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Contemporary Asian Bedrooms

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Contemporary Asian Bedrooms opens the door to a new world slumber retreats, showcasing some the most eye-catching new bedroom designs in luxury homes and hotels throughout Southeast Asia. Shown here are the latest trends that are turning the bedroom into more than just a space for shut-eye. Bedrooms now have an exciting variety of identities ranging from zen-inspired minimalist cocoons to high-tech entertainment arenas equipped with retractable movie screens built into the bed, to personal pampering retreats merging bath and bedroom into luxurious spa suites. This book gives homeowners and designers a taste of the new colors, concepts, materials and textures that transform the places we sleep into high-style, must have dream spaces.

Fascinating Snakes of Southeast Asia

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The first work of its kind to include both poisonous and non-poisonous snakes of Southeast Asia, this book is a must for all snakes enthusiasts. 105 attractive colour slides of over 70 species of snakes, each fully described. Sections that discuss handling snakes and treating snakebites, and answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about snakes. A list of snakes found in Peninsular Malaysia grouped by family name. An indexed distribution chart of snakes found in Southeast Asia. This book will also prove useful to home gardeners, hikers or nature lovers whose interests take them outdoors where they are likely to encounter snakes. Written for the general reader, it does not involve the complex method of snakes identification by scale counts and other technical descriptions of scale arrangements.

Living Rooms; Contemporary Asian

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Living room design in Asia has moved away from the classic Asian style to incorporate the new global chic. Against the minimalist, whiteon – white backdrop of today’s living room, new exciting local materials such as water hyacinth, silkworm cocoons and loofah find their place with oriental art pieces and westren furniture. Contemporary Asian Living Rooms takes you into the living rooms of fifty of Southeast Asia’s moat interesting homes and hotels, showcasing the work of up-and-coming local talents such as Paanta, Yothaka and Tawul Praman as well as the latest in European design. The beautifully photographed interiors shot in Bali, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia range from the starkly minimal to the luxuriously plush, offering creative ideas for working with shapes, contours and materials in the space where family and friends spend most of their time together in the house.

Magnificent Plants (reprint)

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Malaysia is a tropical wonderland and an evergreen paradise. Situated in the heart of Southeast Asia, her rainforest is one of the oldest in the world. It houses perhaps the greatest diversity of plant species and life form in the world. Indeed, all kinds of vegetation – lowland, hill, mountain and alpine – occur on a scale that is perhaps the richest and most remarkable in the world. In addition to the native flora, there is an equally impressive assemblage of introduced plants – both tropical and temperate. The aim of the present book is to give a simple illustrated account of the great diversity of plant life found in Malaysia – from the simple algae and fungi to the complex seed plants, including examples of common fruits, vegetables, ornamental and other plants of economic importance. The book is richly illustrated, with over 270 full-colour pictures all taken by the author himself over a number of years. It should prove interesting reading to a variety of people from different walks of life and from different lands.

Textiles of Southeast Asia An Annotated & Illustrated Bibliography

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Textiles of Southeast Asia, An Annotated Bibliography provides the first in-depth compilation of the literature in this field. The material covered ranges from academic theses to articles in fashion magazines and newspapers. It provides a guide to this complex literature for the specialist and librarian as well as for those with a more casual interest. The weavers of Southeast Asia have produced an amazing array of textiles that has attracted the attention of travel writers, fashion designers, scholars, and collectors the world over. Public interest in the textiles of this region has grown considerably in recent years and along with it writing and exhibitions devoted to Southeast Asian textiles have appeared in unprecedented numbers. A survey of museum collections of Southeast Asian textiles from around the world completes the book. Over 100 color photos illustrating the types of textiles found in the -region.

Tropical Asian Cooking

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Tropical Asia is home to some of the world’s most exciting and creative cuisines. This inspired collection of innovative recipes includes dishes both classic and modern. Many recipes have been modified for a lighter, healthier taste, and all are quick and easy to put together. To discover more of the fresh new flavors of South and Southeast Asia, turn the pages of this book, choose a recipe or two, visit your nearest Asian market, then start cooking. Lay a batik coloth or sari on a table, scatter it with orchids or perfumed flowers, put on a CD of haunting gamelan music, funky tabla or Asian jazz fusion, light an incense stick, and sit down to enjoy the sensations of tropical Asia.

Tropical Asian Style

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Tropical Asian Style is the first book to showcase contemporary residences throughout Southeast Asia-from Chiang Mai to Bali, Kuala Lumpur to Java. Featured are houses in more than 20 different locations in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Each home is designed to achieve perfect harmony with its tropical surroundings. In this book, the essential design elements of these homes are presented thematically, to show the various ways in which this harmony has been achieved through the use of breezy verandahs, outdoor pavilions, refreshing pools and elegantly decorated bedrooms, bathrooms and living areas that open onto lush tropical gardens. Superb object d’art and hand-crafted Asian fabrics and furnishings from around the region are an important hallmark of Southeast Asian homes. Silks, batiks, terracotta tiles and lacquerwares from Thailand and Indonesia, stone garden sculptures from Bali and antique furniture from Java, are only several examples of the many beautiful items examined and illustrated in this book.