Liberalism and the Postcolony
Description Praise About the Author Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the r...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the r...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The Flemish gem trader Jacques de Coutre visited Southeast Asia in the early 17th century, and his lengthy account...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand explores the intersections of memory, place, power and touri...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Editors The exchange of landscape practice between China and Europe from 1500–1800 is an important chapter in art ...
View full detailsDescription About the Editors English in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues sur...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Editors Changes in the character of the political regime in Laos after 2000, a massive influx of foreign investmen...
View full detailsDescription About the Author In this book, distinguished historian Philip A. Kuhn tells the remarkable five-century story of Chinese emigration...
View full detailsDescription Chinese Fine Arts, we take you to a distingushed gallery featuring Chinese calligraphy, painting, music, dance, theatre, and sculpt...
View full detailsDescription Chinese Folk Customs, we look at folk beliefs in Chinese society, and how they have in all aspects of life: birth, coming -of- age,...
View full detailsDescription Chinese Literature, you will meet great minds among the Chinese literates. Since reading is a form of pleasure that has been enjoye...
View full detailsDescription Chinese Science & Technology, we look at the accumlated knowledge of China still existing today in the form of inventions in d...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author Australia’s policy towards Britain’s end of empire in Southeast Asia influenced the course of this decoloni...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The Internet has been used to democratise public discourse in Malaysia and Singapore, two countries in the zone be...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Who would have thought that the Godfather of Singapore Fashion actually suffers from a severe skin condition known...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Two-timing bargirls, suspicious spouses and lesbian lovers—it was all in a day’s work for Bangkok Private Eye Warr...
View full detailsDescription About the Author On a hot August afternoon in 1811 an army of 10,000 British redcoats splashed ashore through the muddy shallows of...
View full detailsDescription About the Author & Translator Jacques de Coutre was a Flemish gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia at the tur...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Western Etiquette covers the essential of presenting oneself, from issuing and replying to formal invitations, dea...
View full detailsDescription About the Author A fast-paced and sinister story of robbery and gruesome murder Ten men involved in the heinous offences of robber...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Brutal & savage murder of an enigmatic beauty queen. Brother-in-law and lover of the victim convicted on circ...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Tim writes vividly about his extraordinary life, his journey from the hard work and poverty of the coal mining tow...
View full detailsDescription After the Japanese invasion of Burma in late 1941, 11-year-old Colin McPhedran fled his homeland on foot, crossing the rugged Patko...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors This book documents short stories of inspirational local runners who were involved in the creation of Sundown Mar...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Japan’s invasion of Burma in 1942 set off the longest retreat in British military history. Along with the fall of ...
View full detailsDescription Praise Written by adoptive parents, adoptees, birth parents, and social works, this inspiring collection of true stories provides p...
View full detailsDescription With the completion and opening of Marina Bay Sands, Singapore’s skyline has been transformed. The iconic form of the three towers—...
View full detailsDescription Singapore’s resident bird population, together with the many migratory species that visit seasonally, are one of the most picturesq...
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