Non-Fiction

The Magic Circle tells the story of what happens when Charmaine Chan’s sister Elaine is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer. As the illness...

Description About the Author Essays on Singapore's Foreign Policy “Diplomacy is not about being nice, polite or agreeable. It is fundamentally ...

Description 3rd Prize of the 2018 Popular Bookstores' Readers Choice Awards, Adult Book Category In this volume of fresh essays and published a...

Description Lee’s Lieutenants: Singapore’s Old Guard was a national non-fiction bestseller when it was first published in 1999. Now this semina...

Description In 2017, Malaysia sprang a surprise on Singapore by filing two applications for revision and interpretation of the International Co...

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 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...

English Description Chinese Description Men in White is the inside story of one of the world’s most successful political parties. Narrated in t...

Description Winner of the 2018 Popular Bookstores' Readers Choice Awards, Adult Book Category Finalist for Best Non-Fiction Title at the 2018 S...

Description Who was “Fatty Weng”? Which family restaurant is being run by the fourth generation? “Samy’s Curry” got its name from its owner, bu...

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

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

Description Following the success of her first two books, Talk Money and More Talk Money, financial journalist Lorna Tan is back with her third...

Disability is neither strange nor distant. Part autobiography, part reflections of social advocate Cassandra Chiu’s experiences as a person living ...

What happens when an entire community is moved? Dakota Crescent was one of Singapore’s oldest public housing estates and a rental flat neighbourhoo...

Description Praise About the Author & Illustrator 🎁Recommended for ages 9 and above Shortlisted for the Red Dot Awards 2020-2021 (Younger ...

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

Description Chapteh, congkak, hopscotch and five stones..Do these names ring a bell? This book takes you back in time to the 1950s and 1960s fo...

Description Here, in beautiful Singapore, we live in harmony. Regardless of our different races, religions and customs, we are able to grow and...

Description About the Author This is the first ever fundraising book written and published by a local Singaporean. This guide is the ultimate s...

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 Editor Singapore Book Publishers Association (SBPA) 50th Anniversary Publication Cover Stories: 50 Years of Books in Sing...

Description About the Author As the government lays the ground for a transition to a fourth generation of leaders after the death of Lee Kuan Y...

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

Description About the Author "Mummy, why do you always have to leave for 17A…"  17A Keong Saik Road recounts Charmaine Leung’s growing-up years...

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 The survivors of Operation Spectrum—which saw the detention of several people who were allegedly part of a Marxist conspiracy—speak...

Description About the Author Born in the Year of the Fire Tiger, Ann Elizabeth Wee moved to Singapore in 1950 to marry into a Singaporean Chine...

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

Description Praise About the Author The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a miracle. Why? In an era of growing cultural pessimism, many...

Description This book is much more than a round-up of Singapore's new urban cityscapes. Rather, it traces the development of the city-state, sh...

Description About the Author Nearly everyone knows that Singapore has one of the most efficient governments and is among the most competitive a...

Description This book traces the development of stand-alone residential architecture in Singapore from its early days as a colony to the presen...

Description About the Authors This accessibly written encyclopedia, compiled by two experienced educationists, gives summary information and gu...

Description About the Authors The unique Black and White house in Singapore is the most distinctive and imposing of the island's colonial archi...

Description About the Authors Once a teenage runaway, S R Nathan rose to become two-term president of prosperous, independent Singapore. In thi...

Description Now released in a new, convenient and handy size, Over Singapore: 50 Years Ago is a view of old Singapore from a new angle. Many of...

Description About the Author Singapore: small tropical island and dynamic city, where some of Asia’s tallest buildings tower over modest quaysi...

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 Dr Goh Keng Swee’s public career spanned two eventful decades. He was a founding member of Singapore’s ruling poli...

Description Lee Kuan Yew once described the opportunity to remake Singapore as 'a chance of a lifetime'. This book explores Lee's pivotal role ...

Description About the Author Sample Chapter(s)Foreword (81 KB)Lecture 1: Politics and Governance (261 KB) The IPS-Nathan Lectures series was la...

Description About the Editor 50 Years of Urban Planning in Singapore is an accessible and comprehensive volume on Singapore's planning approach...

Description About the Author Goh Chok Tong was an improbable Prime Minister for an unlikely country. He had neither the connections nor the cun...

Description About the Editor The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in variou...