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Aung San Suu Kyi

For more than three decades, Burma’s political prisoners, activists, and visionaries have embodied moral courage in defying authoritarian repression and unjust laws. At the forefront of this moral struggle stands Aung San Suu Kyi, whose unwavering commitment to nonviolence, democracy, and spiritual renewal has shaped the modern Burmese political landscape.

This book undertakes a philosophical exploration of Aung San Suu Kyi’s political thought, drawing inspiration from Johan Galtung’s study of Gandhi and guided by personal interviews and close observation of her political journey from 2012 to 2020. It examines whether she should be understood, as Michal Lubina suggests, as a ‘hybrid politician’—one who blends Western liberal ideals with Burmese Buddhist values—or whether a more fitting lens reveals her as a peacebuilder committed to a spiritual revolution.

This study challenges simplistic portrayals and explores whether Aung San Suu Kyi’s principled leadership reflects not a betrayal of liberal ideals, but rather the articulation of a distinctively Burmese path toward peace and justice. It presents a deeply contextual account of moral courage, just law, and an uncorrupted society as essential elements in Burma’s ongoing quest for federal democracy and decentralized governance.

Maximum Purpose, Maximum Profit

Everyone’s naked. Universal connectivity coupled with powerful AI is making everything transparent and everyone vulnerable. Geoeconomic fragmentation, climate change and social inequality are worse than ever.

In this new world:

  1. How can we ensure profitable growth and business longevity?
  2. How can we achieve environmental and social sustainability without sacrificing profits or material self-interest?

Current approaches like ESG and Milton Friedman’s doctrine of solely maximising profits are proving ineffective. Amassing wealth at the expense of people or the planet is untenable, and ESG regulations are adding costs without creating meaningful change. We need a new model.

For long-term viability, both business and sustainability must be profitable. But in the naked era where every action is visible and traceable, businesses will need to earn their returns by solving pressing problems. At the same time, for sustainability to be sustainable, we need profitable solutions.

The winning strategy for both objectives is steward leadership—doing well by doing good. Maximum Purpose, Maximum Profit is a practical playbook to drive business success by addressing the very challenges that are threatening humanity today.

A Mild Case of Mass Hysteria

In 1967, a curious phenomenon has Singapore in its vice-like grip. Over 500 men end up in hospitals seeking treatment for a phantom condition—their manhood is shrinking.

Welcome to the koro epidemic, when real men go to great lengths to recover their virility—or what they thought they had lost.

Against this backdrop are three young men dealing with the mass hysteria. There is Su Tang, a newbie gangster operating in Chinatown. He falls in love with Yin, a hooker who belongs to Ang Hor Tiap, the only all-women gang known in Singapore. But she rebuffs his advances.

There is Wee Tiong, a young doctor recently returned from his medical studies in the UK. Yet to come out of his closet, he struggles to live up to his mother’s wishes for him to find a nice girl to settle down with before her death.

And there is James Yang, a young layabout conscripted into the army. Resentful of the regimented life at first, he finds his purpose in the machismo of guns and drills.

Comic and relatable, A Mild Case of Mass Hysteria explores how their lives – reflective of the different classes in Singapore – pan out in a young country which, too, has hang-ups about its shortcomings.

The Love Letters of Via Lullina

Lost in Florence, Filipina writer Isla Mendoza stumbles upon a mysterious bookshop on Via Lullina, a street that isn’t supposed to exist. Within its walls, she discovers an old book filled with enchanting love letters—and one addressed to her.

The letter is from Luca Rossi, a man Isla has never met. Too curious to let it go, she tracks him down, only to discover a grumpy Italian chef who thinks she is out of her mind. Destiny? Foretold by a magical letter? With love as the plot twist? No, grazie.

Drawn to the book for their own reasons, Isla and Luca begin an investigation. The more the pair try to resist, the more the book writes. What will happen when they reach the last page?

The First Christmas Night

This book takes children on a fun-filled creative journey with the heart-warming story of Jesus’ birth. With colorful illustrations and interesting prompts this book lets kids explore the nativity scene, Mary and Joseph, the angels, the shepherds, and the wise men—all while coloring and having fun. Perfect for young readers, this book teaches faith, creativity, and the joy of the holiday season.

What’s Inside:

  • Encourages creativity while learning about the story of Jesus’ birth.
  • A joyful way to teach children the meaning of Christmas
  • Designed for toddlers and young children just starting to color.

Emilia from Beyond

Emilia is dead.

There’s no escaping that fact. But the supernatural world is far more complex than it seems. In death, a rare opportunity arises: a chance at redemption, and a second shot at life. However, redemption requires effort.

For Emilia, that effort takes the form of becoming a Scare Agent, someone tasked with haunting the Living. Unfortunately, Emilia is terrible at it. Months of failure and her inability to frighten humans have made her the least productive Scare Agent on record.

Then, against all odds, when Emilia finally scares her first human… He ends up dying.

