Growing Up in Malaysia: Musings of a Common Man

The man who died twice by Osman, Richard

The man who climbs trees by Aldred, James (Tree climber)

Modern romance by Ansari, Aziz 1983-, Klinenberg, Eric

Saladin the sultan who vanquished the crusaders and built an Islamic empire by Man, John 1941-

The testaments by Atwood, Margaret 1939-

The testaments by Atwood, Margaret 1939-

Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection) by Jacobs, W. W., 1863-1943 (William Wymark)

“…Deserted -- Homeward bound -- Self-help -- Sentence deferred -- "Matrimonial openings" -- Odd man out -- "The toll-house" -- Peter's pence -- The head of the family -- Prize money -- Double dealing -- Keeping up appearances.…”
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The Crow's Nest by Day, Clarence, 1874-1935

“…The three tigers -- As they go riding by -- A man gets up in the morning -- Odd countries -- On cows -- Stroom and Graith -- Legs vs. architects -- To Phoebe -- Sex, religion and business -- An ode to trade -- Objections to reading -- The enjoym…”
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Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation by Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

“…Jack Hamlin's mediation -- The man at the semaphore -- An Esmeralda of Rocky Cañon -- Dick Spindler's family Christmas -- When the waters were up at "Jules" -- The boom in the "Calaveras Clarion" -- The secret of Sobriente's well -- Liber…”
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The Madigans by Michelson, Miriam, 1870-1942

“…Cecilia the pharisee -- A pagan and a Puritan -- A merry, merry Zingara -- The shut-ups -- The ancestry of Irene -- The last straw -- A ready letter-writer -- "The martyrdom of man" -- Kate: a pretense -- Old Mother Gibson.…”
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Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor by Arthur, T. S., 1809-1885 (Timothy Shay)

“…The circuit-preacher -- The protest -- Retrenchment; or, what a man saved by stopping his newspaper -- Hunting up a testimonial -- Trying to be a gentleman -- Taking a prescription -- The Yankee and the Dutchman; or, I'll give or take -- A tipsy…”
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On Nothing and Kindred Subjects by Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

“…On the pleasure of taking up one's pen -- On getting respected in inns and hotels -- On ignorance -- On advertisement -- On a house -- On the illness of my muse -- On a dog and a man also -- On tea -- On them -- On railways and things -- On conv…”
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Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940

“…A branch road - Up the cooly - Among the corn-rows - The return of a private - Under the lion's paw - The creamery man - A day's pleasure - Mrs. …”
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

“…. -- How to write a Blackwood article -- A predicament -- Mystification -- Diddling -- The Angel of the Odd -- Mellonia tauta -- The Duc De L'Omlette -- The oblong box -- Loss of breath -- The man that was used up -- The business man -- The landscape garden -- Maelzel's chess-player -- The power of words -- The colloquy of Monas and Una -- The conversation of Eiros and Charmion -- Shadow: a parable.…”
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The secret door and other stories by Blyton, Enid

Table of Contents: “…-- When Mac was a shadow -- Adventure for two -- The twins get in a fix -- Adventure up a tree -- The train that broke in half.…”

The ABC's of PHD /c Hj. Kamaruzaman Jusoff & Fareiny Morni by Kamaruzan Jusoff, Fareiny Morni

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- When to start -- What to write -- How to start -- Dollars and cents -- PhD research proposal -- PhD : students' expectation vs supervisor's expectation -- Ups and downs of PhD -- The PhD thesis -- Viva voce -- PhD opportunities -- Memoir, a man's journey towards achieving his PhD -- The f word -- Conclusion…”

Playing for Malaya a Eurasian family in the Pacific War by Kenneison, Rebecca

Table of Contents: “…-- Black or White or Green -- Your Sons are not English -- As British Soldiers -- What a Bloody Mess -- Us and Our Clothes -- A Headstrong, Stubborn Man -- ... and Not to Leave Any Traces -- The Moss off the Stones -- Until You Get Caught -- The Blukar Hidden Graves -- The Indignities of a Coloured Skin -- Chopped Up in Johore…”

Hijack in Malaysia the fall of Pakatan Harapan by Siah, Francis Paul

Table of Contents: “…Pakatan Harapan: an alliance of strange bedfellows -- My man, Dr Mahathir Mohamad -- My disillusionment of Pakatan Harapan -- It was two years -- PH's by-election defeats: serve them right -- Foretelling Pakatan Harapan's downfall -- The Sheraton putsch: treachery at its height -- Muhyiddin Yassin and Azmin Ali -- The Mahathir-Anwar saga -- Fresh elections the best solution -- Sarawakians must speak up for Sarawak…”

The tigers of Trengganu by Locke, Arthur