Marshall Cavendish Editions imprint: 48 books
Giants of Asia: Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew (2nd Edition)
Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (WITH NEW PREFACE AND AFTERWORD)
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Political genius is never without controversy, or without mystery. This is what makes it so interesting and so rare. Is Lee Kuan Yew the feral, authoritarian figure that Western critics claim? Or a stoic pioneer in new approaches to developing a nation—uncorrupt, modern, almost scientific? American...
Giants of Asia: Conversations with Thaksin
From Exile to Deliverance: Thailand’s Populist Tycoon Tells His Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Going home is an iconic theme of literature and music that touches everyone’s heart. Bur rarely has that journey looked more like an impossible dream than for Thaksin Shinawatra, the much loved and much hated former prime minister of Thailand. Expelled from the former Siam by a military coup in...
The Tiger and the Trojan Horse
Flashes of red in early Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
“Some mug had to do it,” said Lee Kuan Yew, explaining what appeared to be an act of pure folly—the decision of a politically puny group of young nationalists to take on the powerful communist movement in a crucial struggle for the strategic gateway to the East—Singapore. In the first phrase,...
Own Your Financial Freedom
Money, Women, Marriage and Divorce
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
It is never too early to get a financial reality check to ensure long term financial security. Practical, savvy, and wide-ranging, Own Your Financial Freedom will inform women of important financial constructs prior to marriage and educate women on the ‘what-if’ of a divorce proceeding and post-divorce...
Career Conversations
20 Leading Professionals share the secrets to their success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Very few of us actually plan our careers. In fact, many of us spend more effort planning what schools to go to, what co-curricular activities to join or where to go on holiday than what careers to go into. The reality, though, is that you will spend around two-thirds of your adult life at work, and how...
Digital Bank
Strategies to launch or become a digital bank
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Digital Bank tracks the innovations in banking and how the mobile internet is changing the dynamics of consumer and corporate relationships with their banks. The implication is that banks must become digitised, and that is a challenge as becoming a Digital Bank demands new services focused upon...
by Audrey Chin
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2013
In Thong Tran’s Vietnam, everyone is at war and no one is who they seem. But even a conflicted heart needs a home. Yearning for a true father and a cause to give himself to, Thong chooses independence, liberty and happiness his tutor and the Viet Cong. It is a choice with karmic consequences he...
by Arthur Cotterell
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2014
A History of Southeast Asia narrates the history of the region from earliest recorded times until today, covering present-day Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, Indonesia and East Timor. Concisely written and filled with historical anecdotes, this...
by Minfong Ho
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
A collection of three of award-winning author, Minfong Ho’s, most beloved and acclaimed books: Sing to the Dawn, Rice Without Rain and The Clay Marble. All three books are set in Southeast Asia, and each touches on a different theme: education, struggles for change both for country and within oneself....
Expository & Argumentative Eureka
Model Expository and Argumentative Essays for Today's Secondary School Students
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Argumentative Eureka features the best of model expository and argumentative stories written by English Language and Literature specialist, Diana Tham. Through her essays, as well as works by her students, Diana shows students how to apply model structures and writing techniques to their own writing,...
by Gopal Baratham
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
This exciting collection brings together thirty-nine of the late Dr. Gopal Baratham’s characteristic and revered pieces. In his usual blunt, strong and controversial style, Baratham’s socio-political critiques are ‘peopled’ by characters from virtually every background and class—with their...
by Kee Thuan Chye
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2014
After the 13th general election (GE13) in May 2013, Malaysians hoped that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition would respond humbly and positively to the public cry for change and reform, especially since it lost the popular vote. But instead, the BN Government has continued to be arrogant, autocratic...
A Walking Tour Kuala Lumpur (2nd Edition)
Sketches of the city's architectural treasures
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Although a bustling city, Kuala Lumpur still contains pockets of old-world charm that have remained almost untouched since the city was first founded back in the nineteenth century. One of the best ways of exploring these different areas and really getting a flavour of their culture is on foot. This...
A Walking Tour: Singapore (4th Edition)
Sketches of the city's architectural treasures
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Singapore is a cosmopolitan city with towering skyscrapers and state-of-the-art building technology. Nestled within its modern built environment are vestiges of its British colonial past and its cultural history. From its spanking new waterfront to its quaint shophouses and from its temples to its mosques...