Category Archives: Blog Posts

Hello everyone! Our shopping cart is back online (it has been for awhile, but we are excellent at procrastinating and often fail to efficiently convey information), and we’ve also slashed the prices of our paperbacks LIKE CRAZY. On another note, these are saddening days for book lovers as we witness the demise of physical books. […]

Dear all, Our online shop will be closed from now till 31 December 2012, as most of our rare books will be stationed at Indigo Blue Art (33 Neil Road), for an upcoming exhibition of antique prints and rare books. Do drop by for the exhibition! The details are as follows, and additional details can […]

Latin Module 1 (Introduction), commencing 3 October 2012 Time: Every Wednesday, 7-9p.m (2 hours per session) Venue: 945D Serangoon Road. Singapore 328137 Rates: $400 for 4 sessions More details here or visit the instructor’s website.   Beginner’s Arabic Course (in English), commencing October 2012: Time: Every Sunday, 2-4p.m (2 hours per session) Venue: 945D Serangoon […]

Yakuza Moon is a memoir of a Japanese yakuza’s screwed-up daughter, who descends into a dark, hellish life of sex, drugs and violence, before cleaning up her act to end up a B-grade writer. This memoir is very popular in these parts of the world, and in a fashion typical of all things popular today, […]

David Saul Marshall (1908-1995) was Singapore’s first Chief Minister, one of the best criminal defense lawyer in Singapore’s history, Singapore’s first ambassador to France, and above all, a great humanitarian with a strong sense of compassion and justice. He has been glossed over by most historical accounts as having merely been Singapore’s first Chief Minster […]

Commencement of Beginner’s Greek, Level 1: Date/Time: 30 June 2012, 2-4pm Duration: 4 weeks Location: 945D Serangoon Rd (near Boon Keng MRT) Cost: $50/hour per student (total $400 for this module) Commencement of Beginner’s Classical Sanskrit, Level 1: Date/Time: 8 July 2012, 2-4 pm Duration: 4 weeks Location: 945D Serangoon Rd (near Boon Keng MRT) […]

Too many books, too little time. My problem, as well as every reader’s. But thank God for the Internet, which can help you solve all your problems:     Unfortunately, this video on speed-reading is too long.

From the Center for Online Judaic Studies (COJS)… “Speech by Albert Einstein Regarding the Necessity of a Jewish University, Singapore, Oct. 1922. In October 1922, Chaim Weizmann, head of the World Zionist Organization, had sent the following telegram from London to the Zionist Society in Singapore: “Professor Einstein and wife arrive Singapore November first Kitano […]

I remember the first time I read Rudy Rucker’s The Fourth Dimension, in the hills of Cameron Highlands where I was more in touch with nature than usual. The title makes the book sound like one of those New Age-type quick-fix theories for attaining love, peace and happiness – which is unfortunate, because the book […]

We have moved! GOHD Books is now back to being an exclusively online shop, except for some occasions during which we will open the shop for browsing. We have some very exciting initiatives coming up, including a reading group/book club focused on the classics! Do look out for news through the newsletter and the facebook […]