Category : Autobiography,Biography & Memoirs

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"Roll Out the Champagne, Singapore!"

by Catherine Lim

"30 stories about ordinary Singaporeans at their best and worst, their joys and griefs and angers, their dreams fulfilled or lost. They are tales about the awesome human condition and the even more aw ...

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Always a Commando

by Thomas A. Squire

"Best known for his role in helping to establish the Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation and as the unit’s first commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Clarence Tan was born on his f ...

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Amazing Africa

by MD Ramesh

"Written by two experts who have lived and worked in Africa for two decades, Amazing Africa: A Corporate Journey is a collection of 25 colourful tales and anecdotes of their enriching time spent on th ...

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Anwar Returns: The Final Twist

by Mark Trowell, QC

“Going to jail I consider a sacrifice I make for the people of this country. My struggle will continue, wherever I am sent and whatever is done to me. I pledge, and I will not be silenced, I will f ...

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Dr Mahathir's Selected Letters to World Leader

by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

Dr Mahathir Mohamad governed Malaysia for 22 years (1981–2003), during which he wrote and received many letters from world leaders. The seventy-one letters presented in this volume—by Dr Mahathir, ...

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From Estate to Embassy: Memories of an ambassador

by K. Kesavapany; Anitha Devi Pillai

This biography documents K. Kesavapany’s journey from the Malayan estates in the late 1930s to his move to Singapore when he was headhunted to join the Singapore Civil Service in the 1970s, and from ...

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Giants of Asia: Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew

by Tom Plate

The first in the Giants of Asia series, this succinct, penetrating, richly detailed and candid book on Lee Kuan Yew represents the Asian legend’s first extended conversation with a Western journalis ...

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Giants of Asia: Conversations with Mahathir Mohamad

by Tom Plate

He began his professional career as a family physician but wound up prescribing innovative political medicines for the entire nation that remain controversial even today. Was he exactly the bold and f ...

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