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Book Synopsis Evening under frangipani by : Philip Jeyaretnam
Download or read book Evening under frangipani written by Philip Jeyaretnam and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Philip Jeyaretnam Publisher :Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd ISBN 13 :9814779148 Total Pages :473 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (147 download)
Book Synopsis The Philip Jeyaretnam Collection by : Philip Jeyaretnam
Download or read book The Philip Jeyaretnam Collection written by Philip Jeyaretnam and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection rounds up three of Philip Jeyaretnam’s best-known works in a single volume. Together, they showcase his mastery of the written word across a range of forms, subject matter and emotional landscapes. The short stories and novels set in Singapore explore themes of identity, materialism, interracial relationships, power and betrayal while exposing the nation’s frailties, cracks and contradictions. Jeyaretnam’s characters–the thinkers, dreamers and doers–make their own way, searching for meaning in the gaps between achievement, aspiration and regret. First Loves displays Jeyaretnam’s intimate understanding of young love and loss, while Raffles Place Ragtime examines the place of love in relation to ambition, deception and material aspiration. In Abraham’s Promise, an old man comes to an understanding and reconciliation of his life and times hard-won in maturity. Charged with emotional power and clarity, Jeyaretnam’s spare, thoughtful prose shows off his gift for characterisation and confirms him as an elegant, eloquent stylist.
Book Synopsis The Frangipani Tree Mystery by : Ovidia Yu
Download or read book The Frangipani Tree Mystery written by Ovidia Yu and published by Constable. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore. 1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after Acting Governor Palin's daughter dies suddenly - and in mysterious circumstances - mission school-educated local girl Su Lin - an aspiring journalist trying to escape an arranged marriage - is invited to take her place. But then another murder at the residence occurs and it seems very likely that a killer is stalking the corridors of Government House. It now takes all Su Lin's traditional skills and intelligence to help British-born Chief Inspector Thomas LeFroy solve the murders - and escape with her own life. 'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life, without ever getting in the way of a classic puzzle plot. But what's a setting without a jewel? Chen Su Lin is a true gem. Her slyly witty voice and her admirable, sometimes heartbreaking, practicality make her the most beguiling narrator heroine I've met in a long while.' Catriona McPherson 'Charming and fascinating with great authentic feel. Ovidia Yu's teenage Chinese sleuth gives us an insight into a very different culture and time. This book is exactly why I love historical novels.' Rhys Bowen
Book Synopsis The Making of a Tropical Disease by : Randall M. Packard
Download or read book The Making of a Tropical Disease written by Randall M. Packard and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global history of malaria that traces the natural and social forces that have shaped its spread and made it deadly, while limiting efforts to eliminate it. Malaria sickens hundreds of millions of people—and kills nearly a half a million—each year. Despite massive efforts to eradicate the disease, it remains a major public health problem in poorer tropical regions. But malaria has not always been concentrated in tropical areas. How did malaria disappear from other regions, and why does it persist in the tropics? From Russia to Bengal to Palm Beach, Randall M. Packard's far-ranging narrative shows how the history of malaria has been driven by the interplay of social, biological, economic, and environmental forces. The shifting alignment of these forces has largely determined the social and geographical distribution of the disease, including its initial global expansion, its subsequent retreat to the tropics, and its current persistence. Packard argues that efforts to control and eliminate malaria have often ignored this reality, relying on the use of biotechnologies to fight the disease. Failure to address the forces driving malaria transmission have undermined past control efforts. Describing major changes in both the epidemiology of malaria and efforts to control the disease, the revised edition of this acclaimed history, which was chosen as the 2008 End Malaria Awards Book of the Year in its original printing, • examines recent efforts to eradicate malaria following massive increases in funding and political commitment; • discusses the development of new malaria-fighting biotechnologies, including long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, rapid diagnostic tests, combination artemisinin therapies, and genetically modified mosquitoes; • explores the efficacy of newly developed vaccines; and • explains why eliminating malaria will also require addressing the social forces that drive the disease and building health infrastructures that can identify and treat the last cases of malaria. Authoritative, fascinating, and eye-opening, this short history of malaria concludes with policy recommendations for improving control strategies and saving lives.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English by : Eugene Benson
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English written by Eugene Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 2597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around the world. Their significance derives from the richness and variety of experience which they reflect. In three volumes, this Encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Book Synopsis Frangipani's Ring, an Event in the Life of Henry Thode by : Henry Thode
Download or read book Frangipani's Ring, an Event in the Life of Henry Thode written by Henry Thode and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Singapore Literature in English written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First Loves written by Philip Jeyaretnam and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tigers in Paradise by : Philip Jeyaretnam
Download or read book Tigers in Paradise written by Philip Jeyaretnam and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays and two novels by critically acclaimed Singaporean writer Philip Jeyaretnam. This anthology includes the two novels 'Raffles Place Ragtime' and 'Abraham's Promise', his collection of short stories ('First Loves' with two new stories), essays and a Foreword by Peter Wicks.
