Non-Fiction

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...

Description About the Editor Income inequality has become a global phenomenon. Rapid technological advancement and an expanding global workforc...

Description Sample Chapter(s)Foreword Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing and Development Board (2010–Present) was the Institute of Policy ...

Description Lim Siong Guan, Singapore's former Head of Civil Service (1999–2005) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 4th S R Nathan Fellow for...

Description About the Author Read a sample chapter Since 1819, more than 6,200 place (street and village) names divided into more than 3,900 na...

Description About the Authors Following the success of their first book "The Leader, The Teacher, & You", which won the Singapore Literatur...

Description About the Author With the impending demise of modernist planning, the footprints and corpses of failed modernist visions are litter...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book Celtuce? Fingerroot? Tatsoi? If you've never heard of these prod...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book A pioneer in financial planning in Singapore, Goh Yang Chye debu...

Description About the Author Look inside the book     |    Get the Rational Conversations bundle Former Nominated Member of Parliament Kuik Shi...

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Description About the Author Look inside the book     |    Get the Rational Conversations bundle Former diplomat Bilahari Kausikan highlights t...

Description About the Author Look inside the book     |    Get the Rational Conversations bundle Award-winning poet and playwright Alfian Sa'at...

Description AVAILABLE IN 20 DIFFERENT COVERSCover subject to availability. From humble art school to renowned international institution in 80 ...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book The 1978 Singapore rugby team made history by beating the powerful Kiwis, clinching th...

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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 Authors Look inside the book Excavations, Interrogations, Krishen Jit & Contemporary Malaysian Theatre recount...

Description Praise About the Author Book of the Year, 2019 Singapore Book Awards Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google ...

Description About the Author & Illustrator 🎁Recommended for ages 3 and above Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book   |   Get the series...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book Combining favourite Asian ingredients with all-time classic bakes...

Description Praise About the Author & Illustrator 🎁Recommended for ages 9 and above Nominated for the 2019 Singapore Book Awards, Best No...

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

Description About the Editor & Illustrator Look inside the book “You need a very small space to have sex.” “The co-driver is there to slap ...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book Singapore-born poet Boey Kim Cheng meditates on emigration and loss during a year of t...

Description Praise About the Author & Illustrator 🎁Recommended for ages 9 and above Winner of Best Book Cover at the Popular Reader's Cho...

Description About the Author Look inside the bookListen to the audiobookFuneral director and life celebrant Angjolie Mei, one of the very few w...