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The 1998 Reformasi movement changed Malaysia and whether for the better, is left up to Malaysians to decide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eToday race and faith are discussed and embraced frenetically, where hateful extremism is hidden under the guise of nationalism. Young Malaysians are asserting their political and birth identities through social media. And along the way, the sense of irony and humour that Malaysia is known for, has lost its way. Malayland is a reflective book: memories and flashbacks of a childhood filled with earthquakes, spooks and a sense of wonderment and curiosity about a country that is fighting for a desired identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDina Zaman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Kuala Lumpur-based writer and researcher. 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King of the Sea (Clarity Publishing) is her first foray into fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ethos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47582469226755,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/FAMalayland-CoverF.jpg?v=1766823155"},{"product_id":"we-singaporeans-are-very-concern","title":"We Singaporeans are very Concerned: The Citizens’ Agenda 2025","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Naratif ran The Citizens’ Agenda to survey Singaporeans on this question:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn your opinion, what issues do you consider important to Singapore and think that the candidates in the upcoming General Election should talk about as they compete for your vote? Please give as much detail as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the culmination of The Singapore Citizens’ Agenda. You will find analyses of the data gathered, as well as the articles that we produced to explain and analyse the top issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Editor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThum Ping Tjin\u003c\/strong\u003e (“PJ”) is Founder of New Naratif, a movement to democratise democracy in Southeast Asia. He is an award-winning writer, Rhodes Scholar, Commonwealth Scholar, Olympic athlete, and the first Singaporean to swim the English Channel. His work is on Malayan nationalism and decolonisation and, more broadly, Southeast Asian governance and politics. He has a doctorate in history from Oxford, where he was also a fellow between 2014 and 2022. 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It argues that initial success with Covid suppression, as well as the failure of most developed countries to contain Covid-19, led to the policy becoming ideology. The dogmatic thinking, hubris, and utopianism that motivated zero-Covid also led to a series of crackdowns on industries that, until recently, were key sources of growth and innovation. The result has been a sharp deceleration of the Chinese economy, falling foreign direct investment, and debt deflation. Meanwhile, the country’s social engineers aim to transform the economy into a techno-utopia that leads the world in the industries of the future. 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He’s the editor of Behavioural Economics and Public Policy: Examples from Singapore (2011), the lead author of Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore Consensus (2014), and co-author of PAP v PAP: The Party’s Struggle to Adapt to a Changing Singapore (2020). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt HKUST, he teaches courses in economic development, finance and financial crises, and complexity at the master’s programs in public policy, public management, and business administration. 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Not one but two statues of Raffles stand tall in prominent sites in Singapore’s civic and heritage district. Streets and squares are named after him, and important local businesses use the Raffles name. Does Thomas Stamford Raffles deserve this recognition? Should we continue to celebrate him? 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Presented here for a new audience,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchemer or Reformer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esets out the key elements of the debate in understanding Raffles' own political philosophy through the record of his actions, not just in Singapore, but in Southeast Asia in the years just before and after Singapore's foundation. A new introduction by Syed Farid Alatas assesses contemporary Singapore's take on Raffles, and how far we have or have not come in thinking through Singapore's colonial legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSyed Hussein Alatas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1928-2007) was Head of the Department of Malay Studies at the University of Singapore when he published this 1971 essay in Australia. 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The Dutch East-India Company (or VOC) was central to this process, but— counter to the VOC’s aims—the winners of the game in maritime Southeast Asia were often Chinese merchants, the only economic agents capable at the time of both trading in major Southeast Asian commercial hubs and developing exchanges with China and Japan. The Chinese operated with a flexibility of means and a fluidity of management that allowed them to react rapidly and quickly gain returns on investment. In Batavia, as in other Southeast Asian emporiums, the increasingly numerous and diverse Chinese elites assumed direct responsibility for the management of their community, making them the most important non-European free community—in wealth as in number—in the city during the second half of the 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecentury.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French, and adapted and updated, this book tells this remarkable story through an examination of the VOC’s abundant sources, which record relations between the Chinese minority and the Dutch rulers who relied upon them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Delving with fervent passion and methodical diligence into the 17th-century global maritime trade, the elusive and hard-to-classify work of Professor Marie-Sybille de Vienne,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia\u003cem\u003e, is far more than a chronicle on the economic and social history of the Chinese Overseas. 