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Sutan Puasa, Founder of Kuala Lumpur

Sutan Puasa, Founder of Kuala Lumpur

Who was the founder of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia? Textbook history credits the Bugis chief of Klang, Raja Abdullah, while the Chinese regard the third Kapitan China, Yap Ah Loy, as the legendary founder. But closer examination

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Areca Books, History, Politics, Cultural Heritage, Recommended, Social History, Biography, Malaysiana
RM160
Penang and Its Networks of Knowledge

Penang and Its Networks of Knowledge

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 …

Areca Books, History, Cultural Heritage
From: RM60
Penang Nyonya Colouring Book

Penang Nyonya Colouring Book

This book delightfully depicts the items typically found in a Penang Nyonya’s life and household in the early twentieth century. Colour these beautiful designs as you please, while learning about a unique culture.
My Ah Mah (paternal grandmother) was the …
Areca Books, Visual Arts, Cultural Heritage, Peranakan
RM25

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The Contest for North Sumatra

First published in 1969, The Contest for North Sumatra describes the painful transition of North Sumatra from a number of independent states to a part of Netherlands India (present day Indonesia). It is seen not as a simple conflict of …

History
RM66
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Refleksi Historiografi Alam Melayu

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 …

History, Books in Malay
RM60
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Once We Were There

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 …

Literature
RM50

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Bukit Kepong

Peristiwa Balai Polis Bukit Kepong adalah kejadian serangan komunis yang berlaku semasa keadaan darurat di Persekutuan Tanah Melayu selepas Perang Dunia ll. Dalam kejadian tersebut, balai polis Bukit Kepong diserang oleh segerombolan 180 orang komunis bermula sekitarjam 5.00 pagi pada …

History, Literature, Books in Malay
RM45
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Colonial Penang 1786-1957

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 …

History, Architecture, Biography
RM95
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Logbook

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 …

Visual Arts, Architecture
RM138

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PAM Centre: in the eye of a storm

This book is a historical and descriptive narrative of Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) through the lineage of the various PAM Centres, beginning in 1969 at the Merlin Hotel to the present one at Jalan Tandok in Bangsar. Some of the …

Visual Arts, Architecture, Nature, Ecology and Environment
RM80
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Views Reviews Interviews

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 …

Visual Arts, Architecture
RM80
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Architectural Heritage: Kuala Lumpur – Pre-Merdeka

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. …

Visual Arts, Architecture
RM50

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Post-Merdeka Architecture 1957-1987

This book is intended to be a seminal document of the Exhibition of Post Merdeka Architecture, held in Kuala Lumpur and organised by the Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) and the Balai Seni Lukis Negara (National Art Gallery). It brings together …

Visual Arts, Architecture
RM30
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The Resilience of Tradition

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 …

Areca Books, Architecture
RM90
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Memoirs of a Malaysian Eco-Activist

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 …

Areca Books, Recommended, Nature, Ecology and Environment
RM30

The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections

The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections

Beautifully illustrated, The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections highlights a variety of material relating to Southeast Asia drawn from the rich collections of SOAS University of London. With a wide chronological span, they are diverse in nature,

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Areca Books, History, Visual Arts, Cultural Heritage
RM45
The Sustainability Shift

The Sustainability Shift: Refashioning Malaysia’s Future

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 …

Areca Books, Recommended, Nature, Ecology and Environment
RM40
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Road To Dawn《夜‧明》unabridged DVD (2016)

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, …

Areca Books, History, Visual Arts, Cultural Heritage, Peranakan
RM25

Sejarah Bergambar Seberang Perai / Province Wellesley, A Pictorial History

Sejarah Bergambar Seberang Perai / Province Wellesley, A Pictorial History

Beneath its simple and unadorned title – Sejarah Bergambar Seberang Perai (Province Wellesley, A Pictorial History) – this much-anticipated publication more than justifies the oft-used phrase that a picture is worth a thousand words. History is subjective, and personal …

Areca Books, History, Visual Arts, Cultural Heritage, Journeys, Architecture, Social History, Nature, Ecology and Environment, Books in Malay
RM50
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Memories Of Dr. Wu Lien Teh: Plague Fighter

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 …

Areca Books, History, Biography
RM80
Wanderer to Brunei and Beyond

Wanderer to Brunei and Beyond

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 …

Areca Books, Visual Arts, Cultural Heritage, Journeys, Social History, Nature, Ecology and Environment, Malaysiana
RM28

Penang Hill Funicular Railway – Remembering an engineering feat 1923-2010

Penang Hill Funicular Railway – Remembering an engineering feat 1923-2010

Penang Hill is the oldest hill station in Malaysia and also the only one with a funicular railway. Completed in I923, the Penang Hill Funicular Railway was the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, and its tunnel is one …

Areca Books, Cultural Heritage, Recommended, Malaysiana
RM50
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Gayatri Rajapatni: The Woman Behind the Glory of Majapahit

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 …

Areca Books, History, Cultural Heritage, Literature, Biography
From: RM30
Iversen: Architect of Ipoh and Modern Malaya

Iversen: Architect of Ipoh and Modern Malaya

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 …

Areca Books, Visual Arts, Architecture, Biography
RM120

The Penang House and the Straits Architect 1887-1941

The Penang House and the Straits Architect 1887–1941

By Dr Jon Sun Hock Lim.
Foreword by Professor Miles Lewis AM.

50 Best Malaysian Titles for International Rights 2015

The mercantile communities of the Straits of Malacca were patrons of a distinctive architecture which flourished in the late nineteenth

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Areca Books, History, Cultural Heritage, Architecture, Peranakan
RM110
Redoubtable Reformer: The life and times of Cheah Cheang Lim

Redoubtable Reformer: The life and times of Cheah Cheang Lim

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 …

Areca Books, History, Peranakan, Biography
RM50
Traditional Trades of Penang 槟城老行业

Traditional Trades of Penang 槟城老行业

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 …

Areca Books, Visual Arts, Cultural Heritage, Books in Chinese
RM80

The Chulia in Penang_3d

The Chulia in Penang: Patronage and Place-Making around the Kapitan Kling Mosque, 1786–1957

By Khoo Salma Nasution

Winner, ICAS Book Prize 2015, Colleagues’ Choice Award
“an important work, a model of its kind and one to enjoy as well to enlighten.
The depth of research is remarkable, and the range of enquiry admirable.”…
Areca Books, History, Cultural Heritage, Recommended, Architecture, Social History, Malaysiana
RM135
Rumah: An Ode to the Malay House

Rumah: An Ode to the Malay House

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 …

Areca Books, Visual Arts, Cultural Heritage, Recommended, Architecture, Literature, Books in Malay, Malaysiana
RM80
Plague Fighter: The autobiography of a modern Chinese physician. Wu Lien-Teh

Plague Fighter: The autobiography of a modern Chinese physician. Wu Lien-Teh

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 …

Areca Books, Recommended, Social History, Biography
RM80

Living-Landscapes-978x4652

Living Landscapes, Connected Communities: Culture, Environment and Change Across Asia

By Justine Vaz and Narumol Aphinives (editors), with almost 50 contributors from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines

50 Best Malaysian Titles for International Rights 2015

ACROSS ASIA, people are coming to terms with the impacts of …

Areca Books, Recommended, Nature, Ecology and Environment
RM80
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Penang Trams, Trolleybuses and Railways

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 …

Areca Books, Cultural Heritage, Recommended, Malaysiana
RM50
Sun Yat Sen in Penang (English version)

Sun Yat Sen in Penang

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 …

Areca Books, Social History
RM30

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