Singapore Books


From Third World to First : The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 Best Price: $21.13 This book is a detailed account of Singapore's history beginning from its independence and its...	Bloody Shambles : Volume One : The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore Best Price: $38.19 When you read this book a good historian or soldier comes away with the two lessons: there is...	Hurricanes Over Singapore: Raf, Rnzaf and Nei Fighters in Action Against the Japanese Over the Island and the Netherlands East Indies, 1942 Best Price: $25.05 I found it hard to put this book down, there has been so little coverage of the war in the air...	The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew Best Price: $120.00 Mr Lee Kuan Yew - or LKY - as he is fondly referred to by both admirers and critics, has been a...	The Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II Best Price: $19.96 Just completed this book. Motivation was a trip to visit Singapore and to learn a little about...



The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir Best Price: $0.93 Lucy Lum's "The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir" is based on her account of life during...	Singapore Burning Best Price: $13.77 To truly understand a nation you need to understand how it reacts in defeat as well as victory....	BUFFALOES OVER SINGAPORE: RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Dutch Brewster Fighters in Action Over Malaya and the East Indies 1941-1942 Best Price: $43.63 Excellent, promt service. I was very pleased with how quickly the book was delivered and would...	Singapore Chinese Society in Transition: Business, Politics, & Socio-Economic Change, 1945-1965 Best Price: $54.68 As the first comprehensive study of its kind, this book analyzes the dynamics, processes,...	Singapore: Wealth, Power and the Culture of Control (Asia's Transformations) Best Price: $38.18 This book examines Singapore's culture of control, exploring the city-states colonial heritage...



The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia (The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures) Best Price: $11.23 Case studies of the post-war economic development of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and...	Singapore Architecture Best Price: $14.94 Singapore Architecture captures the architectural heritage of Asia's crossroads city. The...	Britain's Greatest Defeat: Singapore 1942 Best Price: $12.25 The surrender of Singapore on February 15, 1942, was the greatest and most humiliating defeat in...	Singapore: 500 Early Postcards Best Price: $18.80 Presenting for the first time through the illustrations of 500 postcards from the author's...	Singapore: A Pictorial History 1819-2000 Best Price: $29.07 Its simply amazing going through Singapore's history through this book. Its almost unbelievable...

An Anecdotal History Of Old Times In Singapore V1 Best Price: $24.97 In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series....	The Singapore River: A Social History, 1819-2002 (Singapore: Studies in Society & History) Best Price: $64.10	The Little Red Dot: Reflections by Singapore's Diplomats Best Price: $64.52 The book is made up of various accounts by Singapore Diplomats throughout its short history. It...	Tan Kah-kee: The Making of an Overseas Chinese Legend By the time of his death in 1961, Chinese-born Tan Kah-kee had become a veritable folk hero--not...	Singapore Cinema Best Price: $18.38 Filmmaking in Singapore has seen a dramatic revival since the 1990s with the success of movies...

Japan's Greatest Victory/ Britain's Greatest Defeat Best Price: $7.75 Reference the excellent review by Glen Buchanan, "Why Japan fought the White Races of Asia...	The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Vol. 1 - Non-passerines Best Price: $84.96 Twenty years after the last summary publication on the region, this volume presents the most...	Lee's Lieutenants : Singapore Old Guard Best Price: $57.96	Singapore, 1941-1942 (The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)	Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia: The Quest for Moral Authority (Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific) Best Price: $22.07 The countries of Southeast Asia have had varying degrees of success in establishing governments...

