How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World

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Publisher : Epigram Books
ISBN 13 : 9814901059
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (149 download)

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Book Synopsis How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World by : Joshua Kam

Download or read book How the Man in Green Saved Pahang, and Possibly the World written by Joshua Kam and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize When a renegade prophet vanishes in a cloud of pigeons in Kuala Lumpur, chorister and first witness Gabriel finds himself press-ganged into a wild road trip down the Malaysian coast. Meanwhile, in a sleepy town by the sea, Lydia traces the links between her late grandaunt’s eccentric lover and her involvement in the Communist Emergency. As Lydia and Gabriel enter a shadowy mythology of serpents, Sufi saints and plainclothes gods, they must grapple with the theologies and histories they once trusted, in a country more perilously punk than they’d ever conceived of. Reader Reviews: "A dizzying tale of saints, heists, maybe-queens." —The Straits Times "Quite the debut, accomplished, deft, unabashed and exuberant." —Asian Review of Books "Author Joshua Kam’s debut book brings Asian mythology to the forefront." —The Sun Daily Malaysian author blurs myths and truths as you escape on a wild road trip ... This whimsical, rollercoaster ride of a book also carries a tale of old and new Malaysia colliding, with various figures from local history, politics and folklore coming together in an epic quest for the soul of the nation. —newsday24.com "In essence, (the novel) acts as a love letter to Malaysian folklore and history, showcasing an impressive degree of representation and imagination that never feels shoehorned into the narrative." —Bakchormeeboy "What a trip! This 21st-century adventure quest with an Islamic saint also brings us on a madcap tour through a multitude of Malaysian mythologies— Malay epics, Taoist pantheons, WW2/Emergency/Merdeka heroics, and more. Even more vitally, it gives us hope amidst the dire news of our era— political corruption, environmental devastation and bigotry—reassuring us that the human/divine spirit still flourishes in the late-capitalist tropics, and is ultimately destined to triumph over evil. An absolute delight, and truly, deliciously Malaysian.” —Ng Yi-Sheng, award-winning author of Lion City “Borgesian, even Manichean in spirit, with almost reverent borrowings from Nusantara mythologies to Abrahamic religiosity, this novel is a wild ride from start to finish, riffing on Malayan history, politics and folklore in a surprisingly redemptive arc, while remaining deeply interrogative about what it means to keep true to goodness in the ever-changing face of evil.” —Cyril Wong, two-time Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of This Side of Heaven

The Fisherman King

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Publisher : Epigram Books
ISBN 13 : 9814901210
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (149 download)

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Book Synopsis The Fisherman King by : Kathrina Mohd Daud

Download or read book The Fisherman King written by Kathrina Mohd Daud and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight years ago, Lisan the fisherman, who has always believed he was descended from royalty, left his wife and the Water Village. Now he’s back, and he says he can prove it. Six hundred years ago, a forbidden relationship between the royal children of Brunei set into motion a chain of events that will end with the death of a king...or the death of a god. As the story of Lisan’s true intentions – and what he was really doing in those years away – unravels, the story of those doomed royal children also spins to its inevitable conclusion.

Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher

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Publisher : Epigram Books
ISBN 13 : 9814845337
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (148 download)

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Book Synopsis Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher by : Suffian Hakim

Download or read book Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher written by Suffian Hakim and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated edition of the author’s first novel—the hilarious, viral hit Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher, in which a bespectacled boy finds out that magic is disappearing in Singapore... and has to stop it. Harris bin Potter is an orphan who loves to play void deck football like any other Singaporean boy. But when he discovers he is a parceltongue (i.e., he can talk to boxes...er, parcels), his world changes. Harris learns about his magical lineage and enrols at the MOE-approved Hog-Tak-Halal-What School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There, he is sorted into the House of Fandi and gets caught up in an insane adventure to save Singapore’s magical folk from being turned into kosongs.

Travels

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307816494
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Travels by : Michael Crichton

Download or read book Travels written by Michael Crichton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere from the Mayan pyramids to Kilimanjaro. Fueled by a powerful curiosity—and by a need to see, feel, and hear, firsthand and close-up—Michael Crichton's journeys have carried him into worlds diverse and compelling—swimming with mud sharks in Tahiti, tracking wild animals through the jungle of Rwanda. This is a record of those travels—an exhilarating quest across the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world, a determined odyssey into the unfathomable, spiritual depths of the inner world. It is an adventure of risk and rejuvenation, terror and wonder, as exciting as Michael Crichton's many masterful and widely heralded works of fiction.

The Gatekeeper

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Publisher : Epigram Books
ISBN 13 : 9811700966
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Book Synopsis The Gatekeeper by : Nuraliah Norasid

Download or read book The Gatekeeper written by Nuraliah Norasid and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Fiction Title & Best Book Cover Design Winner of the 2016 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Shorlisted for Singapore Literature Prize 2018 When young medusa Ria inadvertently turns an entire village to stone, she and her older sister flee to Nelroote, an underground settlement populated by other non-humans also marginalised by society. There she becomes their gatekeeper, hoping to seek redemption and love…until her friendship with a man from above threatens to dismantle the city she swore to protect.

