Arts

Description About the Series Water is more than a basic human necessity in Singapore. Its supply was a strategic collaboration between two Brit...

Description About the Series This book discusses the significance of multiracialism as one of the central components of nationhood in Singapore...

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 Chronicles: Eurasians explores the social history of Singapore Eurasians, focusing particularly on the 5...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Education examines the key imperatives and principles that drove policy formulation, the suc...

Description “Why did I insist on Singaporeans all needing to learn their mother tongue? For the Chinese, why did I insist that they learn Chine...

Description About the Author Go on an exciting adventure through Singapore’s most iconic attractions with this colouring book for kids! From th...

Description About the Author Hijab: Everyday Stories of Muslim Women from Singapore and Beyond is the latest book from Hidayah Amin, an award-w...

Description About the Author Immerse yourself in the vibrant tapestry of Singapore's culinary heritage as you journey through the pages of this...

Description A much-needed resource on the practice of public art commissions and community engagement through the arts in urban Asia.Distribute...

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Description About the Authors Until recently, Bhutan has been relatively unknown. In many minds, it is a mystical secluded place. Nonetheless...

Description (This catalogue is published to document the exhibition Once Upon a Time in Little India held at the Indian Heritage Centre from Oc...

Description Winner of the 2019 Singapore Book Awards Best Illustrated Non-Fiction Title Between the Lines: Early Print Advertising in Singapore...

Description About the Author A dramatic, compelling account of a SAF pioneer officer's formative years in post-war Singapore. Best known for hi...

Description About the Author This book, which is co-published with the Preservation of Monuments Board, takes a fascinating look into the archi...

Description About the Author The book introduces Chinese culture to readers of English, using poetry from the various periods rendered into Eng...

Description Touted as one of the main engineers of Singapore’s economic growth, Dr Goh’s collection of writings and speeches seek to shed light...

Description About the Author With Foreword by S R Nathan. “A scholar by inclination, a businessman by necessity, a diplomat by duty” — those we...

Description About the Author Weakened by hunger, thirst and ill-treatment, author Charles McCormac, then a World War Two prisoner-of-war in Jap...

Description About the Editors Singapore society is increasingly becoming diverse. During the first few decades of nation building, policies wer...

Description How did Singapore's health care system transform itself into one of the best in the world? It not only provides easy access, but it...

Description About the Author Sylvia Toh's bestselling Eh, Goodu! and Lagi Goodu! appeared in 1982 and 1986 and famously crystallised many of th...

Description About the Author Chinese Etiquette prevents faux pas by teaching gift-giving, seating arrangements, communal dining and auspicious ...

Description The Peranakan Association Singapore Being Baba presents selected articles on Peranakan culture through the eyes of contributors to ...

Description About the Author In 2015, Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence. This book covers the complex historical forces...

Description Praise About the Author For three-and-a-half bleak years during World War II, Japan occupied Malaya and Singapore, transforming a o...

Description About the Author Everything you might want to know about Kent Ridge in one book. This book helps you look beneath the shiny exterio...

Description Our close relationship with plants goes back hundreds of thousands of years — plants give us food, in addition to countless materia...

Description Stylish buildings, trendy logos, sexy figures, exotic cultures, modern forms, flamboyant fonts and more—explore Yeo Hong Eng’s “lit...

Description About the Editors Embark on a captivating cultural journey of discovery into the enchanting realm of Chinese vernacular shrine cult...

Description A treasury of heartfelt stories, emotions, and wishes from children about Singapore, this collection is published to mark two momen...

Description Praise About the Author Winner of the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize, English Non-Fiction—an essential and vibrant read on what ka...

Description About the Author In 2009, the family of the late Lee Kip Lin donated to the National Library Board, Singapore over 14,500 slides an...

Description About the Author The National Library of Singapore has one name that is inseparable from its history. Mrs Hedwig Anuar, born Hedwig...

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

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

Description About the Series About the Author Whenever little Joseph swam, a shark chased him. Or so he imagined. Read how this unique training...

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...

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 Praise About the Author From the gap of two generations, a young Singaporean poet interrogates the victors, vanquished and victims ...

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 Lee Kuan Yew: A Tribute is a keepsake collection of stories on Singapore’s first prime minister, initially published in The Straits...