Over Singapore 50 Years Ago: An Aerial View in the 1950s Best Price: $19.39	Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore (Anthropology of Asia Series) Best Price: $139.99 In recent years Singapore society has undergone a rapid process of modernization and...	New Perspectives on the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore 1941-1945 Best Price: $25.00	A Social History of the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya 1800-1911 (Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)) In 19th-century Singapore and Malaya, much of the community's social life revolved around...	Encyclopedia of Singapore Best Price: $70.00

Social Policy in East and South East Asia: Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies) Best Price: $129.97 Ramesh performs a comparative study of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, in the...	To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew's Prison (Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series) Best Price: $22.00 Francis' book is an entertaining read with vivid accounts of how and why he was imprisoned....	Chinese Beliefs and Practices in Southeast Asia: Studies on the Chinese Religion in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia Best Price: $76.25	Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore Best Price: $5.72 For anyone living outside the former British Empire, it is virtually impossible to describe the...	The Malayan Campaign 1948-60 (Men at Arms Series, 132) Best Price: $174.45 a very detailed paperback of the fight against the Communist terrorists during The Malayan...

The Economic Growth of Singapore: Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century Best Price: $29.99 There are many texts about the development of Singapore from when it achieved self-government in...	Tidal fortunes: A story of change, the Singapore River and Kallang basin it is nice and great and scientifi	Growing Churches Singapore Style Ministry in an Urban Context (An OMF book) "The churches have not done well in most of the cities of the world," says Keith...	Public Service Reform in East Asia: Reform Issues and Challenges in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong Best Price: $22.77 Public service reform, or public sector reform, has been a hot topic among political scientists...	Paths Not Taken: Political Pluralism in Postwar Singapore Best Price: $25.00

Sieges: A Comparative Study Best Price: $27.90 Watson presents five sieges for detailed analysis. The author utilizes the methodology John...	Frontiers of Fear: Tigers and People in the Malay World, 1600-1950 Best Price: $8.39 This is a really interesting book and the author has found invaluable sources to paint a picture...	Singapore Changes Guard (Studies on Contemporary Asia) Best Price: $60.56	Judiciary-Led Reforms in Singapore: Framework, Strategies, and Lessons (World Bank Technical Paper) (World Bank Technical Paper) Best Price: $11.50 While each country's judiciary is unique in its individual needs, capabilities and contexts, the...	Lee's Law: How Singapore Crushes Dissent Best Price: $29.29 Chris Lydgate, a long-time journalist from Portland, Oregon, has written a harrowing and...

The Defence And Fall Of Singapore 1940-1942 (Battles & Campaigns) Best Price: $37.09 I must agree to disagree with Mr. Chan. I have studied the battle of Singapore for almost 38...	The Singapore Dilemma: The Political and Educational Marginality of the Malay Community (South-East Asian Social Science Monographs) Best Price: $87.13 While some facts/evidence used by the author are outdated or have become irrelevant, the key...	SINGAPORE'S DUNKIRK: The Aftermath of the Fall Best Price: $26.27 When Singapore fell so ignominiously to the Japanese in February 1942, many tens of thousands of...	Urban Planning in Singapore: The Transformation of a City (South-East Asian Social Science Monographs) Best Price: $47.49 This book details the process of urban planning in Singapore by tracing its early growth on the...	Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Singapore (Singapore Business Development Series)

Singapore Surrender	Watching the Sun Rise: Australian Reporting of Japan, 1931 to the Fall of Singapore Best Price: $82.85 This book offers a lot more than its title might suggest. Murray's survey of opinion formation...	Singapore Perspectives 2007: A New Singapore (Singapore Perspectives) (Singapore Perspectives) Best Price: $26.55 The Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of...	Sixty Years on: The Fall of Singapore Revisited	The Asian Modern: Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore Best Price: $44.81 How does one comprehend the phenomenon of the modernization of an Asian society in a globalized...

Old Malacca (Images of Asia) Hoyt has not done any injustice in summarising Malacca's last 500 odd years in 80 pages. This is...	Spectrum of Chinese Culture: All About Chinese Heritage Best Price: $37.37 This book gives ample clues to the Chinese mind. It traces the roots of Chinese outlook,...	Singapore's Foreign Policy: Coping with Vulnerability (Politics in Asia) Best Price: $36.00 The only full-length English-language study available in this area, this text is an essential...	The Four Asian Tigers: Economic Development & the Global Political Economy Best Price: $54.95 This book critically examines the geopolitical and economic contexts of the region's...

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