Lee has written a two-volume set of memoirs : The Singapore Story ( ISBN 0-13-020803-5 ) , which covers his view of Singapore 's history until its separation from Malaysia in 1965 , and From Third World to First : The Singapore Story ( ISBN 0060197765 ) , which gives his account of Singapore 's subsequent transformation into a developed nation . Lee wrote a two-volume set of memoirs : The Singapore Story ( ISBN 0-13-020803-5 ) , which covers his view of Singapore 's history until its separation from Malaysia in 1965 , and From Third World to First : The Singapore Story ( ISBN 0060197765 ) , which gives his account of Singapore 's subsequent transformation into a developed nation .