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Description About the Author The year is 1950. Malaya is in the grip of Emergency Rule sparked off by the brutal murder of three British plante...

Description Praise About the Poet As the poet navigates through middle age, beset by questions on ageing, love and loss, and the incipient awar...

Description A man may outlive a thousand sorrows or a thousand joys but that is all a fairy-tale to a listener. Our lives are real for ourselve...

Description Praise About the Author In this charming and funny book, Suresh recalls his days in the Singapore Armed Forces after being enlisted...

Description About the Authors The former soldier, Jaasur, is on a mission of redemption. He ventures through a wasteland to Chamrouen, the capi...

Description About the Author The Power to Become is an inspiration journey of personal transformation — about a barefoot boy from Nepal who bec...

Description About the Authors & Illustrator Lord Myopic is determined to cover Murktown in fog, and take control of its people. Only Profes...

Description About the Authors & Illustrator On their way to Rainbow’s Edge to seek the help of the Ray Keepers, Professor Plano, Zed and Ze...

Description About the Author The Phoenix and the Crow is a story of corruption and abuse of authority in a small country town in China. Wang Bi...

Description Praise About the Author A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2020 From the critically acclaimed author of Rainbirds comes a nove...

Description Praise About the Author Over 60 recipes of Peranakan classics, such as Nyonya laksa, ayam buah keluak, itek tim and sugee butter c...

Description About the Author This book tells the story of a young man who failed his PSLE examinations, but through sheer determination, persev...

Description About the Author Wherever we are in the world, we are always surrounded by news, whether it is an immediate report, or a later, mor...

Description About the Poet This is for you, All you bothersome people Who ask about my next book, Ask whether I still draw Or write anymore. Wh...

Description About the Authors Since the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) was first established in 1981, it has played a valuable role i...

Description About the Author What happens when a brand new human enters your life? Find out by joining a comic artist dad and his wife in their...

Description About the Author Tales of horror and suspense for a new generation of Singaporeans Tales of horror have long been an integral part ...

Description Praise About the Author The British Royal Navy has been sharply criticized for tactical errors in Asia during the years leading to ...

Description Praise About the Author The British military failure against the Japanese invasion of Singapore in 1942 is a well-documented and cl...

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 About the Author Everything has a story, even the knotted tree. Besides bearing fruits and providing shade, what is so unique about...

Description About the Author Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2008 A mother finds out her son is gay; a daughter finds out her tw...

Description About the Author A classic collection of folktales gathered from all over Malaysia, with a story from almost every state. Timeless ...

Description About the Author The Magic Paintbrush tells the story of Tony Lee, a 10-year-old boy who craves a little relief from hours of study...

Description About the Author A compellingly-narrated, thrillingly-portrayed account account of an epic motorcycle journey taken in 2014 from Si...

Description Thai cuisine - one of the most exotic cuisines in Asia is a perfect and harmonious blend between spicy, hot and bland ingredients w...

Description About the Author The Little Malaysian Cookbook offers tried and tested recipes from renowned food writer, Wendy Hutton, for some of...

Description About the Author In The Little Cantonese Cookbook, Chef Deborah Lowe shares her passion and expertise in Cantonese cooking, putting...

Description About the Author A mother finds out her son is gay; a daughter finds out her two mothers are lesbians; a niece stumbles upon the bo...

Description About the Author A post-apocalyptic, nightmarish Singapore, with a secret underground network along the SMRT line and a computer cu...

Description Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas looks back on eight eventful days in 1971 when a group of young reporters staged a historic stri...

Description About the Author This book explores a little-known phase in the history of both Indonesia and Singapore: how the dynamics of the In...

Description About the Author The living and the dead - there is something that binds them. For the living are endlessly fascinated by tales of ...

Description About the Author In Vol.3 of The Straits Quartet, young, beautiful and wealthy widow Charlotte Macleod leaves Batavia in the 1850s ...

Description About the Author Told primarily through the captivating voice of a young girl awakening to a world at war, The Heart Radical is the...

Description About the Author In this enchanting fable of a forest and the myriad creatures that call it home, 8-year-old artist Gelyn Ong paint...

Description About the Author The Flight of the Swans is a rich and fascinating family saga set in British India and Malaya. Cursed, and with bl...

Description About the Author Jasmine Lian left Malaysia behind when she was eighteen and won a place at Oxford. Since then she’s led a golden l...

Description About the Author Dutch expat Julia de Rijck uses husband Paul's telescope to spy on Dave across the pool in their luxury Singapore ...

Description About the Author In Awakening, Rox awoke four years ago without a single memory of who she was or where she came from, and with the...

Description About the Author In The Ethical Investor’s Handbook, author Morten Strange connects the dots, to show how economics and finance pla...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book Trade Secrets of A Successful Entrepreneur, Finding Balance Between Forex And Life Cur...

Description About the Author In the fourth and final volume of the The Straits Quartet, Charlotte Macleod is the English concubine. Her love af...

Description About the Author This illustrated book reflects the heritage of Singapore’s multi-cultural diversity. It reflects its charm, lively...

Description About the Author Driven by Purpose, Destined for Change is a heartwarming, candid and frank biography of one of Singapore’s most pr...

Description About the Author Crimes are few and far between in the city-state of Singapore and the crimes that do occur are usually solved quic...

Description About the Author Gardens are magical places — images of Nature and Culture, models of paradise, spaces where plants live in war and...

Description About the Author The War is over, the Union Jack flies again over the Municipal Building. Life has come full circle. Or has it? The...