History & Culture & Politics (GR)

An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities, ideas and disasters that have shaped the European continent.The book is broken down into six easily digestible chapters: Classical Antiquity (2600...

Horrified by the current financial crisis? Want to learn how we might get out of it? This is a pivotal moment in our economy. With the markets in free-fall, financial challenges are growing for us all. A winter of inflation and spiralling energy costs looms. But it doesn’t have to...

*A Telegraph Book of the Year* An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol. The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War – and yet at the heart of the...

This novel asks the questions about the role of women in marriage, the burden of cultural inheritance, the oppression inherent in being a minority and ultimately, the costs of not being true to oneself. Set in the 2010s of Singapore, the story begins with protagonist, Saloma Salem, an entrepreneur who...

Korea is a global phenomenon. K-pop tops the charts, kimchi spices up meals and K-drama dominates TV screens. Now, it's time to discover more of the country and culture that's captivated the world. It might be a powerhouse of popular culture, but South Korea is so much more than BTS...

THE TIME NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Powerful and timely ... I cannot recommend it strongly enough" - Barack Obama Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson provides a...

“Aku nak tebus kesilapan aku. Tapi aku perlukan kau untuk percaya pada aku.”“Kenapa aku kena percaya pengkhianat macam kau?”“Kalau tak, Sultan akan mati!***Asil, perisik musuh (CUP) yang dihantar ke istana untuk mengintip Sultan Abdul Hamid II akhirnya membuka mata melihat kebenaran. Asil sudah memilih untuk berpihak dengan Sultan untuk menebus...

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...

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...

"...budak nakal yang berbakat untuk jadi pengarang besar, membawa fikiran-fikiran berani, hingga orang 68 tahun seperti saya pun jadi segar membaca pengakuan-pengakuannya yang bersahaja, berkata benar tentang dirinya tanpa peduli apa orang nak fikir. Kisah-kisah kelemahan dan 'kebodohan' diri pun dicerita dengan bersahaja. Segala-galanya adalah advencer yang sangat bermakna buat...

Malaysia desperately needs a new perspective and a new narrative to rid itself of the 60-year yoke of regressive policies and politicking that has stifled its advancement. Race, religion and identity politics still dominate the national narrative. The solution to these destructive politics will not come from the peninsula. It...

Wang Kelian – The Forgotten Valley (or Wang Kelian – Lembah Yang Kian Hilang) highlights the unique characteristics of the northernmost village in the northernmost state of Peninsular Malaysia - from the 370 million-year-old limestone Nakawan range to the Stone Age tools found on site as well as the amazing...

At the time George W. Bush ordered forces to invade Iraq, 70 per cent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. When asked to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, voters most frequently named two Bush TV ads that played to fears of terrorism. How...

A New York Times bestseller!2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has a plan to make America great again.President Obama has been a disaster for this country. He’s wrecked our economy, saddled our children with debt, and gone around the world apologizing for America—as if the greatest nation in the world needed to apologize...

This report which has been out of print for many years, illustrated with archive photographs of the ship and of survivors who gave evidence at the enquiry, will enable the reader to get closer to the reality of that night.

Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is renowned for its epic scope, rich psychological characterizations and telling observations on family life and the role of women in Chinese society. One of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature, along with Journey to...

Sudah pun tahun 2022. Pandemik bukan lagi ancaman utama. Namun, Malaysia masih bergelut dalam ketidakstabilan politik. Oleh itu, semua pemain politik bersedia untuk acara yang paling penting. Hanya diadakan pada setiap lima tahun sekali, pertempuran ini akan menentukan nasib Malaysia. Sudah tiba masanya untuk pertempuran PRU-15!

While the Covid threat was causing serious havoc in the country, Muhidin’s position as Prime is coming under serious threat! Will he succumb to the pressure or will he prevail? Can the Covid Forces ever be contained? Alliances and friendships will be ultimately tested! This comic book is a work...

Just as a new weapon is brought in to defeat the enemy, a stronger variant appears! She is way more powerful that anyone has ever seen! Can our heroes contain the situation? Or will it spiral further out of control? This comic book is a work of parody and satire....

Muhidin is struggling to keep the pandemic under control, he is also facing immense pressure from his political rivals. Will his status as Prime come undone? This comic book is a work of parody and satire. It tells the story of how the world reacted in 2020. Storytelling has been...