Search Results: Malaysia - World War II from The Penang Bookshelf

Orlando, USA: Harcourt, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. The first full account of what happened to the surviving crew of a US B-24 bomber shot down in 1944 while attempting to attack the Japanese fleet in Brunei Bay. Some twenty years later the author managed to interview members of the crew and residents of Borneo in order to piece together the story of the crew's time in the jungle trying to avoid capture in Japanese occupied Borneo. 289 pages with an index and some black and white photographs. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The book looks new except for a small remainder mark on the base of the text block

Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. In a clear style, the author explains the military backgrounds of the combatants, details of the action and personal experiences of those involved in Britain's greatest military defeat. 158 pages with an index and over 40 black and white photographs. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a few bits of rubbing and a nick in the centre of the back cover. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is no tanning throughout.

L. Smith(WA) Pty Ltd T/A J.Sue WA Skindivers, 2002. Revised edition. Paperback. Near Fine. The account of an Australian special operations operative of his exploits behind enemy lines in Borneo during World War II. 367 pages with several black and white photographs. Weight: 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia Apart from a bump at the base of the spine, the book looks new

Singapore: Landmark Books, 2003. Paperback. New. The Changi Murals are a set of four murals depicting Christian scenes that were painted by Stanley Warren on the walls of St. Luke's chapel at Changi, where prisoners of war of the Japanese were kept. Although their existence is reasonably well known to residents of and visitors to Singapore, the story behind the paintings' creation, obliteration and rediscovery is less familiar. This book fills that gap and includes more details of the life of Stanley Warren, the artist responsible. 111 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Heinemann, 1987. Paperback. Near Fine. A little know fact about the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942, is that plans had been laid weeks before for troops to escape, should the city fall. This book is an account of those preparations and the execution of the plan which not only saved many lives but enabled the British to prepare support for the guerilla movement that had started to operate behind enemy lines. One of the key characters in this operation was Boris Hembry, whose account of his time as an undercover agent in both the war and later in the Malayan 'Emergency' was published later as 'Malayan Spymaster.' This book is based on interviews with some of the principal actors at the time and on classified documents. 246 pages with a bibliography, an index and some black and white photographs. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Sydney, Australia: Page Publications. Paperback. Good. The Japanese persuade Chinese born Australian to provide information on his mates. An interesting piece of pulp fiction set in Malaysia and New Guinea durng World War II. 128 pages. Weight: 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a bit of wear and a crease at the front top right corner. The binding is tight and the text clear with medium tanning.

Essex, UK: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1994. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Set in war time Malaya, this play dramatises the plight of a British army patrol checking on Japanese movements as they advanced towards Singapore. The patrol takes a Japanese prisoner. With clever dramatic tension, through the differing reaction of the captors, Hall poses the central question of war - why do we kill other human beings? 105 pages with study notes. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia A previous owner's name is written on the inside front cover, which also has some slight bumping. The binding is tight and the text clear with no tanning throughout.

Singapore: Oxford Univ Press, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. The British navy's experience of battle in the Second World War in the Far East will always be linked with the inglorious loss of The Price of Wales and Repulse battleships which cleared the way for the Japanese invasion of Malaya. The US navy put up a more spirited fight, but still lost the next major action, The Coral Sea Battle, in 1942. The Allies fortunes only recovered with the Battle of Midway in the same year. With the help of many eye witness accounts, Grenfell records these important naval battles which helped determine the course of the war. 238 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details.Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia There is a little bit of shelf wear. The binding is tight and the text clear with mild to medium tanning throughout.

Singapore: Media Masters, 1991. Map. New. New. This large folding map that not only gives detailed accounts in text and pictures of the principal battles during the Japanese conquest of Malaysia, but also gives a day by day chronicle of events from the start to finish of the 70 day operation. The text is in Japanese Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu: Arkib Negeri Sabah, 2010. Paperback. New. A survey of the experiences of both the population of what was then British North Borneo and the allied forces taken prisoner there during the Japanese occupation of the territory. The work is based mainly on oral accounts collected at the time of the 60th anniversary of the Sandakan Memorial. There are also numerous official and private photographs illustrating the period. The book is in both English and Malay. 143 pages with a list of references. Weight: 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: NUS Press, 2012. Fourth edition. Paperback. New. New. When it comes to racial conflict in Malaysia, most people immediately think of 13th May 1989 forgetting the far more serious series of racial clashes and killings that took place between Chinese and Malays in the immediate aftermath of the World War II. Politicians have tried to forget about it, but Cheah argues not only that the period is still relevant to understanding Malaysian race issues today, but also shows how the racial strife prevented Malayans being able to seize power from the colonialists as happened in Indonesia and Vietnam at the same time. 375 pages including appendices, notes, a bibliography and an index. There are also tables, figures and some black and white plates. The Book is Divided into two parts - I - The Roots of the Conflict & II - The Contest for Postwar Malaya, 1945-6. Weight 0.70 Kg. . Postage within Malaysia is free

Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 2007. First edition. Paperback. New. The literature on the Japanese occupation of Borneo is not so extensive as that on the Japanese occupation of peninsular Malaya. The author, the son of a North Borneo civil servant, who was interned by the Japanese. He himself started his schooling during the occupation. 119 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

., Singapore: National Archives Of Singapore And Epigram Pte Ltd, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. An account of the Japanese occupation drawing extensively on the oral history of Singaporeans so as to give one of the few accounts of the occupation from an Asian perspective. 340 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 1.7kg. Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia The cover has a few light steaks of tanning and the corners have slight bumping, but otherwise the book looks new

Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 2007. First edition. Hard Cover. New/new. In this book one of Malaysia's leading historians has, from survivors' accounts and documentary records, painstakingly reconstructed the experiences of the European subjects of Brooke rule in Sarawak during World War II. This is the first comprehensive treatment of this important footnote to the history of the war years in the country. 278 pages with illustrations, a bibliography and index. Weight 1kg. Post free within Malaysia

Dehradun, India: Natraj Publishers. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. Percival, very often cited as the scapegoat for the rapid British capitulation to the Japanese, gives his full and comprehensive account of why he and the 85,000 troops under his command couldn't cope. Very Good Hardback in a Fine Dust Jacket. Reprint. Originally published in 1946 312 pages. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia Apart from some tanning of the text block and the first page of the contents, the book looks new

London: Ernest Benn, 1950.. Hardcover. Good/fair. Gilmour, a civil engineer who escaped Singapore in 1942, was part of both the British team planning for a return to the city in the final days of the Pacific war and also a senior member of the administration set up to take over from the Japanese. His account not only gives a graphic view of sorting out the mess that followed the Allied victory, but also speculates as to how the war was likely to give rise to a turbulent aftermath. 277 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket is still protecting the cover, but is rubbed at the edges and missing bits at the top and base of the spine and at the back. The cover is OK, but the spine lettering worn. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is mild tanning throughout.