Download or read book To a Lost Love written by Barbara Gordon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara Gordon (not her real name) met and fell in love with one of the many young armed servicemen based in UK during the last year of WWII. She relates the poignant story of this first love and the extraordinary effect it had on her life thereafter. A MUST READ for all who have ever loved.
Download or read book Saracinesca written by F. Marion Crawford and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Saracinesca" by F. Marion Crawford. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis Debt Crisis and Popular Social Protest in Sri Lanka by : S. Janaka Biyanwila
Download or read book Debt Crisis and Popular Social Protest in Sri Lanka written by S. Janaka Biyanwila and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fusing the regional with the global, this book widens its perspective from a distinct, national moment to an international interdependency with the power to ripple across every corner of the globe.
Download or read book Widow's Luck written by Lin Weich and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind her back they call her "The Black Widow." Daphne McNeil has been widowed four times in ten years. Each time, her husbands have left her considerable sums of money. She finds that she must use these inheritances to support her beloved charities. The money does not go far enough and with increasing financial pressures, she becomes desperate. When Steve Johnson, a forensic scientist, discovers human remains in an isolated lake near Daphne's drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, he unwittingly puts himself in danger. He begins to suspect the beautiful widow is not as innocent as she seems. Will he become her next victim?
Book Synopsis Mango Rash by : Nan Sanders Pokerwinski
Download or read book Mango Rash written by Nan Sanders Pokerwinski and published by Behler Publications. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving to a South Pacific island from small town Oklahoma, sixteen year old Nancy Sanders trades cruising Main Street in search of tater tots for strolling sandy shores with islanders who feast on sea worms and summon sharks with song. With a dash of teenage sass, MANGO RASH chronicles Nancy's search for adventure—and identity—in two alien realms: the tricky terrain of adolescence and the remote U.S. territory of American Samoa. Against a backdrop of lava-rimmed beaches, frangipani-laced air, and sensual music, Nancy immerses herself in 1960s island culture with a colorful cast of Samoan and American expat kids. But life is not one big beach party, Nancy soon finds, when she clashes with her parents over forbidden boys and discovers double standards in the expat community. Samoa, too, is experiencing growing pains as ancient customs collide with 20th-century ways. In the midst of all this, a hurricane shatters the peaceful paradise, delivering lessons in attachment and loss, strength and survival. Like Nancy, readers of this unforgettable memoir will fall in love with Samoa's biscuit-tin drum serenades, its mountains like mounds of cut velvet cushions, and its open-hearted people, who face adversity with grace. And just as Nancy does when her own health crisis thrusts her into a very different kind of unfamiliar territory, readers will draw strength from fa'a Samoa: the Samoan Way. In language as lush as the island landscape, MANGO RASH enchants, entertains, and, ultimately, inspires with its message about embracing and learning from other cultures.
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Book Synopsis The Grass Widow by : Vanessa Edwards
Download or read book The Grass Widow written by Vanessa Edwards and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grass Widow is about a woman who finds more than she bargained for when she tries to get even with her ex-lover – her quest for petty revenge becomes a search for the truth about a murder. Ditched by her married lover Hugh and made redundant by the law firm she worked for, Leonie plans to make life difficult for Hugh.
Book Synopsis Lions In The Night by : S. M. Weaver
Download or read book Lions In The Night written by S. M. Weaver and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine you found that one perfect love which each of us seeks. Then imagine that you lost it through your foolishness and pride. How would it affect you afterwards? Would such a love allow itself to stay lost, or would it become a type of nocturnal predator and hunt you down...no matter how long you ran, no matter how far you ran? Gina "Kay" Costa D.V.M. and Mark Hunter Ph.D. are two established professionals with strong wills and ideals. Their lives are separated by decades and continents when the predator senses the moment of weakness and strikes. The novel is set in Nevada, Montana and South Africa. The story is joined in the mid-1990's immediately after the turbulent democratic elections in South Africa. From it's genesis in Reno, Nevada to its climax in contemporary Tanzania it contains twists, turns, danger, adventure and, above all, romance. Internationally published writer, S.M. Weaver, expertly brings the exotic locales and animals to life from first hand experience.