Singapore Colonial Style - Interiors of Black and White
Description This book invites one into remarkable private and commercial interiors, often rarely seen. It richly describes their design and ind...
View full detailsDescription This book invites one into remarkable private and commercial interiors, often rarely seen. It richly describes their design and ind...
View full detailsDescription This book presents insights on Singapore's economy and society from leading thinkers, based on selected commentaries from Singapore...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Singapore through 19th Century Photographs is a comprehensive photographic record of Singapore from the early 1840...
View full detailsDescription Lim Siong Guan, Singapore's former Head of Civil Service (1999–2005) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 4th S R Nathan Fellow for...
View full detailsDescription What are the issues which one would consider important for a country? This is a question most citizens would ask as they head into ...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Singapore: small tropical island and dynamic city, where some of Asia’s tallest buildings tower over modest quaysi...
View full detailsDescription About the Author How does a certified accountant become an artist? How did the world of finance instruct his art to make him the un...
View full detailsDescription Once the centre of trade and commerce connecting Singapore to the rest of the Malay Archipelago, Kampong Gelam served as a religio...
View full detailsDescription This book, an initiative of the Architecture & Urban Design Excellence (AUDE) programme of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (U...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors This fully revised and updated identification guide to 280 bird species, including all resident and regular migra...
View full detailsDescription Now released in a new, convenient and handy size, Over Singapore: 50 Years Ago is a view of old Singapore from a new angle. Many of...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors Look inside the book | Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play Since pre-independence days, Geylang Serai has...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This beautiful photo book leads the reader on a visual and historical journey around Singapore’s Chinatown and its...
View full detailsDescription About the Author It is said that the duty of public servants is to 'speak truth to power' - to give honest, sound and sometimes unp...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Dr Goh Keng Swee’s public career spanned two eventful decades. He was a founding member of Singapore’s ruling poli...
View full detailsDescription About the Editor The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in variou...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors A selection of topographic prints of places such as the harbour, Singapore River, Fort Canning Hill, as well as p...
View full detailsDescription The People's Action Party (PAP) of Singapore is among the longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the world, in ...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This book examines the staying power of the People's Action Party, a political party that has governed Singapore s...
View full detailsDescription Photographer Steve Golden set off to find Singapore’s remaining heritage shops—family run businesses that are multi-generational an...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors Place names tell us much about a country — its history, its landscape, its people, its aspirations, its self-ima...
View full detailsDescription The fields of special needs education and disability in Singapore have witnessed significant changes and developments especially du...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The story of modern Singapore as told through its living heritage is encapsulated in this handsome book, published...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors This casebook is a unique resource, offering never before documented insights into the practices and principles o...
View full detailsDescription Chapteh, congkak, hopscotch and five stones..Do these names ring a bell? This book takes you back in time to the 1950s and 1960s fo...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Sample Chapter(s)Foreword (106 KB)Lecture I: Hunting Black Swans and Taming Black Elephants: Governance in a Compl...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The Sound of Memories: Recordings from the Oral History Centre, Singapore features the happy, funny, poignant and ...
View full detailsDescription Praise Look inside the book Russel’s career began when one of his photographs made it to the cover of Track & Field News magazi...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors Look inside the book | Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play Directly facing Singapore’s seafront, the east...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Editor Look inside the bookSince 2015, Mekong Review has provided a fresh perspective on Asian histories, lives ...
View full detailsDescription Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was a British Colonial Officer who became Commandant of Malacca in 1803, a post through which ...
View full detailsDescription This is a volume of collected stories and vignettes of the extended Hochstadt Clan of Singapore. Singapore’s Hochstadt family was e...
View full detailsDescription Key Features On 10 July 2020, Singapore held its 18th general elections in history and the 13th since independence in 1965. As in ...
View full detailsDescription About the Author From private meetings in living rooms in the 1990s to the emergence of annual rallies and decriminalization campai...
View full detailsDescription About the Author One of the pivotal figures in the modern history of Southeast Asia, Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March 2015. ...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Read a sample chapter Since 1819, more than 6,200 place (street and village) names divided into more than 3,900 na...
View full detailsDescription About the Author C.M. Turnbull's one-volume history of Singapore has been an essential resource since its first edition was publish...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Nearly everyone knows that Singapore has one of the most efficient governments and is among the most competitive a...
View full detailsDescription A History Of Money In Singapore covers the history of money in Singapore from pre-colonial times to the present day, narrating the ...
View full detailsDescription This book is much more than a round-up of Singapore's new urban cityscapes. Rather, it traces the development of the city-state, sh...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author The environmental turn in the humanities and social sciences has meant a new focus on the history of animal...
View full detailsDescription A General History of the Chinese in Singapore documents over 700 years of Chinese history in Singapore, from Chinese presence in th...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Authors and Photographer Shortlisted for the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain's Colvin Prize 2...
View full detailsDescription About the Author “Seeing Better: Along the River, daily lives, extraordinary devotions” is a collection of photographs taken in thr...
View full detailsDescription Wartime Kitchen: Food And Eating In Singapore (1942-1950) examines the experience of people during the period following the fall of...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors Look inside the book | Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play A neighbourhood with a heady mix of nostalgic ...
View full detailsDescription About the Author It is 1958 and Josephine is staring at a Milo tin. She cannot make sense of the letters! To learn how to read, she...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Every Chinese household to some extent uses home remedies. Children are often given a bowlful of soup or brew with...
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