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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 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Singapore and Israel's long and fruitful relationship. From Jewish contribution...

Description About the Author We all like to win. But what exactly does it mean to win in life and how can we win ... and win with Honour? The p...

This is a personal and philosophical account of schizophrenia that aims to raise awareness of mental health issues. The personal aspect of the book...

Description About the Author Can you help my friends and I find our way around Singapore? We’re off on an adventure exploring colours, letters ...

This very informative book is a guide to help parents find fun and relevant math conversations in their daily lives to prepare their children for P...

Description About the Author 🎁Recommended for ages 3 and above Shortlisted for the Red Dot Book Awards, ‘Younger Readers’ Category, 2014-2015  ...

Description About the Author This book is a poignant story of a small-town boy, who stumbled into a lifelong flying career spanning 38 years as...

Description About the Author A sheltered young prince leaves his palace to discover the world outside. How does his journey begin and end? The ...

Description About the Author In Cursed and Other Stories, readers will encounter the pain, the love, and the hope that reside in every Filipino...

Description About the Authors Endangered tigers connecting telepathically through time-travel; a guard’s ethical dilemma at a history museum; a...

Description About the Authors With increased global mobility of people, the phrase “go home” has been commonly used against those who are deeme...

Description About the Author The captain of the Titanic went down with his ship on 15 April, 1912. But thoughts have power, and those who endur...

Description Professor Tan Tai Yong is the Institute of Policy Studies' 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book is an edited...

Singapore: A Very Short History — From Temasek to Tomorrow is a fresh, new, and highly-readable account of Singapore’s history. It is a sweeping st...

Description About the Author In 2006, Desmond Kon died, and came back to life. This is better understood as a near-death experience (NDE). Fres...

Description About the Author A humorous and light-hearted story, Beauty Queens of Bishan centres around stereotypical rich Indian families in S...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Shortlisted for Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2020 Panjang is the tallest kid around. He h...

Description About the Author Acutely observed, wry and playful, her debut collection celebrates people who are torn between cultures and juggli...

"A collection of insights from experts of various fields, and will entail discussions of the recurring haze problem in Southeast Asia. It discusses...

Description About the Author One of Singapore's top diplomats, Bilahari Kausikan was the Institute of Policy Studies' (IPS) 2015/16 S R Nathan ...

Description About the Author A time-travelling thriller combining the struggles from before and after. Bukit Brown follows the gripping journey...

Description About the Author It started out as a labour of love for her family, which grew to become a national phenomenon. Mrs Lee Chin Koon (...

I found no one to accompany me, and was determined to do; so I trusted to fate, and went alone.In 1797 in Vienna, Ida Pfeiffer was born into a worl...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Winner of the 2019 Singapore Book Awards Best Education Title Sam Jam sat in a school library an...

Description About the Author Sample Chapter(s)Foreword (106 KB)Lecture I: Hunting Black Swans and Taming Black Elephants: Governance in a Compl...

Description The hajj calls Muslims to journey to Mecca from wherever they are across the world. Of the far-flung communities one of the largest...

Description About the Author How has Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, poli...

Description Praise About the Author The environmental turn in the humanities and social sciences has meant a new focus on the history of animal...

Description About the Authors Singapore might be small in size, but it definitely packs in plenty of excitement, while also being firmly rooted...

Description About the Author Ever since Singapore became an independent nation in 1965, its government has been intent on transforming the isla...

Description About the Author Once upon a dream... Big Inu, the Gentle Giant, found his way into Little Ani's heart. A heartwarming picture book...

Description About the Authors A heart-warming story of a young girl and her nanny, with a hint of magic and love! Six-year-old Ella is finding ...

Description Praise About the Authors Have you ever wondered what your barista is thinking as she makes your morning coffee? What’s it like to be...

Description Why is Sun Zi’s Art of War still studied all over the world today? It’s because many great words of wisdom lie between its pages — ...

Description About the Author “I have had nothing bad happen to me except my own doing. I have let this cowardice envelop me, and I can’t shake ...

Noelle Q. de Jesus’ collection of short stories is a striking debut of cultural exchanges and foreign tongues: stories that trace and sustain the c...

Description About the Author “Dancing was fun; it didn't seem like a job but a party every day.” “They practised dancing seriously; it was thei...

Description About the Author An urban adventure thriller inspired by the legend of the Narasimha Avatar and explained through Genetics. It was ...

Description About the Author Unconfined to a single theme, this new collection of twenty short stories by Halim offers five distinct worlds – t...

Description About the Authors It’s a bright sunny day in Pandoro, but Amanda the Panda is busy studying and reading at home. Her eyes start to ...

Malay Sketches is a collection of stories that borrows its name from a book of anecdotes by colonial governor Frank Swettenham, describing Malay li...

Description Once the centre of trade and commerce connecting Singapore to the rest of the Malay Archipelago, Kampong Gelam served as a religio...

Description Get contemporary perspectives from Gen X leaders across 10 countries and learn how to lead a new generation of Asian workforce. Wit...

Description About the Author parsetreeforestfire is a bilingual book of poetry in which poems in Singlish occupy one side of the book, and poem...

Description About the Author A landmark work of fiction from one of Britain’s most exciting new writers: The Harmony Silk Factory is a devastat...

Description About the Author From the author of the internationally acclaimed The Harmony Silk Factory comes an enthralling novel that evokes a...

Description About the Author Dreaming of love and success in rapidly changing Shanghai, four individuals including a starry-eyed waitress, a we...