Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- 1 Rice for the Soul -- 2 Forty-second Street -- 3 The Conch Shell -- 4 Big Dreams -- 5 La Fontaine -- 6 The Crimson Sash -- 7 The Garden Rake -- 8 Lak Lak -- 9 The Jolt from Holt -- 10 Their First 'Black Box' -- 11 In the Shade of a Durian Tree -- 12 A Brubeck Overture -- 13 The Monkey's Chain -- 14 The Green Filing Cabinet -- 15 A Special Experience -- 16 A Piece of Cake -- 17 Design Development -- 18 Inspiration at a League Club -- 19 The Afterbirth of Industry -- 20 All in a Black Box -- 21 The Model-Maker -- 22 This Thing Just Has to be Built -- 23 The Working Drawings -- 24 Good Old American Know-How -- 25 An Afternoon of Living Dangerously -- 26 The Copacabana -- 27 A Very Big Job -- 28 Women Workers -- 29 Make the Most of Opportunities -- 30 Challenge at the Rajah -- 31 Tom Yum Noodles -- 32 Number Ten -- 33 Mama's Interesting Friends -- 34 Air-Conditioner Problems -- 35 Hand Grenade Chicken -- 36 Fitting the Cladding Panels -- 37 Nit -- 38 The Water Map -- 39 Wow Man, Bells Beach -- 40 Strong Black Coffee -- 41 The American Pavilion -- 42 Mounting Pressure -- 43 The Relay Race -- 44 The Trophy -- 45 American Aid -- 46 Coffee Break -- 47 The Disappearing Sculpture -- 48 The Jet Engine -- 49 Troublesome Farmers -- 50 Farewell at the Copacabana -- 51 The Last Week -- 52 What Else Can Go Wrong? -- 53 The Opening -- 54 The Last Five Per Cent -- 55 Reunion -- 56 Displaying Some Balls -- 57 In Some Small Way -- 58 From the South China Sea -- 59 The Journey.