Monsoon Books Pte Ltd : 124 books
by Brian Farrell
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Shortly after midnight on 8 December 1941, two divisions of crack troops of the Imperial Japanese Army began a seaborne invasion of southern Thailand and northern Malaya. Their assault developed into a full-blown advance towards Singapore, the main defensive position of the British Empire in the Far...
by Stephen Leather
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Crimes are rare in Singapore, but when there's a crime that has the police baffled, it is Inspector Zhang that they turn to. From locked-room mysteries to murders disguised as suicide, Inspector Zhang is able to draw on his experience as a detective along with tricks he has learned from Sir Arthur...
by Adrian Lumenti
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
“There will be the devil to pay … but what price will he demand?” It’s the year 999, and as the first millennium draws to a close, many people throughout Europe are convinced that the world is going to end along with the end of that year. A sudden spate of fearful events makes it seem as if the...
by Peter Mooney
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
In 1953, Peter Mooney decided to forsake the stately precincts of Parliament House and the Advocates Library in the historic city of Edinburgh and accept the position of Crown Counsel, Sarawak, in far-off Borneo. During his time in Sarawak, Peter faced numerous colourful characters in court, from indigenous...
by Golda Mowe
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Orphaned as a young boy in the rainforests of Borneo, Bujang is brought up by a family of orangutans, but his adult future has already been decided for him by Sengalang Burong, the Iban warpath god. On reaching adulthood, Bujang must leave his ape family and serve the warpath god as a warrior and a headhunter....
I Will Survive
Personal gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender stories in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
“I Will Survive: Personal gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender stories in Singapore” brings together real-life experiences of love, grace, faith, dignity and courage from 21 ordinary people who have survived extraordinary circumstances. Prefacing these stories are contributions from 5 local commentators...
Beyond the Veneer
Malaysia's struggle for diginity and direction
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
The 2008 elections in Malaysia saw the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional, suffer its worst showing since independence, balancing political power and bringing hope of a more progressive, democratic future. No one expected such a show of support for the untested opposition and a show of dissent against...
Toraja
Misadventures of a Social Anthropologist in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In 1985, Dr. Nigel Barley, senior anthropologist at The British Museum, set off for the relatively unknown Indonesian island of Sulawesi in search of the Toraja, a people whose culture includes headhunting, transvestite priests and the massacre of buffalo. In witty and finely crafted prose, Barley offers...
The Devil's Garden
Love and War in Singapore under the Japanese flag
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
In 1942 Japanese-occupied Singapore, where violence and starvation stalk the streets, a bizarre tranquillity reigns between warring nations in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. This sensitive and humorous work of historical fiction explores a real, and complicated, chapter of Singapore's history in which...
So Long! I'll Be Back In 30 Years
Three decades of life-changing encounters and events across Asia
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
In "So Long! I'll Be Back in 30 Years", author Margo McCutcheon takes readers on a 30-year journey through Asia and an array of unique characters, adventures, disasters and life-changing encounters. Open the book randomly and step into the life of a Filipino girl living and thriving in a...
Staff Selection
Secrets to Employ the Best People
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Employee Capability Factor – Do you know what that means? How do you identify an employee’s Capability Factor, How do you determine your team’s Capability Factor, How do you maintain or better still improve your team’s Capability Factor. These are some of the questions that Staff Selection addresses....
Increase F&B Sales
Secrets to Boost Profits
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Increase F&B Sales is not a cookbook – it’s a book for managers and owners of F&B outlets. Escalating costs cut into profits. This leads some F&B operators to raise prices, reduce portions, drop quality or resort to a combination of all three. A more effective and sustainable strategy to drive bottom...
Property Valuation
Secrets of the Roman Decision Model
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Ignore “affordability” and focus on “fair value” – why pay a $1 million just because one can “afford” it when the property is worth only $750,000.00? Helps you value property consistently and objectively using five critical parameters: 1. Return on Investment – how much money you ought...
Praying to the Goddess: A Memoir of Mood Swings
A Memoir of Mood Swings
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
When Mahita was 15, a teacher at her Catholic school in Singapore said she could see the devil in her eyes. While growing up, then raising a family of her own, she constantly fought to understand and control this ‘devil’ inside her. Born to Indian parents in Singapore and raised by a Chinese amah,...