Culture & Heritage

Description The Straits Chinese or Peranakan community is perhaps one of the oldest overseas Chinese communities in history, having established...

Description About the Author More than two hundred years after Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British factory on the island of Singapore...

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

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

Description About the Author It is 1958 and Josephine is staring at a Milo tin. She cannot make sense of the letters! To learn how to read, she...

Description About the Author The Sound of Memories: Recordings from the Oral History Centre, Singapore features the happy, funny, poignant and ...

Description New 2010 edition of the 2003 light-hearted pocket guide to Singlish and to some of the characteristics of Singapore society. The li...

Description Sequel to Josephine Chia’s 2014 Singapore Literature prize-winning book, Kampong Spirit - Gotong Royong: Life in Potong Pasir, 1955...

Description This book is one of the few books written in English on Chaozhou culture and history. It compiles information from Chinese and Engl...

Description Celebrating a "golden age" of travel, this new book retraces the steps of a Grand Tour of South East Asia from the turn of the 20th...

Description Who was “Fatty Weng”? Which family restaurant is being run by the fourth generation? “Samy’s Curry” got its name from its owner, bu...

Description Chapteh, congkak, hopscotch and five stones..Do these names ring a bell? This book takes you back in time to the 1950s and 1960s fo...

Description Here, in beautiful Singapore, we live in harmony. Regardless of our different races, religions and customs, we are able to grow and...

Description This book is much more than a round-up of Singapore's new urban cityscapes. Rather, it traces the development of the city-state, sh...

Description About the Authors This accessibly written encyclopedia, compiled by two experienced educationists, gives summary information and gu...

Description “Baba”, “Nonya”, “Peranakan” and “Straits Chinese” are terms that refer to the descendants of Chinese traders who settled in Southe...

Description About the Author Dr Goh Keng Swee’s public career spanned two eventful decades. He was a founding member of Singapore’s ruling poli...

Description Praise About the Authors Look inside the book Excavations, Interrogations, Krishen Jit & Contemporary Malaysian Theatre recount...

The Parsis of Singapore is a finalist in the Gourmand World Awards 2018 for best India cuisine book in the world. Sample SynopsisWhen Suna first m...

Description About the Author 🎁Recommended for ages 7 and above Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Middle Grade/Young Adult Title Look i...

Description About the Author 🎁Recommended for ages 7 and above Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Middle Grade/Young Adult Title Look i...

Description About the Author 🎁Recommended for ages 7 and above Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Middle Grade/Young Adult Title Look i...

Description About the Author 🎁Recommended for ages 7 and above Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Middle Grade/Young Adult Title Look i...

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Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book Constance Singam's love affair with food began with her mother's Keralan cooking. For ...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   |  Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play Did you know that we owe the iconic Singa...

Description About the Authors Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play Established by the colonial government, southw...

Description About the Authors Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play Little India, often called Tekka, is popular w...

Description About the Authors Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play Admire beautiful sketches of well-loved places...

Description About the Authors Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play Originally a backwater swamp housing the Ying ...