Arts

Description About the Author Narratives about Singapore’s prison often features success stories as told by the government’s Yellow Ribbon Proje...

Description Praise About the Author Dive into 1960s Singapore through a child's eyes: witty tales of colonial life, family antics, and a lost w...

Description About the Authors & Illustrator When indoors-bound Ernest Lee is paired up with his nature-loving classmate Coral Ling for a sc...

Description About the Author The story of modern Singapore can be told through its living heritage, be it artistic, cultural or natural. Histor...

Description Travel back in time to the Singapore River! Aloysius and his Grandpa spend a day on the Singapore River in olden day Singapore. As ...

Home to more city dwellers than any other region, and the locus of many of the world's most populous metropolitan areas, Asia is moving to centre s...

Description In Japan, the practice of formally presenting gifts with silk covers called fukusa began in the Edo period (1603–1868). These cover...

Description About the Author Welcome to Asia! Discover the incredible history and diversity of Asia in all its splendour, with this stunningly ...

Description Cheong Soo Pieng: Layer by Layer presents a unique insight into the artist’s innovative use of materials in painting through exampl...

Description Finalist at the 2022 Popular Readers' Choice Award The United States of America is the largest investor in Singapore. And in 2019, ...

Description Asking Why is a collection of eclectic speeches and writings by prominent entrepreneur Ho Kwon Ping during his life so far, from sc...

Description About the Series This book traces the development of Singapore’s land transport system since its modern founding in 1819. Until Ind...

Description About the Series The conventional and dominant view of Singapore’s history is that it began with Stamford Raffles’ arrival on the i...

Description About the Series Singapore has not one national literature but four literatures, in the official languages of Malay, Chinese, Tamil...

Description About the Series Heritage means different things to different people. This book provides a guide to Singapore heritage and its pres...

Description About the Series This book reviews the development of healthcare in Singapore, especially over the last 50 years. It presents major...

Description About the Series Good governance is at the heart of Singapore’s development, forged in the furnace of the early challenges that Sin...

Description About the Series Singapore is one of the premier financial centres in the world. It is one of the biggest markets for the trading o...

Description The Business Times: Once Upon a Times House … Singapore’s veteran editors, journalists tell their stories Once Upon a Times House ...

Description About the Author The Old Dream Maker explores a man's decades-long artistic journey to define himself in a world where the only co...

Description This book by a pioneer generation civil servant is a fascinating and an engaging account of Singapore's spectacular development fro...

Description About the Editor Far from being a melting pot, multi-racial Singapore prides itself on the richness of its ethnic communities and c...

Description About the Author The Singapore and Melaka Straits are a place where regional and long-distance maritime trading networks converge, ...

Description About the Author How does one comprehend the phenomenon of the modernization of an Asian society in a globalized East Asian context...

Description Praise About the Author British artists and commentators in the late 18th and early 19th century encoded the twin aspirations of pr...

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

Description Chin Woon Ping's Hakka Soul chronicles the dreams, ambitions and idiosyncrasies of her family, beginning with the death of her gran...

Description About the Editor Singapore's success story is essentially a "people" story. Singaporeans have good reason to celebrate the nation's...

Description About the Author The COVID-19 pandemic has caused, and will continue to cause, great disruptions to lives, livelihoods, ways of lif...

Description About the Editor As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes an...

Description About the Author Singapore has been known as the Lion City since the late 13th century when it was discovered by Sumatran Prince Sa...

Description About the Editors Malaysia's stunning 2018 election brought down a ruling party that had held power since independence in 1957, mar...

Description Praise About the Author 《粵海清廟：建築與歷史的對話》透過潮州傳統建築九大工種，即瓦作、木作、圬作、磚作、石作、灰塑彩繪、泥塑、嵌瓷與漆飾的闡述，介紹粵海清廟 2010年至2014年間進行修復時的工作程序，以及其建築風格、材料與技術。 W...

Description Praise About the Editors The countries that make up Southeast Asia are seeing an incredible resurgence in their economic power. Ove...

Description About the Editors What is the modern in Southeast Asia’s architecture and how do we approach its study critically? This pathbreakin...

Description This book tells the story of Singapore’s first experience of defending its legal rights before an international tribunal, the Inter...

Description About the Authors & Contributors Neither a tourist guide nor a work of historical records, Pink Chilli in a Bowl is a personal ...

Description Contributors Ten world-renowned photographers.Two acclaimed writers.One timeless Himalayan kingdom. Bhutan: Portrait of a Kingdom i...

Description Praise This is the historical memoir of Dr Poh Soo Kai, a medical doctor and a founder member of the People's Action Party. Here he...

Description About the Author This bilingual publication accompanies National Gallery Singapore's solo exhibition on the renowned centennial art...

Description About the Author Published to accompany National Gallery Singapore’s inaugural exhibition Siapa Nama Kamu?, this catalogue presents...

Description About the Author Women Artists in Singapore showcases Singapore's women artists and their contributions. Bridget Tracy Tan's select...

Description About the Author The Birds in the Park is written as a sequel to The Birds in the Balcony where siblings Ann and Tim witnessed a co...

Description Get the set here! Foreword by Tommy Koh This volume reflects on the past, present, and future of Singapore's politics and society t...

Description About the Author If you’re looking for a way to make a positive impact on the world, Matthew S. Friedman’s inspiring book is the pe...

Description About the Author How should Asean leaders advance the Asean Economic Community? What obstacles does Asia face in managing US-China ...

Description About the Author In Rewrite The Rules, Ritu G Mehrish and Rajita Saxena empower Asian women leaders to challenge the status quo and...

Description About the Author Teo Eng Seng: We’re Happy. Are You Happy? offers a comprehensive overview of Singapore artist Teo Eng Seng’s bold ...