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From Third World to First: Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom
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Lee Kuan Yew, Henry A Kissinger (Foreword by), Kuan Yew Lee
Written by the man usually given credit for Singapore's transformation from a somewhat insignificant island to its new position as a key city-state in the region, this political memoir deals with political realities and reflects the authoritarian manner with which he took the reins of government.
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Singapore Grip
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J G Farrell
A historical account of Britain's loss of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II--the last of Farrell's novels about the decline of the British empire.
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Frommer's Singapore & Malaysia
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Jennifer Eveland
You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go - they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series ...
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Tanamera
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Noel Barber
Opulence - Invasion - Terror - and forbidden passion in 1930s Singapore. 'They were the golden days, when Singapore was as rich as its climate was steamy, its future as assured as it was busy. And those days were made even better when, as was inevitable, I fell in love with the Chinese beauty of Julie Soong and, against all unwritten canons of ...
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The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
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Kuan Yew Lee
Visionary? Authoritarian? Model for the West? Lee Kuan Yew, the long-time leader of Singapore, has been called all these things, and more. In these vivid memoirs, Lee takes a profoundly personal look back at the events that led to Singapore's independence and shaped its struggle for success. And, as always, he lets the chips fall where they may. ...
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In a perfect state
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Joseph R. Garber
A novel of intrigue and suspense by the author of "Vertical Run". Red-eyed and travel-weary, an American businessman arrives in Singapore from Manhattan, unaware that he has been marked out for assassination - twice.
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The Demon and the City
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Liz Williams
When Detective Inspector Chen goes on holiday, his demonic partner Zhu Irzh finds himself alone in Singapore Three. The missing body of a brutally murdered socialite and the strange experiments of a well-connected, beautiful, young heiress leads Zhu into a maze of death and corruption. Chen returns to the city just as Zhu's baser instincts seem to ...
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Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston's Law of Contract
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M P Furmston, G C Cheshire
Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston's Law of Contract stands as one of the classic textbooks on contract law more than 50 years after the publication of the first edition. Michael Furmston combines an authoritative account of the principles of the law of contract with thought-provoking analysis and insights, and the clarity of the narrative brings ...
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Snake Agent
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Liz Williams
Detective Inspector Chen is the Singapore Three police department's snake agent - the detective in charge of supernatural and mystical investigations. Chen has several problems: in addition to colleagues who don't trust him and his mystical ways, a patron goddess whom he has offended and a demonic wife who's tired of staying home alone, he's been ...
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Spider boys
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Ming Cher
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Battleship: The Loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse
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Martin Middlebrook, Patrick Mahoney
On Wednesday 10 December 1941, the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship "HMS Prince of Wales" and the battle cruiser "HMS Repulse". Taking full advantage of British Second World ...
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The Rough Guide to Singapore
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Rough Guides, Mark Lewis
Asia's diverse cultures, cuisines and religions collide in Singapore. In the ethnic enclaves of Chinatown, Little India and the Arab quarter, visitors glimpse customs and traditions unchanged for centuries. For tourists wishing to experience this melting pot, this new edition of "The Rough Guide to Singapore" is the perfect travelling companion. ...
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Defeat in Malaya, the Fall of Singapore
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Arthur Swinson
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The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei
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Charles De Ledesma
"The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei" is the ultimate travel guide to these three exciting Southeast Asian destinations. Discover this dynamic region; from the turquoise beaches of Thailand, spectacular Gunung Mulu National Park, Mount Kinabalu, historic temples and the Perhentian Islands, to amazing Singaporean cuisine and lively ...
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Malaysia & Singapore
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Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore
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Noel Barber
Published to international acclaim in 1968, Noel Barber's account of the fall of Singapore remains the best account of this, Britain's greatest military defeat. In just ten weeks, Malaya was overrun and the 'fortress' of Singapore surrendered to a Japanese army that found itself outnumbered by the 100,000+ British and Commonwealth prisoners. ...
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The Singapore story : from Raffles to Lee Kuan Yew
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Noel Barber
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Gardening in the Tropics
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R E Holttum, Ivan Enoch
Although written specifically for the tropical climate of Malaysia, this enormous encyclopedia is also useful for the less steamy conditions of Hawaii, south Florida, and southern California.
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The hostile shore
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Douglas Reeman
The Sigli had been just an old passenger launch, but when the Japanese invaded Singapore during World War II everything that could float was pressed into service. And so, crammed with refugees, harried and bombed by enemy planes, the Sigli had struggled south in a desperate attempt to escape - Rupert Blair's family had been among the passengers on ...
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The Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II
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Peter Thompson
The true story of the 'the greatest defeat and largest capitulation' in British military history. The Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 is a military disaster of enduring fascination. For the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the island, Peter Thompson tells the explosive story of the Malayan campaign, the siege of Singapore, the ...
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Breaking the Tongue
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Vyvyane Loh
As Singapore falls to the Japanese in World War II, an enigmatic young woman named Ling-Li has a profound effect on Claude--a young Chinese man trying to throw off his British heritage--and Humphrey, Claude's father, whose ideals are being shattered before his horrified eyes.
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Pastel Portraits
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Gretchen Liu, R Ian Lloyd (Illustrator), Ian C Stewart (Illustrator)
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Out in the midday sun; Singapore, 1941-45--the end of an empire.
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Kate Caffrey
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This Place Called Absence
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Lydia Kwa
As she interweaves the stories of four remarkable women, newcomer Kwa's spellbinding voice transports readers from the muddy, mosquito-ridden fields of 1900 China to the whorehouses and gambling dens of turn-of-the-century Singapore; from the markets and neighborhoods of contemporary southeast Asia to the offices and libraries of modern-day ...
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Following the Wrong God Home
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Catherine Lim
Never before has Yin Ling appeared in such splendour. Perched up in the bridal car with her mother-in-law to be, in layers of unaccustomed make-up, bedecked with the jewels of her fiance's family, she is about to marry into one of the richest and most influential clans in Singapore. But on the way to the ceremony the car passes through a destitute ...
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