Biographies & Memoirs (GR)

An extraordinary, uncompromising and consoling celebration of a life - through childhood, faith, family, love, friendship, pain and loss - written as its author was facing her own mortalityGillian Rose was a star academic, acclaimed as one of the most dazzling and original thinkers of her time. Told that she...

Another year on the Diddly Squat Farm and Jeremy is still knee-deep in mud and endless challenges . . .Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. Since taking the wheel three years ago Jeremy's had his work cut out. And it's now clear from hard-won experience that, when it comes to farming,...

The #1 New York Times BestsellerAs Taylor releases her 11th album, THE TORTURED POET’S DEPARTMENT, catch up on the full story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the worldA small-town girl with incredible talent – and the...

Whether you're a law enthusiast, looking for a good read, or are just plain curious about this Malaysian lawyer, this book will return a verdict of entertainment and edification. Grab your copy, hold on to your briefs, and robe up for a roller- coaster that's more fun than a barrel...

In this, her second book, author Lilian Low takes readers to the rarified world of a select group of accomplished individuals, all with one common factor bom or raised in Muar in the state of Johor, Malaysia. While her first book The M Quotient profiled 13 personalities from Muar who...

Sinopsis: Idealis: Syed Hamid Albar merupakan sebuah biografi yang mencatatkan perjalanan hidup Tan Sri Dr. Syed Hamid Albar dari kecil sehinggalah beliau berkecimpung dalam dunia politik. Buku ini menyentuh dari sudut peranan Tan Sri Syed Jaafar Albar, seorang yang digelar “Singa UMNO” dalam membentuk peribadi Syed Hamid Albar, perjalanan muda...

In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.In 1962, fresh out of business school,...

Biografi Wu Lien Teh - Wu Meiru - 9786297510132 - Han CultureHardback Cover

Featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&AIn her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that...

French ethnologist Jeanne Cuisinier explored Malaya, mostly Kelantan, in 1932 and 1933. In her lectures on Radio Paris — made public in this book for the first time since their broadcast in the 1930s — and in other texts assembled here, she shared her vivid and affectionate insights into the...

By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the founder of Singapore and Governor of Java, having left school in his early teens to become a clerk for the British East India Company. Charismatic and daring, Raffles forged an extraordinary path for himself in South East Asia...

Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister, is a figure whose international stature far exceeds that of the tiny island over which he ruled for thirty years. Lee is the principal architect of Singapore's political stability and its economic success and is often credited with being the leader of economic...

The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked reading, although the Morisaki bookshop...

‘Before the colonial governments came, we were serumpun.’ – Pak Sujianto, the ketua Kampung, Jagoi Babang in Kalimantan (2022) Serumpun means a bundle of grass that shares the same root. It helps us convey how knowledge, wisdom and material cultures in craft across the borders of Kalimantan, Sarawak and Sabah...

An old album which is linked to this book has a collection of about 580 beautiful and colourful postage stamps of Malaysia and 29 other countries. The stamps were collected at the Prime Minister’s Office when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was the Prime Minister, from July 1981 to October 2003....

Setelah pulang berpetualangan di bumi Inggeris ke tanah air, Saari Sungib meneruskan kerja-kerja dakwah dalam suasana dan cabaran baru yang jauh lebih kompleks berbanding di United Kingdom. Di samping membina kerjaya dan keluarga pada masa yang sama, usaha-usaha dakwah diteruskan dengan membangun sebuah wadah baharu yang menghimpunkan aktivis-aktivis dakwah serata...

Shameless, exciting and funny, Dato Hamid charts his life and loves against the backdrop of economic and political changes that have created the Malaysia of today. Dato’ Hamid, ‘Old Boy’ and retired civil servant, burst into public prominence in 2007 when his rib-tickling confessional memoirs quickly sold out. Fifteen years...

Salleh Ben Joned: Truth, Beauty, Amok and Belonging shines a spotlight, for the first time, via his poems, prose and relationships, on the world view of one of the beloved Malaysian poets and public intellectuals, written by his daughter Anna Salleh. Salleh Ben Joned has been described in many ways—maverick...

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life...

有人说他是一位教育家；也有人说他是一名企业家。更多的有识之士则认为，他是一名满怀乐观情绪、精于追求变革的社会活动家，他坚定不移地渴望看到马来西亚终将成为对所有居住在此的人来说都能感到公正、公平和公义的理想国度。 纵观陈友信经历过的精彩一生，基本涵盖了上述所有面向的人生轨迹。 这本书重点总结了陈友信在过去三十五年里，从专注在为马来西亚华裔社区发声的公共工作，到领导其创办大学成为国际最顶尖一员的私立高等教育机构，再到引导和塑造众多马来西亚年轻人技能发展的心路历程。 此外，他也孜孜不倦，积极投身到跨种族公民社会工作促进多元社会的改革活动，以建立具备国民和谐精神、包容性和民主理念的文明社会。 有趣的是，这本书将聚焦多位“身边人”，并以第三人称的形式，让读着一睹陈友信到底如何完美切换身份，身兼多职。如要一言蔽之，陈友信实则是一名以身作则的真正爱国者，且从不畏惧担当各项领导者的身份领导群雄。