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In The Footsteps of Stamford Raffles by Nigel Barley Stamford Raffles is that rarest of things — a colonial figure who is forgotten at home but still remembered with affection abroad. In this intriguing book, part history, part travelogue, Nigel Barley re-visits the places that were important in the life of Stamford Raffles and evaluates his heritage in an account that is both humorous and insightful. |
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Country Madness by Ong Yong Lock
This quirky memoir of a Singaporean psychiatrist in rural England spans five seasons (the fifth season being a Chinese state of mind). In humorous and insightful prose, Yong Lock describes living in two cultures and belonging to both. He shares his thoughts about his adopted home, his Chinese roots and his attraction to the mysterious Carolyn as well as to pheasants (a prototype of the Chinese phoenix). |
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Love and Lust in Singapore Goodwin, Tewar & Hoye (eds) Love and Lust in Singapore is a vibrant collection of twenty-four stories that delves into the diverse love lives of the city-state’s eclectic mix of inhabitants, from the prostitute to the migrant worker, the guilt-ridden expatriate to the fantasizing heartlands housewife. Leading Singaporean and Singapore-based writers explore the best and worst of the human condition called love. |
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And The Rain My Drink by Han Suyin And The Rain My Drink is a novel set against a backdrop of the Malayan Emergency in the late 1940s and 1950s. It describes the methods used by the British colonial authorities and the left-wing rebels, and how individual lives were affected. Han Suyin is the author of over twenty books, the most famous being A Many-Splendoured Thing, which was made into a Hollywood film and inspired a popular song. |
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The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard
This endearing 19th-century family saga follows the lives, loves and losses of one pioneering family and two escaped convicts as they open up the land in Gippsland, Victoria. This classic Australian story not only commands a place in the cannon of Australian literature but it is also an important part of Australia’s national cultural heritage for its fascinating record and reflection of early Australian life and perspectives. |
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Singapore Girl by James Eckardt This is the true story of a long-vanished Singapore and the dangerous carnival known as Bugis Street. James Eckardt cut a raffish figure as he stepped off a sailboat at Clifford Pier in Singapore on March 30, 1975. Little did he know that he would become enchanted by a fun-loving Singaporean nymph named Milly who would take him in hand to explore the exotic wonders of her city. |
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