London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. Near Very Good/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-500-27164-X. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. 192 pp. Underlining and marginalia on c. 10 pages. Light rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square. Keywords: India - History. ... more information

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London: Macmillan, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Chris Patten gave up British party politics, where he had been chairman of the Conservative Party, to immerse himself in Asian politics as he oversaw the handing back of Hong Kong to China. This is his story of what happened, what he felt he achieved and what he than thought would happen in the future. 341 pages. Weight 0.70 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific countries: $8, to Central Asia, Europe & the Middle East: $12 and to A... more information

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Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2007. Paperback. New. Di Mana Bumi Dipijak cuba menyampaikan pandangan orang ramai, yang sudah tentu berbeza sekali. Buku sejarah Tanah Melayu ini senang dibaca dan difaham, 30 tahun kemudian, buku ini mengingatkan kita tentang warisan perjuangan mulia rakyat jelata tanah air kita. 174 pages. Weight 0.30 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific countries: $5, to Central Asia, Europe & the Middle East: $6 and to Africa and North & South America: $7 . Surface mail worldwi... more information

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Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2004. Paperback. New. New. The author, a former Director General of the Malaysian National Archives, has collected together in this book a variety of factual and folklore information about the origins of all of Malaysia's states. The book is neither academic nor systematic, so is useful either as the briefest of introductions to the varied histories of the states or to supplement the reader's existing knowledge. The book helpfully contains a varied bibliogra... more information

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New Rochelle, New York: Arno Press - New York Times. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1979. Presumed First Edition. Hard Cover. 0405124929 . Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Introduction By Drew Middleton. Small chip along top edge of dustjacket. "Over 175 front pages from THE NEW YORK TIMES together with hundreds of exciting photographs - traces the painful and insidious involvement of the United States in Southeast Asia. A primary source on the war in Vietnam, how it develope... more information

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Thanks to Kua Busan, a teacher himself, we will not be able to forget the contribution of teachers to Singapore and Malaysia's efforts to shake off colonialism. Although we might take for granted the existence of active teachers' unions today, at the end of the Japanese occupation the teachers' associations were mainly concerned with their members' social and recreational activities. This 147 page book shows how that situation was radicalised first with the formation of the Singapore Teachers' Union in 1946... more information

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Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Institute Of Social Analysis, 2007. First edition. Paperback. New. New. Thanks to Kua Busan, a teacher himself, we will not be able to forget the contribution of teachers to Singapore and Malaysia's efforts to shake off colonialism. Although we might take for granted the existence of active teachers' unions today, at the end of the Japanese occupation the teachers' associations were mainly concerned with their members' social and recreational activities. This 147 p... more information

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Marshall Cavendish Editions, 1973. Third edition. Paperback. Very Good +. This part of a 96 part weekly series is devoted exclusively to the start war in Malaya including the sinking of the Repulse and the Price of Wales British navy ships, the British retreat through the Malay Peninsula and the Fall of Singapore. This edition also includes sections on the Fight for Wake, a US Pacific base and the Japanese Victory in Hong Kong. 27pp. Weight 0.12 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific countries: A$2, elsewhe... more information

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Kuala Lumpur: Department of Museums, Malaysia, 1961. Reprint. Paperback. New. New. This 37 page booklet takes the reader on a tour of forts in Malaysia, excluding those at Malacca and Penang, which have been well- publicised. Those included are at Kuala Kedah, Pangkor Island, Kuala Selangor, Klang, the Linggi River and Kota Baru as well as Lukut Fort. There are maps and black and white plates accompanying the text. Weight 0.20 Kg. Surface mail worldwide: $3, Air mail to Asia Pacific countries $4 to Cent... more information

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Kuala Lumpur: Department of Museums, Malaysia, 1961. Reprint. Paperback. New. New. This 37 page booklet takes the reader on a tour of forts in Malaysia, excluding those at Malacca and Penang, which have been well- publicised. Those included are at Kuala Kedah, Pangkor Island, Kuala Selangor, Klang, the Linggi River and Kota Baru as well as Lukut Fort. There are maps and black and white plates accompanying the text. Weight 0.20 Kg. Surface mail worldwide: $3, Air mail to Asia Pacific countries $4 to Cent... more information

