Non-Fiction

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

Description Praise About the Editors/Translators During World War II, the Japanese government created a research bureau, the Chōsabu, to study ...

Description About the Author World university ranking started one and a half decades ago for the purpose of understanding what makes an excelle...

Description This book is a celebration of women in science, technology, medicine and business at Imperial College London. It shows the inspirat...

Description About the Author A daring biography by one of Singapore’s most prominent entertainment personalities, Dr Loretta Chen, as she share...

Description The I Ching( Yijing) is the world's oldest book of wisdom with a history stretching back more than 3,000 years. It is also the most...

Description The definitive guide to pairing wine with Asian food, this book presents a systematic approach you can use to make matches with pan...

Description About the Author As author Wendy Tan lay in Intensive Care a few years ago, drifting in and out of consciousness, a sense of unfini...

Description About the Author Nominated for Singapore Literature Prize 2016, English Non-Fiction  Asia’s top female celebrity magician ‘Magic Ba...

Description About the Authors They are often mere statistics these days – the growing ranks of the elderly, whose care will be borne by ever fe...

Description From the 1930s to 1965, discussions about modernisation, race and civic responsibility were as common as they are today. The youth ...

Description About the Author More than 11 years after the 9/11 attacks and 10 years after the October 2002 Bali bombings, the need for a compre...

Description Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore: Volume 34 This volume is to pique the...

Description After the Japanese invasion of Burma in late 1941, 11-year-old Colin McPhedran fled his homeland on foot, crossing the rugged Patko...

Description About the Author Predictions of the coming collapse of Chinese politics are today commonplace, however this thought-provoking book ...

Description A man may outlive a thousand sorrows or a thousand joys but that is all a fairy-tale to a listener. Our lives are real for ourselve...

Description Praise About the Author In this charming and funny book, Suresh recalls his days in the Singapore Armed Forces after being enlisted...

Description About the Author The outstanding performance of East Asian societies in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) i...

Description About the Author In modern physics, various fundamental problems have become topics of ongoing debate. There was the 20th century c...

Description About the Author China's momentous socioeconomic transformation is not taking place in an intellectual vacuum: Chinese scholars and...

Description Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: Computational Material Science (1,266 KB) The purpose of this book is two fold. First to explain the p...

Description Praise About the Author Over 60 recipes of Peranakan classics, such as Nyonya laksa, ayam buah keluak, itek tim and sugee butter c...

Description About the Author This book tells the story of a young man who failed his PSLE examinations, but through sheer determination, persev...

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

Description Praise About the Author The British Royal Navy has been sharply criticized for tactical errors in Asia during the years leading to ...

Description About the Author The Merlion and the Ashoka: Singapore-India Strategic Ties examines the historical evolution and future prospects ...

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 & Translator Jacques de Coutre was a Flemish gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia at the tur...

Description About the Author A compellingly-narrated, thrillingly-portrayed account account of an epic motorcycle journey taken in 2014 from Si...

Description Thai cuisine - one of the most exotic cuisines in Asia is a perfect and harmonious blend between spicy, hot and bland ingredients w...

Description About the Author The Little Malaysian Cookbook offers tried and tested recipes from renowned food writer, Wendy Hutton, for some of...

Description About the Author In The Little Cantonese Cookbook, Chef Deborah Lowe shares her passion and expertise in Cantonese cooking, putting...

Description About the Author Current mathematical models are notoriously unreliable in describing the time evolution of unexpected social pheno...

Description About the Author In Asia, we are witnessing an era where the pendulum of power seems to be swaying towards the East with the rising...

Description About the Authors Former Head of the Singapore Civil Service Mr Lim Siong Guan now shares his diverse experiences and fresh insight...

Description Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas looks back on eight eventful days in 1971 when a group of young reporters staged a historic stri...