Penang and Its Networks of Knowledge brings together the work of eleven distinguished scholars in efforts to recover and preserve cultural-historical knowledge embedded in the fabric of the city of George Town and articulate the significance and reach of the …

Buku Refleksi Historiografi Alam Melayu ini dihasilkan untuk mempersembahkan khazanah persuratan Melayu sebagai sumber sejarah yang penting dan berguna. Di samping itu untuk menarik perhatian para ilmuwan dan para pembaca mengenai bahan-bahan yang dirakamkan dalam teks sejarah Melayu lama akan …

Journalist Delonix Regia chances upon the cultured and irresistible Omar amidst the upheaval of the Reformasi movement in Kuala Lumpur. As the city roils around them, they find solace in love, marriage, and then parenthood. But when their two-year-old daughter …

This book is the result of a dilemma; whether or not to publish second editions of two earlier books, Penang under the East India Company 1786-1857 and Penang at War 1914-1946. The first book had long been out of …

As the official catalog for Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival (KLAF2017), this publication Logbook attempts to offer an insight into the festival and the latent energies in architecture within Malaysia and elsewhere. Designed as a compendium annual of the domestic architectural …

Views Reviews Interviews is an accessible summary of the Merdeka Jubilee Architecture Symposium, not “too dry and long for many”, but extending beyond the formal confines of a programme booklet of the event. It attempts to document some of the …

This book is a record and tribute to Kuala Lumpur’s old diversity and the nation’s commendable history. Architecture is not just about buildings. It is a public art-form and also a cultural signboard that describes the signs of the times. …

In The Resilience of Tradition: Malay Allusions in Contemporary Architecture, the authors attempt to address rhetorical questions like how and to what extent contemporary Malaysian architecture is influenced by Malay culture, values and forms, and in what way is …

Memoirs of a Malaysian Eco-Activist  records how I found my raison d’être in the form of environmental activism and human rights movements. During my over four-decade stint as an ecological activist, I founded two environmental NGOs, pushed for numerous eco-friendly …

The Sustainability Shift: Refashioning Malaysia’s Future discusses the specific ecological threats facing Malaysia and the intellectual as well as practical ‘shift’ required for a more sustainable future. The book explores themes of environmental degradation, climate change and imminent ecological collapse …

Road To Dawn: Newly reissued and unabridged DVD (2016) 

The movie Road to Dawn (2007) is based on the story of Dr Sun Yat Sen as a revolutionary in Penang, Malaysia, in the year 1910. Although it incorporates fictional elements, …

Originally published in 1995, this special edition has been reprinted on the occasion of the 2nd Dr Wu Lien-Teh Global Commemorative Symposium held in Penang on the 23rd and 24th of July 2016.

Memories Of Dr. Wu Lien Teh: Plague …

To Brunei and Beyond is the fourth book from the pen of a writer known as ‘Pengembara’. It has been eagerly awaited by readers of three previous titles which describe journeys in Brunei Darussalam and the Malaysian Borneo territories of …

Gayatri Rajapatni: The Woman Behind the Glory of Majapahit by Earl Drake imaginatively re-creates Gayatri’s world, placing her at the centre of Majapahit’s great history. Rich in historical detail and dramatic prose, Drake’s story sheds light on one of Indonesia’s …

By Ruth Iversen Rollitt

50 Best Malaysian Titles for International Rights 2015

Iversen: Architect of Ipoh and Modern Malaya, is a biography of the Danish architect B.M. Iversen (1906–1976). It is illustrated with hundreds of original photographs, building plans and …

By Francis Cooray & Khoo Salma Nasution.
Foreword by Tan Sri Khoo Kay Kim.

Growing up during the era of British colonial expansion in Malaya, Cheah Cheang Lim believed that economic progress should yield the fruit and flower of social …

Constructing a trishaw, embroidering the Nyonya kebaya, sculpting dragon joss sticks and decorating the kavadi… Penang’s artisans ply an astonishing range of age-old trades that underpin the traditional lifetyles of the local community. In Traditional Trades of Penang, Chin …

By Tenas Effendy.

Foreword by Dato’ Dr Ken Yeang.

Rumah is a collection  of old Riau–Malay rhymed  sayings  originally  gathered  and published  by Tenas Effendy. Referred to in Malay literature as ‘Ungkapan’, these eloquent stanzas depict the Malay house as …

By Wu Lien-Teh.

Known as the ‘Plague Fighter’ and ‘the man who beat the Black Death’, Dr. Wu Lien-Teh (1879—1960) laid the foundations of the modern medical service in China. The son of a Taishan migrant from China, he was …

By Ric Francis & Colin Ganley.

Which city once had the smallest service trolley-bus in the world? Where can you find the first funicular railway in Southeast Asia? How do you recognize a trolley-bus pole? Where is Tramway Road? With …

By Khoo Salma Nasution.

Foreword by Lynn Pan.

As a young revolutionary, Dr. Sun Yat Sen travelled widely and lived amongst the Chinese communities abroad, including Japan, North America and Southeast Asia. He mobilized the overseas Chinese with the dream …