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Author | : Gavin Black |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2010-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781780020211 |
Paul Harris determines to track down the killer of his brother, and is swept into a mill-race of international intrigue which brings him to violence and near-death.
Author | : Brian Farrell |
Publisher | : Monsoon Books |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2017-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9814423890 |
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.
Author | : Jeevan Vasagar |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2022-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1643139355 |
A compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore—the world's most successful city-state. In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia's first globalised city. Lion City examines the different faces of Singaporean life - from education and health to art, politics and demographic challenges - and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed 'Disneyland with the death penalty'. Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and definitive guide to the city, and how its extraordinary rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.
Author | : Laura Kennedy |
Publisher | : Fire & Ice Young Adult Books |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2021-11-23 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1955784302 |
The ancient game of mah-jongg is sort of like life, each ivory tile a clue, a direction to take, a season of the year or even danger ahead. I realize now I should have paid more attention the months I was in Singapore. I should have sensed something ominous from those exotic designs warning me about Summer and her little sister Plum. But being me, I had to find out the hard way. From Readers' Favorites “Mean Girls go Asian.” “Exotic location … gives story an exciting and magical feel.” Reader’s Favorite 4 Star Review
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Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Garden cities |
ISBN | : 9789810984557 |
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Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Cabinet officers |
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Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Malaysia |
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Author | : Nicholas Tarling |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780824824914 |
A Sudden Rampage describes Japan's occupation of Southeast Asia during World War II in the context of its relationship with the outside world. The first two chapters focus on the period between the Meiji restoration, the end of World War I, the interwar period, and the outbreak of war in the Pacific. Subsequent chapters offer a short narrative of the Pacific conflict and a country by country description of Japan's political activities in the occupied region and economic activities undertaken by the Japanese in wartime Southeast Asia. The concluding chapter assesses the contribution the occupation made to postwar Southeast Asia in the light of the suffering and destruction rendered on the region.
Author | : Brian Bell |
Publisher | : Insight Guides |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9789814137577 |
Marrying lively essays and color photography--the hallmark of the original, award-winning Insight Guides--with a portable format and more practical information, the new Insight City Guides are the next generation in travel guides. Magazine-style information includes money-saving tips, free attractions, activities for kids, and websites. Expert evaluations of must-see sites boast full-bleed photos. A street atlas, tabbed travel tips section, and take-it-with-you restaurant guide and city map complete the most user-friendly travel guides on the market.
Author | : Hank Williamson |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2011-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1257505408 |
Lauda Air Flight NG 104, a Boeing 767-300 ER of Austrian nationality was on a scheduled passenger flight Hong Kong-Bangkok-Vienna, Austria. NG 104 departed Hong Kong Airport on May 26, 1991, and made an intermediate landing at Bangkok Airport. The flight departed Bangkok Airport at 1602 hours. The airplane disappeared from air traffic radar at 1617 hours, about 94 nautical miles northwest of Bangkok. The probable cause of this accident is attributed to an uncommanded in-flight deployment of the left engine thrust reverser. All 223 people on board died in the accident.