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Authors: Joyce Nga & Desmond Chong Many aspire to have financial security and abundance with a life free from financial stress. Yet, the true challenge lies not only in accumulating wealth but also in sustaining it for the long term. Principles and Everyday Practice of Personal Financial Planning is a...

Editors: Tamas Kiss, Balázs Venkovits & Christopher Higgs This book chronicles the extraordinary life of Hungarian adventurer, collector and explorer János Xántus, whose legacy is both captivating and complex. From fighting for Hungary’s independence and escaping prison to discovering new species and assembling a rich assortment of 19th -century Southeast...

Singapore boasts a 200-year legacy of remarkable architecture, with some of the oldest buildings dating back to the 1820s. Many of the districts laid out by Sir Stamford Raffles in the city’s first master plan still exist today. As the city expanded, so did the need for administrative buildings, places...

The cityscape of Kuala Lumpur has evolved rapidly since its founding as a tin-mining town in 1857. From its humble beginnings as a bustling settlement, Kuala Lumpur has transformed into a vibrant metropolis that blends old-world charm with modern sophistication. This book takes you on a journey through the city’s...

The sloth bear is one of the most elusive species inhabiting the jungles of South Central Asia. This book synthesises the author’s body of research and experiences while working on the subspecies of sloth bear in Sri Lanka during the civil conflict. Accompanied with beautiful photographs of sloth bears, this...

Voices in Texts and Contexts presents different perspectives of “voice”, a concept emerging from language choices, social and cultural phenomena, and psychology. In weaving a tapestry of linguistic experiences, from analyses of language phenomena including localised English to explanations of human behaviour, this book offers insights into how we use...

This books provides a compact guide to good management practice in contemporary higher education. It covers key topics in day to day in academic management including managings academic staff, handling students as customers, thinking and acting entrepreneurially and strategically, and dealing with some of the most challenging issues faced by...

Getting Promoted in Academia: Practical Career Guidance for Ambitious Academics and Aspiring Leaders in Higher Education is a short guide to career development for academics. Drawing from the author’s wealth of experience in international universities, this book is packed with tips, tactics, and strategies perfect for any academic who wants...

Malaysia, 1945. As WW2 rages, will a mother's choice affect her children forever?     British Malaya, 1930s   Discontented housewife Cecily is seduced by Japanese general Fujiwara and the glorious future he is promising for 'independent' Malaya, free from British colonialism. As she becomes further embedded as his own...

From the Irish Tatler''s Woman of the Year for Literature and one of the AN Post Irish Book Awards''s Best New Irish Writers comes a novel about one woman''s decision to leave everything behind ''Thrillingly relatable'' Harper''s Bazaar ''This funny, thoughtful novel will resonate with lots of women'' Good Housekeeping...

So, you're losing your sh*t with your kids. You scream, you shout, you snap at them. You're cranky and irritable more often than you'd like to admit. You know how you want to parent; you want to be a calmer, more rational and intentional parent, but no matter how hard...

‘We may look the same, but I am not you . . . We share nothing but a reflection in the mirror’ 'A bold, intriguing act of imagination' - Aube Rey Lescure, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of River East, River West ‘Beautiful, thought-provoking and meaningful’ - Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally...

Bring the iconic principles of Louis Vuitton to your everyday outfits A stunning, practical guide to making your everyday wardrobe more Louis Vuitton. Be inspired by the 10 defining principles that have made Louis Vuitton the global fashion leader it is today. From the label's must-have looks to the trends...

The world's most-followed productivity expert reveals how to achieve more by finding joy in everything you do. The secret to productivity isn't discipline. It's joy. We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But what if there's...

This rich and enjoyable book recounts the tangled, dynamic encounters through which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries From the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and...

1953, Cold War, cusp of Independence and adulthood, England, Berlin, Malaya. An unfortunate young Malayan student must choose where his loyalties lie. London, 1952. Young man Hamid, adrift from his studies and from himself, uncertain of his future and that of Malaya, not yet a country. He wants to belong...

Through a collection of letters written to his best friend and to his father in England, and from his own personal diary entries, John Dodd’s memoir offers a fascinating and amusing glimpse of life as a colonial rubber planter. With true stories and confessions that would make even Somerset Maugham...

The life of Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski reads like an adventure story, an adventure story written by somebody like Joseph Conrad. The young Conrad dreamed of a life at sea and eventually became a British merchant seaman, working his way up from apprentice to captain on classic three-masted square-rigged barques....

The award-winning romantic comedy manga - that's now also a hit anime series - with over a million copies in print in Japan! From gamer friends to boyfriend and girlfriend. After a night out with their friends, Yamada and Akane finally make their feelings known and become an official couple....

Mercurial meditations on adulthood, mortality, and menopause (as told by an unprepared Gen-Xer) 'I imagine I am not the only girl who was unprepared to be middle-aged.' WTF is a collection of savagely personal 'postcards' -- or eclectic experiential essays -- from a former journalist on the margins of middle...