Singapore 8 Take in the scent of spices as you trawl through the five-foot-ways of Little India Ride the MRT out to little-visited Singapore surprises Discover why locals leave food out on the streets during the Hungry Ghost Festival Wok-fry your own way to food nirvana In This Guide: Two authors (including a resident), over 900 hours of in-city research, 47 durians consumed Expanded coverage of neighborhoods including two new walking tours and three new excursions Cultural insights and local secrets from a comedian, a curator, a theater director, a writer and a scholar Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights

The Battle for Singapore: The true story of the greatest catastrophe of World War II 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.

Singapore Girl: A true story of sex, drugs, and love on the wild side in 1970s Bugis Street This is the true story of a long-vanished Singapore and the dangerous carnival known as Bugis Street. After four years of romping around West Africa and the Brazilian Amazon, James Eckardt cut a raffish figure as he stepped off a sailboat at Clifford Pier in Singapore on March 30, 1975, en route from Manila to Jakarta. Little did he know that he would become enchanted by a fun-loving Singaporean nymph named Milly who would take him in hand to explore the exotic wonders of her city. The fun would turn into hopeless love, one Eckardt would desperately chronicle in a 36-hour, drug-laced writing spree and entitle "Singapore Girl". The yellowing carbon copy would sit in an envelope for thirty years as the author went on to become Thailand's most famous expat writer. And then in 2004, an email arrived that would lead Eckardt to discover what had happened to the Singapore girl, who, at the time he had loved her, had not technically been female.

The Singapore Wink A stuntman searches for a colleague whom he thought he killed long agoTwo pirates do battle on an old junk ship in Singapore Harbor. They leap nimbly from deck to rigging, crossing swords like fencing masters. And then one surprises the other, slicing a rope and sending the unfortunate pirate tumbling into the bay. This is how stuntman Angelo Sacchetti dies. Edward Cauthorne was his opponent, a fellow stuntman whose career died along with Sacchetti. He's selling used cars when two thugs approach him. They're emissaries from Sacchetti's godfather, a Mafia don. Sacchetti is alive after all-alive enough to be blackmailing the don-and they firmly request that Cauthorne find him. The search takes Cauthorne back to Singapore, to risk his own life for the sake of the man he thought he'd killed.

The Singapore Grip

The Singapore Grip 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 with Troubles and the Booker prize-winning Siege of Krishnapur .

Invisible Trade II: Secret lives and sexual intrigue in Singapore In this long-awaited sequel to bestselling "Invisible Trade: High-class sex for sale in Singapore", Gerrie Lim unravels the secretive double lives led by Singapore"s beautiful, upscale escorts and other sex workers. There"s the girl who works at a public relations agency by day and moonlights as an escort by night, the karaoke-bar mamasan who deals in wild and wanton girls from mainland China, the American male escort who gets paid by visiting Shanghai socialites for his companionship both in an out of their hotel bedrooms, and the Singaporean university student who freelances as a bondage model. Male customers include the Englishman who went on a rabid sex spree in Singapore"s red-light district, and the self-proclaimed diehard sex tourist from Los Angeles who came to Southeast Asia to sample its professional paragons of feminine perfection, finally facing his nemesis among the night birds of Singapore.

Dork Whore: My Travels Through Asia as a Twenty-Year-Old Pseudo-Virgin Fresh out of the Israeli Army, twenty-year-old Iris Bahr decides to follow the footsteps of many before her and backpack through Asia. Only unlike the average traveler, she has more in mind than just seeing the sights: she is on a desperate mission to lose her virginity. Dork Whore is a fresh and funny memoir about a young woman whose quirky personality and embarrassing neuroses always seem to get in the way of her getting what she wants. As Iris lands in hotel rooms in Bangkok, rides scooters out of opium-fogged compounds hidden in the jungle, and antagonizes an impromptu tour group in Vietnam, she begins to realize that the greatest obstacle she'll have to overcome isn't losing her virginity, but coming to terms with the reasons for her need to be accepted. Poignant, hilarious, and always original, Dork Whore is a remarkable mix of bawdy humor and heartbreaking moments, witty intelligence and touching personal discoveries. Iris Bahr has given us an unforgettable coming-of-age tale about how a young woman finally learns how to trust others-and her own judgment.

Singapore Girl: A true story of sex, drugs, and love on the wild side in 1970s Bugis Street

Singapore Girl: A true story of sex, drugs, and love on the wild side in 1970s Bugis Street This is the true story of a long-vanished Singapore and the dangerous carnival known as Bugis Street. After four years of romping around West Africa and the Brazilian Amazon, James Eckardt cut a raffish figure as he stepped off a sailboat at Clifford Pier in Singapore on March 30, 1975, en route from Manila to Jakarta. Little did he know that he would become enchanted by a fun-loving Singaporean nymph named Milly who would take him in hand to explore the exotic wonders of her city. The fun would turn into hopeless love, one Eckardt would desperately chronicle in a 36-hour, drug-laced writing spree and entitle "Singapore Girl". The yellowing carbon copy would sit in an envelope for thirty years as the author went on to become Thailand's most famous expat writer. And then in 2004, an email arrived that would lead Eckardt to discover what had happened to the Singapore girl, who, at the time he had loved her, had not technically been female.

The Singapore Win

The Singapore Wink A stuntman searches for a colleague whom he thought he killed long agoTwo pirates do battle on an old junk ship in Singapore Harbor. They leap nimbly from deck to rigging, crossing swords like fencing masters. And then one surprises the other, slicing a rope and sending the unfortunate pirate tumbling into the bay. This is how stuntman Angelo Sacchetti dies. Edward Cauthorne was his opponent, a fellow stuntman whose career died along with Sacchetti. He's selling used cars when two thugs approach him. They're emissaries from Sacchetti's godfather, a Mafia don. Sacchetti is alive after all-alive enough to be blackmailing the don-and they firmly request that Cauthorne find him. The search takes Cauthorne back to Singapore, to risk his own life for the sake of the man he thought he'd killed.

Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II

Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II 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.

Invisible Trade II: Secret lives and sexual intrigue in Singapore

Invisible Trade II: Secret lives and sexual intrigue in Singapore In this long-awaited sequel to bestselling "Invisible Trade: High-class sex for sale in Singapore", Gerrie Lim unravels the secretive double lives led by Singapore"s beautiful, upscale escorts and other sex workers. There"s the girl who works at a public relations agency by day and moonlights as an escort by night, the karaoke-bar mamasan who deals in wild and wanton girls from mainland China, the American male escort who gets paid by visiting Shanghai socialites for his companionship both in an out of their hotel bedrooms, and the Singaporean university student who freelances as a bondage model. Male customers include the Englishman who went on a rabid sex spree in Singapore"s red-light district, and the self-proclaimed diehard sex tourist from Los Angeles who came to Southeast Asia to sample its professional paragons of feminine perfection, finally facing his nemesis among the night birds of Singapore.