..SUN YAT SEN IN PENANG

..HELEN ONG'S GREAT DINING
..IN PENANG

..THE CHINESE IN PENANG:
..A PICTORIAL HISTORY

..DAYS GONE BYE:
..LIVING IN PENANG

..ROAD TO DAWN: FILMING
..IN PENANG

..TULILA: MUZIK BUJUKAN
..MANDAILING

..PENANG, THROUGH GUILDED
..DOORS

..MORE THAN MERCHANTS

..PENANG TRAMS,
..TROLLEYBUSES & RAILWAYS


..OUR MALAYSIA

..KINTA VALLEY

..PENANG POSTCARDS
..COLLECTION


..STREETS OF GEORGE TOWN,
..PENANG


..RAJA BILAH AND
..THE MANDAILINGS
..IN PERAK


..WATER WATCH



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Tel: +60 4 2620123
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Sun Yat Sen in Penang • Helen Ong's Great Dining in PenangThe Chinese in Penang: A Pictorial Essay • Days Gone Bye: Growing Up in Penang • Road to Dawn: Fliming in Penang • Tulila: Muzik Bujukan MandalingPenang, Through Gilded Doors • More Than Merchants: A History of the German-speaking Community in Penang 1800s-1940s • Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History 1880s-1963 • Our Malaysia: Multi-Cultural Activity Book for Young Malaysians • Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development • Penang Postcards Collection: 1899-1930s • Streets of George Town, Penang: An Illustrated Guide to Penang’s City Streets & Historic Attractions • Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 • Water Watch – A Community Action Guide • Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History 1880s-1963 • Our Malaysia: Multi-Cultural Activity Book for Young Malaysians • Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development • Penang Postcards Collection: 1899-1930s • Streets of George Town, Penang: An Illustrated Guide to Penang’s City Streets & Historic Attractions • Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 • Water Watch – A Community Action Guide

New Book!
Sun Yat Sen in Penang
Khoo Salma Nasution
Price: RM30

2008. Areca Books
Softcover, over 120 illustrations
English edition 978-983-42834-8-3
Chinese edition 978-983-42834-9-0

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New Book!
Bestowing Luck & Prosperity On All
Tan Lye Ho
Price RM 100

2007. Published by Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple.
Hardcover. 21.2 cm × 29.9 cm, 144 pages
More than 150 illustrations
Bi-lingual (English and Chinese)
ISBN 978-983-43661-2-4

New Book!
Helen Ong's Great Dining in Penang
Helen Ong
Price RM 28

April 2008. Helen Ong Publications.
Soft cover, 17.8cm x 25.4cm, 140 pages
Full colour, over 400 colour photographs
ISBN: 978-983-43915-0-8

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New Book!
The Chinese in Penang: A Pictorial History
Tan Kim Hong
Price: RM 120

October 2007. Areca Books
Hardcover, 26cm x 29cm, 237 pages inclusive of bibliography
Around 700 illustrations, black/white and colour
Bi-lingual (English and Chinese)
ISBN 978-983-42834-7-6

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New Book!
Days Gone By: Growing Up in Penang
Christine Wu Ramsay
Price: RM 50

November 2007. Areca Books
Hardcover. 16.5cm x 24 cm, 176 pages,
123 illustrations
ISBN 978-983-42834-6-9

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NEW!
Road To Dawn: Filming in Penang
Goh Mai Loon & Khoo Salma Nasution
Price: RM25

2007. Areca Books
Soft cover, 21 X 29 cm, 56 pages
Full colour, over 200 colour photographs
ISBN: 978-983-42834-5-2

A souvenir album in English/Chinese on the making of 'Road To Dawn', on location in Penang.
Further details, click here.

New Book! Buku Baru!
TULILA: MUZIK BUJUKAN MANDAILING
Author/Pengarang: Edi Nasution
Price/Harga: RM40 / Rupiah70,000.