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We now know that when the first modern humans reached this region at least 60,000 years ago, they encountered not two, but four different human species and interbred with at least one of them. More advanced generation analyses of ancient DNA mean we can trace precisely the expansion southwards of the first rice farmers from the lowlands of the Yangtze River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking at early cultural expression, we can admire the world's oldest narrative art, where bird-headed humans hunt buffaloes. The swift rise of social elites coincided with the first evidence for trade in exotic bronzes, soon to be followed by local mining and casting. The opening of a Maritime Silk Road and resilient adaptation to climate change sowed the seeds of the first civilizations. From Myanmar to Cambodia, lasers have penetrated the jungle to map ancient, long abandoned cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Higham's synthesis of nearly two million years of human endeavour is an essential introduction for all those interested in this fascinating region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This likely remains\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ethe\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebook for archaeology junkies... provides an excellent overview of both the state of play as well as the process by which archaeologists reach their (always revisable) conclusions.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e- Peter Gordon,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsian Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Higham\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Emeritus Professor at the University of Otago. He directed the first of his many excavations in Thailand 54 years ago and has been actively involved in illuminating Southeast Asia’s past ever since.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NUS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47589268390147,"sku":null,"price":50.1,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/9789813252936.jpg?v=1767165527"},{"product_id":"a-new-world-in-the-making","title":"A New World in the Making","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchitect Tay Kheng Soon’s book brings together memoir, a selection of writings on identity, landscape and belonging, and on the architecture and urbanism most appropriate for a tropical city in Asia. Born in British-ruled Singapore, Tay was deeply engaged in the debates about building a new world that attended the end of colonialism. His focus, but far from his only concern, was Singapore's built environment—and its spiritual one—since the early 1960s. Architecture, he says, is politics by other means. As Singapore moved further into what Tay describes as “ruthless pragmatism”, the cost of his critical posture became more clear. After he organised a protest against the Vietnam War in 1972, Tay’s co-founders in the pioneering architectural firm Design Partnership reformed their partnership as DP Architects without him, building a practice that grew into an empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKheng Soon stayed his own course, first working in Malaysia designing low-cost housing, then returning to Singapore and building his own firm. He became sought after around the world for his thoughts on regionalism and tropical architecture. He taught at the NUS School of Architecture, headed the Singapore Institute of Architects, and was Founding Chair of independent arts centre The Substation. Ever ready with the trenchant one-liner, and a willingness to provoke, to challenge orthodoxy, Tay occupies a unique position in Asia’s intellectual and cultural landscape. Things must change, says Tay. Or, maybe, he admits, it's just him. The book is a must-read for Tay's reflections on tropical Asia and its architecture and urbanism as he continues looking ahead to the always urgent task of building a new world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gs_cit_txt\" data-sups=\"1,2,3,4,5,6\" data-hover-id=\"1\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gs_tkn\"\u003eTay\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gs_tkn\"\u003eKheng\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gs_tkn\"\u003eSoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gs_tkn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gs_tkn\"\u003eis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan 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Or is home this house or that? We have been fortunate.... We seemed always to have been home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWang Gungwu’s account of his university education in Singapore and the UK,  and the early years of his career as an academic in Malaysia capture the excitement, the ambition and the choices of a generation that saw it their responsibility to build the new nations of Southeast Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exploration of the emotional and intellectual journey towards the formation of an identity, treasured by readers of Wang's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHome is Not Here,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eextends in this volume into an appreciation of love, family life, and the life of the mind. We also see these years from Margaret’s perspective, her own fascinating family story, and her early impressions of this young bearded poet.  Wise and moving, this is a fascinating reflection on identity and belonging, and on the ability of the individual to find a place amidst the historical currents that have shaped Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A wonderful, rich tapestry of the Malay(si)an life of Southeast Asia’s great cosmopolitan, at the centre of Asia’s mid-century intellectual upheaval.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Reid, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eANU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Recording Professor Wang Gungwu’s intellectual journey as he navigated often unsettling questions regarding cultural identity, and his obligations as a citizen-scholar, it also chronicles the individuals and influences that shaped his academic direction. At the same time, the book is a testimony to the support and commitment he received from Margaret Wang, whose own memories, skilfully incorporated into the narrative, highlight the strength of their long partnership.” \u003cstrong\u003e– Barbara Watson Andaya,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e University of Hawaii\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Wang’s memoir provides insight into what shaped the scholarship and world-view of this greatly admired historian. 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It believes that travel isn’t about fancy hotels or tourist destinations, but about immersing oneself in someplace entirely foreign to feel extremely uncomfortable so that one can learn from it. It believes that travel is a state of mind.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48\" class=\"kt-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48\" class=\"kt-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLOST is published once a year. 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It is further illustrated with a discourse on nine architectural trades, materials and\/or crafts: tile, timber, plaster, brick, stone, relief fresco, clay ornament, ceramic ornament and paint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Editor\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kt-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kt-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e杨茳善 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kt-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e一九七五年出生,新加坡人,祖籍潮州庵埠。 本科就读于新加坡国立大学建筑系。一九九九年结识时任新加坡莲山双林禅寺建筑修复顾问的方拥教授与李乾朗教授,启发对新马华族古建筑的兴趣。二零零二年返回新加坡国立大学建筑系进行建筑历史、理论的研究与教学工作,并于二零零七年获取博士学位。同年,与博士导师李晓东教授,依博士研究的案例,合著由中国建筑工业出版社出版的中英双语书籍《中国空间》。曾任荷兰德尔富特大学建筑系访问学者、新加坡淡马锡理工学院设计学院客座讲师、美国麻省理工学院建筑系访问学者,以及新加坡科技设计大学的福建会馆青年讲座教授(建筑文物保护)。此外,也曾担任新加坡古迹保存局建筑顾问暨首任古迹督察处处长。 迄今,曾主导或参与的古建筑修复工程为数不少,其中有凤山寺、粤海清庙、玉皇宫(前庆德会)、圣安德烈座堂彩绘玻璃等。凤山寺与粤海清庙更分别荣获联合国教科文组织亚太文化遗产二零一零年度卓越奖,以及二零一四年度优异奖。现为新加坡科技设计大学建筑与可持续设计系副教授。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kt-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kt-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading5803_a592f7-48\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYeo Kang Shua\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor and Hokkien Foundation Professor in Architectural Conservation at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He specialises in Singapore and Southeast Asia’s architectural history and conservation, with special interest in the built heritage of Chinese diaspora. His other books, \u003cem\u003eWak Hai Cheng Bio: A Dialogue between Architecture and History\u003c\/em\u003e (Architecture and Sustainable Design, SUTD, 2020), \u003cem\u003eDivine Custody: A History of Singapore’s Oldest Teochew Temple\u003c\/em\u003e (NUS Press, 2021), and \u003cem\u003eHonourable Mansion: The Invisible Hands Behind Singapore’s Last Traditional Teochew House\u003c\/em\u003e (ICOMOS, 2025) explore Teochew architecture in Singapore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Asiapac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47594612326659,"sku":null,"price":49.1,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/wak-hai-cheng-bio.jpg?v=1767418977"},{"product_id":"the-south","title":"The South","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA radiant novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer – about family, desire, and what we inherit – from celebrated author Tash Aw.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHOSEN AS A TIMES, GUARDIAN and FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF 2025.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen his grandfather dies, a boy named Jay travels south with his family to the property he left them, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, Jay’s father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of these hot, dense days, Jay finds himself drawn to Chuan, the son of the farm’s manager, different from him in every way except for one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOut in the fields, and on the streets into town, the charge between the boys intensifies. Inside the house, the other family members confront their own regrets, and begin to drift apart. Like the land around them, they are powerless to resist the global forces that threaten to render their lives obsolete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once sweeping and intimate,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a story of what happens when private and public lives collide. It is the first in a quartet of novels that form Tash Aw’s masterful portrait of a family navigating a period of great change – a reimagined epic for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTash Aw\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Taipei, in the Republic of China, andbrought up in Malaysia. He moved to England in his teens andnow lives in London. He is the author of ‘The Harmony Silk Factory’, which was the winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Novel and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and ‘Map of the Invisible World’. His most recent novel, ‘Five Star Billionaire’, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47630352515331,"sku":null,"price":34.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/the-south-front.jpg?v=1768451605"},{"product_id":"honourable-mansion","title":"Honourable Mansion: The Invisible Hands Behind Singapore’s Last Traditional Teochew House","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the heart of Singapore, just off Orchard Road, the House of Tan Yeok Nee stands as the last surviving traditional Teochew courtyard mansion in the city-state. In a landscape transformed by rapid redevelopment, this rare architectural relic offers a tangible link to the values, aspirations, and craftsmanship of Singapore’s early Chinese communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt in the late nineteenth century by Tan Yeok Nee, a wealthy Teochew merchant with close ties to the Johor royal court, the house has served many roles: private residence, girls’ home, religious institution, and restored heritage landmark. Despite these transitions, its physical fabric has retained a remarkable degree of authenticity. This book traces the house’s evolution through detailed analysis of its architectural form, restoration history, and social context, arguing for the importance of material culture and architectural history as rich sources of historical insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy closely reading the building’s structure, ornamentation, and adaptations over time, the book shows how it serves not only as heritage but as an architectural palimpsest. In doing so, it offers an alternative lens on Singapore’s past, rooted not just in archives, but in the meanings embedded in built