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Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Presidency traces the fascinating twists and turns of the relatively short history of the El...

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

Description About the Series This book presents a historical overview of personal social services in Singapore, known fundamentally as social w...

Description About the Series In 2016, Singapore’s long-awaited dream of winning an Olympic gold medal was realised when Joseph Schooling touche...

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 examines the crucial role of trade and investment in Singapore’s economy. Using globalisation as a backd...

Description About the Series Trade unions hold a special place in Singapore’s history. Occupying different camps on the left and right, unionis...

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 Singapore is a modern and global island-state, internationally recognised as one of the most liveable cities in th...

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 Author The vocabulary and sentence structures have been kept simple so that the stories can be enjoyed without too much h...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   |   Get the E-book Literary greats have long visited Singapore, fascinated by its cu...

Description Praise About the Author Wendy Hutton's Singapore Food has been recognised as one of the most authoritative titles on the unique cul...

Description About the Editors In this volume, a group of international scholars examines the history of Singapore as a series of discontinuous ...

Description About the Author Immerse yourself in the vibrant tapestry of Singapore's culinary heritage as you journey through the pages of this...

Description A visual guide to the country's delicious street foodOn the hunt for the ultimate food experience in Singapore? This guide to the c...

Description About the Author This bestselling classic cookbook by cookery doyen Sylvia Tan provides recipes for the well-loved dishes of Singap...

Description This book features a collection of black & white and coloured postcards, produced between 1900 and 1930, depicting scenes of c...

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

‘ Singapore in the 60s” is a personal recollection of experiences seen through the eyes of the author James Suresh who grew up in a rented flat in ...

Description About the Author & Illustrator Singapore turns 60 this year, and what better way to celebrate than with a delightful children’s...

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

Description Praise About the Author Retired Singapore diplomat Bilahari Kausikan gives his perspectives on regional and global developments tha...

Description About the Authors Singapore Love Stories is a vibrant collection of seventeen stories that delves into the diverse love lives of Si...

Description About the Author 'Chinese New Year 1915 will long be remembered in the Straits Settlements,' write Edwin and Mary Brown in their ex...

Description About the Author As Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary as a sovereign and independent country, what does it mean to be a Sin...

Description About the Editor This volume is conceptualised around the notion by Raymond Williams, a cultural theorist, that any cultural system...

Description Singapore’s demographic diversity was the driving force for the country's founding leaders as they forged a nation. They sought to ...

Description About the Editors Singapore reaches an important milestone in its national development in 2015 when it celebrates its 50th year of ...

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 Singapore/Malaya, 1890s: A cholera epidemic breaks out in Singapore’s congested Chinatown, and Detective Inspector...

Description About the Author Go on an exciting adventure through Singapore’s most iconic attractions with this colouring book for kids! From th...

Description About the Authors Singapore Screening Spaces (1896–1945) is a documentation of archives and affection. It charts approximately hal...

The Singapore shophouse is an architectural gem - a particular building form that is unique to the island. This book traces its development from ru...

Description About the Author Go on an exciting adventure through Singapore’s most iconic attractions with this colouring book for kids! From th...

Description Praise About the Author You’ve asked for it, we’ve heard you and here it is. The whole Singapore Siu Dai experience, in one packagi...

Singapore Sketchbook is a celebration of streets and buildings, classic scenes and marvelous architectural details. Singapore is a thriving, modern...

Description Have you ever longed for that white Christmas you always see on cards and in movies? When Jack and Milly wake up before daybreak on...

Description A treasury of heartfelt stories, emotions, and wishes from children about Singapore, this collection is published to mark two momen...

Description About the Authors Place names tell us much about a country — its history, its landscape, its people, its aspirations, its self-ima...

Description The narratives and analysis included in this book were written by and derived from teacher participants in a post-graduate course t...

Description Introduction by Lai Chee Kien This long-awaited new edition of the classic reference on the changing landscapes of Singapore, which...

Description About the Author Singapore through 19th Century Photographs is a comprehensive photographic record of Singapore from the early 1840...

Description About the Authors A selection of topographic prints of places such as the harbour, Singapore River, Fort Canning Hill, as well as p...

Description About the Author Singapore/Malaya, 1892: Chief Detective Inspector David Hawksworth, orphaned, middle-aged and gimlet-eyed, travels...

Description About the Author The book uses three Indonesian concepts (merantau, malu, liar) to explain the mobility of migrants and tourists on...