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Description About the Author Sutekina Okashi means “lovely sweets” and this is talented baker Keiko Ishida’s follow-on book to her bestselling ...

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

Description About the Author Kuang was five years old when he first arrived in Singapore from Shantou, China. Reunited with his abusive good-fo...

Description About the Author Frank Swettenham joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1870, aged twenty, and retired in 1903 as Governor of the Str...

Description Praise About the Author Successful marketing is more attainable than most businesspeople realize! Most companies waste time and mon...

Description About the Author Growing up was never meant to be easy for Michelle Tan. Her older sister Meredith lies in a hospital ward, unconsc...

Description About the Author It is far more about being attacked than about swimming in shark's lane. An insidious Italian executive chef prec...

Description In this book, the synthesis and applications of recent nanomaterials are discussed and reviewed in detail. The scope of the book co...

Description About the Author Shortlisted for Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Illustrated Non-Fiction Title To the generation of Singapore resi...

Description About the Author Looking for a funny dog book for kids? Meet Taco – an adopted Singapore Special with one big, goofy obsession: sho...

Description About the Author Ever noticed how your money often seems to disappear when you’re not watching? Hidden fees, impulse purchases, and...

Description Praise About the Author In December 2015, 20-year-old John Lim was lost, desperate, and hopeless. Having just graduated, he didn’t ...

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

Description Old Singapore was an eclectic trade emporium, where an ethnically and culturally diverse populace coalesced, and sometimes clashed,...

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 Author This memoir by Goh Poh Seng tells of his adventures as a young Asian student in the Ireland of the 1950s. Brought ...

Description About the Author Little has been written about the cuisines of Borneo, the fourth largest island in the world, occupied by three n...

Description About the Author In 1890, a teenage Tan Kah Kee left his hometown in Jimei, Fujian, embarking on a journey towards Singapore to joi...

Description For a Chinese immigrant in South-East Asia to make good is not unique, but what is unique in Tan Kah-kee’s case is his enormous con...

Description About the Author It is remarkable that no biography of Tan Kim Seng has been published until now considering that his imprint on 19...

Description This book is a record of Mr Tan Lark Sye's remarkable contribution to the founding of Nanyang University. Hailing from Jimei, Fujia...

Description About the Author With Foreword by S R Nathan. “A scholar by inclination, a businessman by necessity, a diplomat by duty” — those we...

Description About the Translator One is forcibly struck by the attention Tan Swie Hian’s multidisciplinary creation has commanded over the yea...

Description Praise About the Playwright Look inside the book  |   Get the E-book Let Tan Tarn How, one of Singapore’s most controversial playwr...

Description About the Author Create a little bit of heaven on earth with this delightful collection of recipes for Japanese-inspired French pas...

Description About the Author Noted for his Japanese-inspired French confections showcasing delicate cake bases and intricately-piped fresh crea...

Description About the Author A treat not just for the taste buds, but also for the other senses, these delightful Japanese confections known as...

Description About the Author Tapestry of the Mind is best described as the writer’s literary love affair with trying to make sense of the human...

Description Praise About the Editor G*D IS A WOMAN In Singapore, there is only one rule: be careful who you troll. Frustrated by the rigid, unf...

Description For families juggling school, work, and many other time-consuming daily obligations, the idea of making dinner can be daunting. A c...

Description About the Author Classmates Belle, Tess and Julien discover that a quirky teatime ritual on Wednesday afternoons is the secret gate...

Description About the Author For Belle Marie, having tea on Wednesday afternoons—barefoot and in her pajamas—mysteriously transports her from h...

Description About the Author A story told in three parts, Teacher Narit is a historical novel centering on the main protagonist, Narit, a myste...

Description This book was developed with the caring and concerned adult in mind and is a one-stop for anyone who would like to help a child dev...

Description "Big" science and advanced technology are known to cross-fertilize. This book emphasizes the interplay between particle physics and...

Description Praise Thirty stories. Sustenance, soul and culinary journeys. Telltale Food features an astonishing variety of writings that are a...

Description Praise About the Author Winner, Bronze, 7th International MANGA Awards 2014 Look inside the book   |  Get the E-book Illegal bookie...

Description Praise About the Author Recommended by the National Library Board Singapore and Ministry of Communications and Information Look ins...

Teochew Heritage Cooking is the definitive reference for anyone looking to learn more about the colourful heritage and food culture of the Teochews...

Description About the Author Terry Tan returns with a whole new edition of his first Peranakan cookbook. Renowned Asian cookbook author and for...

Description About the Author Terumbu is a love story set in mid 19th century Singapore, of a young Riau pirate and the daughter of a penghulu, ...

Description Praise About the Author Since the 1990s, Thai contemporary art has achieved international recognition, circulating globally by way ...

Description About the Author Natasha, Riya, Anjali and Katherine were best friends in college – each different from the other yet inseparable –...

Description About the Authors This unique book overturns our ideas about non-Euclidean geometry and the fine-structure constant, and attempts t...

Description Particle Physics and High Energy Physics have stagnated since the early 1970s. Now, the underlying principle of reductionism — so s...

This monograph develops chaos theory from properties of the graphs inverse to the parabolic map of the interval [0, 2], where the height at the mid...