You'll Die in Singapore

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Publisher : Monsoon Books
ISBN 13 : 9814625388
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Book Synopsis You'll Die in Singapore by : Charles McCormac

Download or read book You'll Die in Singapore written by Charles McCormac and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weakened by hunger, thirst and ill-treatment, author Charles McCormac, then a World War Two prisoner-of-war in Japanese-occupied Singapore, knew that if he did not escape he would die. With sixteen others he broke out of Pasir Panjang camp and began an epic two-thousand-mile escape from the island of Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. With no compass and no map, and only the goodwill of villagers and their own wits to rely on, the British and Australian POWs’ escape took a staggering five months and only two out of the original seventeen men survived. You’ll Die in Singapore is Charles McCormac’s compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read.

You'll Die in Singapore

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ISBN 13 : 9780753194683
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (946 download)

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Download or read book You'll Die in Singapore written by Charles McCormac and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weakened by hunger, thirst and ill-treatment, Charles McCormac, a World War Two prisoner of war in Japanese-occupied Singapore, knew that if he did not escape he would die. With 16 others he broke out of Pasir Panjang camp and began an epic 2,000 mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia, to Australia.

You'll Die in Singapore: the True Account of the Most Amazing Escape in WWII.

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You'll die in Singapore, etc

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Total Pages : 191 pages
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Download or read book You'll die in Singapore, etc written by Charles McCormac and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 192 pages
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Book Synopsis "You'll Die in Singapore!" With Maps by : Charles MacCormac

Download or read book "You'll Die in Singapore!" With Maps written by Charles MacCormac and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Singapore Burning

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141906626
Total Pages : 969 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Singapore Burning by : Colin Smith

Download or read book Singapore Burning written by Colin Smith and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-05-04 with total page 969 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture and death for thousands of allied men and women. With much new material from British, Australian, Indian and Japanese sources, Colin Smith has woven together the full and terrifying story of the fall of Singapore and its aftermath. Here, alongside cowardice and incompetence, are forgotten acts of enormous heroism; treachery yet heart-rending loyalty; Japanese compassion as well as brutality from the bravest and most capricious enemy the British ever had to face.

The Singapore Grip

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590174178
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Singapore Grip by : J.G. Farrell

Download or read book The Singapore Grip written by J.G. Farrell and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore, 1939: life on the eve of World War II just isn't what it used to be for Walter Blackett, head of British Singapore's oldest and most powerful firm. No matter how forcefully the police break one strike, the natives go on strike somewhere else. His daughter keeps entangling herself with the most unsuitable beaus, while her intended match, the son of Blackett's partner, is an idealistic sympathizer with the League of Nations and a vegetarian. Business may be booming—what with the war in Europe, the Allies are desperate for rubber and helpless to resist Blackett's price-fixing and market manipulation—but something is wrong. No one suspects that the world of the British Empire, of fixed boundaries between classes and nations, is about to come to a terrible end. A love story and a war story, a tragicomic tale of a city under siege and a dying way of life, The Singapore Grip completes the “Empire Trilogy” that began withTroubles and the Booker prize-winning Siege of Krishnapur.

Singapore Sapphire

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 198480264X
Total Pages : 386 pages
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Book Synopsis Singapore Sapphire by : A. M. Stuart

Download or read book Singapore Sapphire written by A. M. Stuart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early twentieth-century Singapore is a place where a person can disappear, and Harriet Gordon hopes to make a new life for herself there, leaving her tragic memories behind her--but murder gets in the way. Singapore, 1910--Desperate for a fresh start, Harriet Gordon finds herself living with her brother, a reverend and headmaster of a school for boys, in Singapore at the height of colonial rule. Hoping to gain some financial independence, she advertises her services as a personal secretary. It is unfortunate that she should discover her first client, Sir Oswald Newbold--explorer, mine magnate and president of the exclusive Explorers and Geographers Club--dead with a knife in his throat. When Inspector Robert Curran is put on the case, he realizes that he has an unusual witness in Harriet. Harriet's keen eye for detail and strong sense of duty interests him, as does her distrust of the police and her traumatic past, which she is at pains to keep secret from the gossips of Singapore society. When another body is dragged from the canal, Harriet feels compelled to help with the case. She and Curran are soon drawn into a murderous web of treachery and deceit and find themselves face-to-face with a ruthless cabal that has no qualms about killing again to protect its secrets.

