September 2015 Arrivals Newsletter

New Arrivals at The Penang Bookshelf    September 2015       From The Penang Bookshelf Dear Friend This is the first of a planned new series of newsletters that list both books newly advertised at The Penang Bookshelf and those which have arrived this month, but are yet to be advertised. Books advertised are highlighted in blue and linked to The Penang Bookshelf's main website. The remaining books' conditions are briefly described using the abbreviations at the top of the opposite column.  If you want to know more about any of these books, please contact me at penangbookshelf@gmail.com. The most up to date list of new arrivals on the site is in the Latest Arrivals section on the site. Malaysia - Agriculture   Padi Pollution in Kuala Kedah - Consumers' Association of Penang    RM200 The Oil Palm in Malaya - B Bunting, CDV Georgi & JN Milsum RM120 Malaysia - Borneo Fifty Years of Romance and Research in Borneo - Charles Hose    RM320   Sarawak Land Law and Adat - AJN Richards RM250 The White Rajahs of Sarawak: A Borneo Dynasty HB F DJ RM650 Malaysia - British East India Company Period Trade and Society in the Straits of Melaka - Nordin Hussin  RM50 Malaysia - Business, Economics & Labour Welfare Economics in Malaysia - Tan Tok Shiong RM50 Malaysia - Chinese Community  In the Mood for Cheongsam - Lee Chor Lin & Chung May Khuen  RM80 Malaysia - Colonial History Straits Affairs The Malay World and Singapore - D.J.M. Tate (ed)RM100 Tales From the South China Seas - Charles Allen (ed) RM90 The Malayan Peninsula- PJ Begbie RM350 Malaysia - Colonial Memoirs A Company of Planters - John Dodd  RM220 The Golden Cheronese: Travels in Malaya in 1879 - Isabella Bird  RM50 Malaysia - Food Malaysian Diet: The Plain Truth - Tee E Siong RM40 Malaysia - Gender Issues Abuse of Women in the Media - Consumers' Association of Penang PB G EL RM110 Malaysia - Language & Linguistics A Malay-English Dictionary (Romanised) (2 Volumes) - RJ Wilkinson RM2,000 Motivations for Language Choice on Malaysian Courtrooms: Implications for Language Planning - Richard Powell RM50 Malaysia - Nature & Wildlife The Experiences of A Hunter and Naturalist in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo - William T Hornaday (Oxford University Press) PB VG RM100 Malaysia - Penang   Penang Artists 1920 to 1990 - Tan Chee Khuan    RM400 Streets of George Town - Khoo Su Nin   RM120 With best wishes and thanks,  William Knox The Penang Bookshelf      A Guide to the Abbreviations Used Here DJ - Dust Jacket; EL - Ex-Library; F - Fine/Like New; G - Good; HB - Hardback; N - New; PB - Paperback; VG - Very Good MALAYSIA - Politics    Political Questions of Malaya - GL Peet (Cambridge University Press, 1949) G PB RM250 The Alliance Road to Independence - Joseph Fernando RM60 MALAYSIA - Post-Independence History Bureaucratic Transition in Malaya - Robert O Tilman  RM170 MALAYSIA - Religion Paradox of Faith: Is Islam a Hindrance to Business Success? - Mohd Nazari Ismail  RM30 MALAYSIA - The 'Emergency' National Secret Service: Deception and Comspiracy in Malaya - Frederick W Hudson (Cremer Press, 2008) VG PB RM130 MALAYSIA - World War II Kill The Prisoners! - Don Wall (The Author, 2008) VG PB RM140 The Bamboo Fortress: True Singapore War Stories - H Sidhu RM60 SINGAPORE - Arts & Culture Chinese Street Opera in Singapore - Tong Soon Lee RM80 SINGAPORE - History The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya - Kah Seng Loh & Others   RM160 ASIA - Business, Economics & Labour Asia Resurgent - Cheong Kee Cheok & Wong Choon Kah  RM50 Optimal Currency Areas in East Asia - Quah Chee Heong  PB N RM70  ASIA - Chinese Diaspora Chinese and Nation-Building in Southeast Asia - Leo Suryadinata RM250 Your Chinese Roots. The Overseas Chinese Story - Thomas Tsu-wee Tan  RM50 ASIA - HISTORY British Rule in Eastern Asia - LA Mills HB G RM200 ASIA - The Malay World The Malay World of Southeast Asia A Select Cultural Bibliography - Lim Pui Huen  RM130 CAMBODIA - Folklore Khmer Mythology Secrets of Angkor - Vittorio Roveda     RM100 PHILIPPINES - History Short History of Industry and Trade of the Philippines -  AVH Hartendorp RM100 THAILAND - Fiction Jungle and Stream - George Manville Fenn RM130 In future I plan to send out these newsletters in the first week of every month, as long as my stamina lasts. This means that the next, much longer, newsletter will follow fairly soon. Obviously I'd also be grateful for any feedback you may want to give. For those of you who find this bare bones list a bit tedious compared to previous more chatty newsletters, I plan to revive those as well, but on a quarterly basis. About The Penang Bookshelf The Penang Bookshelf specialises in providing book lovers with a broad range of new and second-hand books, both fiction and non-fiction, primarily about Malaysia, but also about other parts of Asia as well.  Independent Online Booksellers Association, Professional Member. Website: www.penangbookshelf.com                  Also at: AbeBooks. 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