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A selection of titles I’ve indexed:

Cookbooks

  • A Middle Eastern Pantry (Clarkson Potter)

  • Flavor + Us: Cooking for Everyone (4C)

  • NerdBaker 2: Tales from the Yeast Indies (Epigram Books)

  • Agak-agak, Chukop Rasa: Recipes and Stories from My Peranakan Childhood (Epigram Books)

  • How to Cook Everything Singaporean (Epigram Books)

  • The Way of Kueh: Savouring & Saving Singapore’s Heritage Desserts (Epigram Books)

  • Wet Market to Table: A Modern Approach to Fruit and Vegetables (Epigram Books)

Academic

  • New Destinations of Empire: Mobilities, Racial Geographies, and Citizenship in the Transpacific United States (University of Georgia Press, with Ideas on Fire)

  • Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie (MIT Press, with Ideas on Fire)

  • The Ends of Research: Indigenous and Settler Science after the War in the Woods (Duke University Press)

  • Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda (University of Chicago Press, with Ideas on Fire)

History

  • Wild Ride: A Short History of China’s Affair with Capitalism (Bui Jones)

  • Art and Soul: 80 Years of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Epigram Books)

  • Bold Vision: The Untold Story of Singapore’s Reserves and Its Sovereign Wealth Fund (GIC)

  • Diard & Duvaucel: French Natural History Drawings of Singapore and Southeast Asia (1818-1820) (Epigram Books)

  • The First Wave: JBJ, Chiam & the Opposition in Singapore (Epigram Books)

  • When We Were Kings: A Golden Era of Singapore Rugby (Epigram Books)

Business and Workplace Books

  • Xiaomi: From Ten to Infinity (Epigram Books)

  • The Human-Centered Organization: A Handbook for Managers (Robert Rosenstein & Peter L. Allen)

  • Deep Human: Practical Superskills for a Future of Success (Epigram Books)

  • Simply Invest: Naked Truths to Grow Your Money (Epigram Books)

Guides

  • Quiet Your Mind: A Men’s Guide (Zietgeist)

  • Guided Numerology Workbook: A Beginner’s Guide (Zeitgeist)

  • Roads above the Clouds: Bicycle Touring Taiwan (Mark Tovell)

  • The Pregnancy Planning Guide: How to Navigate Pregnancy and Childbirth as a Team (Zeitgeist)

  • Learn to Sign with Your Baby: 50 Essential ASL Signs to Help Your Child Communicate Their Needs, Wants, and Feelings (Zeitgeist)

  • The Internet: A Practical Guide for Beginners (Keith Fong)

  • Fall In! The Unofficial Guide to Surviving Basic Military Training (Epigram Books)

Arts, Politics, and Other

  • Twenty Years of WildRice (Epigram Books)

  • Activist Architecture: Thoughts on Asian Architectural Education (Epigram Books)

  • Arts Management in Multicultural Singapore (Epigram Books)

  • GE2020: Fair or Foul? (Epigram Books)

  • Going Viral: An Academic Year in the Time of COVID-19 (NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine)