Adventures of the Mad Chinaman |
 D. Lee
ISBN: 9812326022
The book is a witty and honest piece of writing straight from the heart of one of Singapore's best loved sons. Written in an unpretentious style that is characteristic of Dick Lee, the book recounts the author's many escapades, adventures trials and...(read more) |
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First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover |
 Tim Slessor
ISBN: 1904955142
Why not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys half-way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already tried it. Some had got as far as...(read more) |
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Keeping My Mandarin Alive: Lee Kuan Yew's Language Learning Experience |
 Chua Chee Lay
ISBN: 9812563822
Learn Mandarin while you brush your teeth or shave? Read how Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew does it! A Prime Minister as an interpreter? Find out when and why MM Lee had to do it. For the first time, this towering figure of the island-state's...(read more) |
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Notes From An Even Smaller Island |
 Neil Humphreys
ISBN: 9812321764
Knowing nothing of Singapore, Neil Humphreys arrives in the land of 'air-conned' shopping centres and Lee Kuan Yew. From the aunties in the hawker centres to expats dressed as bananas, from Singlish to kiasuism, and from Singaporeans abroad, Humphreys...(read more) |
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Pregnant Guy, The: A Road-map to Fatherhood: How to Survive Pregnancy and Childbirth |
Simon Morse
ISBN: 9810583923
The Pregnant Guy is a humorous look at pregnancy from a male perspective. It aims to provide a road-map to childbirth for the half of humanity that has trouble asking for directions. |
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Scribbles from the Same Island |
 Neil Humphreys
ISBN: 9812325891
Neil Humphreys is back with more 'Scribbles from the Same Island'. He is not rich, doesn't own an apartment, and doesn't have many expatriate privileges, but nonetheless manages to remain the same funny bloke happily living in the small estate of Toa...(read more) |
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Secret Letters from the Railway: The Remarkable Record of a Japanese POW |
 Charles Steel
ISBN: 1844151182
Charles Steel took part in two military disasters - the Fall of France and the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Fall of Singapore. Shortly before the latter, he married Louise. Within days of being captured by the Japanese, he began writing a weekly letter...(read more) |
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The Golden Sword: Stamford Raffles and the East |
 Nigel Barley
ISBN: 0714125423
Stamford Raffles is most remembered as the founder of Singapore, but he was also a collector of and researcher into the cultures of Malaysia and Indonesia. This book investigates Raffles's contributions to the study of Javanese arts, as well as his...(read more) |
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The Life of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles |
Demetrius Charles Boulger
ISBN: 9054960299
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The Singapore Grip |
 J.G. Farrell
ISBN: 1857994922
Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of tennis parties, cocktails and deferential servants seems unchanging. But it is poised on the edge of the abyss... This is the eve of the Fall...(read more) |
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