Memoirs

Description Chin Woon Ping's Hakka Soul chronicles the dreams, ambitions and idiosyncrasies of her family, beginning with the death of her gran...

Description About the Author While the first 30 years of new China's scientific development was a self-reliant era marked by the detonations of...

Description About the Editors Dr. Goh Keng Swee’s extensive career as a public servant was dynamic as well as distinguished, in many ways decis...

Description Touted as one of the main engineers of Singapore’s economic growth, Dr Goh’s collection of writings and speeches seek to shed light...

Description About the Author Over the six-month period from late 2012 to early 2013, Hu Jintao, the President of the People’s Republic of China...

Description In Singapore, SMEs are a vital part of the economy, yet little is known of the many leaders whose vision, acumen and hard work have...

Description About the Editors Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore’s first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore’s first ind...

Description About the Author Difference Makers: Stories of Those Who Dared is a different sort of book. It features many big names from corpora...

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

Description Praise About the Author Morbidly funny and inspiring, Danielle West's memoir is heart-breakingly honest about her years of angst an...

Description Praise About the Editors Look inside the book  |   Get the E-book Welcome to the wonderful world of Sushi and Tapas. Sample a feast...

Description Praise About the Author Shortlisted for the Singapore Book Awards 2017 (Best Illustrated Non-Fiction Title) Look inside the book Kw...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book The urban legend goes that Morgan Chua’s first political cartoon of Lee Kuan Yew in th...

Description About the Author Translated by Shelly Bryant from You Jin's 1996 memoir [跌碎的彩虹] Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book In this u...

Description Praise Look inside the book Russel’s career began when one of his photographs made it to the cover of Track & Field News magazi...

Description Praise About the Author OUT OF PRINT Look inside the book The Japanese Occupation in Singapore was a part of the theatre of the Asi...

Description About the Author Balls Inc. by Val Yap, CEO of PolicyPal (and Forbes “30 Under 30 Asia” in 2017), aims to dismantle the unconscious...

Description About the Author This volume is a book of reflections and encounters about the region that the Chinese knew as Nanyang. The essays ...

Description Praise About the Author Martin See Tho was 32 when he became a wheel-chair bound victim of Machado Joseph Disease, an incurable deg...

Description About the Author Gedung Kuning or the Yellow Mansion was home to the family of Haji Yusoff 'Tali Pinggang' from 1912 to 1999. It wa...

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

Description Look inside the book陈喜明（Heman Tan），51岁，是名专业厨师、厨艺顾问、陶艺家；也是三项铁人运动员。他15年来不间断的协助弱势群体和进行教会的慈善工作。2018年他正式成立铁饭碗计划（A ProjectIRON Rice Bowl）...

Description About the Author A unique individual with a fascinating life story, Ivar Giaever is a scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Experime...

Description Few people have watched the development of today's Singapore as closely as President S.R. Nathan, who celebrated his 90th birthday ...

Description About the Author Professor Lim Pin, a highly-respected practicing endocrinologist and clinical teacher, played a key role in layi...

Description Praise About the Author & Illustrator 🎁Recommended for ages 3 and aboveShortlisted for the 2019 Singapore Book Awards (Best Chi...

Description About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-bookHow does one rise above the trauma of child sexual abuse? Sofia Abdullah ...

Description About the Author A riveting look at the fiercely original, intellectually brilliant mind of Singapore’s unofficial Poet-Laureate, E...

Description About the Author Some did not expect him to last long as Prime Minister. Few predicted he would succeed in the footsteps of Lee Kua...

Description Praise About the Author Where I Was is a rich, entertaining and compelling account of the life of an extraordinary woman. I...

Description Look inside the book戏可以假做，但话要真说!~~一个新加坡电视剧监制的工作札记。戏是假的，梦是虚的，戏是人工的悲欢离合，梦是剧终后留下的虚无缥缈。一场戏，一场梦，缤纷已过，却始终触动心中记忆。《戏梦录》记录了走过的痕迹，也是对所有电视剧制作人...

Description About the Author It is far more about being attacked than about swimming in shark's lane. An insidious Italian executive chef prec...

Description About the Author Over sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over...

Description About the Author 10 September 1990 marked a significant milestone in Singapore's political history with the introduction of the Nom...

Description About the Author A Short but Sweet Memoir About the Life Adventures of a Woman Now in Her 80’s - Be Inspired to Embrace Change and...

Description About the Author Over sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over...

Description Praise About the Author The fight with cancer is one battle that some of us have to face in our lifetime. But unfortunately, many...

Description About the Interviewer Over sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused...

Description Thankful for all the blessings – large and little – that have brought her to this point in her life, Wai Lan was moved to share her...

Description Philip Yeo is unlike any civil servant. He prefers action over talk, cartoons over words and speed over due process. The maverick w...

Description About the Author Sundays with Sumiko is a collection of her most representative columns over the past two decades, exploring family...

Description He was a well-known doctor and professor, and was one of the leading names in obstetrics and gynaecology in Singapore for decades. ...

Description Praise About the Author Routes 2 continues the story of Routes: A Singaporean Memoir 1945-75. This book occasionally disrupts th...

Description Praise About the Author and Editor Get a gripping glimpse into the therapy room and most powerful boardrooms in Asia in this first ...

Description Singapore is no stranger to iconic buildings, with a landmark growth of audacious, inspired, and innovative structures. While her i...

Description C.V. Devan Nair, the son of a rubber plantation clerk, rose from humble beginnings to become an outstanding union leader, a Member ...

Description Every time we use a Singapore bank note, we see his face – the face of Yusof Ishak, the first President of Singapore. But did you k...

Description Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim was all of 26 years old when she became Singapore's First Lady in 1959 as the wife of Yusof Ishak, Singa...