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State of Corruption: Power, Politics, and Policies in Malaysia offers compelling new empirical insights into the covert world of corruption. This book, a collection of three reports, is a penetrating assessment of the controversial, complex, and diverse ties between business and politics that have led to patronage, cronyism, collusion, nepotism,...

“A colourful array of stories that represents the complexities, character and challenges of modern Malaysia. I believe every Malaysian will find part of him or herself in the stories in the book.”Nik Nazmi Nik AhmadSetiawangsa MP and writerA young doctor comes to terms with the gruelling life of the medical...

" I live in a world where every human right has been denied to me and my people ... But surviving a tragedy is not living. Living means having a purpose, living lives, learning new things, having a career, hopes, and dreams that are not fantasy but can actually have...

This is a story of the intriguing and complex circumstances that led to the historic arrest of the notorious luxury yacht Equanimity, which was embroiled in national fraud at the highest governmental level. This book narrates the authors journey in successfully executing the arrest and managing the judicial sale to...

The development of Islamic civilisation in the various regions of the world was, and is, a complex process which has attracted the attention of many researchers. The Muslim world can be compared to an Iranian carpet which, with its diversity of colours, geometrical patterns and floral designs, symbolises its very...

When Malaysia won the Thomas Cup in 1992, the whole nation celebrated as one. And for most of that decade, we did seem to have reasons to celebrate: We had a national car, a national goal in the form of Wawasan 2020, and the future seemed as bright as KLCC...

“Approach this book as an experience! Go into the episodes with mindfulness—So that you see, feel, taste, and breathe Nature as much as possible. Open your senses to feel anger, anguish, sadness, fear, joy, and peace of heart too!”Father Marshall FernandezRetired Catholic PriestPenangNature bites, but this book slaps. Follow The...

"More than half of the baskets documented will become historical relics once this generation of artisans has gone."Determined to prevent the traditional weaving skills of her homeland being lost forever, Jennifer spent many years visiting the kampungs (villages) of Sabah, formerly North Borneo. During this time, she studied the lifestyles...

The Life in the Writing is the first biography of Malaysian scholar and former National University of Singapore academician, Syed Hussein Alatas (1928-2007). The author has chosen to reconstruct her father’s life by focusing on the very activity which brought his learning to the world: writing. Containing previously unpublished material...

"Kua Kia Soong’s latest book awakens Malaysians to the distressing dilemma that lies ahead. His scholarly meticulousness as a social scientist can be observed in the pages of this provocative and controversial collection. His erudite penmanship and tireless dedication as a public intellectual are few and far between in Malaysia....

So many tales are told about Kellie's Castle, about ghosts, and secret tunnels - but are they true? What is the real story? Who built the castle, and why?In these pages, you will meet the young Scotsman, William Kellie Smith, who came to Perak aged 19, and built roads and...

The strong links between the Malay world and the Middle East have been shaped by interweaving forces, foremost among them the historical role of the spread of Islam, the modern colonizing forces of Europe, and more latterly the contemporary interests of World Powers.  To bring focus to these relationships, a...

Originally published in 1977, 'The Myth of the Lazy Native' is an early example of a systematic critique of colonial knowledge. Syed Hussein Alatas analyses the origins of the myth of the ‘lazy native’ from the 16th to the 20th century in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, and how it...

Khalid Arshad lives in retirement with his wife Azizah in a suburb of George Town, Penang. He has had a disappointing career in the civil service, the result both of adverse circumstances at work and of innocent missteps on his own part. Having initially enjoyed retired life he begins to...

Sharifah Aishah Osman is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She holds a Ph.D. in English Literature, and her recent research focuses on the intersection between feminism and literature for children and young adults in Malaysia. Tutu Dutta...

Suliza is a feminist professor who discovers her sexuality while at an Islamic religious school. After her first relationship ends in tragedy, Suliza moves to the United States to continue her studies; there, she starts researching and advocating for human rights, a journey which takes her from Cornell to Geneva...

Investigating the deforestation of Sarawak, Borneo, and the dispossession of its people, journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown followed a trail of corruption that led her to the heart of Malaysian politics and to Prime Minister Najib Razak himself. Determined that the public should know the truth, she started a blog, which...

In a period where no native scholars of equal repute existed, where no one possessed similar levels of extensiveness and depth in terms of understanding Malay culture and literature, it must be admitted that the Orientalist stand taken by scholars like Winstedt was unavoidable. As a matter of fact, even...

The Story of Bentong Kali details the rise and fall of one of Malaysia’s most notorious gangsters Kalimuthu a/l Pakirisamy, better known as Bentong Kali, who terrorised the nation in the early 1990s. On the front of every newspaper, he was believed to be behind at least 16 murders and...

The Tiniest House of Time is more than a family saga, ranging across continents and decades seamlessly, from colonial Burma in the 1930s to nationalist Malaysia in the 1990s and beyond, to Hong Kong and Australia. In a wonderfully engaging and intimate story-telling style redolent of Amitav Ghosh's, the reader...