Arts

Description In 2015, Singapore celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its independence. From its founding as a British colony with no natural r...

Description We know him best as the founder of modern Singapore . He was instrumentral in bringing about the island 's development into a free ...

Description About the Authors Until the mid-1950s nearly all the waters lying between the far-flung islands of the Indonesian archipelago were ...

Description Praise About the Author The Islamic kingdom of Aceh was ruled by queens for half of the 17th century. Was female rule an aberration...

Description About the Editors In this volume, a group of international scholars examines the history of Singapore as a series of discontinuous ...

Description Praise About the Author The globalisation of psychiatry has helped shape the way suffering and recovery is experienced in Aceh, Ind...

Description About the Author The world's population negotiates a multiplicity of naming systems. Some are compatible with the "normative" syste...

Description About the Authors This book is about the territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore over Pedra Branca, a small but strategi...

Description About the Editors Singapore's era of pluralism between the 1950s and 1970s was a time of extraordinary cultural, intellectual and p...

Description About the Author Officially established in 1878, the natural history collection originally housed at the Raffles Museum now has mor...

Description Praise About the Author The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad, steam-powered naval vessels that established Britis...

Description Praise About the Author Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the r...

Description This 2009 second edition of the 2000 study of the beliefs of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1923) includes a new afterword by the author. The ext...

Description About the Author The Flemish gem trader Jacques de Coutre visited Southeast Asia in the early 17th century, and his lengthy account...

Description Praise About the Author Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand explores the intersections of memory, place, power and touri...

Description Praise About the Editors The exchange of landscape practice between China and Europe from 1500–1800 is an important chapter in art ...

Description About the Editors English in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues sur...

Description Praise About the Editors Changes in the character of the political regime in Laos after 2000, a massive influx of foreign investmen...

Description About the Author In this book, distinguished historian Philip A. Kuhn tells the remarkable five-century story of Chinese emigration...

Description Chinese Fine Arts, we take you to a distingushed gallery featuring Chinese calligraphy, painting, music, dance, theatre, and sculpt...

Description Chinese Folk Customs, we look at folk beliefs in Chinese society, and how they have in all aspects of life: birth, coming -of- age,...

Description Chinese Literature, you will meet great minds among the Chinese literates. Since reading is a form of pleasure that has been enjoye...

Description Chinese Science & Technology, we look at the accumlated knowledge of China still existing today in the form of inventions in d...

Description Praise About the Author Australia’s policy towards Britain’s end of empire in Southeast Asia influenced the course of this decoloni...

Description About the Author The Internet has been used to democratise public discourse in Malaysia and Singapore, two countries in the zone be...

Description About the Author Who would have thought that the Godfather of Singapore Fashion actually suffers from a severe skin condition known...

Description About the Author Two-timing bargirls, suspicious spouses and lesbian lovers—it was all in a day’s work for Bangkok Private Eye Warr...

Description About the Author On a hot August afternoon in 1811 an army of 10,000 British redcoats splashed ashore through the muddy shallows of...

Description About the Author & Translator Jacques de Coutre was a Flemish gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia at the tur...

Description “儿童”是建构历史和文化的重要概念及方法。 本论文集以战后新马地区出版和发行的儿童期刊以及教科书等为主要研究对象，结合口述采访、本地书局历史和原始档案资料，在将“南洋儿童”概念历史化的同时，重点分析其发展变化与本地区新兴的反殖民话语、民族国家的兴起、新马与香港之...

Description 本书是柯思仁博士在《联合早报》副刊的专栏文章，作为文化、剧场和表演的研究学者，他期许以剧场和现实互为隐喻的方式，书写剧场给予的启示，现实产生的冲击，并以写散文的精力来经营。这三十二篇散文是作者在三十二幕特定空间与时间框架里当下的启发和感受。 原本在黑漆漆的观众席...

Description About the Author Western Etiquette covers the essential of presenting oneself, from issuing and replying to formal invitations, dea...

Description About the Author A fast-paced and sinister story of robbery and gruesome murder Ten men involved in the heinous offences of robber...

Description About the Author Brutal & savage murder of an enigmatic beauty queen. Brother-in-law and lover of the victim convicted on circ...

Description This title commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Tan Kah Kee Foundation.

Description About the Author The transformation of the Singapore River symbolises the city-state's efforts to remake itself for the 21st centur...

Description About the Author Tim writes vividly about his extraordinary life, his journey from the hard work and poverty of the coal mining tow...

Description After the Japanese invasion of Burma in late 1941, 11-year-old Colin McPhedran fled his homeland on foot, crossing the rugged Patko...

Description About the Authors This book documents short stories of inspirational local runners who were involved in the creation of Sundown Mar...

Description About the Author Japan’s invasion of Burma in 1942 set off the longest retreat in British military history. Along with the fall of ...

Description Praise Written by adoptive parents, adoptees, birth parents, and social works, this inspiring collection of true stories provides p...

Description With the completion and opening of Marina Bay Sands, Singapore’s skyline has been transformed. The iconic form of the three towers—...

Description Singapore’s resident bird population, together with the many migratory species that visit seasonally, are one of the most picturesq...

Description Praise About the Author Looks at moments in Singapore's and Las Vegas' pasts when the moral and legal status of gambling changed si...

Description About the Editor Cover Stories: 50 Years of Books in SingaporeThe Singapore Book Publishers Association (SBPA) marks its fiftieth a...