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London: Flamingo, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Lawlor tries to get to the bottom of a famous scandal of pre-World War I Kuala Lumpur where a Eurasian mistress murdered her British lover. The story formed the basis of Somerset Maugham's short story "The Letter" which Hollywood later made into a film starring Bette Davis. The author sets out to show how the drama tipyfied the stifling colonial society where the Brits behaved abominably to each other and worse to the majority population whom the... more information

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Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 1949. 2009 Reprint. Paperback. New. New. Although several accounts have been written about the ill prepared British defences against the Japanese invasion of Malaya, less has been heard about the situation in North Borneo, now Sabah, where local officials were told not to offer any resistance at all. As a result the Japanese takeover from 1st January 1942 onwards was accomplished with few casualties. However resistance to the occupation soon grew. This book tells the sto... more information

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Ashgate Publishing, Limited, 1991. Map. New. New. This large folding map that not only gives detailed accounts in text and pictures of the principal batlles during the Japanese conquest of Malaysia, but also gives a day by day chronicle of events from the start to finish of the 70 day operation. Weight 0.20 Kg. Surface mail worldwide: $3, Air mail to Asia Pacific countries $4 to Central Asia, Europe & the Middle East: $5 and to Africa and North & South America: $6 . Postage within Malaysia is f... more information

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Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, 2010. First English language edition. Paperback. New. This scholarly and comprehensive review of Malay literature at a crucial period of change is the first English translation of Salleh's work Kesusasteraan Melayu Abad Kesimbilan Belas. With extensive references to the Malay works of different literary genres of the time and to past Malay and European literary criticism, she brings to life the 'soul' and experiences of 19th century Malays thr... more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Malaya in the 1950s was the first post-WWII testing ground where colonial powers had to face up to guerilla warfare from local insurgents with some popular support. Purcell was a frequent visitor to the country and although probably accurately described by the British Communist, Palme Dutt, as an 'apologist for imperialism,' is critical in this book of British attempts to crush the uprising by force without paying sufficient atten... more information

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Singapore: NUS Press, 2008. Paperback. New. New. The Hakka people are known in China as the Guest People, i.e they're nomadic. So it's not surprising to find this people amply represented amongst China's migrants and their descendants all over the world. In this book we have snatches of history of one such family coming to terms with post-war Malaysia, migration to the United States and a visit to the family's ancestral home in China. Mixed in with this we are given bits of Hakka language,... more information

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Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2011. Later printing. Paperback. New. New. The author's unusual story concerns his time in Syonan meaning 'the light of the South,' the Japanese name for Singapore, where he was based from late 1938 until the Japanese surrender in 1945. He arrived as a journalist, was jailed by the British as a spy and then joined the Japanese administration on the fall of Singapore in 1942. While working with the Japanes occupation he secretly provided safety passes and... more information

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Published as a text book for children in the upper forms of schools in Malaysia and Singapore, this book attempts to set both countries' histories in their local context rather than as an adjunct to European power politics. This 285 page edition was last revised in 1969. Contents include chapters detailing Malaysia's Earliest History, The Malacca and Brunei Sultanates, Malaysia in each of the 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries, Portuguese and British Influence, the Founding of Singapore and its Success... more information

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Hong Kong: Periplus Editions. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1998. First Edition: Second Printing. Hard Cover. 9625933948 . Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket has small cut along edge. Introduction by Annabel Jackson-Doling, Styling by Christina Ong. "Its emphasis on fresh herbs, raw vegetables and light seasonings makes it ideal for the health-conscious cook. This lavishly illustrated book of recipes, gathered and photographed in Vietnam, examines the historical and... more information

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New. Our top selling book on the internet in 2010! Areca Books has sensibly chosen to re-publish this book, long out of print, as it is virtually unique amongst memoirs of British colonial life in Penang in the 1920s. What makes the book stand out is not only Bilainkin's lively journalist's skills, but also his particular vantage point. He was not a British Government officer, planter or other business man, but employed by the Chinese owned Straits Echo as their editor. Therefore although part of the coloni... more information

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