Asian Connections

An Introduction to Singapore's Constitution
by Kevin Y. L.  Tan

Readers are quickly introduced to the basic concept of constitutionalism, such as the separation of powers, the rule of law and the principle of the judicial review. In twelve succinct chapters, this book covers the basic structure of government in Singapore as well as the fundamental liberties prot... more...

Asian Words of Knowledge
Reflections on Success, self-understanding and spiritual guidance
by Steven Howard

Words and thoughts are often the great seeds that lead to personal change. They are the building blocks that touch, provoke, arouse, and stir the individual passions and desires that stimulate personal motivation. In this book you will find over 600 motivational quotations and phrases from some of A... more...

Asian Words of Wisdom
by Steven Howard

With Asian Words of Wisdom you will find over 500 motivational quotations and phrases from some of Asia's leading thinkers: Buddha, Confucius, Mohandas Gandhi, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Konosuke Matsushita, Lao-Tsu and others.

These quotations will provide readers with a wealth of guidance on leade... more...

Black and White
The Singapore House, 1889-1941
by Julian  Davison

With a pedigree dating back to the early years of the last century, the black and white houses of Singapore's colonial era are universally admired as much for their stylish elegance as for their innovative approach to tropical design. Reflecting a wide range of cross-cultural influences - ... more...

Change of Will
Where Hollywood, politics and religion collide
by Ali Azam

A prominent Pakistani industrialist, his two sons and driver are gunned down in broad daylight.

In another world thousands of miles away, Danyal is heading home on the Gatwick Victoria Express after a year long internship with a US senator. He is stunned to see a leading actor sitti... more...

China Vignettes
An Inside Look at China
by Dominic  Barton

This innovative book views China and its social norms through interviews with 30 Chinese men and women from different walks of life and from different regions of this vast and populous land. We learn about their household budgets, typical daily chronology and share through them a sense of each day's... more...

Lee Kuan Yew
The Beliefs behind the Man
by Michael D.  Barr

Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of Singapore,is a figure whose international stature far exceeds that of the tiny island over which he presides for thirty years. Lee is the principal architect of Singapore's political stability and its international economic success, and often credited with being... more...

Malaysia Fifty Years of Diplomacy 1957-2007
by Chandran Jeshurun

Malaysia's entry into international affairs as the independent Federation of Malaya in 1957 marked the emergence of a uniquely new factor in Southeast Asian regional politics. However, by dint of an amazingly intuitive and constructive leadership from the very beginning, it became an attention-grabb... more...

Noon, with a View
Courage and Integrity
by Gulam Noon

This is a candid story from a man who values highly his family, friends and country - both his birthplace and his adopted home. Despite many setbacks his indomitable spirit enabled him to meet challenges and succeed. Throughout his life he has made many friends and helped innumerable people, and whe... more...

Singapore
The Little Red Book
by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni

Singapore is a microcosm of the many and varying cultures found in Asia. Everywhere you look you see a different face, another style of dress, a different building style: it's a layered country, full of contradiction, yet homogenised.

This new book showcases these particularly Singaporean sig... more...

The Making of India
A Story of British Enterprise
by Kartar  Lalvani, Peter English

This story began in the 18th century, when a small seafaring island, one tenth the size of the Indian subcontinent, dispatched fragile sailing ships laden with iron, tools and workers over a distance of 12,000 miles on a six-month voyage via the Cape of Good Hope. During the next two centuries... more...

The Myth of UK Integration
by Kailash Puri

This book dares to say what the politically correct thought police are determined you should not know.  Michael Cole, broadcaster and writer, Chairman of a PR and broadcasting company, journalist and former Director of Public Affairs for Harrods and House of Fras... more...

The Trader
by Ali Azam

It was a secret world where billions changed hands daily ‘off balance sheet’; even many bankers described the whole process as a myth.

However, it was real, accessible to a privileged few and by invitation only. It was a money-spinner with exceptionally high yields. All ... more...

The Triads
Chinese Secret Socities in Malaya and Singapore
by Leon Comber

Co-edited by Dr. Kevin Tan

This new volume is a collection of two groundbreaking publications from the 1950s by Leon Comber Introduction to Secret Societies and Traditional Mysteries of Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya. The books initiate lay people to the mysterious world of Chinese secret... more...

Through the Bamboo Window
Chinese Life & Culture in 1950s Malaya & Singapore
by Leon Comber

This new volume is a collection of four classic books written in the 1950s by Dr Leon Comber: Chinese Ancestral Worship; Chinese Festivals in Malaya (with Dorothy Lo); Chinese Magic & Superstition in Malaya; and Chinese Temples in Singapore. These books on Chinese life and customs were reprinted man... more...

Woman
Acceptable Exploitation for Profit
by Shreela  Flather

This thought-provoking and challenging book is about sex and profits. It is not a book about Women's Lib, but it is a book that will lead to the recognition of women carried along by the wholehearted support of men; it is not another call for charitable donations, but it is a book about investment. ... more...