History – November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 6, 2013|History|0 comments

Macau: the formation of a global city / edited by C.X. George Wei. Cisneros y la conquista española del norte de África : cruzada, política y arte de la guerra / Beatriz Alonso Acero. Research methods for history / edited by Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire. [also available as an e-book from ebrary] From reliable sources: an introduction to historical methods / Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier. Women shall not

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South East Asia and Pacific – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 1, 2012|South East Asia|0 comments

A history of Sino-Malaysian interactions / by Zhou Weimin, Tang Lingling ; adapted & ed. by See Hoon Peow ; translated by Tan Yau Chong. Belgian tourists in Burma, Siam, Vietnam and Cambodia (1897 & 1900) / Captain Georges ‘Puck’ Chaudoir, Mr. and Mrs. Émile Jottrand ; translated and with introductions by Walter E. J. Tips. Borneo transformed : agricultural expansion on the Southeast Asian frontier / edited by Rodolphe

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Films and Sound Recordings – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 1, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Not one less / Columbia Tristar Home Video directed by Zhang Yimou.  New Dragon Gate Inn / directed by Li Hui Min produced by Tsui Hark. Son of Babylon / a film by Mohamed Al-Daradji. b19121763 Sergio / HBO Documentary Films and BBC Storyville present a Passion Pictures and Silverbridge production a film by Greg Barker produced by John Battsek, Greg Barker, Julie Goldman directed by Greg Barker.  Le

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