From an award-winning Singaporean novelist comes a multi-layered tale about love, sisterhood, spousal abuse, and Cantonese opera in the lives of three generations of women--all set against the dramatic sweep of Singapore's development The famous cross-dressing Cantonese opera singer Chan Kam Foong passes away, leaving her secret journal to her granddaughter, Xiu Yin, an archival officer at the Singapore National Archives. Xiu Yin reads through...
Part autobiography, part microhistory of WWII - but wholly the story of two men's fight for survival in the harshest of wars. A book with intricate and lesser-known details of famous figures in the WWII era.
Take a culinary voyage through the vibrant flavours of Malaysia with MasterChef UK contestant, Zaleha Kadir Olpin, as she shares her favourite family recipes in this cookbook. Malaysian-born Zaleha pays tribute to dishes she grew up with, including laksam, a rolled rice noodle dish unique to the East Coast of Malaysia, nasi lemak, one of Malaysia's most iconic dishes, as well as chicken rendang, the controversial dish she prepared on the show....
Ever been to so many meetings that you couldn't get your work done? Ever fallen asleep during a bullet-point presentation? Ever watched the news and ended up knowing less? Welcome to the land of Blah, Blah, Blah, in which talk and words prevent us from thinking. As powerful as words are, we fool ourselves when we think our words alone can detect, describe and defuse the multifaceted problems of today. This book offers a way out of Blah, Blah, ...
The Awesome Women series: Activists: Determination box set features three board books to inspire young readers to be anything they want to be. Each story pays tribute to an awesome female activist by recounting her struggles and challenges, and detailing her success.Each female activist is brought to life through interesting nuggets of information, such as the fact that Malala Yousafzai fought for girls' education even when her life was threat...
Grace lives next door to old Mr Milligan and his goat Charlie. They are the best of friends. But when Mr Milligan's beloved goat dies, everything changes. Will Grace be able to help her friend overcome his sadness? Grace and Mr Milligan is a heart-warming story of grief, love and the healing power of friendship.
This book introduces young readers to the many outdoor spaces in the city through the hand-drawn illustrations of artist William Sim. It starts out with the vision of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his idea for a city in nature and how Singapore came to be known as the Garden City. This is followed by practical and safety tips for readers who are planning to go on nature outings. In the midst of outings to all these places, readers will also gai...
Following on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three " Leeter" books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore's unofficial language - written in Singlish! In this third volume, we look at where Singlish words come from: " There are England terms like ' act cute' and ' act blur' whose meanings we tweak, Melayu ones we keep like ' c...
The Awesome Women series: Activists: Courage box set features three board books to inspire young readers to be anything they want to be. Each story pays tribute to an awesome female activist by recounting her struggles and challenges, and detailing her success.Each female activist is brought to life through interesting nuggets of information, such as the fact that Amal Clooney had to flee her country when she was just a toddler, that Greta Thu...
Could and Couldnt Are Not Afraid of The Dark. CAN, CANT, COULD, COULDNT, DID, DIDNT, WAS, WASNT, WILL and WONT known collectively as the CAN DOs are all friends and they each have something to teach your child.