All for Love... by... Rosie Boycott... This is the well know British journalist's only novel, a romance about a beautiful, reckless woman who risks everything for love, as she travels from the UK via the 'bustling alleyways of the Far East ' to try and make a life in Australia...
Best of Southeast Asian Erotica... Edited by... Richard Lord... New. Following on from the success of the Best of Singapore Erotica (also stocked by The Penang Bookshelf), Monsoon Books decided to cast their net across the rest of Southeast Asia. The editor's biggest surprise was the number of 'capitavting submissions...
Far Eastern Tales... ---... W. Somerset Maugham... New. This is a selection of Somerset Maugham's stories inspired by his experiences in pre-indepencence Malaya. The stories includeFootprints in the Jungle,Mabel,P & O,The Door of Opportunity,Buried Talent,Before The Party,Mr. Know All,Neil MacAdam,The End of...
In Aid of Greed... --... Kenneth Smith... New. This novel looks at the seemier side of international aid, i.e. the millions given which do not reach their intended recipients. This Malaysia based author with experience in the aid industry takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of thrills and...
More Far Eastern Tales... ---... W. Somerset Maugham... New. This is a selection of Somerset Maugham's stories inspired by his experiences in pre-indepencence Malaya. The stories includeThe Letter,The Four Dutchmen,The Outstation,The Vessel of Wrath,Flotsam and Jetsam,The Book Bag,Raw Materials,The Yellow Streak,Masterson &The...
Prizewinning Asian Fiction... --... Leon Comber (ed)... New. This collection of more than 25 short stories represent the winners' contributions to Asiaweek magazine's annual English short story competition which ran between 1981 and 1988. It was according to John le Carre, "the most coveted prize in the region" at the time...
Shadow play and other stories... By... H Jathar Salij... In this out of print collection of short stories the author uses fiction to highlight pressures on social and cultural life in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore where seeming order at a superficial level suppress the anxieties of change. The 150 pages...
State Of Fear... by... Michael Crichton... Like much of Cricton's work, this 600 page novel, a "techno-thriller," the story is based on a mixture of science and speculation. No great friend of environmentalists, the author attempts to convince his readers of his argument that scientific study of the...
The Lost Islandby... Charles Gilson... Described as "A strange tale of the Far East founded upon the unconnected narratives of Robert O'shee, of Kinsale, Master Mariner." This story originally appeared as a serial, but was expanded for this book. pp 288 with six colour illustrations by Cuneo... Weight 0...
The Seventh Moon... by... Marius Gabriel... Shakespearean academic turned novelist, Gabriel, takes us on a tour of Southeast Asia, amongst other places, in this passionate and fast moving story of a mother and daughter separated at the fall of Singapore in 1942 and re-united when the war was over...
The Short Story in South-East Asia... - -... JHCS Davidson & H Cordell (eds)... 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...
The White Sybil... --... Clark Ashton Smith... 143 pages... Weight: 0.4 kg. *On request this book will be sent post free by surface mail to any part of the world when it is part of an order weighing at least 2 kilos.*... Published by Wildside Press, USA, 2005. ISBN...
Becoming Yellow:... A Short History of Racial Thinking... by... Michael Keevac... New. In this fascinating book Keevak, Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at the National Taiwan University, explores the development of the identification by Westerners and East Asians themselves of the idea that East Asians are yellow in...
Re-imagining Marriage & Family in Asia:... Asian Christian Women's Perspectives... by... Sharon Bong and Pushpa Joseph... This book is written by a collection of writers belonging to the Ecclesia of Women in Asia, the Forum of Asian Catholic Women Theologians. There is a recurrent theme in the seven essays...
An Eye for the Dragon:... Southeast Asia Observed, 1954-1970... - -... Dennis Bloodworth... Drawing on his experience as a journalist who was based in Singapore for most of his career, Bloodworth serves up a delightful and insightful introduction to a range of countries throughout the region. All of them, with the...
Asia in Those Days:... A Glimpse into the Past;... The Social Life of Europeans in Asia... from the 16th through the 19th Centuries... by... Thomas Brandt... New. The book had a limited print run and stock will soon run out. The book will not be reprinted. In this book, by...
Asiatic Land Battles:... Allied Victories in China and Burma... by... Trevor Nevitt Dupuy... This outline takes the reader through the closing stages of the war in China and Burma The author is a retired US army colonel who gives a US perspective on the events. Illustrated with maps and photos...
Autonomy and Armed Separatism... in... South and Southeast Asia... by... Michelle Ann Miller... This wide ranging study contrasts and compares the different experiences of seven Asian states in dealing with issues of autonomy for minorities and armed insurrection in support of such autonomy. The problem is examined from the view...
Becoming Yellow:... A Short History of Racial Thinking... by... Michael Keevac... New. In this fascinating book Keevak, Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at the National Taiwan University, explores the development of the identification by Westerners and East Asians themselves of the idea that East Asians are yellow in...
Between The Thunder... and... The Sun... by... Dick Horton... Australia Guerrillas and Coast watchers in the Solomons in WW2. 161 pages... Weight 0.4kg. Please note this book will be shipped from the UK. If you live outside Europe, please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery... Published by Book Guild...
British Military Administration... in... The Far East 1943-1946... by... F S V Donnison... Official War History 483 pages... Weight 1.kg. Please note this book will be shipped from the UK. If you live outside Europe, please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery... Published by HMSO, London, 1956... Condition...
Early Maps of South-East Asia... by... RT Fell... This book is written by an enthusiastic collector of maps to encourage others to do the same. The illustrations chosen are of maps drawn by European cartographers that are still affordable. The contents of the 103 page book include1 - Dalboquerque and...
East and West... by... Chris Patten... 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...
Envy of the Gods:... Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey Across Asia... - - -... John Prevas... The well known writer, explorer and classicist retraces the short but eventful career of one of the world's most glamourous and ruthless generals. Idolised in the West and loathed in the East, Alexander and his armies...
Far Eastern File:... The Intelligence War in the Far East 1930 - 1945... by... Peter Elphick... The Intelligence War in the Far East 1930-1945. 510 pages. Weight 1.kg... Please note this book will be shipped from the UK. If you live outside Europe, please allow 3-4 weeks for...
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