New Arrivals at The Penang Bookshelf in August 2017

New Arrivals at The Penang Bookshelf

in

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

• Cold War and Decolonisation: Australia's Policy Towards Britain's End of Empire  RM120

• The Background of Eastern Sea Power - FB Eldridge  RM120

Asia - Religion

Studies on Islam and Society in Southeast Asia - William R Roff  RM70

Xtras - Travel

The Essential Christmas Island Travel Guide - Beth and Shaun Tierney  RM100