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How do you tell when someone is not telling the truth? How do you figure out why something weird happens? Join Kiki as he solves 18 little mysteries. Young readers will be able to use their own analytical skills to solve the mysteries themselves. Parents can read these short mysteries with their children and compete to see who can solve the mysteries first.

The trade gap between the US and China is a perennial news staple. Our commonplace goods are manufactured in such far-flung places as Honduras, Mexico, and Korea. Why has the distinction “Made in America” become such a rarity? The cynics always talk about the “hard economic realities” of our...

Singapore is a young nation at the crossroads of Asia and consistently faces the threat of infectious diseases. The infectious disease threats have changed with the times—it began with malaria, cholera and plague during the earliest days of the Straits Settlements; to vaccine-preventable diseases...

Batam's destiny has been shaped by its strategic location. Whose hinterland is it? This book takes a bold look at how political influences, both internal and external, have affected Batam's development. It challenges the view that economic development can be kept separate from the national political and bureaucratic forces that underpin its institutional basis.