Singapore - Biography from The Penang Bookshelf
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The Duke of Puddle Dock - In the Footsteps of Stamford Raffles
by Nigel Barley
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670836420
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, MYS
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€8.91
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London: The Penguin Group, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. In this book Barley enjoyably weaves elements of Raffles' life in Southeast Asia with Barley's own experiences while travelling around Raffles' haunts today. He discovered that now the imperial hero is remembered not so much for his deeds, but for the commercial cachet in his name. 276 pages Weight… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Life in Words: My Writing Journey
by You Jin
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 2016
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789814615457
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, MYS
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€14.25
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Singapore: Epigram Books, 2016. Paperback. New. Although Tham Yew Chin, who writes under the pseudonym of You Jin, has had more than 150 works published in Chinese in her home country of Singapore and in Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the English reading public had to wait until 2012 for a book of hers to be translated… Read more about this item Item Price
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When There Were Tigers in Singapore: A Family Saga of the Japanese Occupation
by Edmund M Schirmer
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- New
- Published
- 2011
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789814398176
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, MYS
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€10.69
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Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2011. Paperback. New. An extraordinary story of a German, born a British subject, who finds himself in Singapore at the time of the Japanese takeover. Thanks to his German connections, he escapes immediate internment, but is then found out and joins other European internees. His six year old son, Hans, escapes capture and then… Read more about this item Item Price
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William Teo: His Work in Theatre
by Jacqueline Danham (ed)
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789814068444
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€16.93
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Singapore: Archipelago Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/fair. 96 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia The book has suffered extensive water damage, but is still a useful reading copy Item Price
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Got Singapore: Bits & Pieces from a Dot in the World
by Richard Lim
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2002
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789813056510
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€7.13
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Singapore: Angsana Books, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. A collection of articles, originally published in the Straits Times, by a veteran Singaporean journalist. Lim is widely read, sharing a post colonial affinity with VS Naipaul, and so reveals a little more than one might normally expect in such a collection,both of himself and how he grew up with and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Criminal Intent: Stories from Changi Prison
by Wong Kim Hoh
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2009
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- Hardcover
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- 9789814302326
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€26.73
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Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. A collection of biographies of prisoners in Singapore's famous Changi Jail. Commissioned by the Singapore Prison Service, this book is probably intended to deter potential offenders by describing the commission of a series of crimes and the consequent punishment in popular story book form. 119 pages with a few descriptive… Read more about this item Item Price
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Unhurried Thoughts at My Funeral
by Catherine Lim
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 2005
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9789810523060
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€12.47
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Singapore: Horizon Books, 2005. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. The well known and award winning author makes a bit of a departure from her more popular writing by through a mix of fiction and autobiography imagines what mourners would be saying as she lies in her coffin. Of course, Lim uses enough of her wit to transform the experience… Read more about this item Item Price
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