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Description About the Series How can a tiny island defend itself against Goliaths in the region? This book addresses that often-asked question....

Description Praise Why did Lee do away with vernacular schools despite violent political resistance?Why did he close Nanyang University?Why sta...

Description When young Kayden is told by his busy mother to use his head and think of something to do, he picks up his pencil to do a join-the-...

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 Best Non-fiction Title Finalist for the 2023 Singapore Book Awards At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan, more than a quarter of...

Description About the Series Water is more than a basic human necessity in Singapore. Its supply was a strategic collaboration between two Brit...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Theatre surveys the beginnings, evolution and current state of the theatre in English, Manda...

Description About the Series This book discusses the significance of multiracialism as one of the central components of nationhood in Singapore...

Description About the Series This book tells the story of the Singapore legal system. Beginning with the British years, it moves on to the post...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Education examines the key imperatives and principles that drove policy formulation, the suc...

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 About the Authors Published in commemoration of PropNex’s 25th anniversary, I Am Not Good Enough is more than a biography or corpo...

Description This is a story that tells how love is about accepting others, even in their frailties; how courage is about forgiving another; and...

Description Finalist at the 2022 Popular Readers' Choice Award The United States of America is the largest investor in Singapore. And in 2019, ...

Description Asking Why is a collection of eclectic speeches and writings by prominent entrepreneur Ho Kwon Ping during his life so far, from sc...

Description Fistful of Colours is an elegant, multi-layered reflection on Singapore as experienced through one day in the life of Suwen, a youn...

Description This book is a collection of some of her favourite recipes from her fortnightly cooking column, Hunger Management, which has been r...

Description The Machine Boy is a winner of the 2011 “Beyond Words: Young and Younger” contest organized by the National Arts Council. Set in th...

Description About the Series This book traces the development of Singapore’s land transport system since its modern founding in 1819. Until Ind...

Description About the Series The conventional and dominant view of Singapore’s history is that it began with Stamford Raffles’ arrival on the i...

Description About the Series Singapore has not one national literature but four literatures, in the official languages of Malay, Chinese, Tamil...

Description About the Series Heritage means different things to different people. This book provides a guide to Singapore heritage and its pres...

Description About the Series This book reviews the development of healthcare in Singapore, especially over the last 50 years. It presents major...

Description About the Series Good governance is at the heart of Singapore’s development, forged in the furnace of the early challenges that Sin...

Description About the Series Singapore is one of the premier financial centres in the world. It is one of the biggest markets for the trading o...

Description With personal message from Joseph Schooling From Kid to King: The Joseph Schooling Story is inspired by Olympic gold medallist Jose...

Description This book tells the story of Singapore’s first experience of defending its legal rights before an international tribunal, the Inter...

Description About the Author How should Asean leaders advance the Asean Economic Community? What obstacles does Asia face in managing US-China ...

Description Postcats is part of a limited edition postcard series launched by the Straits Times Press in collaboration with Singapore Post. Onl...

Description In this book, Mr Liew Mun Leong, chairman of the Changi Airport Group and of urban and infrastructure consultancy Surbana Jurong Gr...

Description This book covers a collection of 50 essays in which psychiatrist Chong Siow Ann, who is also vice-chairman of the Medical Board (Re...

Description Lambs for Dinner is one of five winners in the children’s chapter books and young adult fiction category of the “Beyond Words: Youn...

Description About the Series Singapore is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world. This feature gives multiple layers and co...

Description About the Series The story of public housing in Singapore is a unique one. This book chronicles the journey from the early days of ...

Description About the Series This monograph outlines the development of Singapore’s media from the first government-subsidised newspaper to rad...

Description About the Series The term “flora and fauna” refers to the plants and animals found in a particular region. Singapore’s primeval veg...

Description About the Series This book gives a concise account of the Singapore economy, beginning withits origins in the colonial era and cont...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Diplomacy shows how Singapore has dealt with many daunting challenges: separation from Malay...

Description About the Series This book is a history of Singapore from the founding of a settlement by Raffles in 1819, to the post-imperial pha...

Description About the Series A collection of short essays written by the two authors, this book is an unconventional chronicle of the visual ar...

Description Finalist at the 2022 Popular Readers' Choice Award Which of the following is the best investment that you can ever make? A stock th...

Description Praise About the Author The Straits Times’ Invest Editor Lorna Tan follows up on the success of her 2018 book, Retire Smart, with M...

Description This book is a detailed and comprehensive exploration of the development of sport in Singapore in the colonial period, from the ear...

Description A curry puff stall that dates back to the 1950s; homemade desserts sold to make ends meet; immigrants cooking with firewood; itiner...

Description C.V. Devan Nair, the son of a rubber plantation clerk, rose from humble beginnings to become an outstanding union leader, a Member ...

Description About the Author Why do some people spend their whole lives working only to find themselves still short of money in old age? The an...

Description Kyoto Unhurried charts an atmospheric journey through one of the world’s most romantic cities. It's an introduction to the Japanese...