Memoirs

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...

Description Praise Why did Lee do away with vernacular schools despite violent political resistance?Why did he close Nanyang University?Why sta...

Description Mr Lee Kuan Yew described Hard Truths as his all-time "favourite" book. He stayed in the public eye for 60 years - as the revolutio...

Description This book tells the story of the man who transformed an improbable country into the thriving metropolis it is now. Selected from ov...

Description Abridged from Lee Kuan Yew: A Life in Pictures, this book features private and public pictures of Lee. It includes some new photos ...

Description “Why did I insist on Singaporeans all needing to learn their mother tongue? For the Chinese, why did I insist that they learn Chine...

Description In this book, Lee draws on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on today’s world and what it might loo...

Description Top Prize at the 2022 Popular Readers' Choice Award Dr Lee Bee Wah, affectionately known as Hua Jie (花姐, Sister Flower in Chinese) ...

Description Dr Lee Wei Ling, the scion of Singapore’s first family, writes about her life as a daughter, doctor and diehard Singaporean. This b...

Description Asking Why is a collection of eclectic speeches and writings by prominent entrepreneur Ho Kwon Ping during his life so far, from sc...

Description In this entertaining and often touching memoir, well-known plastic surgeon Woffles Wu lifts the lid on his early childhood, his gro...

Description In this book, Mr Liew Mun Leong, chairman of the Changi Airport Group and of urban and infrastructure consultancy Surbana Jurong Gr...

Description From a troubling encounter with the Marcos family in the early 1980s to operating in China in the period before and during the Tian...

Description About the Author A lecturer turned banker, Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam never expected to become a politician, much less a president. Chall...

Description About the Author “Unfortunately, some important people... such as Tay Seow Huah, had died before interviewers could get to them.” L...

Description About the Author Little Drops: Cherished Children of Singapore’s Past is a compilation of biographies based on historical fact abou...

Description Praise About the Author WILLIAM WONG, founder of Realstar Premier Group, chronicles his life in this compelling memoir. A determine...

Description About the Author 新加坡前艺人、电影《战狼2》执行导演沈倾掞，和他的妻子以及四只猫，一家六口在乌克兰首都基辅过着小日子，却突然陷入一场世纪大战，在炮火中挣扎求存，一路西逃。他在书中叙述了他日复一日地躲空袭、在路上遭遇炮弹冲击波、驾跑车和炮弹赛跑、...

Description Praise About the Author Mentioned by Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Fourth Prime Minister, in an interview S. Rajaratnam was one of the...

Description Praise About the Author Mentioned by Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Fourth Prime Minister, in an interview S. Rajaratnam, one of Singap...

Description About the Author Like generations of Singaporean men, I did BMT, although I didn’t do it once, but twice. These pages capture the d...

Description About the Author Have you ever contemplated the existence of after-death communication and wondered just how thin the veil is betwe...

Description Praise About the Author Backorder: Backorders are expected to be fulfilled by early November 2024. If you're also ordering other ti...

Description Praise About the Author English version here! In the Foreword by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong 新加坡总理李显龙 Singapore:This book carrie...

Description Praise About the Author Amazing stories of gumption through the enterprising journeys of Mr Toilet As technology rapidly replaces r...

Description About the Author Author Yugel Losorata extracted salient points from his many years making music, being in a band, writing news and...

Description About the Author This is a cookbook, and an intimate memoir, giving readers a sense of what it felt like to grow up in a Peranakan ...

Description About the Author & Translator 在新加坡，郭令明和城市发展集团是家喻户晓的名字和商号。但是除了偶尔新闻上的消息之外，有关这位掌舵人的其他一切几乎是个谜，因为他行事低调，且不爱张扬。 这本由知名得奖作家白胜晖以英文撰写，由新报业...

Description About the Author Featured in The Straits Times Abandoned at Birth, Living With Hope by Grace Lee is a deeply moving memoir that tra...

Description About the Author Now in a new, more affordable paperback edition! As someone who has studied history for much of my life, I have fo...

Description About the Author Yang Quee Yee has been acknowledged as the expert in compiling Malay-Chinese dictionaries. His memoir provides a m...

Description Praise About the Author What does it mean to be Malay in the 21st century? This question is especially relevant in a country like M...

Description About the Author Now in a new, more affordable paperback edition! Architect Tay Kheng Soon’s book brings together memoir, a selecti...

Description Praise About the Author Your creativity is your gift to the world. Award-winning author Josephine Chia illustrates this in Ayam Bua...