Non-Fiction

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...

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 About the Author “I have had nothing bad happen to me except my own doing. I have let this cowardice envelop me, and I can’t shake ...

Description About the Author “Dancing was fun; it didn't seem like a job but a party every day.” “They practised dancing seriously; it was thei...

Description Once the centre of trade and commerce connecting Singapore to the rest of the Malay Archipelago, Kampong Gelam served as a religio...

Description Get contemporary perspectives from Gen X leaders across 10 countries and learn how to lead a new generation of Asian workforce. Wit...

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 About the Authors Shortlisted for the 2020 Singapore Book Awards (Best Illustrated, Non-Fiction) Look inside the book   |   Get the...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play What separates you from the robots? How ...

Description Praise About the Author Winner for the 2020 Singapore Book Awards (Best Non-Fiction) Look inside the bookGet the E-book on Amazon o...

Description About the Author The book shows how the Chinese are now confident of their capacity to learn all they need from the developed world...

Description About the Author Look inside the book  |  Get the E-book Do I Matter? is a journey towards understanding the self-esteem a person p...

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

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the bookGet the E-book on Amazon or Google Play    Listen to the audiobook No hotel is as insep...

Description About the Author How do a passion to create an education revolution and the business acumen to fuel rapid and spectacular global ex...

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 It is 1958 and Josephine is staring at a Milo tin. She cannot make sense of the letters! To learn how to read, she...

Description A General History of the Chinese in Singapore documents over 700 years of Chinese history in Singapore, from Chinese presence in th...

Description About the Author The Sound of Memories: Recordings from the Oral History Centre, Singapore features the happy, funny, poignant and ...

Description About the Authors Singapore is changing. The consensus that the PAP government has constructed and maintained over five decades is ...

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 Lee Hsien Loong, Professor Wang Gungwu and Professor Leonard Andaya Presents three public lectures given to commemorate the 50th an...

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 Zubir Said is best known as the composer of Majulah Singapura, the national anthem of Singapore, Semoga Bahagia, t...

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 Comprehensive modern history of Singapore, from C16 to present. Michael D. Barr is Associate Professor in Inter...

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 Editors In short, following Marshall McLuhan's famous provocation, the editors focus less on the message and more on the ...

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

Description About the Author The story of modern Singapore as told through its living heritage is encapsulated in this handsome book, published...

Description The story of modern Singapore as told through its living heritage is encapsulated in this handsome book, published to coincide with...

Description About the Author The Japanese invasion of Malaya in December 1941 is one of the more heavily studied military campaigns in World Wa...

Description This book presents insights on Singapore's economy and society from leading thinkers, based on selected commentaries from Singapore...

Description This book presents insights on Singapore's politics and governance from leading thinkers, based on selected commentaries from Singa...

Description About the Editors This book, the first in a planned series, reports on Singapore's Future Cities Laboratory and its ambitious missi...

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