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1	Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam more books like this by John A Nagl, John Schoomaker (Foreword by) add to wishlist Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In "Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife", Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl - a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and the current conflict in Iraq - considers the now-crucial question of how armies adapt to changing circumstances during the course of conflicts for which they ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $11.42! \| SVS
2	Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo more books like this by Eric Hansen add to wishlist The story of Eric Hansen's astonishing 2,400 walk across Borneo, the third largest island in the world, and back again. Some of the area he covered is still marked "unknown" on modern maps. His account includes details of his contact with the Penan people, a shy tribe of forest nomads. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance more books like this by Professor James C Scott add to wishlist see all copies from $17.00! new only from $22.38! \| SVS
4	The Rice Mother more books like this by Rani Manicka add to wishlist A large Indian family in Malaysia is the focus of this saga, in which Lakshmi and Ayah's arranged marriage produces six children, each of who has an interesting (and sometimes tragic) life. At the center of the story is Lakshmi herself, with her somewhat smothering love and her deep faith in her children, even when they don't live up to her hopes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Kalimantaan more books like this by C. S. Godshalk add to wishlist One hundred and sixty years ago a young Englishman founded a private raj on the coast of Borneo. The world he created eventually took in a territory the size of England, its expansion campaigns paid for in human heads. Here, polite Victorian conventions coexisted tenuously with one of the most violent cultures on earth, often with startling ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	My Life as a Fake more books like this by Peter Carey, LL. add to wishlist Based on a famous hoax perpetrated in Australia in 1943, Peter Carey explores imagination and its relation to fact in this novel about a woman named Sarah Wode-Douglass, editor of The Modern Review, who travels to Kuala Lumpur. There she finds Christopher Chubb, who tells her an amazing story: he passed off his own poems as works by a brilliant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Frommer's Singapore & Malaysia more books like this by Jennifer Eveland add to wishlist You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go - they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.71! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Harmony Silk Factory more books like this by Tash Aw add to wishlist Aw's highly original first novel juxtaposes three accounts of the life of an enigmatic man at a pivotal and haunting moment in Malaysian history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Land below the wind more books like this by Agnes Newton Keith add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Jim Thompson: The Unsolved Myst more books like this by William Warren add to wishlist Jim Thompson was already a legend for the James H W Thompson Silk Company that he founded, when he disappeared in the Cameron highlands in Malaysia in 1967. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| SVS
11	Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston's Law of Contract more books like this by M P Furmston, G C Cheshire add to wishlist Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston's Law of Contract stands as one of the classic textbooks on contract law more than 50 years after the publication of the first edition. Michael Furmston combines an authoritative account of the principles of the law of contract with thought-provoking analysis and insights, and the clarity of the narrative brings ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.14! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Mad Dogs, Englishmen, and the Errant Anthropologist: Fieldwork in Malaysia more books like this by Douglas Raybeck add to wishlist see all copies from $6.95! new only from $57.05!
13 view cover	Spirits of Resistance an: Factory Women in Malaysia more books like this by Aihwa Ong add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
14 view cover	Evening Is the Whole Day more books like this by Preeta Samarasan add to wishlist Set in Malaysia, this spellbinding first novel by an acclaimed young writer introduces the prosperous Rajasekharan family as they slowly peel away their closely guarded secrets. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Food of Malaysia more books like this by Periplus Editions, Wendy Hutton add to wishlist Each book in the "Periplus World Cookbooks" series contains 60 to 90 classic recipes from an exotic corner of the globe, and every recipe is illustrated in full-page colour photographs. This volume presents step-by-step instructions for recipes from Malaysia, with tips for preparations in Western kitchens. Essays on local food cover everything ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.92!
16 view cover	Searle: The Riddle of Malay Capital more books like this by Peter Searle add to wishlist Is capitalism in Southeast Asia "real" or a "chimera"? Is capitalism in Southeast Asia sustainable? Malaysia, where an intimate relationship has been forged between the state and business in an interesting effort to create Malay capitalists, presents an illuminating case in the debate. This study identifies the complex interaction between the ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $9.95!
17 view cover	Joss and gold more books like this by Shirley Geok-lin Lim add to wishlist Li An, a young Chinese woman born in Malaysia, works as a tutor of English. She is married to Henry, a Chinese student, but her love for Chester, an American Peace Corps volunteer, changes her life: she leaves her husband and finds feminism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	White man returns more books like this by Agnes Keith add to wishlist see all copies from $3.92! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Malaysia & Singapore more books like this by DK Publishing (Creator) add to wishlist see all copies from $11.36! new only from $16.24! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei more books like this by Charles De Ledesma add to wishlist "The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei" is the ultimate travel guide to these three exciting Southeast Asian destinations. Discover this dynamic region; from the turquoise beaches of Thailand, spectacular Gunung Mulu National Park, Mount Kinabalu, historic temples and the Perhentian Islands, to amazing Singaporean cuisine and lively ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.91! \| SVS
21 view cover	Gardening in the Tropics more books like this by R E Holttum, Ivan Enoch add to wishlist Although written specifically for the tropical climate of Malaysia, this enormous encyclopedia is also useful for the less steamy conditions of Hawaii, south Florida, and southern California. see all copies from $39.95! new only from $89.95! \| first editions
22 view cover	Sacred Tensions: Modernity and Religious Transformation in Malaysia more books like this by Raymond L M Lee, Susan E Ackerman add to wishlist This text examines the development and practice of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity in Malaysia. Its analyses provide an insight into how established and charismatic religions fit into the framework of modernization and secularization throughout the world. see all copies from $3.34! new only from $4.98!
23	Natives of Sarawak : survival in Borneo's vanishing forest more books like this by Evelyn Hong add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00!
24 view cover	SAS: Secret War in South-East Asia more books like this by Peter Dickens add to wishlist From 1963 to 1967, Britain kept the states of northern Borneo free from domination by Indonesia and by Chinese communists by using the SAS--the Special Air Service. Their essence was secrecy. Their tools were skill and surprise. In interviews with those who were there, Dickens recreates what it was like to fight in the jungles of Malaysia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.14! \| first editions
25	Nomads of the Dawn: The Penan of the Borneo Rain Forest more books like this by Wade Davis, Aan MacKenzie, Ian MacKenzie add to wishlist The Penan, one of the few remaining nomadic peoples of the rain forest, live in a place of indescribable beauty -- and all around them the forest is coming down at an alarming pace. In their East Malaysian state of Sarawak, the rate of timber cut is among the highest the world has ever known. This timely book addresses in words (both narrative and ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $99.00! \| first editions

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