Munan, Heidi
Summary: "With its history as a global meeting place, Malaysia offers an interesting study into the ways a spirit of community can be achieved among people of diverse ethnicities, religions, and backgrounds. Many Malaysians provide examples of global citizenship. They demonstrate principles of equality and work to ensure the human rights of all people, not just Malaysians. Malaysian global citizens work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 959.5 MUNSummary: It is the world's biggest white-collar heist involving government corruption at the highest level, abuse of power, and international money laundering. A hot-shot financier embezzles US$ 3.5 billion from Malaysia's wealth fund 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad); money from the audacious scam flows into New York and The Hollywood, where the thieves court A-list celebrities and even finance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KLEZatko, Martin
Summary: This practical travel guide to Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track treasures. Our itinerary suggestions and expert author picks of things to see and do will make it a perfect companion both, ahead of your trip and on the ground. This Malaysia, Singapore &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.95 MALSummary: Journey to the rainforests of Malaysia to meet the elusive Malayan tiger and discover what efforts are taking place to protect this striped hunter from extinction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MALSummary: Covers travels through Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi, Surin, Chiang Mai, Temenggor, Kuala Lumpar, and Luang Prabang. Formerly known as Lonely Planet series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Escapi New Media Studios 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.93 THAHale, Chris (Christopher)
Summary: The fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different identities today! Singapore and Malaysia sit astride the sea lanes linking East with West--vital choke points in the world's commerce. Since ancient times, ports along the Silk Road of the Sea were populated by peoples from around the globe who came here to trade and live, carried by the steady flow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.5 HALBelzer, Richard.
Summary: A year after the disappearance and commencement of the international search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, no sign of the plane has been found; no debris, no bodies, no sign of the black box. Richard Belzer, George Noory, and David Wayne want to know why. Scrutinizing the theories the media and politicians claim are most likely reasons the plane crashed, Belzer, Noory, and Wayne argue that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishling 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 BELSummary: Malaria is one of humanity's oldest and most devastating plagues. In many parts of the world, it remains an ever-present scourge that sickens or kills millions of people each year. What if it could finally be defeated? Now, scientists may be on the verge of a breakthrough with a promising new vaccine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV BATBowden, David
Summary: "More than 30 spectacular journeys through Cambodia China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam." - cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Beaufoy Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915 ASIPerry, Alex.
Summary: "In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by his friend, development economist Jeff Sachs, and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. They're not sleeping, Sachs told him. They're in malarial comas. A few days later, they were all dead. Chambers had long avoided the public eye, but this moment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.532 PERShah, Sonia.
Summary: Traces the centuries-long battle to treat and prevent malaria in numerous regions of the world while revealing how hundreds of millions of people are infected annually in spite of available preventions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 SHAPetrie, Kristin
Summary: Introduces tarsiers, an arboreal animal found in the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines, discussing appearance, tiny size, special features, life cycle, diet, feeding habits, and habitat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2010