{"product_id":"interesting-history-of-singapore-emily-stehr-9781539934073","title":"Interesting History of Singapore","description":"Word Origin and History of Singapore: \"An island on the Strait of Singapore, off the south tip of the Malay Peninsula. \"An independent republic comprising this island and a few adjacent islets: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony (1946-59) and member of the federation of Malaysia (1963-65). 220 square mi (570 square km). \"A seaport in and the capital of this republic. \"From Sanskrit Simhapuram 'Lion City', from simhah 'lion' and puram 'city', from Proto-Indo-European *pele- 'citadel, fortified high place' (see polis). The name is perhaps metaphoric of something, as no lions are found there. Singapore sling attested from 1930; said on the island to have been invented there 1915 by a barman named Ngian Tong Dron.\" http: \/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/singapore Florence Marryat; Gup: Sketches of Anglo-Indian Life and Character; R Bentley; 1868 Florence Marryat writes: \"There are a great number of tigers about Singapore and the adjacent islands, and sometimes they swim across from the mainland and frighten the residents into fits. \"Once whilst I stayed at Penang, a large tigress swam on shore, perfectly exhausted, and had her brains knocked out as she lay panting on the beach. In Singapore the 'man-eating' tigers are so numerous, that natives are said to be carried off at the rate of a man a day, and so used have they become to such accidents, that when a Chinese cooly sees a tiger trotting after him, with an evident view to dining, he quietly sits down and resigns himself to his fate.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Stehr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1539934071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781539934073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Emily Stehr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44067321381119,"sku":"9781539934073","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02e9cd29-1134-460c-9b9e-302c89fd1430.jpg?v=1685412531","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/interesting-history-of-singapore-emily-stehr-9781539934073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}