North Clarendon. Periplus. 2006. Colour photographic illustrations, 128pp, glossary, index, measures guide, dustjacket. "Thai Cooking will show you how easy it is to create Thai cooking's unique blend of hot, sweet, sour and salty in your own kitchen." Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 101767... More
Ultimo. Ultimo Press. 2024. 310pp. Paperback. New. "Arriving in Australia seeking asylum, Fina dedicates herself to aiding the refugees who are held in Port Camden, a remote island outpost. After she speaks out for those being detained, Fina becomes the focus of a media storm that leads to her arrest..... More
Singapore. Marshall Cavendish. 2013. 263pp. Paperback. "In Thong Tran's Vietnam, everyone is at war and no one is who they seem. But even a conflicted heart needs a home. Yearning for a true father and a cause to give himself to, Thong chooses independence, liberty and happiness - his tutor..... More
London. Vintage. 2026. 516pp. Paperback. New. "The astonishing story of one family swept up in the tides of the twentieth century, ranging from Japan to the USA to the North Korean regime. One evening, ten-year-old Louisa and her father take a walk out on the breakwater. They are spending the..... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2018. 241pp, appendix, index, paperback. Breast cancer is now the most common cancer among women in most Asian countries. Many lives are at stake. Even in places where state-of-the-art medical services are available, thousands of women in Asia are dying of the disease largely due to late..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2023. Edited with an introduction by Kevin Riordan. xxxvii + 205pp. Paperback. New. "In the 1880s, Joseph Conrad spent three extended stints in the colonial port city of Singapore, while working on ships around the region. Over the next thirty years, he would return to this place..... More
Artasiapacific, 2021. 640 colour plates, 368pp, paperback with French flaps. An attractive and fascinating publication. 25.2 x 19cm. "Cultural historian David Elliott is a key figure of the international contemporary art world in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In his work as a curator and museum director since..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2016. 270pp. Paperback. New. "At the core of this book is a seemingly simple question: What is Asia? In search of common historical roots, traditions and visions of political-cultural integration, first Japanese, then Chinese, Korean and Indian intellectuals, politicians and writers understood Asianisms as an umbrella for..... More
Melbourne. Trans Pacific Press. 2007. Black and white illustrations, xiv + 351pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "In this collection, thirteen essays by Japanese and Korean sociologists and anthropologists explore a variety of methods of social inquiry. They include: urban research, wartime anthropology, folklore studies, the studies of local knowledge of..... More
Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 2006. Black and white illustrations, x + 314pp, index. "The Ambivalent Consumer is deeply researcehd and elegantly written. In a book that addresses a wide range of problems that extend well beyond consumers' desires and decision-making, the authors highlight the synergistic roles plaeyd by governemtns on..... More
London. Vintage. 2026. Black and white map, 427pp, appendices. Paperback. New. "In 1843, in a small village on the stormy Kent coast, Ishmaelle is born. She grows up swimming with dolphins and eventually - desperate for a life at sea - she disguises herself as a cabin boy and travels..... More
Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. 395pp, paperback. The history of regional sporting events in 20th-century Asia yields insights into Western and Asian perspectives on what defines modern Asia, and can be read as a staging of power relations in Asia and between Asia and the West. The Far Eastern Championship Games..... More
Singapore. Penguin. 2021. vii + 284pp. Paperback. New. "A coming of age epic, set during the decade Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the world as seen through the eyes of his indentured Malay slave. Who was the man they called Enrique the Black? Taken from his family, and forced into slavery during..... More
Singapore. ISEAS. 2012. xi + 174pp, index, bibliography, paperback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 137835. More
London. Vintage. 2024. 502pp. Paperback. New. "From Abir Mukherjee, the award-winning author of the Wyndham and Banerjee series, comes a blistering contemporary thriller with a real message for our polarised times. Your kids are missing, accused of plotting to kill thousands. Can you find them before it's too late? It's..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 2011. ix + 281 pages, index, bibliography, notes, dustjacket. This study analyzes an important feature in English-language Malaysian fiction that has been considerably neglected in scholarship - the theme of religion. Through interrogating this theme, the multilayered textures of cultural memories that are infused..... More
Canberra. Pandanus Books. 2004. Translated by Vladislav Zhukov. xii + 168pp, paperback. "Nguyen Du was a Vietnamese official displaced in a dynastic shift and sent into provincial exile in the service of his new overlord. The epic poem, Kim Vân Kieu, was his most notable work during this period. This..... More
Folkestone. Global Oriental Ltd., 2005. 442pp, appendix, index. New hardback in dustjacket, remainder price sticker upper cover. Focuses on the global challenges, combined with an increasing interest in re-examining important socio-economic, political and cultural issues of Asia's past, as well as any 'historic' mythology that may be at play. This..... More
London. Routledge. 2009. Second edition. xii + 212pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "This new, and fully updated 2nd edition of Families in Asia provides a unique and comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on the most relevant and significant aspects of family and kin, from the process..... More
Singapore. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2002. ix + 196pp, bibliography, index, paperback. "The studies of pollution management in East Asia's newly industrialized economies (NIEs) include successful government responses in Singapore and Taiwan, qualified results in China and Indonesia, and much more limited success in Thailand and Malaysia. In each..... More
London. Penguin. 2022. 355pp. Paperback. "It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is..... More
Australia. Trans Pacific Press. 2008. xviii + 241pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. "Exploring the myriad ways that status and stratification manifest in different cultural contexts, this collection presents in-depth studies of a variety of cultural forms in Asia. The first of its three parts focuses upon status concepts among the..... More
New York. William Morrow. 2002. Colour photographic illustrations, 131pp, index, dustjacket. "An authority on Asian cuisine offers a range of noodle dishes that can be made at home, featuring recipes for soups, salads, appetizers, side dishes, and complete suppers." (Publisher's description). When referring to this item please quote stockid 99526..... More
Australia. Text Publishing. 2009. xiv + 221p, notes, index, paperback. Most of us are absolutely certain that we wouldn't hesitate to save a drowning child, and that we would do it at considerable cost to ourselves. Yet while thousands of children die each day, we spend money on things we..... More
United States. Dover Publications. 2009. Colour and black and white images, 48 pages, CDROM with 125 images, paperback. Fire-breathing dragons. Elegant floral bands. Exquisitely detailed Mehndi graphics. This collection of 125 beautiful Asian images features some of today's most popular body art designs, each inspired by ancient symbols and motifs..... More