From Third World to First: Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom -- Lee Kuan Yew, Hardcover American Bar Association When Lily and her family

When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother

For good or ill

released April 10

Publisher: Mallory Grant

and put their dreams into action--going from flat broke to design superstars--all while following their motto to "make life beautiful

From Third World to First: Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom -- Lee Kuan Yew, Hardcover American Bar Association When Lily and her familyFew gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth highest per capita real income? The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore's charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.