June 2007 Publisher/Penerbit : Areca Books, Penang, Malaysia.
Soft Cover, 16.5 x 24 cm, 202 pages/hlm.
ISBN 978-983-42834-4-5

An ethnomusicology study in Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia on Mandailing courtship music.
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Penang, Through Gilded Doors
by Julia de Bierre & James Bain Smith
Price (in Malaysia): RM80

2006. Areca Books
Hard cover. 21.5 X 25.5 cm, 152 pages
Over 500 colour photographs
ISBN: 983-42834-2-3

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More Than Merchants
A History of the German-speaking Community in Penang 1800s-1940s

by Khoo Salma Nasution
Price RM 60
Price in Germany Euro 29
(for delivery ex-German stock, inclusive of vat & postage within Germany)

2006. Areca Books
Hard cover, 21.6 X 21.6 cm (8.5 X 8.5 inches)
128 pages, over 170 photographs, colour and b/w

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Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History 1880s-1963
Ric Francis & Colin Ganley
Price: RM50 / A$44

2006. Areca Books
Hard cover, 21 x 26 cm, 112 pages,
125 bw and 64 colour
ISBN No: 983-42834-0-7

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Our Malaysia: Multi-Cultural Activity Book for Young Malaysians
Yazdi Jehangir Bankwala & Dr. M. Nadarajah
Price: RM18

2005. Arpitha Associates (M) Sdn. Bhd.
Soft cover, 17 x 24 cm, 52 pages,
full colour illustrations
ISBN No: 983-42472-0-6

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Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development
Khoo Salma Nasution & Abdur-Razzaq Lubis
Preface by Wang Gungwu
Price: RM 150

2005. Perak Academy
Hard cover. 26 x 29cm, 428 pages,
607 illustrations – 410 b/w, 197 colour
ISBN No. 983-42113-09

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Penang Postcards Collection: 1899-1930s
Khoo Salma Nasution & Malcolm Wade
Price: RM120

2003. Janus Print & Resources
26 x 29 cm, 304 pages, over 700 b/w
and colour postcards
ISBN No: 983-2885-00-0

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Streets of George Town, Penang: An Illustrated Guide to Penang's City Streets & Historic Attractions
Khoo Su Nin @ Khoo Salma Nasution
Price: RM 35

2003, THIRD EDITION, (first edition, 1993). Janus Print & Resources
Soft cover, 15.5 X 22cm, 189 pages,
over 280 colour photos
ISBN: No. 983-9886-00-2

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Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911
Abdur-Razzaq Lubis & Khoo Salma Nasution
Preface by Khoo Kay Kim
Price: RM 60

2003. Monograph No. 35. Published by Malaysian Branch of
the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS), Kuala Lumpur
Hard cover, 21 x 30 cm, 278 pages, 155 b/w illustrations
ISBN No: 967-9948-31-5

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Water Watch - A Community Action Guide
Compiled by Abdur-Razzaq Lubis
Price: RM 20

1998. Asia-Pacific People's Environmental Network (APPEN)
Soft cover, 20.5 x 25.5 cm, 96 pages,
with b/w illustrations
ISBN No: 983-99416-0-7

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The House of Lizards, Natu The Chichak
Rebecca Duckett Wilkinson
Price: RM 28

2005. Straits Estates Sdn Bhd
Softcover, 28 x 20 cm, 30 pages
Full colour illustrations
ISBN 983-34840-0-X



One Man’s Will: A Portrait of Dato’ Sir Onn bin Ja’afar
Pamela Ong Siew Im
Price: RM30

1998. Published by Pamela Ong Siew Im, Penang
Softcover, 21.4 x 14 cm, 303 pages
ISBN 983-808-053-5


Learn to Speak...Penang Hokkien Dialect
Tan Choon Hoe
Price: RM 20 / US$6

2004, SECOND EDITION, (first edition, 2001)
Published by Tan Choon Hoe, Penang.
Softcover, 11 x 18.5 cm, 134 pages
ISBN No: 983-40774-0-8

 

Loghat Hokkien Pulau Pinang
Tan Choon Hoe
Price: RM18

2006. Published by Tan Choon Hoe, Penang.
Softcover, 11 X 18.5cm.
Language: Bahasa Malaysia.
ISBN 983-40774-1-6

Penang Hokkien Dailect for Tourists & Penangites
Tan Choon Hoe
Price: RM 23

2006. Published by Tan Choon Hoe, Penang.
Softcover, 11 X 18.5cm.
Language: English
ISBN No: 978-983-40774-3-3

A Tapestry of Baba Poetry (CD Attached)
Johny Chee
Price: RM 37

Second Edition, 2007. Published by Johny Chee.
Softcover. 20.8cm X 14.7cm, 137 pages
ISBN 978-983-43661-2-4

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