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  • The Protagonist

    by GUAN ...
    The Protagonist is a book-length account of an artist growing up in China. Blurring the boundaries between painting, personal narrative, and reminiscence, the book traces, through fragmented text and images, the psychological and cultural construction of identity in the midst of displacement, memory, and emotional rupture. Through artistic practice and autobiographical fragments, the author ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Leader, The Teacher & You: Leadership Through The Third Generation

    by Siong Guan Lim, Joanne H Lim ...
    Former Head of the Singapore Civil Service Mr Lim Siong Guan now shares his diverse experiences and fresh insights on leadership in his exclusive new book, The Leader, The Teacher & You. As a former Permanent Secretary in ministries, including the Ministry of Defence, the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Finance, and former chairman of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Can Singapore Fall? - Making The Future For Singapore

    by Siong Guan Lim ...
    Lim Siong Guan, Singapore's former Head of Civil Service (1999-2005) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 4th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book contains edited versions of the three IPS-Nathan Lectures he gave between September and November 2017, and highlights of his dialogue with the audience.Lim addresses the question, 'Can Singapore Fall?', by examining the state of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Lee Kuan Yew's Strategic Thought

    by Ang Cheng Guan ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    Lee Kuan Yew, as the founding father of independent Singapore, has had an enormous impact on the development of Singapore and of Southeast Asia more generally. Even in his 80s he is a key figure who continues to exert considerable influence from behind the scenes. This book presents a comprehensive overview of Lee Kuan Yew’s strategic thought. It charts the development of Singapore over the last ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Singapore's Grand Strategy

    by Cheng Guan Ang ...
    New insight into the defense history of Singapore.Even small states can have grand strategies. Singapore, despite its poor natural resource endowment, small population, and size, has often been described as punching above its weight in international affairs. Part of this stems from the way Singapore strategically integrates the different diplomatic, political, and defense-oriented tools at its ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • S Rajaratnam On Singapore: From Ideas To Reality

    by Chong Guan Kwa ...
    This book, a compilation of key speeches and articles by the late Mr S Rajaratnam, is a tribute to one of the founding fathers of Singapore. As the country's first foreign minister, he was pivotal in conceptualising and implementing its foreign policy. Present at the birth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), he was also instrumental in ensuring a constructive role for Singapore ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The Intercultural Communication Playbook

    by Xiaowen Guan, Teri Kwal Gamble, Michael W. Gamble ...
    Featuring a three-prong approach on culture, communication, and creative problem solving, The Intercultural Communication Playbook, with its unique, user-friendly layout and presentation, highlights how active, imaginative, and productive problem-solving methods can transform the way students understand intercultural communication. This framework from authors Teri Kwal Gamble, Michael W. Gamble, ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • The Third Indochina War

    An International History

    by Cheng Guan Ang ...
    The Third Indochina War – comprised of the Vietnam-Kampuchea War from 1978 to 1990 and the brief Sino-Vietnamese War in February 1979 – has received far less scholarly attention than the earlier two Indochina Wars. Ang Cheng Guan utilises a wide range of archival and secondary material, including Vietnamese, Cambodian, Chinese, Soviet, American, British, Australian and ASEAN sources, to provide a ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Silencing Chinese Media

    The "Southern Weekly" Protests and the Fate of Civil Society in Xi Jinping's China

    by Guan Jun ...
    Translated by Kevin Carrico ...
    Chinese media in the reform era walk a fine line between commercialized diversification and party-state control. Nowhere have these two trends been in more open conflict than at Southern Weekly (Nanfang Zhoumo), a Guangzhou-based newspaper known for reliably pushing the envelope on media controls. Soon after a new group of political leaders rose to power in early 2013, these tensions boiled over, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Lessons I Wish I Was Taught

    MUSINGS BY THE FIRST SINGAPOREAN EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CEO OF MIZUHO BANK LTD, SINGAPORE BRANCH

    by Guan Yeow Kwang ...
    Lessons I Wish I Was Taught is a collection of the author’s reflections and observations drawn from the many roles he has played throughout his career. During his tenure as Singapore CEO of Mizuho Bank, he wrote 360 weekly messages to connect with his colleagues and, in his own words, to “demystify” his role. He wanted them to see that beyond his responsibilities as CEO, he was no different from ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Thousand-Yard Arrow

    by Danny Guan ...
    Calois Greenway used to be an assassin known as the Thousand-Yard Arrow, but now he lives day to day as a hunter. His quiet and monotonous life is disturbed one day by two women, one of which claims to be Marina von Alschwert, the princess of the Kingdom of Alschwert.Marina knows about Calois's past and wants him to work for her as a bodyguard. As it turns out, she's on the run, and she needs to ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Winning With Honour: In Relationships, Family, Organisations, Leadership, And Life

    by Siong Guan Lim, Joanne H Lim ...
    Following the success of their first book 'The Leader, The Teacher, & You', which won the Singapore Literature Book Prize in the Non-Fiction Category in 2014, Siong Guan and Joanne H Lim have collaborated again to produce their new book 'Winning with Honour: In Relationships, Family, Organisations, Leadership, and Life'. The book draws upon wisdom from history, geography, culture, religion, the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD