Energy Revolution: Evolution or End of Humanity
N Gunananthan
Design and layout by Adrian Cheah
Our only limited resource in life is time
Possible extinction events are around the corner and we need technology and a greater understanding of energy to overcome extinction. But fortunately, just around the corner too, will be the greatest revolution ever for humanity, where energy will become free and opportunities will open up everywhere.
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Ireland ~ Penang: Bridging Friendships
Maggie Territt and Barry Leddy
Design, layout and photographs by Adrian Cheah
They came, as long ago as the mid-nineteenth century from all parts of Ireland, the Emerald Isle, with exotic names like Clare, Laois, Cork, Mayo, Mallow, Antrim and Tipperary. They numbered among Penang’s first overseas settlers and during long voyages by sea, suffered untold hardships. Some came for fame and fortune, some simply for the adventure, but many did so, fired by their desire to help open up unknown parts of the “new world” and to impart both their knowledge and faith.
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Designing “Just for the love of it: Popular Music in Penang, 1930s–1960s”
Imagine the process of laying out a magazine and preparing the artwork for printing without desktop publishing capabilities. Everything was not at your fingertips and the world of graphic design involved Letraset font catalogues, Pantone charts, typesetting services, bromides, set squares, Cow Gum, paste-up work and films. Those were the good olde days of graphic design before the digital era took over.
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Regimes, diets and joys of life: A fatman’s journey to becoming an Ironman
N Gunananthan
Design and layout by Adrian Cheah
Just like my journey towards financial freedom, my goal of getting healthy was not without its fair share of pitfalls. Through it all, as trite as it may sound, determination and goal-setting played a lead role in my success and they continue to assist me in my daily life. One of the reasons for this book is to address all the different emotions and thinking processes that took me through the several stages to getting healthy. I spent a lot of time in introspection, thinking about it, convincing myself; it took months, if not years.
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Galle Fort, World Heritage Site – a visitor's guide and illustrated walking tour
By Mark Thompson and Karl Steinberg
Design and layout by Adrian Cheah
Galle Fort is one of Sri Lanka’s most glorious World Heritage Sites, and it promises to retain its charms and beauty for centuries more under the careful watch of its custodians. The challenges of development and mass tourism will be great but Galle Fort has faced many dramatic changes in its history: invasions, battles, colonisation, terrorist attacks, plague and even the most devastating tsunami since Krakatoa.
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Fred
by Freda Kim
Published by Neo Sentuhan Sdn Bhd
ISBN 983-4384-10-6
196 pages • 12.7 x 20.3 cm
Year of publication: February 2008
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My Special Child: Six accounts about caring for an autistic child in the family
by Dr. See Ching Mey
Publisher: Association of Resource and Education for Autistic Children (REACh)
184 Jalan Bunga Cempaka, 11700 Bukit Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia
ISBN 983-41852-1-9
60 pages • 18 x 25 cm
Year of publication: 2006
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Breastfeeding Challenges & Opportunities
Publisher: World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)
PO Box 1200, 10850 Penang, Malaysia
ISBN 983-2685-03-6
112 pages • 21 x 29.5 cm
Year of publication: 2005
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Studies in Terrorism: Media Scholarship and the Enigma of Terror
Editor: Naren Chitty, Ramona R. Rush and Mehdi Semati
Publisher: Southbound in association with with the Journal of International Communication
ISBN 983-9054-38-4
186 pages.14 X 21.5 cm
Year of publication: 2004
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Involving the Community: A Guide to Participatory Development Communication
Guy Bessette
Publisher: Southbound in association with IDRC
ISBN 983-9054-41-4
168 pages. 14 x 21.5 cm
Year of publication: 2004
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