New York: Norton, 1991. First edition - Author's first book, the story of an orphaned girl being raised by her matriachal grandmother and her extended family in Singapore in the 60s and 70s.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Similar to his masterful novel 'The Remains of the Day", this is a deceptively straightforward story of an English boy, born in Singapore in the early years of the 20th century , orphaned at the age of 9 when his parents mysteriously disappeared, who returns there many years later to solve the mystery of their disappearance. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-375-410546.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - An informal introduction to the countries of South-East Asia, which the author revisited in the 1950s with her husband and young son. They spent over a year living in Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Bali, Burma and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). While she tells something of the history of each country, she focuses more on their way of life - a way which for most is now gone. Map, index. 240 pp. Map endpapers.

New York: G. P. PutnamÕs Sons 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of the sea, about the rapid fall of Singapore - 'the Gibraltor of the East' - during World War II, by the author who also writes historical naval fiction under the pseudonym of Alexander Kent. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-399-133887.

New York: Macmillan, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by a journalist who spent more than five years in the Philippines and elsewere in Asia, which presents a spectrum of outstanding men and women of Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and other Asian countries. Among those profiled are Acharya Vinoba Bhave of India, Tun Abdul Razuk of Malaysia, the Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, Silvino and Rosario Encarnuncion of the Phillipines and many more. Illustrated with photographs, index. vi, 184 pp.