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1) Singapore
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Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Singapore"--Provided by publisher.
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Inspector Singh investigates volume 5
Publisher
Trafalgar Square
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
308 p. ;
Description
Inspector Singh is sick of sick leave, so when Mrs. Singh suggests they attend a family wedding in Mumbai, he grudgingly agrees, hoping that the spicy Indian curries will make up for extended exposure to his wife's relatives. Unfortunately, the beautiful bride-to-be disappears on the eve of her wedding?did she run away to avoid an arranged marriage, or is there something more sinister afoot? When a corpse is found, the fat inspector is soon dragged...
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Although best known as a sprawling metropolis, most visitors to Singapore marvel at the greenness of it all. Wide boulevards shaded by venerable Rain Trees, interconnecting parks displaying a huge variety of tropical plants, roadside plantings in every shade of green, red and yellow, and great expanses of junglescape alongside the office skyscrapers and apartment blocks. It is truly a garden city, in all senses of the word. In this travel pictorial,...
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Singaporean mysteries volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
360, 12 pages ; 21 cm
Description
After socialite Mabel Sung and her son, suspects in an illegal organ scandal, are found poisoned at a brunch that widow Aunty Lee has catered, Aunty Lee must track down the murderer to save her reputation and possibly her life.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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In Singapore, three very different women--Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the UK; Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker from Nigeria; and Lillian, a pianist turned "trailing spouse" from the United States--find their lives inexplicably intertwined upon the arrival of a handsome and mysterious man from Geneva who brings their worlds crashing down.
Publisher
Rough Guides Ltd
Pub. Date
2016-
Physical Desc
193 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
Description
The new-look, full color "Rough Guide to Singapore" is the ultimate travel guide to this multicultural island state. You can discover Singapore's highlights with stunning photography, color-coded maps and more listings and information than ever before. You'll find detailed practical advice on what to see and do - from atmospheric temples, mouthwatering food stalls and heritage districts to Marina Bay and Universal Studios - as well as insider descriptions...
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Film Movement volume 12, film 2
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Singapore, late 90s. The friendship between the maid Teresa and young boy Jiale ignites the mother's jealousy, while the Asian recession hits the region.
Bonus short film: A boy moves to a new neighborhood and falls in love for the first time with a much older girl next door.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Traces a young Asian woman's rise in the glitzy, moneyed city of Singapore, where old traditions clash with present-day materialism as she hatches a plan to orchestrate marriages between her girlfriends and wealthy Western expats.
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Publisher
Pushkin Children's
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 20 cm
Description
After arriving a Singapore just as the month of the hungry ghost is being celebrated, Freja encounters a mysterious girl in a white dress in her garden and follows her to secret parts of the city, hoping that the ghost can help her overcome the secrets ofher past.
10) Lizard's tale
Author
Publisher
The Text Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 20 cm
Description
It's Singapore in 1940, war is just around the corner, but twelve-year-old Lizard doesn't know that. He lives in Chinatown above a tailor's shop, surviving on his wits and hustling for odd jobs. When he steals a small teak box containing a Japanese code book from a Raffles Hotel suite, he finds himself in a dangerous world of wartime espionage. Lizard doesn't know who to trust. How is the mysterious book inside the box connected to his friend Lili,...
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"Kevin Kwan, ... author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a ... new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather"--
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When junior shipping mogul Josh Mallon comes too close to getting hitched, he and his best buddy Ace Lannigan run to the furthest point they can find on a map--Singapore. The first of the famous "Road" pictures starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby as a team of irrepressible bachelors, the scenery includes Dorothy Lamour as the beautiful live-in housekeeper they bring home.
14) King Rat
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Singapore's Changi Gaol during WWII, Corporal King, a thoroughly unscrupulous and opportunistic American POW, makes shabby deals with the camp guards in order to make his confinement more comfortable. King delights in rising above his military rank and social class as he uses his streetwise tactics to "rule" over his fellow Allied prisoners and his Japanese captors.
16) Remittance
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Marie leaves behind her children and unemployed husband for Singapore to work as a maid, she leaves behind one set of hardships only to confront new ones.
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Six decades after a young woman from Singapore is forced into sexual slavery during World War II, a twelve-year-old boy's effort to investigate his ailing grandmother's mumbled confession triggers a fateful chain of events.
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Prisoners of war in 1942, Australian nurse Nesta James and Norah Chambers—held in the notorious Camp Palembang, deep in the jungle of Sumatra—battle disease, starvation and unimaginable brutality meted out by Japanese soldiers, but find, in themselves and in each other, the courage and resourcefulness to survive.
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Crazy Rich Asians meets The Help! From Reese's Book Club veteran Balli Kaur Jaswal comes an absolute tour de force--the wildly entertaining and sharply observed story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore's elite, and band together to solve amurder mystery involving one of their own.
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