Marshall Cavendish Explained

Parent:	Times Publishing Group
Founder:	Norman Marshall and Patrick Cavendish
Country:	Singapore
Headquarters:	Singapore

Marshall Cavendish is a subsidiary company of Times Publishing Group, the printing and publishing subsidiary of Singapore-based conglomerate Fraser and Neave (which in turn currently owned by ThaiBev, a Thai beverage company), and at present is a publisher of books, business directories and magazines.

History

Marshall Cavendish was established in the United Kingdom in 1968 by Norman Marshall (1921-1975)^[1] and Patrick Cavendish (1939-2000).^[2] Times Publishing Group acquired it in 1980.

In 2011, Amazon Publishing acquired over 450 titles of Marshall Cavendish's US Children's trade books business, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books (MCCB).^[3] In 2013, Roger Rosen of Rosen Publishing acquired the Marshall Cavendish's US Children's library books business.^[4]

Books

• How It Works (later reprinted and updated by H. S. Stuttman Co., Inc.for the US, titled The Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia)
• “Malaysian Murders & Mysteries” by Martin Vengadesan and Andrew Sagayam.

Magazines, partworks

• Science Spy
• Young Generation (YG)
• Story of Life - published in 105 weekly parts - 1970 - 75 cents per magazine
• History of the Second World War - published in 96 weekly parts - 1973 - 95 cents a magazine
• Man and Woman - 1970 - 1976
• Story Teller - very popular series of children’s stories with read along magazine narrated on to audio cassettes - first published - January 1983

• Story Teller 2 - sequel to the immensely popular first series -first published in 1984

• Discovery: Travel back in time and bring the past to life - (UK) Fortnightly history magazine for older children - first published October 1987
• Great Artists - 96 parts - first published 1985^[5]
• Great Composers and Their Music - 63 parts - first published 1985
• DIY Pro-File - first published 1986
• Times Past - 102 parts - published 1987^[6]
• Murder Casebook - published in 153 weekly parts - 1989
• Quest - (UK) 1989-1990s science partwork
• The Ancestral Trail - (UK) 1992-1994 Fortnightly fantasy/science fiction magazine for children
• Tree of Knowledge - (UK) 1994 encyclopedia part-work
• The Magical Music Box - (UK and other territories) 1994-1996 fortnightly magazine and CD/cassette featuring classical music
• Insight - (UK) 1979-81 - magazine of science and technology - 97 parts

Directories

• Singapore Banking & Financial Services Directory
• Singapore Convention & Exhibition Directory
• Singapore Agri-Food Business Directory
• Directory of Certified Companies in Singapore
• Singapore Biotech Guide
• Singapore MedTech Directory
• Singapore Builders Directory
• Singapore Source Book for Architects, Designers & Building Contractors
• Directory of Singapore Process & Chemicals Industries
• Singapore Specialty Chemicals Guide
• Singapore Electronics Industry Directory
• Singapore Environmental Industry Directory
• Times Business Directory of Singapore
• Singapore Halal Industry Directory
• Singapore Airfreight Directory
• Singapore Maritime Directory
• Singapore Shiprepairing, Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Directory
• Singapore Sports Guide

Notes and References

1. Web site: Norman Marshall . 21 July 2022 . geni_family_tree . en-US.
2. Web site: Patrick Cavendish . 21 July 2022 . www.telegraph.co.uk.
3. News: Amazon Publishing to Acquire Marshall Cavendish US Children's Books Titles. Business Wire. 6 December 2011.
4. Web site: Cavendish Square Buys Library Titles from Marshall Cavendish. PublishersWeekly.com. 5 December 2017.
5. https://www.partworks.co.uk/great-artists-10-c.asp Great Artists
6. https://www.publishinghistory.com/partworks.html Partworks