Books from Monsoon Books
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Singapore Yellow
By William L. Gibsonwomen, no longer fearful though still timid, demurely brought fresh fruit and ragged strips of chicken meat grilled on bamboo skewers for the men. The meat was a great sacrifice for such a poverty-stricken kampong, and a mark of high ...
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Late Blossom: A true story of life, loss and love in war-torn Viet Nam
By Laura Lam"Late Blossom" is, quite simply, a beautifully told story of life, loss and love in a war-torn Viet Nam.
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Singapore Black
By William L. GibsonExplore the dark underbelly of nineteenthcentury Singapore’s Chinatown and colonial district in this hardboiled historical thriller trilogy, comprising Singapore Black, Singapore Yellow and Singapore Red.
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Ellie Belly: Cat's Out of the Bag
By Eliza TeohMy mother (cook, cooks) very well. 4. The cat Cllmb35g/ (climb, climbs) up the tree. / 5. The dogs bglfgl/ (bark, barks) at the boy. I, 6. The swift fox “111% (run, runs) ENGLISH TOPICAL TEST Name: Class: 1(J ) well ol0l\Q, but.
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The Red Thread: A Chinese Tale of Love and Fate in 1830s Singapore
By Dawn Farnham'Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Mr Carroll, a Frenchman from Canada, tiger hunter and all-round mad ol' blaggard.' In the carriage, the passengers simply stared. Charlotte thought Mr Coleman must be as mad as the tiger hunter.
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The Hills of Singapore: A Landscape of Loss, Longing and Love
By Dawn FarnhamQuietly he moved, his hunter's instincts taking over, his eyes everywhere. His men followed behind, emboldened by their lord's bravery. “Then, in the shadows,” Charlotte paused for effect, “he glimpsed a great beast, a strange animal ...
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Jeopardy of Every Wind: The biography of Captain Thomas Bowrey
By Sue PaulIt is believed Edward Lloyd of Lloyd's Coffee House may have originated from Wales. Thomas was known to have been a customer of the coffee house and, although Lloyd is not an uncommon name in Wales, John Loyd and Edward Lloyd of the ...
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Escape: The True Story of the Only Westerner Ever to Escape from Thailand's Bangkok Hilton
By David McMillanBeside him was a box of C-shaped ankle rings. Prisoners would sit opposite, looking away ... Hands flat to the ground, he turned his head sideways to face the twin rear tyres grinding toward him. From where we sat a ribbed tyre briefly ...
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Chasing the Dragon
By John D. Greenwoodby Alexander Hall and Sons, and sat low in the water with forward-raking bow and masts raking aft. She was faster than any of the full-rigged ships with square sails on three masts like his own Highland Lassie, which he suspected he ...
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Out in the Midday Sun: The British in Malaya 1880-1960
By Margaret Shennan20 The enlistment by the government and police of planters like Donald Macpherson was another sign of the times. With his incomparable knowledge of the country, Macpherson was given numerous gazetted ranks, such as Honorary ...
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A Woman of Bangkok
By Jack ReynoldsFrost will showyou roundthe house and we'll send the carfor youinabout anhour,eh, Frost?' 'Rightho.' 'We're a bit pushed forroom here, Joyce. Afraid your roomisn't all that it might be. In fact we've been thinking—' didn't divulge their ...
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In The Footsteps of Florence Nightingale: Memoirs of a QA (Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps)
By Margaret ThomasThey were New Zealand military nurses from the hospital at Butterworth on the mainland and had come over by ferry for an evening meal at the hotel. We introduced ourselves and joined them after dinner for a walk on the moonlit beach.
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Secret Men's Business: You're Gonna Get Screwed
By Daniel ColemanThere are hundreds of books written by women for women. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM. If men are supposedly from Mars and women from Venus, why do women get the bigger planet?
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In the Land of Living Dangerously: Bali, Borneo & Beyond
By Jay CowanOur next leg of the drive takes us on what is surely the island's most beautiful road at nearly five thousand feet, right along the spine of Bali before we arrive at the village of Kintamani overlooking famous Lake Batur.
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Singapore Red
By William L. Gibson'This is Thomas Powrie, the Chief Clerk of Jardine Matheson and Company.' 'Good morning,' he said uncertainly. He recognized the voice of the clerk, but speaking without seeing a face was still an uncomfortable experience for him.
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Our Man in Malaya
By Margaret ShennanThe 'effort' was an Anti-Bandit Month campaign launched in February-March 1950 to rally the Chinese and the country's opposition to the Communist cause. Fleming was not the only senior officer to call on John for help with Emergency ...
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Death in the Kingdom
By Andrew GrantIwasn't really surprised to see the stick figure of Sir Bernard Sinclair sitting on the couch in the lounge with a gun in his hand. The silenced automatic was pointing directly at me. What did surprise me was the blow to the back of the ...
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A Company of Planters: Confessions of a colonial rubber planter in 1950s Malaya
By John DoddI don't know how the chicken is cooked except to say that the end result is a plate of small pieces of chicken complete with skin and bone. The chicken is dry, quite crisp and impregnated with a mix of aromatic curry powders.
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The Devil's Garden: Love and War in Singapore under the Japanese flag
By Nigel BarleyIt'sa matter of keeping them busy, not lettingthem broodand get slack,a matterof the utmostmilitary importance. You can't expect towaltz in here and goon about aload of blasted notes about tweetiebirds.'He paused and puffed himselfup.
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Malayan Spymaster: Memoirs of a Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy
By Boris HembryThis is a true story of 1930s Malaysia, of jungle operations, submarines and spies in WWII, and of the postwar Malayan Emergency, as experienced by an extraordinary man.