Payah
Payah

Author: Margaret H. L. Lim

Publisher: Fairy Bird Children's Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9834263805

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Tall Tales of Malaysia
Tall Tales of Malaysia

Author: James M. Bourke

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2022-03-17

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1665597631

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Tall Tales of Malaysia is a collection of 18 vivid and memorable short stories about life in the Federation of Malaysia. The stories vary greatly in scope and theme. However, taken together, they capture the distinctive flavour of the people and states that make up modern Malaysia, its exotic rainforest, its diverse races, its indigenous people and their belief in ghosts, djinns and bomohs. There is a good deal of flashback to the colonial era and some mention of the legacy issues which still remain. The stories are entirely fictional and belong to the rich oral tradition of storytelling across Southeast Asia. Tall Tales of Malaysia are refreshingly different. They are gripping and a joy to read.

Stories from the Stacks
Stories from the Stacks

Author: National Library Board

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd

Published: 2020-12-15

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9811444986

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The Rare Materials Collection at the National Library, Singapore, contains more than 11,000 items and spans six centuries of history. The collection comprises books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, correspondence, and more, which together provide us with valuable insights into Singapore’s history. This book presents a diverse selection of almost 50 of the rarest and most priceless items in the collection, including the Mao Kun Map, a recently-acquired Munshi Abdullah edition of the Sejarah Melayu, 19th century lithographs, Japanese reconnaissance maps, correspondence from Raffles, and even a football rule book in Jawi. Each item is described and analysed with an insightful essay and richly complemented with illustrations, helping to bring these stories from the stacks to life and lead us down new avenues of historical understanding.

The Sultan of Sarawak
The Sultan of Sarawak

Author: Ian Hamilton

Publisher: House of Anansi

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1487010168

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Ava Lee clashes with the most powerful family in Malaysian Borneo in this exhilarating new thriller from bestselling author Ian Hamilton. After a warehouse owned by the Three Sisters is destroyed under suspicious circumstances, Ava Lee travels to the Malaysian province of Sarawak to investigate. She quickly discovers that the powerful Chong family has a political and economic stranglehold on the province and is likely responsible for the warehouse. As Ava digs deeper into the Chongs, she is shocked to learn of their billion-dollar illegal logging operation in Sarawak, which has decimated the Bornean rainforest and threatens the existence of the Penan — a nomadic Indigenous people who have lived in the region for centuries. Determined to avenge the harm caused by the Chongs and to put an end to their dominion over Sarawak, Ava follows a money trail that leads back to the Hong Kong real estate market. There, Ava and Sonny Kwok embark on a campaign of terror against the Chong family — attacking their holdings and bank accounts. Can Ava attain the vengeance she seeks? Or will the powerful Chong family triumph once again?

Missionary Stories
Missionary Stories

Author: Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)

Publisher:

Published: 1914

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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