Marshall Cavendish Edition imprint: 285 books
Financial Fraud
Money, scams, embezzlement and swindles in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. This is only too true as we profile cases involving money matters. Tricksters are quick to prey on Mans desire to have more money that is why sleights of hand and ponzi schemes succeed. Even senior finance managers often succumb to greed...
Walking Tour London
Includes the 2012 London Olympics Site!
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
As a city for walking and exploring, London is one of the finest in the world. This guide provides 15 walking tours in London’s most famous and scenic locations, including Westminster, Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square, Bloomsbury, Chelsea, Kensington, South Bank, St James’s, Smithfield as well as...
CultureShock! Paris
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
CultureShock! Paris is the indispensable guide for anyone planning a stay in the City of Light. Let Frances Gendlin, whose Parisian insider knowledge and non-native perspective are invaluable, take you through the process of settling in, whether for short or longer stays. From finding your own pied-à-terre...
Cool Singapore
Your Essential Guide to What’s Hip and Happening
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2009
Fun and Singapore are seldom used in the same context but the city state ranks among the top five countries in the world for nightlife, fine dining and shopping. It has also been chosen as the top Asian city that people would want to live in, according to FutureBrand's Country Brand Index. Join us as...
Chinese Strategist
Beyond Sun Zi's Art of War
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2006
The two Chinese classics that this volume consists of Wu Zi’s Art of War and Conversations with Tang Taizong were written a thousand years apart. However, the latter carries regular references to the former, and the principles of warfare, leadership, strategy and organisation were themes eagerly...
The Diary
100 days and lessons in managing your business communications
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
What is the greatest headache faced by those involved in managing corporate and internal communications? In these times of crises and immense change, business communications has become the latest minefield for management. Ian Chappell is a communications manager who has just joined the Firm. The Diary...
by Neil Humphreys
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
When two lines appear on the pregnancy test kit, Humphreys’ world is turned upside down. He is excited but clueless and urgently needs some directions. After all, his biggest responsibility to this point had been a pet hamster and he lost that twice. From the moment his doctor tells him to book an...
The Sky is Crazy
Tales from a trolley dolly
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Everyone has a plane story to share, but no one tells it better and funnier than the one who sings the “Chicken-or-beef, Sir” rhapsody. In this humorous collection of airplane anecdotes that shows you a wild kaleidoscope of tales trawled from a crazy sky. A narrow cabin aisle turns into a wrestling...
Madness Aboard
Welcome to plane insanity
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
After her hilarious national bestseller The Sky is Crazy: Tales from a trolley dolly, which sold 10,000 copies, Yvonne Lee continues to unravel the outrageous and sometimes bizarre happenings on board the airplane with another new book. In Madness Aboard! brace yourself for some hilarious and saucy highlights:...
Murder Most Foul
Strangled, poisoned and dismembered in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Seemingly safe on the surface, sunny Singapore has seen its fair share of murders that run the gamut from pre-mediated cases to crimes of passion. Here are some cases from the archives. Read about the curry murders where the victim’s body was dismembered and cooked in curry and then disposed of. Then...
Foreigners Behaving Badly
Commiting murder, hooliganism and other crimes in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2013
Moving to a new country to live is difficult, having to adapt to the culture and new environment. Most people settle down nicely but a handful don’t get used to their newly adopted home. Here then are stories of foreigners in Singapore who behave badly; committing murder, financial scams, vandalism...
Seven Keys to Imagination
Creating the future by imagining the unthinkable and delivering it
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
As a radically new world emerges from one of the deepest global crises in living memory, individuals, teams, organizations and even entire countries will feel the urge to reinvent themselves in order to fit in. They will need to apply their imagination their capacity to dream and to pursue those dreams with determination.
Excellence
Advice for achieving your best from the world’s most extraordinary achievers
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Excellence is the ultimate personal goal. It’s an inspiring notion the idea that each one of us has the power and potential to be superior at whatever we set out to do. Excellence is implicit in our convictions about success. It underlies our belief that anyone can be a star. It is expressed in our...
BSS: Great Negotiating Skills
The essential guide to getting what you want
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
This is a quick-read instructional book, packed with anecdotes and advice for all those people who are generally terrible at negotiating and would like to do it better! Based on several years of practical and successful negotiating around the world, the approach adopted by the author in this book will...