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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 tiny island of Pulau Ubin, located off the northeast coast of mainland Singapore, is one of the last rural are...

Description About the Illustrator As Singapore continues to undergo intensive restructuring and makeovers, and heritage buildings of yesteryear...

Description About the Author With more than 150 years of history, the 74-hectare Singapore Botanic Gardens holds a unique and significant place...

Description About the Author Botanical Singapore is a collection of watercolor and pencil illustrations of commonly seen plants and flowers. Ex...

Description Singapore’s resident bird population, together with the many migratory species that visit seasonally, are one of the most picturesq...

Description About the Author This tiny, humid island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula was once a forest-covered Garden of Eden. The majority o...

Description About the Author These are the unpublished stories about the stories that you may have read in Singapore newspapers over the years....

Description About the Author Swan & Maclaren were one of the main architectural practices working in Singapore from their foundation in 189...

Description Praise About the Editor In this era of the climate crisis, in which our very futures are at stake, sustainability is a global imper...

Description Praise About the Author This new edition of This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn features a new Afterword by the aut...

Description About the Author C.M. Turnbull's one-volume history of Singapore has been an essential resource since its first edition was publish...

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 My Unique Child is a beautifully written guide for parents, caregivers, and educators of chil...

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 What are the issues which one would consider important for a country? This is a question most citizens would ask as they head into ...

Description About the Editors The Singapore 2011 General Election was dubbed by some as the first "Internet" election. How far is this true and...

Description About the Author Look inside the book    |    Get the Rational Conversations Bundle Activist and vice president of Transient Worker...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book "Think of Singapore instead as the Air-Conditioned Nation—a society with a unique blen...

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 More than two hundred years after Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British factory on the island of Singapore...

Description About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book "It is important not to forget the role of the many people like [Gunn Ch...

Description Praise About the Author & Illustrator 🎁Recommended for ages 9 and above Look inside the book   |   Get the full collection Se...

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

Description Many of us have tasted Malay kuih and know how they look like, but do we know the stories behind the names and origins of the kuih ...

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 About the Author Balls Inc. by Val Yap, CEO of PolicyPal (and Forbes “30 Under 30 Asia” in 2017), aims to dismantle the unconscious...

Description About the Author Look inside the bookGet the E-Book Hokkien Button is no ordinary dog. She was trained as a therapy pet who underst...

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 In Singapore, SMEs are a vital part of the economy, yet little is known of the many leaders whose vision, acumen and hard work have...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book     Get the E-book Basic Military Training. Every Singaporean male goes through it, ye...

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 beautiful photo book leads the reader on a visual and historical journey around Singapore’s Chinatown and its...

Description About the Author This book is a poignant story of a small-town boy, who stumbled into a lifelong flying career spanning 38 years as...

Description Professor Tan Tai Yong is the Institute of Policy Studies' 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book is an edited...

Description About the Author One of Singapore's top diplomats, Bilahari Kausikan was the Institute of Policy Studies' (IPS) 2015/16 S R Nathan ...

Description About the Author It started out as a labour of love for her family, which grew to become a national phenomenon. Mrs Lee Chin Koon (...

Description About the Author It started out as a labour of love for her family, which grew to become a national phenomenon. Mrs Lee Chin Koon (...

Description About the Author Sample Chapter(s)Foreword (106 KB)Lecture I: Hunting Black Swans and Taming Black Elephants: Governance in a Compl...

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 Authors Singapore might be small in size, but it definitely packs in plenty of excitement, while also being firmly rooted...

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