Bücher veröffentlicht von Partridge Singapore

This novel tells the story of a village woman becoming broody due to a broken heart. She finally changes mind and speculates in the Capital. She becomes acquainted with a man and what she then experiences? He asks her making out in a hotel room. At a time, she goes to prostitution location. What is the purpose she goes there? She knows only. There happens an exciting and thrilling quarrel. As a journalist, she often gets scary terrors. They are in the form of threats to kill her. She reveals some cases of corruption and immoral deeds. She is taken a hostage by a militant group. In addition, she will be raped by a soldier. Hostage against her almost lead to death, she is used as a negotiating tool for larger ransom. Her love story experiences an obstacle. The father-in-law candidate refuses her because she is a village woman. First love was taken off, the next love suffered the same fate and the last love turned into a funeral. Tears of sad close the story.

This small book is about the ant-colonial struggle for independence in postwar Singapore. The decolonisation process in this Crown colony is viewed in relation to the postwar foreign and military policies of an economically weakened Britain, which nonetheless was bent on preserving its image of being one of the Great Powers.

Rose and Star meet at a child welfare home for abandoned kids and form a special bond. They come from similar backgrounds, but they have something else in common, too: a love of cats. The young girls rescue two small felines under strange circumstances. Shadow is found hiding in a pit during a forest fire, and Pearl is saved from an attack of angry squirrels. As their friendship develops-between the girls and the cats-a twist of fate has them running for cover. The eldest staff member at the welfare home, Eliza, threatens to send Rose and Star to boarding school, so they escape! However, they lose their precious pets in the process and now must find Shadow and Pearl before it's too late. Tobie, a regular at the inn where the girls hide out, assists them in their search and gives them newfound confidence. They make other friends, as well, but some enemies, too. The most important thing is finding their friendly felines, but amazing things happen when the girls realize their cats are actually magic and have powers they could never have imagined.

Take your vows feeling so confident all will succeed in sickness & in health, never believing your wedding ring holds gates to total misery. A dark side well buried, I sincerely hope Shock Horror helps other persons to avoid this bazaar situation.

This book, dedicated by its author to "all who understand or do not understand the Malays as well as to those who wish to know them better", provides a rare and insightful entry into those elements that best define and represent the Malaysian Malay community. Fully aware of the fact that the Malays, as a relatively small race in global terms, has been influenced in terms of their traditional beliefs as well as cultural practices by elements from India, Indonesia as well as the World of Islam, the author yet manages to successfully indicate what makes the Malays unique when it comes to their identity. In essence, he catches the spirit or soul of the Malays. The features selected for this purpose have been defined or described in a relatively uncomplicated manner and in simple terms so that the work is accessible to non-expert readers both at home and abroad. It makes an interesting and almost casual entry into what may be defined as Malay. The photographs and illustrations provided add value to the work, which in many ways is a unique piece of writing.