinese Minority In A Malay State: The Case Of Terengganu In Malaysia
In a state that is overwhelmingly Malay, the Chinese minority in Terengganu seems to effortlessly adapt and blend in with the local community In...RM140.00 -
Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo
A remarkable new book about Operation Semut, an Australian secret military operation launched by the organisation popularly known as Z Special Unit...RM140.00 -
Empires of Vice: The Rise of Opium Prohibition across Southeast Asia
During the late nineteenth century, opium was integral to European colonial rule in Southeast Asia The taxation of opium was a major source of...RM140.00 -
Thaipusam in Malaysia: A Hindu Festival in the Tamil Diaspora
In Thaipusam in Malaysia: A Hindu Festival in the Tamil Diaspora, the author argues that many scholars who had written about Thaipusam in Malaysia...RM142.00 -
Modern Muslim Identities: Negotiating Religion And Ethnicity In Malaysia
This book explores the relationship between the Malaysian state and its citizens in creating and maintaining fixed identities It focuses on new...RM145.00 -
Tuked Rini, Cosmic Traveller: Life and Legend in the Heart of Borneo
This innovative and visually engaging study presents a legend from Borneo in which the Kelabit hero Tuked Rini ventures out into the cosmos to do...RM145.00 -
The UP Saga
Histories of the plantations sector in Malaysia have largely focused on the rubber industry and on the rise and fall of big British-owned colonial...RM145.00 -
From World City to the World in One City: Liverpool Through Malay Lives
From World City to the World in One City examines changing geographies of Liverpool through and across the lives of Malay seamen who arrived in the...RM145.00