Singapore Noir

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Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617752819
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Book Synopsis Singapore Noir by : Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Download or read book Singapore Noir written by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dark side of The Lion City is explored in a thrilling anthology that gives “plenty of new and unfamiliar voices a chance to shine” (San Francisco Book Review). The island city-state of Singapore harbors unique customs and traditions largely unknown to the West. A booming economy and embrace of conformity overshadow its gambling dens, red-light districts, and a collective passion for ghostly and gory tales. Now, in Singapore Noir, some of its best contemporary authors delve into its seedy side, including three winners of the Singapore Literature Prize: Simon Tay (writing as Donald Tee Quee Ho), Colin Cheong, and Suchen Christine Lim, whose contribution was named a finalist for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best P.I. Short Story. Eleven more tales showcase the talents of Colin Goh, Philip Jeyaretnam, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Monica Bhide, S.J. Rozan, Lawrence Osborne, Ovidia Yu, Damon Chua, Johann S. Lee, Dave Chua, and Nury Vittachi. “Singapore, with its great wealth and great poverty existing amid ethnic, linguistic, and cultural tensions, offers fertile ground for bleak fiction . . . Tan has assembled a strong lineup of Singapore natives and knowledgeable visitors for this volume exploring the dark side of a fascinating country.” —Publishers Weekly

Singapore in 3 Days

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Publisher : Xentral Methods Sdn Bhd
ISBN 13 : 9810893299
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

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Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9814561762
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Book Synopsis The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew by : Lee Kuan Yew

Download or read book The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew written by Lee Kuan Yew and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Singapore Story is the first volume of the memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, the man who planted the island state of Singapore firmly on the map of the world. It was first published in 1999. In intimate detail, Lee recounts the battles against colonialists, communists and communalists that led to Singapore’s independence. With consummate political skill, he countered adversaries, sometimes enlisting their help, at others opposing them, in the single-minded pursuit of Singapore’s interests. We read how he led striking unionists against the colonial government, how over tea and golf he fostered ties with key players in Britain and Malaya, of secret midnight meetings in badly lit rooms, drinking warm Anchor beer with a communist underground leader, of his purposeful forging of an alliance with communists to gain the support of the Chinese-educated masses. Readers will find inspiration in his tenacity as he fought for the people’s hearts and minds against first the communists and later the communalists – in parliament, on the streets and through the media. Drawing on unpublished Cabinet papers, archives in Singapore, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, as well as personal correspondence, he gives us a vivid picture of how others viewed him: determined (“Lee will bluff, bully and blackmail up to the eleventh hour”), motivated (“Choo knew I sweated blood to master Hokkien”), ambitious (“He would think himself as legitimate as I was to be the leader of Malaya”), dangerous (“Crush Lee! Put him inside”). It is a sometimes controversial yet strangely consistent portrait of this Asian statesman. These experiences and his dealings with the political leaders were to shape his views and policies, which have had a major impact on Singapore and the region.

Singapore's Dunkirk

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Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473818249
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Singapore's Dunkirk written by Geoffrey Brooke and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Singapore fell so ignominiously to the Japanese in February 1942, many tens of thousands of men, women and children were left to their own devices. To stay in Singapore meant certain captivity. This book tells of some of the remarkable and shocking experiences that lay in store for those who decided to escape by whatever means. A shocking and inspiring book that embraces great courage and endurance.

Crime Scene: Singapore

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Publisher : Monsoon Books
ISBN 13 : 9814358592
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Book Synopsis Crime Scene: Singapore by : Stephen Leather

Download or read book Crime Scene: Singapore written by Stephen Leather and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first ever multi-author anthology of crime fiction set in Singapore. Featuring stories from veteran UK crime writer Stephen Leather, Singapore Literature Prize winner Ng Yi-Sheng, and popular Singapore-based authors Richard Lord, Chris Mooney-Singh, Dawn Farnham, Lee Ee Leen, Pranav Joshi, Zafar Anjum, and Carolyn Camoens.

