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Description About the Poet Does the word “childhood” call up mushy sentiments and nostalgic memories where time has given a rosy glow to what h...

Description Praise About the Author A thought-provoking and sometimes startling anthology which explores issues challenging Singaporeans: ident...

Description We know him best as the founder of modern Singapore . He was instrumentral in bringing about the island 's development into a free ...

When Stacey accompanies her aunt to the Peranakan Museum, she does not realise what an adventure it’ll become. Boy, is she in for a wonderful surpr...

Visiting the National Museum is the first thing on Stacey’s list when the holidays start. And she is in for a surprise treat—Stacey is about to get...

An exciting visit to the National Gallery awaits Stacey! As she wanders the halls of the majestic building, what magical things will happen as she ...

Stacey dives into the exhibits at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and learns secrets from the past. Join her on her latest magical advent...

Everyone loves school outings and Stacey is definitely excited to visit the Indian Heritage Centre with her friends from school. Stacey doesn’t kno...

Description About the Author The crowded, bustling, 'squatter' kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Sing...

Description About the Author Tiger spirits prowl Kampong Penambang in the third novel of the award-winning Kain Songket Mysteries detective ser...

Description About the Author Singlish is a punchy and witty patois used in Singapore. It mixes English with words, phrases, and syntaxes from t...

Description About the Author This book is written for professionals who are in leadership positions, i.e., managers, consultants and business o...

Description Praise About the Author The famous street food and home cooking of Singapore is presented in a unique way in this cookbook. Jo Mari...

Description About the Authors Until the mid-1950s nearly all the waters lying between the far-flung islands of the Indonesian archipelago were ...

Description Praise About the Author The Islamic kingdom of Aceh was ruled by queens for half of the 17th century. Was female rule an aberration...

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 Poet This collection brings together in one volume, the author’s first four volumes of poetry which have long been out of...

Description About the Author Not many British schoolgirls have grown up to become revolutionary heroes of distant, eastern nations but Muriel S...

Description About the Author Sky Tales – the much anticipated follow up to Captain Lim Khoy Hing’s first bestseller Life in the Skies – is a ne...

Description About the Author Sister Swing chronicles the growing up years of three sisters. It follows their transplant from a relatively shelt...

Description About the Author The book uses three Indonesian concepts (merantau, malu, liar) to explain the mobility of migrants and tourists on...

Introduction by Gretchen Liu. The black and white houses of Singapore, harking back to colonial times, are an architectural institution. Built when...

Description About the Author Singapore/Malaya, 1892: Chief Detective Inspector David Hawksworth, orphaned, middle-aged and gimlet-eyed, travels...

Description About the Authors A selection of topographic prints of places such as the harbour, Singapore River, Fort Canning Hill, as well as p...

Description About the Author Singapore through 19th Century Photographs is a comprehensive photographic record of Singapore from the early 1840...

Description Have you ever longed for that white Christmas you always see on cards and in movies? When Jack and Milly wake up before daybreak on...

Description Returning to update “SINGAPORE, Sketches of the Lion City” artist and illustrator, Lorette E. Roberts, was once again struck by the...

Description About the Author Singapore/Malaya, 1890s: A cholera epidemic breaks out in Singapore’s congested Chinatown, and Detective Inspector...

Description About the Author As Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary as a sovereign and independent country, what does it mean to be a Sin...

Singapore Notebook features over 50 drawings and watercolours of artist Graham Byfield, who turns his keen eye and delicate brush to record the enc...

Description About the Author 'Chinese New Year 1915 will long be remembered in the Straits Settlements,' write Edwin and Mary Brown in their ex...

Description About the Authors Singapore Love Stories is a vibrant collection of seventeen stories that delves into the diverse love lives of Si...

Description This little book showcases some particularly Singaporean sights. Included are people, art, architecture, religion, flora and fauna,...

Description This book features a collection of black & white and coloured postcards, produced between 1900 and 1930, depicting scenes of c...

Description About the Author This bestselling classic cookbook by cookery doyen Sylvia Tan provides recipes for the well-loved dishes of Singap...

Description About the Editors In this volume, a group of international scholars examines the history of Singapore as a series of discontinuous ...

Description Praise About the Author Wendy Hutton's Singapore Food has been recognised as one of the most authoritative titles on the unique cul...

Description About the Author This important study of the shifting diplomatic efforts around the response to and resolution of the Vietnamese in...

Description Presenting for the first time the illustrations of 500 postcards from the author’s private collection, this book offers a rare and ...

Since 1965, when it became a fully independent city-state, Singapore has been an effervescent laboratory of economic, social and environmental tran...

Robert Frank's seminal photography book, The Americans, was what inspired Lam to start a 10-year project in 2006 to document the story of Singapore...

Description About the Poet From the author’s Introductory Note: “In the 1960s, love songs turned to songs of protest and youth the world over i...

Description About the Author Natural therapist Juliet Kelly-Wong shares her personal journey of good health, life improvement and more in Simpl...

Description Praise About the Playwright Following the successful launch of Shorts I, The Necessary Stage presents Shorts II, the second instalm...

Description Praise About the Playwright After the successful launch of Trilogy, The Necessary Stage returns with another collection of plays, S...

Description About the Author This collection of occasional reflections is a first by one of Singapore’s most distinguished poets. Exploring how...

Description About the Author Shojin Ryori is the art of Japanese vegetarian cuisine that originated from the Japanese Zen temples, but is today...