Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Mata Hari Books, 2010. First edition. Paperback. New. Baru. Orang Macam Kita ialah sebuah antologi cerpen dan esei mengenai seksualiti alternatif di Malaysia. Seksualiti alternatif boleh diertikan sebagai homoseksual, biseksual, transeksual, transgender dan dwikelamin. Ini termasuklah gay, lesbian, tomboy, mak nyah dan khunsa. Label-label sebegini mungkin tampak sensasi atau klinikal. Namun cerita-cerita dan kajian-kajian di dalam buku ini mungkin mendedahkan sisi lain, yakni sisi... more information

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Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Matahari Books, 2009. First edition. Paperback. New. New. This amusing and thought provoking book is an attempt by the author, a Malaysian living and working in Singapore, to come to grips with the convience and the conflict as a national of one country and a resident of the other. She calls to her aid the philosophising taxi drivers of Singapore with whom she discusses her own life and those of other Malaysians and Singaoreans. This 236 page book chronicles the results of many jo... more information

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Subang Jaya, Malaysia: Pelanduk Publications, 2009. First edition. Paperback. New. New. The author presents us with an amusing and also interesting collection of vignettes of life in Malaysia today as she sees it. There's a varied enough mix to introduce new aspects of life Malaysian style as much to the curious visitor as well as to anyone with a deeper connection to the country. 195 pages. Weight 0.30 Kg. Airmail postage to A... more information

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George Town, Penang: Institut Masyarakat, 2007. First edition. Paperback. New. New. Here we have an amusing and interesting collection of columns written by the late author while working with the New Straits Times. The column was entitled "Penang Perspective" giving readers a chance to read and debate the views of a well-remembered Penangite who gave 50 years of his life to Malaysian journalism. The 218 pages also include line drawings by one of the author's sons. ... more information

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Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Word Works, 2011. First reprint. Paperback. New. New. Benice Chauly had the original idea for Readings, a platform in Kuala Lumpur for writers of poetry and prose, to read from their work, both published and unpublished. The monthly event began in 2005 and continues under Sharon Bakar's stewardship today. This book is a collection of a wide variety of some of the best outpourings during the event's existence. 199 pages. Weight 0.40 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific cou... more information

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Kuala Lumpur: Matahari Books, 2008. First edition. Paperback. As New/as new. This is an ambitious, quirky and thought provoking effort of the editor Amir Mohammed to gather together a set of contemporary Malaysian writers to write some contemporary, though not topical essays to initiate a new Malaysian literary series. The book was written around about the time of the 50th anniversary of Malaysian independence, so some of the contributors have taken that as a theme, while others have mainly written about ... more information

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School of Oriental and African Studies, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. This book is a collection of papers presented at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1978-79 highlighting a seldom studied genre, i.e. short story writing in the vernacular in Southeast Asia. So short stories in Western Languages, Chinese and other minority langauges are excluded. 270 pages. The papers include - The Modern Short Story in South East Asia - JHCS Davidson, Publication and Readership of the Short Sto... more information

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Kuala Lumpur: Matahari, 2009. First edition. Paperback. New. The editor, Muhammad Amir, describes this collection as "more badass" than New Malaysian Essays 1. The book certainlymore keeps up the quality of the first, introduces new topics and greater variety. This collection includes Shanon Shah's The Khutbah Diaries wondering about the politicisation of Friday khutbahs in mosques, Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi's The Architecture of Putrayjaya suggesting that Mussolini may have been a... more information

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Silverfish Books, 2007. First edition. Paperback. New. New. Joned is a well established prose writer and poet in Malaysia. Although he prefers writing poetry in Malay, his output in English has also been significant. In this book we have a collection of his English poetry touching on themes that are universal. 127 pages. 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 . Pos... more information

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This collection came about as a response to the publishers' request for fiction and 'creative' non-fiction stories that best encapsulate the spirit of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital. The book includes offerings from a host of new Malaysian writers and from some established ones as well. The is much that will raise a smile, give cause to reflect and identify with in this 339 page book. Weight 0.40 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific countries: $6, to Central Asia, Europe & the Middle East: $8 and to Afri... more information

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Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. The author, a Malaysian surgeon living abroad, defends himself against the apt observation that Malaysian commentators tend to recycle their old newspaper articles whenever they're commissioned to write a book. In this case only a third of the essays in this book have been published before, those that are included are as submitted before being pruned, often by self-censoring editors, and we also have feedback from readers to those that have b... more information

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Kuala Lumpur: Skoob Books, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/very good. This is a collection of the author's columns in the Straits Times newspaper. As he says in his preface he reacted violently when he first heard that VS Naipaul had described Malaysia as 'a country without a mind' but then conceded that Naipaul's description might well fit contemporary Malaysia. These articles prove why as he weaves in and out of themes of art, sex, politics, literature and religion in the country he loves so... more information

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Singapore: NUS Press, 2011. Paperback. New. New. As English language fiction in Malaysia is a minority interest it's not all that surprising that novelists are often pre-occupied with the challenges which minorities face. The author bravely, but appropriately, studies not only how Islam, the religion of the Malaysian majority, is treated in such literature, but also the perceptions of such writers concerning minority religions practiced in the country. 281 pages. The contents include - 1 - Visions of ... more information

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Singapore: NUS Press, 2011. Paperback. New. New. This book analyses a wide selection of English literature written in and about Malaysia and Singapore both before and after independence. The particular focus of the study is aspects of this literature that expresses disconnection as a result of not being "at home where one should be." The author's literary sweep starts with Swettenham's 'The Real Malay', through Maugham and Burgess right up to Tash Aw and Vyvyane Loh. The 165 pag... more information

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Human Relations Area Files Press, New Haven, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. The author was Professor of Geography at Yale University when he prepared this work which limited exclusively to works for students of the Behavioural Sciences (Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science and Sociology as well as History and the Natural Sciences (Biology, Climatology, Geology, Geomorphology and Soil Science) of West Malaysia and the Republic of Singapore. 394 pages including an author index. ... more information

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London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. These two plays are efforts by British anti-colonialists to portray the situation in Malaya at the time of the 'Emergency' in the early 1950s. One of them, Strangers in the Land, was considered so inflammatory that it was banned by the British censor for a while. The first play tells the story of the opposition of a fiancee of a 'white settler' to methods used to protect his plantation and the second play, For ... more information

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George Town, Penang: Sinaran Brothers, 1963?. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A survey of the style of Malay, Asian and Islamic literature including an examination of different prose vehicles such as the novel, short story and historical writing. 99 pages. 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 free A previous owner's na... more information

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Singapore: Malaysia Publications Limited, 1965. 1964 edition. Paperback. Very Good. This is Munshi Abdullah's account of his voyage to Kelantan 128 pages with notes. 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 worldwide $3. Postage within Malaysia is free. Weight 0.20 Kg. Surface mail worldwide: $3, Air mail to Asia Pacific countries $4 to Central Asia, Europe & ... more information

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Singapore: Malaya Publishing House, 1949. Paperback. Good. This is Munshi Abdullah's account of his voyage to Kelantan 119 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 worldwide $3. Postage within Malaysia is free. 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 a... more information

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Department Of Publications, University Of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Although written Malay carved in stone has been found from as early as the beginning of the 14th century, written manuscripts before the 17th century have not been found. This one, an Arabic religious text translated into Malay, was written just a few years earlier and only came to light in the 1980s. The author, a distinguished Malay scholar, makes his comments on the text and the language used as... more information

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