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Directly across from the Raffles Hotel Arcade was once a movie theatre that, for an evening at a time, whisked an entire generation away from the grimy streets of 1960s Singapore. In these cinematic pages, we delve into the many lives of 331 North Bridge Road: as rubber factory, postwar cabaret, trade union headquarters and more, tracing the stories of two individuals as they thread through this unlikely window between worlds. Will the old building give up its secrets? Part memoir, part hi...

A neighbourhood containing Singapore' s oldest public housing estates, a catchphrase for the dream of equitable distribution, the long tail of the British Empire: the word ' Commonwealth' uncovers rich seams of history, replete with conquests, tragedies and once-potent visions of the future. Commonwealth takes as its starting-point the massive Bukit Ho Swee fires of the 196os – an event as deeply seared into the history of Kwek' s family as the nation' s own – and traces the dislo...

A FLUENT tongue and an elegant style afford pleasure and such praise as vainglory delights in, to wretched men who have been corrupted in mind; the lover of truth does not give heed to ornamented speeches, but examines the real matter of the speech, what it is, and what kind it is. Since, then, my friend, you have assailed me with empty words, boasting of your gods of wood and stone, hammered and cast, carved and graven, which neither see nor hear, for they are idols, and the works of men’...

Larger than dragons. Nastier than snakes. Terrifying as hell.The wyrm have escaped the void.They threaten the underwater mer-kingdom of Fomoria... a kingdom of my ancestors... and the city of New Orleans.Why am I the only one who can hear their cries?Something else is coming... something much worse…Even the wyrm are terrified…I have to save them, before the Fomorian merlegion destroys them.But can I even tame these mo...

For the first time, one of my spells backfired.I was trying to trap a sorcerer in a blood prism...He was too powerful. It was the only option.When the spell reflected back on me, I found myself somewhere else.The folk her are small, but they're powerful.The Faerie King doesn't take kindly to intruders to his realm.If they'll teach me their power, though, it might be just enough to stop the sorcerer.There's one problem with that plan.....

The toys are coming out to play...... but these dolls don't play well with others.Sebastian’s new case is a twisted nightmare.A puppeteer with a deadly secret.His shows were a sensation, but the price was high.A demonic pact for fame and fortune.Can Sebastian stop the puppet master’s reign of terror?If all the world's a stage... all the men and women are going to die.Deadly Dolls is the fourth book in the Sebastian Winter seri...

The nanonetwork has been upgraded.I can still access the nanobots...But when I do, it leaves the host unconscious. Transferring their mind into the nanoswarm.Dr. Archimedes Flat is expanding his nanoverse. Collecting minds to craft a new "utopia" forged from collective memory.He believes it's the next step in human evolution.And if a few people have to die to make it happen, well, in his mind that's...

Zombie sharks! What the ... ?It's not the first time I've faced a bokor...But this dude (or dudette?) is on a whole other level of evil.I mean, it's not unheard of for bokors to raise zombies...But sharks? Come on!The wyrmriders are getting there...They've been training. We're becoming a force.But the sharks move like torpedoes... these aren't drag-your-desiccated-flesh-behind-you zombie creatures...

I’m supposed to seduce and assassinate the vampire king…He’s defied the new vampire council.The Voodoo Queen has evoked Erzulie, the Loa of Love, to render him susceptible to my allureOnce I’ve enthralled the king my orders are to stake him and cast a spell to harness the power that lingers in his blood.But there’s one problem…He has enthralled me instead.MEET THE BLOOD WITCH:

She was made to hunt her own.They call her a Nightwalker, the first of many.A creature of the night, a vampire, made by religious zealots intent to eliminate all vampires and witches.But what darkness lurks beneath the surface of her "holy" crusade?She hasn't lost her faith. Alice still believes in the God she's always followed.But are vampires beyond salvation?Will her obedience to the Order of the Morning Dawn truly save her?Are the...

Voodoo isn't just for land lovers… Meet the Mermaids and Mermen of Agwe's Wyrmrider Academy.Vilokan has fallen.The surviving students and Loa of the Voodoo Academy are dispersed, and on the run.The souls of the dead linger beneath the broken firmament.To stand against Kalfu, Annabelle's only hope is to recover a lost relic, once belonging to Agwe, the Voodoo Lord of the Seas.But the underwater world is a perilous place full of sea se...

I think I'm going batty…Literally…I told myself I'd never go back.I'm returning to the Vilokan Asylum of the Magically and Mentally Deranged…Not to get treated… but perhaps Doctor Cain can help.The world's original werewolf… and its first murderer.If anyone can help me get a handle on an undesirable shape-shifting situation… it's him.But there is a coven of bat-shifting vampi...