space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlending narrative clarity with academic rigour, this book will appeal to general readers, heritage professionals, and scholars interested in architecture, conservation, and Southeast Asian history. The House of Tan Yeok Nee is more than a national monument, it is a vessel of memory, a witness to change, and a vital part of Singapore’s cultural legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYeo Kang Shua\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssociate Professor and Hokkien Foundation Professor in Architectural Conservation at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He specialises in Singapore and Southeast Asia’s architectural history and conservation, with special interest in the built heritage of Chinese diaspora. His previous books, \u003cem\u003e《\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e粵\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e海清廟：建築與歷史的對話\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e》\u003c\/em\u003e (ASD Press, 2020) and \u003cem\u003eDivine Custody: A History of Singapore’s Oldest Teochew Temple\u003c\/em\u003e (NUS Press, 2021), explore Teochew religious architecture in Singapore. This book on the House of Tan Yeok Nee focuses on the residential tradition, offering a complementary perspective on Teochew architectural expression in the city-state.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ICOMOS Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47644032794883,"sku":null,"price":80.3,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/honourable-mansion.jpg?v=1768725071"},{"product_id":"the-art-of-living","title":"The Art of Living: Reflections on Mindfulness and the Overexamined Life","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Art of Living\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, beloved cartoonist Grant Snider—author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Shape of Ideas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eI Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—has created a humorous, uplifting look at mindfulness in this collection of one- and two-page comics that map his inner thoughts, poetic observations, and frequent failures at living mindfully.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith both humor and a touch of reality, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Art of Living\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e centers on mindfulness, but also empathy, relaxation, gratitude, and awareness—evergreen subjects that are more important and relevant now than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a striking package, the reflections Grant Snider shares are an extension of the themes of his first two books—which explored the creative process and the love of reading—and is the perfect gift for those in a need of reflection, commiseration, hope, and a little extra self-care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbove all, Snider’s cartoons will inspire and encourage a more thoughtful way of experiencing the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFind a quiet spot away from all distraction \/ Listen to your breath \/ Watch your thoughts float past you \/ Forget the obligations of today \/ Try not to consider your eventual decay \/ Let yourself drift away \/ Arise, connected with the Earth \/ Awakened to the Universe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrant Snider\u003c\/strong\u003e is an orthodontist by day and an artist by night. 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And where do they come from? Grant Snider’s illustrations will motivate you to explore these questions, inspire you to come up with your own answers and, like all Gordian knots, prompt even more questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are a professional artist or designer, a student pursuing a creative career, a person of faith, someone who likes walks on the beach, or a dreamer who sits on the front porch contemplating life, this collection of one- and two-page comics will provide insight into the joys and frustrations of creativity, inspiration, and process—no matter your age or creative background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGrant Snider\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an orthodontist by day and a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling artist by night. His comics have been featured in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Best American Comics\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 2013. Snider's illustrations are featured on the cover and interior of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eQuiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Susan Cain. He lives in Wichita, Kansas, with his wife and two children. 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Snider’s thoughtful cartoons for bibliophiles also reveal he’s a well-rounded reader himself.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e“I confess:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI’m in love with books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI read in social situations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI will use anything as a bookmark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI confuse fiction with reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI am wanted for unpaid library fines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI steal books from my children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI like my realism with a little bit of magic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI like to sniff old books.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGrant Snider\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an orthodontist by day and a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling artist by night. 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Overcoming fears? Grappling with indecision? Snider doesn’t present solutions to these challenges, but he does inspire and encourage, offering thoughtful reassurance and a unique, humorous perspective that’s characteristic of his work—an approach that resonates with millions of readers all over the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmotions can be tricky to navigate. We overthink. We second-guess. And we can’t get out of our own way. The reality is, it’s impossible for any of us to understand our complicated feelings fully. 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