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 The Singapore Grip (New York Review Books Classics) $17.95 J G Farrell didn't produce great literature but he certainly wrote some wonderful stories, and could be hilariously funny as he wrote about members of the British empire facing historical disasters and pondered the past, present and future of the human race. The Singapore story is one of the most interesting to come out of WWII. Farrell gives great detail and penetrating irony verging sometimes on slapstick humor to a true horror of the mid-20th century. Great characters, great story, great history, a great read.  Panorama Singapore $19.99 I purchased this DVD to show my boyfriend where I'm from because he's going to visit Malaysia and Singapore with me later this year. This DVD was so informative that we made a list of everything we wanted to see there. It mentioned everything accurately and didn't miss a thing. I liked how it explains the different districts and how to get around.  Singapore Complete Residents' Guide $24.95 The No.1 guide for living in Singapore - it's comprehensive, fun, easy to use and has everything you need to get the most out of life in one of Asia”Ēs most exciting cities.Relocating to Singapore Shopping secrets Exploring Singapore and beyond Going out and nightlife Sports, clubs and activities Living and working in Singapore Extensive mapping  From Third World to First : The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 $35.00 This book was wrtiien by the most impressive Leader of any demoncratic country. Lee kwan Yew has done an absolutely outastanding job of developing Singapore from a poor, island relation of Malaya's 'backwaters' struggling to survive on its own, to an extremely stable prosperous first world country. Mr. Lee has come under criticism from domoncratic leaders of some of the G7 countries as being too autocratic, too demanding, but when you read his story and what he had to contend with to bring Singapore to the excellent state it is in to day, you can only admire the man. This book should be reprinted as a standard text for the humanities at Universities. I can't recommend this book more highly, maybe it should be read in conjunction with Chris Patten's book "East and West" published by MacMillan> Patten argues for less autocracy in Singapore, but without it, would Mr.Lee have been so successful - I don't think so. John Greenfield Emeritus Senior Agriculturalist World Bank |
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