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Description About the Author The Singapore and Melaka Straits are a place where regional and long-distance maritime trading networks converge, ...

Description Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March 2015 at the age of 92. This book, which was first published in 1998, tells the story of his li...

Description About the Author In this fully updated, third edition of Crossroads, Jim Baker adds new information following recent government ele...

Description About the Author The story of British Malaya and Singapore, from the days of Victorian pioneers to the denouement of independence, ...

Description Praise About the Author With its cutting-edge skyscrapers standing cheek to cheek with traditional Chinese shophouses, picturesque ...

Description About the Author This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in Peninsular Malaysia, Sing...

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

Description About the Author This book is a tribute to the women who have contributed to the growth of Singapore. The women have been selected ...

Description About the Author At the height of the Cold War in Southeast Asia, the foreign relations between the United States and Singapore dem...

Description About the Authors The People's Action Party's unbroken mandate to rule in Singapore rests in no small part on how it has explained ...

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

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 Singapore has been known as the Lion City since the late 13th century when it was discovered by Sumatran Prince Sa...

Description About the Authors The peoples of Southeast Asia have a long history of cultural commonalities. From Sumatra to Vietnam, the inhabit...

Description 'There are some books, which once read, you cannot get completely out of your mind. This is one of them. Whether you are just c...

Description About the Author The author of Wild Women Do on crimes committed by females in Singapore returns with a new collection on local cri...

Description About the Author The history of communism in Malaya (including Singapore) almost coincided with the rise and fall of communism worl...

Description Praise About the Author Through a collection of letters written to his best friend and to his father in England, and from his own p...

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

Description About the Author Lee Kuan Yew: The Critical Years (1971-78) is a facsimile edition of Alex Josey's second masterful account of Sing...

Description About the Author David Marshall was part of the nationalist political struggle after WWII, the first elected chief minister during ...

Description About the Author A brilliant psychopath hiding under the veneer of an educated, charming persona, while plotting the perfect murde...

Description About the Editors The first comprehensive historical anthology of English-language writing from Singapore, this volume covers more ...

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

Description About the Editor In this collection, public intellectuals and civil society activists discuss Singapore's public rhetoric about lib...

Description About the Author Guns of February shows the Fall of Singapore and Japan's 1941 military campaign in Malaya through the eyes of Japa...

Description Chinese Eminent Peoples, we look at the lives of more than 100 of the greatest and most famous achievers in all of Chinese history....

Description Constructing Singapore studies Singaporean nation-building by focusing on two processes: elite formation and elite selection. It gi...

Description Praise Shortlisted for Singapore Literature Prize 2018, Creative Non-Fiction 南来文化人与这个南洋小岛，有过一段怎样的生命交集因缘？ 在新加坡这个现代都会，还有哪些几为人们遗忘的文化历史...

Description About the Author Providing a road map on the intricacies and nuances of fundraising, the key issues likely to be faced with investo...

Description About the Editors Changing Landscapes of Singapore illuminates both the social and the physical terrains of modern Singapore. Geogr...

Description We Are Singaporeans Volume 2 continues to feature inspiring illustrated interviews of Singaporeans who have carved out unconvention...

Description Through attending games and talking to players, coaches, media and fans from the past and the present, seasoned football correspond...

Description About the Author The Gardens by the Bay comprises three distinctive waterfront gardens occupying 101 hectares of land by Marina Bay...

Description The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts a...

Description About the Authors A move to a new country is a life-changing experience. New identities, fresh ambitions and unforeseen challenges ...

Description About the Author Seemingly safe on the surface, sunny Singapore has seen its fair share of murders that run the gamut from pre-med...

Description About the Author Can a photograph show what is absent, what has been erased? Through this illuminating series of images, we get to ...

Description About the Author My Best with Honour features 12 prominent personalities who were scouts while in school and whose lives have been ...

Description About the Author Northeast Hinterland captures evocative and thought-provoking night scenes of Punggol – a northeastern suburb that...

Description About the Author The gamblers interviewed for this book all had one thing in common — they didn’t know what hit them. They thought ...

Description About the Author Writer and politician Nik Nazmi has always been vocal in articulating his vision for a better Malaysia. This compi...

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

Description Praise About the Author The Changi Murals are a priceless part of our war heritage, holding deep emotional value, not just for ex-p...