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The
Happiness Box
The Book They
Buried in Changi Prison |
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By David Griffin
Drawings by Leslie Greener
ISBN 981-00-2654-4
32 pp; paperback
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This is a book with a story as good as the
story in the book. Many English children were among the
civilian prisoners held at Changi jail, on the island's
northeastern strip, when Singapore fell to the Japanese
in February 1942. "The Happiness Box" was created for those
children by a group of Australian prisoners of war for the
Christmas of 1942. It was written, illustrated and bound
with such materials as could be found within the prison
camp. However, the Japanese were highly suspicious of the
book. One of its key characters, Winston, the lizard, bore
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A Japanese officer ordered the book's confiscation.
In the ensuing confusion, the Australian prisoners manage
to spirit it away and ultimately bury it in a metal container
within the grounds of their camp. There it stayed for
the duration of the war. It was eventually retrieved from
its hiding place following the liberation of Singapore
on September 5, 1945,
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Available in military museums in Singapore
and Malaysia. |
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| Island
of Wives |
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By Norma Miraflor
ISBN 981-00-1257-8
362 pp; paperback
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| A novel based on the true story of a massive
treasure trove of Cambodian artefacts, gathered under American
supervision and packed into Unesco crates a year before
Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge in 1975. In Island of
Wives, Norma Miraflor weaves an exquisite tapestry of winning
and losing, of romance and hate, of dreams and memories,
of various shapes and shades of love and passion in a time
of deceptive peace.
Available in Singapore, Malaysia and the
Philippines.
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| One
Woman's Opinion, the collection |
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by Norma Miraflor
ISBN 981-00-1952-1
188 pp; paperback
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Eighty eight selected columns from the author's
years as editor-in-chief of one of Southeast Asia's leading
women's publications. Incisive observations of the daily
scene. Ageing. Being overworked. Looking for Mr. Right.
Relationships. A family on holiday. Why we are obsessed
with the past. The passage of time. Moods. What is, who
is chic? These are well-thought out essays that touch on
the essential issues that confront every woman.
Available in Singapore and Malaysia. Also
available in Chinese.
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"Evri
Samting Yu Wantem Save Long Bislama Be You Fraet Tumas Blong
Askem"
Everything you
wanted to know about Bislama but were afraid to ask. |
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| Are you travelling to the South Seas and
feel some trepidation about being lost and not being understood?
What time is the plane due. The phrase for 'how many', How
much oranges are. The word for alcohol, blanket and bus.
Bislama is more commonly known in the region
as Pidgin English. To the uninitiated, Bislama may at
first glance seem quaint, amusing, even unbelievable.
But the fact remains that everyone in the islands, from
Papua New Guinea, through the Solomons and down through
Vanuatu uses some variety of this language as common tongue.
This book will be an engaging companion even for the armchair
traveller.
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By Darrell Tryon
Illustrations by Alan Langoulant
64 pp; paperback
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Instant
Vanuatu
. . . a complete
touring guide (Port Vila-Efate edition) |
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An attractively packaged introduction to
Port Vila, capital of Efate, in Vanuatu, one of the most
beautiful clusters of islands in the South Seas. Steeped
in the sort of romantic history that ensures the South Seas
will forever remain the world's great escape, Efate's capital
-- Port Vila, unhurried, unspoilt -- is the region's unrivalled
haven for the imaginative, the whimsical and the reflective.
This is a travel guide with an historical perspective. Understand
the island before you explore it and have a holiday with
a true difference.
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| Malacca
and Beyond... To Catch Me A Star |
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| A city dweller, tired of the meaninglessness
of his life, revisits historically rich Malacca and there
on a beach meets a small boy. The youngster will be his
guide, his teacher and , eventually, his eternal friend.
Mystical enchantment and the wonderment of discovery, so
natural in childhood, need not fade with the passage of
the years. In this charming novella, the author stirs up
gentle memories, combines them with cameos of life in rural
Malaysia and offers intriguing alternative images of the
path of which we often feel shackled in our unpredictable
and friquently arduous journey through life. A timeless
tale for children and adults alike. Available in all leading
bookshops in Singapore and Malaysia.
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By Bernard Harrison
ISBN 997 18
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