C. Kunalan: Singapore's Greatest Track and Field Athlete
Steven Quek C.H.
Singapore: Straits Times Press, 2010
ISBN: 9789814266536

Canagasabai Kunalan - or Mr K, as he is better known to students and colleagues - is a legend in Singapore's sporting history. With a total of 15 SEA Games and 5 Asian Games medals under his belt and a host of National Records to his name, he is an inspiration to his students, colleagues and fellow sportsmen.

But there is more to Mr K than his sporting success. Few are aware of the battles he faced in his personal life - struggling against racial taboos to marry a woman of another race and juggling the roles of teacher, son, husband, father, coach and sportsman.

This book draws a portrait of a man of extraordinary gallentry and humility whose story is an inspiration - be it in sporting, teaching or family.

Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation
Tom Plate
Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2010
ISBN: 9789812616760

Imagine the delight and challenge of entering into a one-on-one political and personal conversation with the founding father of modern Singapore. This is exactly the timely treat that awaits you in Citizen Singapore.

The first in the Giants of Asia series, this succinct, penetrating, richly detailed and candid book on Lee Kuan Yew represents the Asian legend's first extended conversation with a Western journalist. The result is often surprising, sometimes startling, occasionally humorous -- and never, ever dull. Enter into the mind of this controversial but internationally respected political leader and pioneer, through the eyes and ears of one of America's leading journalists on Asia.