Non-Fiction

As craft brewing continues to go from strength to strength across the world, World Atlas of Beer is the definitive and essential guide to beer. Understand the rich, multi-faceted traditions of Belgium, the Nordic legend that is Finnish Sahti, the relatively new phenomenon of the New England hazy IPA, and...

"A beautiful love letter to the very first processed food. Any book that contains a section on the joys of crisp sandwiches gets my vote." - Jay Rayner "What an absolutely beautiful book... Pages of love letters to bread; everything it is, does, and how very special it is as...

The discourse on family fiqh in Malaysia within the broader national agenda of “strengthening Islamic family values” to maintain its indigenous Islamic characteristics in the age of globalization is a part of larger scholarly discussion on constructing local fiqh (al-fiqh al-mahalli) for Muslims. For such fiqh to evolve, a broader understanding of multifaceted aspects of the...

There are many biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) in almost every language of the world, so why write a new one? What can be added to what has already been written?Every age has its own unique language, terminology and readership, and this age is no exception. The language people...

Due to significant changes that have taken place in the nature and essence of money and monetary value, and the dominance of interest-based debt financing, the nature of capital and sharing of profit and loss have become complex issues. The book analyses in detail the practical relevance of these in...

Are music and singing allowed in Islam? If the answer is a definite yes or no, then why has the question of its lawfulness become the subject of debate among Muslim scholars for centuries? In this treatise translated from the eighteenth book of Imam Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al-Din, readers get...

Difference, diversity and variation among human beings, both as individuals and groups, and hence, the presence of the different Other together with the Self have always been one of the main expressions and ramifications of the original identity and essential unity of the human species. Unity in diversity, or vice...

This book tells the story of a Malaysian lady’s maiden pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In Makkah, she was struck by the grandeur of the Al-Haram mosque, Islam’s holiest mosque. The first sight of the majestic Ka’abah located in the centre of the mosque involuntarily moved her to tears. It...

"The recent decades have witnessed a strong assertion of Islamic identity. One of its manifestations is the insistence on the part of Muslims that all institutions of life should be brought in conformity with Islamic principles. In this work, the author attempts to spell out the Islamic principles on which...

YAMIN CHENG adalah bekas pensyarah di Jabatan Pengajian Usuluddin dan Perbandingan Agama, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM). Beliau adalah pemegang ijazah sarjana muda undang-undang dari UIAM, ijazah sarjana (MA) dalam bidang pengajian agama dari Universiti George Washington, Amerika Syarikat dan ijazah doktor falsafah (PhD) juga dalam bidang pengajian agama dari...

The book argues that Islamic research is not religious research. It does not deal merely with so-called religious issues and disciplines. The subject matter and scope of Islamic research include all aspects of life and society, and as such manifests its concern for the development of people, society, culture, and...

This book narrates and re-tells ideas, episodes and places in the MalayArchipelago. Some have called it a cultural history of the region. It could be viewed as the sociological imagination of the Tanah Air. The collective experience of the rantau is here reminded and recontextualized. In this regard, we see the past—of Melaka,...

A collection of media interviews of the late PAS Spiritual Leader and Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.Conducted by senior journalist Zakiah Koya over a period of more than two decades, the interviews intensively portray the way Nik Abdul Aziz revealed himself to the English media.Zakiah...

How can Stoicism inspire us to lead more enjoyable lives? In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoics believe? In Lessons in Stoicism, philosopher John Sellars weaves together the key ideas of the three great Roman Stoics -- Seneca, Epictetus and...

Elevate your manga drawings to the next level with help from a Japanese professional! Manga drawing expert and author Ebimo is an action film junkie who taught herself to draw by studying martial arts films. In this book, she brings those techniques, tips, and tricks to you! Learn how to...

This book provides a revolutionary new 3-step tracing technique that beginning artists can use to quickly learn to draw manga characters just like a pro! Every page presents a classic manga pose, from walking and running to jumping for joy, in three different steps:1. A simple outline of the body2....

【新山/柔佛专题】 地志书写，是马华文学凸显“本土性”的一种重要书写角度。本次专题以新山书写为中心，并扩大到柔佛州的其他地区，内容包括方肯、黄杰阳、黄益启、白湘怡、孙彦彬、胡同、冼文光、胡玖洲、吴汶霜、无花、周志诚等文坛老将与新秀以新山/柔佛为背景的作品。 【乔治市文学节专题】 槟城的乔治市文学节，始于2011年，此次专题回顾了2019年此文学节中相关马华文学与马英文学的部分，包括由许通元主持的张锦忠访谈录、贺淑芳访谈录、郭紫薇对贺淑芳《湖面入境》英译本德评述等，。

Korupsi dan Kemunafikan dalam Politik Melayu: Perlunya Disegerakan Transformasi Moral-Etika memberikan prinsip-prinsip yang rasional dan garis panduan yang sepatutnya dikaji dan dilaksanakan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Muslim untuk menemukan kembali jalan yang betul kepada pengembalian kepada sebuah perubahan moral warganegara seluruhnya dalam permasalahan rasuah. Melihat kepada fenomena korupsi politik dan kemunafikan dalam...

In the book, Prof. M. Kamal Hassan touches on how the agenda of national integration has been trampled under the boots of ugly ethnoreligious polarisation, hypocritical narratives, and worrying direction of national politics which is reversing the intended outcome and worsening political instability. The author emphasised how racially-motivated political strategies...

This work by one of the most influential Muslim scholars of this century comes at a time when a host of Islamic terminology has been thrust into the current media coverage about Islam and Muslims. In his inimitable style, Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Madkhal li-Ma‘rifah al-Islam attempts to explain Islamic concepts...