Now, not only does she have to face the unintended consequences of her actions, but also a shocking revelation. As accidental as his death was, hers wasn’t. Because Emilia didn’t just die, she was murdered.

How Women Talk Power

POWER REDEFINED: Women at the Top on What Really Matters

Power is a subject women rarely speak about comfortably. Yet across 18 raw and unfiltered conversations with women leaders, a messy mosaic emerges—complex, contradictory, and compelling.

Power is not about titles or hierarchy. The real seat of power is internal: clarity about what you stand for, confidence to act on it, and the calm to hold your line when challenged. Women define power through connection and influence, not dominance. Power is not a weapon; it is a relationship.

What holds women back is not lack of talent or hunger, but years of conditioning about how they “should” behave. Power is a muscle that strengthens with practice—every hard decision, every moment of speaking up, and every instance of holding your ground in intimidating rooms.

Different stories across multiple spectrums. A scientist-turned-CEO who sold her company four times over, navigating corporate giants twice her age. Executives who travelled days after childbirth while redefining what leadership looks like. Women who walked into rooms of 200 people and instinctively knew who mattered. The turning point is always internal: the courage to disrupt, the decision to ask for what she truly wants, the willingness to risk before feeling ready, the moment a woman chooses herself.

Power is not something women wait for or chase after. You already have it. You just need to step wholly into it.

This book is for women ready to redefine power on their own terms and men who understand that the world is a better place when both hold the reins.

Small Steps to Big Summits

If the mountain doesn’t care, should I still dare?

How long should I grit, and when is it wiser to quit?

Do I stay in place, or run a new race?

What if resilience isn’t about conquering mountains at all, but about laughing at the times you nearly fell off them? If you’ve ever wondered how climbing Mount Everest can lead to evading soldiers in Russia, skiing away from polar bears in Greenland, or having a mental breakdown in the middle of Seoul, Small Steps to Big Summits has some answers — just don’t expect tidy ones.

From the thin air of Everest to the fluorescent glare of management consulting strategy sessions, Jane Lee has chased records, promotions, and that elusive thing called “purpose.” She has led teams where the stakes were life or death, and others where the greatest peril was a poorly formatted PowerPoint deck. Along the way, she has discovered that whether you’re wearing climbing boots or power heels, progress usually comes with blisters, detours, and the roaring avalanche of self-doubt.

This is not a book about heroic summits. It’s about becoming an accidental leader, coaxing performance out of unlikely teams, and recognizing the questionable wisdom of chasing conventional success — while finding meaning instead in the missteps, heartbreaks, and near-misses.

Part expedition log and part boardroom confessional, Small Steps to Big Summits speaks to anyone who has ever climbed too high, worked too hard, or lived too neatly, and discovered that the best stories come not from the summits, but from the glorious art of stumbling forward.

Get Unstuck

Feeling stuck is just that—a feeling, but one that can weigh you down, disconnecting you from joy and making you merely get through each day rather than truly live it. When adversity hits, we often freeze in survival mode, our nervous system on high alert, unable to see beyond our immediate struggles. But what if getting “unstuck” wasn’t about quick fixes, but about embracing a transformative journey of continuous growth?

Get Unstuck: The Road to Freedom introduces my bespoke UNSTUCK™ framework—developed through years of research, training, and the combined wisdom of my own transformation journey alongside proven experience helping clients break free. This uniquely cyclical system recognizes personal growth as an ongoing, dynamic process rather than a one-off destination. Unlike traditional approaches that treat emotions as problems to solve, this book shows how your feelings and the state of your nervous system are actually the gateway to deep transformation.

Through three essential stages: Heal, Balance, and Liberate, you’ll learn to decode childhood patterns shaping your adult choices, process emotions with clarity, and overcome limiting beliefs that keep you trapped. Packed with practical tools including EFT tapping, creative visualization, and mindfulness methods, this guide turns abstract ideas into actionable steps.

Whether you’re facing financial difficulties, relationship issues, or simply feeling lost in life’s chaos, this book meets you where you are. It is designed as both an entry point for those beginning their healing journey and a continuous tool for anyone ready to come home to their authentic self.

15 Grams

Set against the growing pains of a nascent Singapore in the 1980s, 15 Grams chronicles the circumstances behind 18-year-old Gitanjali “Li Li” Mistry’s arrest after she is found with 15 grams of heroin, the minimum threshold for the mandatory death penalty. While Li Li’s family struggles to deal with the fate that has befallen their youngest, most beloved member, Li Li grapples with her demons in prison, likewise struggling to cope with her imminent execution—and the knowledge that she is innocent. As Li Li’s death sentence looms, she finds solace in her family’s unconditional love and the unlikely friends she makes in prison, strengthening her resolve to uncover the truth about herself, more than anything else, from her family before her time is up.

Equal parts tragic and hopeful, 15 Grams stands as both historical recollection and existential discovery—simultaneously transporting readers to a long-forgotten, more communal Singapore and taking them through the moral complexities of Li Li’s journey as she finds dignity in her pursuit of truth, and peace in her situation.