Non-Fiction

Description About the Editors Medical social work in Singapore traces its roots to the post-war period. This textbook documents the historical ...

In postcolonial Singapore and Malaysia, Pentecostal megachurches dominate the Christian landscape, but the "big four" Protestant churches--Anglican...

Description With the completion and opening of Marina Bay Sands, Singapore’s skyline has been transformed. The iconic form of the three towers—...

Description Native orchids have grown freely on roadside trees in Singapore for centuries and the Singapore Botanic Gardens has cultivated many...

Description The Peranakan Association Singapore Being Baba presents selected articles on Peranakan culture through the eyes of contributors to ...

Description In the Gardens by the Bay...within the two soaring domes...deep in the night...the flowers reveal their secrets... In collaboration...

Description About the Author The Roots of Resilience examines governance from the ground up in the world's two most enduring electoral authorit...

Description About the Author Look inside the book The Introvert Teacher shows you how to teach effectively by understanding and relating to you...

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

Description About the Editors Malaysia's stunning 2018 election brought down a ruling party that had held power since independence in 1957, mar...

Description About the Author For several decades, the city-state of Singapore has been an international anomaly, combining an advanced, open ec...

Description Praise About the Author 《粵海清廟：建築與歷史的對話》透過潮州傳統建築九大工種，即瓦作、木作、圬作、磚作、石作、灰塑彩繪、泥塑、嵌瓷與漆飾的闡述，介紹粵海清廟 2010年至2014年間進行修復時的工作程序，以及其建築風格、材料與技術。 W...

Description Praise About the Author The most important of Tommy Koh's writings on the Law of the Sea are brought together in Building a New Leg...

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 This very informative book is a guide to help parents find fun and relevant math conversations in their daily live...

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

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 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 This book examines the staying power of the People's Action Party, a political party that has governed Singapore s...

Description About the Author Introducing the life and times of a legend in international aviation—Lim Chin Beng—the man they called Mr SIA. Abs...

Description Brimming with verve and dramatic incident, this title offers insights into the life story of this Singapore island city-state throu...

Description Praise About the Author Shorlisted for the 2020 Singapore Book Awards (Best Non-Fiction) Look inside the book        Get the Chiam ...

Description About the Editor As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes an...

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 About the Author In 2015, Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence. This book covers the complex historical forces...

Description Praise About the Author Revisionist" or "alternative" historians have increasingly questioned elements of the Singapore Story - the...

Description About the Author Provides a comprehensive portrayal of S. Rajaratnam - one of Singapore's outstanding leaders who played a crucial ...

Description About the Author This book offers a glimpse into an almost unknown but distinct community in Singapore and Malaysia: the Peranakan ...

Description About the Author Lim Kim San's name is linked inextricably to Singapore's public housing. This is entirely appropriate because he p...

Description About the Author A memoir of Lim Chin Joo, this is a book about his life as a kampong boy growing up against the backdrop of the Se...

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 Singapore Shophouse Walks: Joo Chiat, Katong and Geylang  takes its readers on a journey around the East Coast area of Singapore. T...

Description About the Author A limited-edition, 150 copies, signed and numbered of Ronald Searle's drawings from World War Two. Ronald Searle...

Description About the Authors A collection of Southeast Asian journalism, research and comics, the book covers a range of themes, such as civil...

Description Praise About the Editors The countries that make up Southeast Asia are seeing an incredible resurgence in their economic power. Ove...

Description Praise About the Author For three-and-a-half bleak years during World War II, Japan occupied Malaya and Singapore, transforming a o...

Description About the Editors What is the modern in Southeast Asia’s architecture and how do we approach its study critically? This pathbreakin...

Description Praise About the Author Looks at moments in Singapore's and Las Vegas' pasts when the moral and legal status of gambling changed si...

Description This book, an initiative of the Architecture & Urban Design Excellence (AUDE) programme of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (U...

Description About the Authors  Countries, cities, and companies are investing in smart cities and digital economies.How can people thrive as th...

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 Editors Singapore is a mythic nation, where our ‘reality’ and ‘common sense’ are conditioned by a group of influential my...

Description Praise About the Editors This is the historical memoir of Dr Poh Soo Kai, a man of medicine and a founder member of the People’s A...

Description About the Author In Liberalism Disavowed, Chua Beng Huat examines the rejection of Western-style liberalism in Singapore and the wa...