Blue and White Note Cards.
Tuttle Publishing. 6 blank note cards & envelopes. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160949). More
New Books
Painting with Light. Photography at the Freer/Sackler.
United Kingdom: D Giles Ltd., 2017. 210pp, index, a good This is a completely new guide to the Freer-Sackler Gallery collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs from Asia and the Middle East, which features some remarkable early photography as well as newly acquired works by leading modern and contemporary artists..... More
Saya Anak Timor. Memory Game.
Australia. inspiredmedia, 2010. Set of 36 laminated cards. Make vocab learning fun! Students match up Indonesian words with pictures. all vocab is based on the Reader Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 137819). More
Saya Anak Timor. Memory Game. 5-Pack.
Australia. inspiredmedia, 2010. Set of 36 laminated cards. Pack of 5. Make vocab learning fun! Students match up Indonesian words with pictures. all vocab is based on the Reader Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 137886). More
Schools Signs. Secondary.
U.K. Mantra. 2008. Durable, card signs, pack of 9. Strong durable laminated paper card signs, ideal for secondary school. Multilingual with English and up to 10 different languages on the same card. Languages include Bengali, Urdu, Turkish and Arabic. Great for creating a cultural environment and brightening up a school..... More
Back to Mandalay. An Inside View of Burma.
Bangkok. Orchid Press. 2004. 2nd Edition. Maps, illustrations, 192pp, appendix, bibliography, paperback. "When the author assumed a two year lecturing position in English language at a college in Mandalay in 1986, little did he realize that he was to witness the lead-up to one the most brutal political crackdowns in..... More
Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia. ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order.
London. Routledge. 2009. xxiii + 322pp, bibliography, index, paperback. This second edition of "Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia" takes the excellent framework from Acharya's first edition and brings it up-to-date, looking at ASEAN's comprehensive and critical account of the evolution of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)..... More
Between Worlds. Linguistic Papers in Memory of David John Prentice..
Canberra. Research School of Pacific Studies. Australian National University. 2002. Portrait frontispiece, 216pp, paperback. Small quarto. The 12 papers in this volume are: Salako morphology and the interrelation between voice, mood and aspect - Sander Adelaar; Formalism or phoneyism? The history of Kayan final glottal stop - Robert Blust; Split..... More
The Asian Financial Crisis. Causes, Contagion and Consequences.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1999. Tables and figures, xxviii + 417pp, index, dustjacket. "Presents the first theoretical analysis of the Asian Financial Crisis and draws out the general lessons of an event whose potential long term effects have been likened to those of the Crash of 1929. Part I presents..... More
Migration Revolution. Philippine Nationhood and Class Relations in a Globalized Age.
Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. 293pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Since the 1960s, overseas migration has become a major factor in the economy of the Philippines. It has also profoundly influenced the sense of nationhood of both migrants and nonmigrants. Migrant workers learned to view their home country as part of a...... More
Museums, History and Culture in Malaysia.
Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 328pp, glossary, bibliography, index. During the half century following Malaysian independence in 1957, the country’s National Museum underwent a transformation that involved a shift from serving as a repository for displays of mounted butterflies and stuffed..... More
Tradition and Change in a Malay State: A Study of the Economic and Political Development of Kedah 1878-1923.
Kuala Lumpur. MBRAS. 1984. Map, black and white illustrations, 224pp, appendices, bibliography, paperback, large octavo. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 48547). More
Weiwei-isms.
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 2013. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 125pp, 13.9 x 11.5cm. "This collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei's thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life. A master at communicating powerful ideas in astonishingly few words, Ai Weiwei is..... More
Hanabi. Sources from Japan for the Secondary English Classroom.
Australia. Curriculum Corporation. 1998. Teacher's resource book. The sources included in Hanabi are all texts from or about modern Japan. Some are by Japanese authors while others are by non-Japanese who have lived and worked in Japan. A variety of text types is included. The book is made up of..... More
Exploring North-East Asia China, Japan, Korea
Australia. Curriculum Corporation. 2000. Maps, illustrations, 128pp, paperback. Exploring North-East Asia: China, Japan, Korea looks at cultural, historical and environmental aspects of China, Japan and Korea. The book provides students with fact files about China, Japan, Korea and Australia, and invites comparisons between the countries for better understanding. There are..... More
Approaching English Language Research.
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2003. xii + 269pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. In this book, the author sets out some of the major issues in English language research and suggests where to look for more information and ideas. Exercises in the text add practical ways of engaging with research..... More
Pure Invention. How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World.
London. Constable. 2020. Black and white photographic illustrations, 352pp, 22.4 x 14.3cm. Paperback. "Today we take it for granted that Japan is a forge of the world's fantasies: the birthplace of Transformers and Pokemon, of food trends like ramen and artisanal whisky and cutting-edge manga and anime. But it wasn't..... More
Dress, Textiles and Identity of the Black Tai of Loei Province, Northeast Thailand.
Bangkok. White Lotus. 2009. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, ix + 100 pages, index, references, notes, paperback. Dress, Textiles, and Identity of the Black Tai of Loei Province, Northeast Thailand examines the contemporary role of traditional and tradition-based Black Tai textiles and dress as material and symbolic representations of Black Tai..... More
Traditionalism and the Ascendancy of the Malay Ruling Class in Colonial Malaya.
Singapore. NUS Press, 2014. Map, xxiv + 276 pp, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. In this original and perceptive study Donna J. Amoroso argues that the Malay elites' preeminent position after the Second World War had much to do with how British colonialism reshaped old idioms and rituals - helping to..... More
The Political and Moral Imperatives of the Bandung Conference of 1955. The Reactions of the US, UK and Japan.
Folkestone. Global Oriental. 2007. vii + 240pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Described as an epiphany for the Asian and African countries craving post-war independence from foreign domination, the Bandung (Indonesia) conference created a sense of critical mass between the states that became known as the Third World and the West in..... More
Braised Pork.
London. Harvill Secker. 2020. Reprint. 226pp, 21.5 x 13.5cm. A very good paperback copy. "One autumn morning in Beijing, just after breakfast, Jia Jia's life changes for ever. After the sudden loss of her husband, the young artist sets out on a journey from a hidden jazz and whiskey bar..... More
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line.
London. Chatto & Windus. 2020. 346pp, 23.4 x 15.2cm. A very good paperback copy. "Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is..... More
Mandalay to Momien A narrative of the two Expeditions to Western China of 1868 and 1875 under Colonel E.B. Sladen and Colonel H. Browne.
Thailand. White Lotus. 2009. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 479 pages, index, appendices, paperback. Provides a fascinating eye witness summary of two expeditions made in pursuit of what can only be described as a misconceived dream. The idea of a 'back door' to China, which excited British..... More
Mapping Thai Muslims. Community Dynamics and Change on the Andaman Coast.
Bangkok. Silkworm Books. 2010. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 185 pages, index, references, paperback. This longitudinal, anthropological study challenges the single, dominant narrative of Muslim discourse in Thailand. It focuses on Thai Muslims in the Nipa Island (pseud.) community on the Andaman coast, whose economic and education aspirations..... More
Educational Refugees: Malaysian Students in Australia.
Clayton. Monash University. 1993. Tables, xxiii + 249pp, bibliography, paperback. Looks at overseas students in Australia, factors influencing the decision to go abroad, structural factors influencing destination choice, factors influencing decision choice from the student perspective and policy and planning implications. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 53732)..... More