The Battle For Singapore

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Publisher : Piatkus
ISBN 13 : 0748122338
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis The Battle For Singapore by : Peter Thompson

Download or read book The Battle For Singapore written by Peter Thompson and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 is a military disaster of enduring fascination. For the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the island, Peter Thompson tells the explosive story of the Malayan campaign, the siege of Singapore, the ignominious surrender to a much smaller Japanese force, and the Japanese occupation through the eyes of those who were there - the soldiers of all nationalities and members of Singapore's beleaguered population. An enthralling and perceptive account, which never loses sight of the human cost of the tragedy - Yorkshire Evening Post. An insightful and dramatic analysis - The Good Book Guide

The Defence and Fall of Singapore

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Publisher : Monsoon Books
ISBN 13 : 9814423890
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book The Defence and Fall of Singapore written by Brian Farrell and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after midnight on 8 December 1941, two divisions of crack troops of the Imperial Japanese Army began a seaborne invasion of southern Thailand and northern Malaya. Their assault developed into a full-blown advance towards Singapore, the main defensive position of the British Empire in the Far East. The defending British, Indian, Australian and Malayan forces were outmanoeuvred on the ground, overwhelmed in the air and scattered on the sea. By the end of January 1942, British Empire forces were driven back onto the island of Singapore Itself, cut off from further outside help. When the Japanese stormed the island with an an-out assault, the defenders were quickly pushed back into a corner from which there was no escape. Singapore’s defenders finally capitulated on 15 February, to prevent the wholesale pillage of the city itself. Their rapid and total defeat was nothing less than military humiliation and political disaster. Based on the most extensive use yet of primary documents in Britain, Japan, Australia and Singapore, Brian Farrell provides the fullest picture of how and why Singapore fell and its real significance to the outcome of the Second World War.

The Other Side Of Paradise

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407041088
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis The Other Side Of Paradise by : Margaret Mayhew

Download or read book The Other Side Of Paradise written by Margaret Mayhew and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosamunde Pilcher and Dinah Jeffries will love this emotional and sweeping wartime romance set in Singapore from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew. READERS ARE LOVING THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE! "Moving tale of bravery and human endurance...the sounds and smells and life of Singapore come alive in this well-told story" - 5 STARS "This is an amazing read" - 5 STARS "Left me craving more, loving the characters, totally absorbed in the detailed descriptions and finding myself recommending her novels over a coffee with friends" - 5 STARS "Great read!" - 5 STARS "Really loved this book" - 5 STARS ********************************************** SHE ONLY LIVED FOR PLEASURE... ...until war forced her to find courage she did not know she had, and love where she least expected it. 1941: Britain is in the grip of war; life in the Far East is one of wealth and privilege. In Singapore Susan Roper enjoys dancing, clothes and fast cars, tennis and light flirtations with visiting naval officers - her life is devoted solely to pleasure and dismisses any warnings of danger. Singapore goes on partying, oblivious to the threat of invasion and believing the British flag will, protect them from all enemies. But when Japan invades, Susan finds herself in grave danger. She becomes an ambulance driver and is taken prisoner by the Japanese. Gradually and reluctantly she realises that she will have to face many hardships and witness terrible events, forcing her to acknowledge the truth...But will this new world lead her to a love where she least expects it?

Jaipong Dancer

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Publisher : Monsoon Books
ISBN 13 : 9814358746
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Jaipong Dancer written by Patrick Sweeting and published by Monsoon Books. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 1950s Sumatra, this is a story of lost innocence and complex moral dilemmas. It follows the journey of Yahyu, a young Javanese dancer, who runs away from a forced marriage and becomes unwittingly involved in the violent struggle for Sumatra’s independence from Jakarta. On her long passage from fame to degradation Yahyu experiences love, hate, sexual slavery and the horror of the rebels’ last bloody battle deep in the Barisan Mountains