Singapore: The Japanese Version

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Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787200981
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Book Synopsis Singapore: The Japanese Version by : Col. Masanobu Tsuji

Download or read book Singapore: The Japanese Version written by Col. Masanobu Tsuji and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1960, the author of this book is one of the planners of the Imperial Japanese Army’s invasion of Malaya and the capture of Singapore—Colonel Masanobu Tsuji himself. In it, he “unreservedly attributes Japan’s victory in Malaya to the patriotic fervour and self-sacrifice of the frontline officers and men of her 25th Army, which, in advancing six hundred miles and capturing Singapore in seventy days, achieved one of the decisive victories of World War II and accomplished a feat unparalleled in military history. [...] For the first time in history an army carried out “a blitzkrieg on bicycles”, astounding the world by the sureness and rapidity of its advance, and exploding the myth of the impregnability of Singapore—which, as Colonel Tsuji emphasizes, had no rear defences, a fact he states was unknown to Winston Churchill at the time. [...] Colonel Tsuji’s career proves him a master planner and an outstanding field officer. He now appears as an excellent writer and is to be congratulated upon his book, and also upon the motives which led to his escape from the Allied forces after the national surrender [...].”

A Town Like Alice

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307474003
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis A Town Like Alice by : Nevil Shute

Download or read book A Town Like Alice written by Nevil Shute and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the hugely acclaimed author of On the Beach—a tale of love and war that follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback. • “Entertaining ... Dramatic ... Shute is a natural and effective story-teller.” —The New York Times Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. But it turns out that they have a gift for her as well: the news that the young Australian soldier, Joe Harmon, who had risked his life to help the women, had miraculously survived. Jean’s search for Joe leads her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeals.

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596438401
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)

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Book Synopsis Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money by : Tommy Greenwald

Download or read book Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money written by Tommy Greenwald and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When his weekly allowance just isn't cutting it anymore, lovable slacker Charlie Joe devises ways to make more money--and fast"--

The Fabulous Girls' Book

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Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1780550960
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Book Synopsis The Fabulous Girls' Book by : Veena Bhairo-Smith

Download or read book The Fabulous Girls' Book written by Veena Bhairo-Smith and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fabulous Girls' Book is the indispensable guide for fabulous girls everywhere, full of tips and tricks to help every girl be utterly fabulous in every way.

912 Batu Road

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Publisher : Clarity Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9671765742
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)

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Book Synopsis 912 Batu Road by : Viji Krishnamoorthy

Download or read book 912 Batu Road written by Viji Krishnamoorthy and published by Clarity Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War brought them together, a secret love tore them apart… The Iyers’ and the Tans’ tranquil lives are shattered with the Japanese invasion of Malaya, and an unthinkable betrayal forces both families into a treacherous game of resistance and survival. Juxtaposed against this wartime saga of two Malayan families is a modern-day forbidden love story between their descendants. As the third generation navigates work, love and relationships, their secret affair challenges traditional Brahmin beliefs and threatens to destroy an age old friendship. Can past betrayals be forgiven and will the new generation find the strength to move beyond their families’ long-buried pain? ------------------------------ Viji Krishnamoorthy’s sweeping debut novel deftly weaves together vibrant fiction and meticulous research on the heroic exploits of Malayan wartime heroes – Sybil Kathigasu, Gurchan Singh and many others – who fearlessly fought for their beloved country. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Viji Krishnamoorthy was born in Ipoh, Perak to a Tamil father and Hokkien Chinese mother. She spent her early school years in Kuala Lumpur and then in Madras (as it was then known). She completed her tertiary education in the UK. She previously worked as a freelance writer for several magazines and this is her debut novel. The author is happily married with two children and lives in Kuala Lumpur; but enjoys spending time in London.

Jungle Peace

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Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book Jungle Peace written by William Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quiet American

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504052544
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Quiet American written by Graham Greene and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “masterful . . . brilliantly constructed novel” of love and chaos in 1950s Vietnam (Zadie Smith, The Guardian). It’s 1955 and British journalist Thomas Fowler has been in Vietnam for two years covering the insurgency against French colonial rule. But it’s not just a political tangle that’s kept him tethered to the country. There’s also his lover, Phuong, a young Vietnamese woman who clings to Fowler for protection. Then comes Alden Pyle, an idealistic American working in service of the CIA. Devotedly, disastrously patriotic, he believes neither communism nor colonialism is what’s best for Southeast Asia, but rather a “Third Force”: American democracy by any means necessary. His ideas of conquest include Phuong, to whom he promises a sweet life in the states. But as Pyle’s blind moral conviction wreaks havoc upon innocent lives, it’s ultimately his romantic compulsions that will play a role in his own undoing. Although criticized upon publication as anti-American, Graham Greene’s “complex but compelling story of intrigue and counter-intrigue” would, in a few short years, prove prescient in its own condemnation of American interventionism (The New York Times).

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither

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Total Pages : 538 pages
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Assembling the Tropics

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107196639
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Assembling the Tropics by : Hugh Cagle

Download or read book Assembling the Tropics written by Hugh Cagle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the convergence of science, culture, and politics across Portugal's empire, showing how a global geographical concept was born. In accessible, narrative prose, this book explores the unexpected forms that science took in the early modern world. It highlights little-known linkages between Asia and the Atlantic world.

The Harmony Silk Factory

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Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 0007232284
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Harmony Silk Factory written by Tash Aw and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2006 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running an impressive Chinese silk factory in the Malaysian region throughout the first half of the twentieth century, Johnny Lim finds his life complicated by his son's belief that he uses the factory as a front for illegal businesses.

A Hakka Woman's Singapore Stories

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Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis A Hakka Woman's Singapore Stories by : Wei Ling Lee

Download or read book A Hakka Woman's Singapore Stories written by Wei Ling Lee and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of Lee Wei Ling, daughter of Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore, and also a pediatrician.

Ministry of Moral Panic

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ISBN 13 : 9789810757328
Total Pages : 0 pages
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