Category : Autobiography,Biography & Memoirs

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Kuala Lumpur Street Names

by Mariana Isa; Maganjeet Kaur

Street names are a many-layered thing – crystallising various eras of history and celebrating multiple generations of people. As the federal capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur’s street names reflec ...

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Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas

by Han Fook Kwang; Warren Fernandez; Sumiko Tan

Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March 2015 at the age of 92. This book, which was first published in 1998, tells the story of his life from when the Japanese occupied Singapore in 1941 until 1998 when ...

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Lim Kit Siang: Defying the Odds

by Ooi Kee Beng

Lim Kit Siang has been fighting on the forefront of Malaysian politics since the late 1960s. Uncompromising in his mission to pull the country away from systemic race-based politics and all the ills t ...

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Lost at 15, Found at 50

by Ashwini Devare

From Russia’s Iron Curtain to Burma’s Bamboo Curtain, Sikkim to South Korea, this biography follows the struggle of a young girl whose life was a cross-continental roller coaster ride that soared ...

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Marbles, Mayhem and My Typewriter

by Mano Sabnani

In a world where so many people believe that they cannot go far because they were not born gifted or with a silver spoon, Mano Sabnani’s story provides profound inspiration – showing how an ordina ...

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Memories of a Nonya

by Queeny Chang

Memories of a Nonya was first published in 1981. This reissue of the book is based on the 1982 edition. The late Queeny Chang was a trailblazer. She spoke English, Malay, Dutch as well as several dial ...

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On Air - Untold stories from Caldecott Hill

by Philip Tay Joo Thong; Mun Chor Seng; Joan Chee; Raymond Fernando, Horace Wee and Belinda Yeo

This collection of 51 essays contains rich memories of Singapore’s broadcasting pioneers based in their station atop Caldecott Hill. ON AIR captures the breadth and depth of their experiences over 8 ...

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Passion is My Main Ingredient

by Dean Brettschneider

In this blistering memoir of his life in the baking business, Dean Brettschneider describes his journey from a small town baker’s apprentice to Global Baker and the internationally successful entrep ...

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