The Penang Bookshelf Blog: August 2017

New Arrivals at The Penang Bookshelf

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August 2017

(Last Updated 31-8-17)

This is a list of new arrivals advertised at The Penang Bookshelf for this month. Please note: -

If you want any more information on any book, please click on the relevant link in blue.
If you click on a link after the current month and find nothing, the book's been sold.
Of course, if you want to buy anything you see here, you can either do so from the site or contact me at penangbookshelf@gmail.com.
This page will be updated constantly until the end of the month.
The prices shown here hold good for at least this month, but for out of print books, the prices may change in subsequent months.
All prices include free postage to anywhere in Malaysia.

Malaysia - Anthropology & Sociology

Population Dynamics in a Plural Society: Peninsular Malaysia - Sidhu & Jones RM180

Malaysia & Singapore - Biography & Memoirs

Dr Paglar: Everyman's Hero - Rex Shelley & Chen Fen RM100

From Poor Migrant to Millionaire: Chan Wing, 1873-1947 - Chan King Nui RM200

Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going - Han Fook Kwang & Others RM70

Rock Solid : The Corporate Career of Tan Chin Tuan - Lee Su Yin RM100

Borneo

Among the Dayaks - Lim Poh Chiang RM200

The Banana Tree at The Gate: Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo RM60

Biodiversity and Conservation of the Meliau Range - Arthur YC Chung RM70

Maliau Basin - Sabah's Lost World - Hans P. Hazebroek & Others RM200

Plaited Arts From The Borneo Rainforest - Bernard Sellato (ed) RM200

Klias-Binsulok Scientific Expedition, 1999 RM160

Sabah Society Journal Volume 25 2008 RM80

Secrets of the Lost World — Sabah’s Maliau Basin - Anthea Phillipps RM50

The Kinabatangan Remembered: 1967–1972 - Charles Folland RM120

The White Rajahs…Myths Retold: The Massacre of the Bau Hakkas - Desmond Leong RM90

Visions of Mulu: 60 Million Years in the Making - Brian Clark RM200

Malaysia - Business, Economics & Labour

Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts ~~RM200~~ SOLD

Victims Without Voice: A Study of Women Pesticide Workers in Malaysia RM300

Malaysia & Singapore - Dance & Drama

The Flood and Nero Has Arisen in Malaysia - Lee Joo-For RM260

Malaysia & Singapore - The 'Emergency'

Wings Over Malaya - George Richey RM110

Malaysia - Fiction

Hearts and Minds - Mark. Bles RM50

Malaysia & Singapore - Guide Books

Peeps at Many Lands: The Malay States - Philip Coote RM500

Pocket Guide to Malaya RM200

Malaysia & Singapore - History (Colonial)

British Intervention in Malaya 1867-1877 - C. Northcote Parkinson RM150

British Malaya - Frank Swettenham RM300

Malaysia & Singapore - Humour

Lat and Gang - Lat RM50

Johor

Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs - Carl A Trocki RM90

Malaysia & Singapore - Malay Community & Culture

The Kris: Mystic Weapon of the Malay World - Edward Frey RM50

Malaysia & Singapore - Nature & Wildlife

A Survey of Primates in Peninsular Malaysian Forests - Clive W Marsh & WL Wilson RM230

Common Malaysian Beetles - Vincent Weng-Yew Tung RM120

Layang-Layang - A Drop in the Ocean - N Pilcher, S Oakley & Ghazally Ibrahim RM100

Malaysia & Singapore - Peranakan/Straits Chinese

Phoenix Rising: Nonya Beadwork - Cheah Hwei-Fe'n RM150

Straits Chinese A Collector's Guide - Boxed Set: - Ho Wing Meng RM350

Malaysia - Orang Asli/Indigenous Peoples

The Peoples of Malaysia - Fay-Cooper Cole RM80

Malaysia - Politics

Blogging and Democratization in Malaysia - Tan Jun-E and Zawawi Ibrahim RM150

I, Too, Am Malay - Zaid Ibrahim RM50

Malaysia at the United Nations: A Study of Foreign Policy Priorities, 1957-1987 RM70

Out of the Tempurung: Critical Essays on Malaysian Society RM150

Rhetoric of Racial Harmony - Zuraidi Ishak RM50

The Historical Development of the Malay Nationalism Before Independence RM70

Malaysia & Singapore - Religion

~~Fifty Years of the Anglican Church in Singapore Island, 1909-1959 - Loh Keng Aun RM300~~
SOLD

Malaysia & Singapore - World War II

Playing for Malaya: A Eurasian Family in the Pacific War - Rebecca Kenneison RM60

The Singapore Surrender - Gilbert Mant RM70

Singapore - Fiction

Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore - Catherine Lim RM150

Singapore - Politics

Liberalism Disavowed: Communitarianism and State Capitalism in Singapore RM90

China

A Collector's Guide to Chinese Dress Accessories - Valery M Garrett RM120

Sri Lanka

A Glimpse of Paradise - AC Alles RM100

Thailand

Thai Art: Currencies of the Contemporary - David Teh RM120

Asia - Anthropology & Sociology

Challenging Sustainability Urban Development and Change in Southeast Asia RM60

Asia - Arts & Culture

Kendi Pouring Vessels in the University of Malaya Collection - Khoo Joo Ee RM150

Asia - Fiction

Best of Southeast Asian Erotica - Richard Lord (ed) RM60

Asia - History