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BOOK REVIEWS The 10-Step Stress Solution A Survival Guide For Life By Neil Shah By Bear Grylls A fantastic 10-step plan with simple and practical solutions for reducing your stress levels so you can manage your life and breathe a sigh of relief. Find out how to: • Manage your time – at work and at home. • Regain your balance and lift your mood. • Improve your concentration and motivation. • Get a good night’s sleep and stop worrying. Bear Gr ylls’ Survival Guide for Life is packed with stories from Bear’s adventures and SAS training that are thrilling, emotional and revealing. By showing the reader how he has dealt with setbacks and seem i ngly i nsu r mou ntable obstacles, Bear helps readers plot a better course towards their dreams. This is not a self-help book in the traditional sense, nor is it a manual. Churchill in His Own Words Makers By Richard M. Langworth By Chris Anderson Churchill in His Own Words, which is fully authorised by the Churchill Estate, is a definitive collection of Churchill’s words, thematically arranged. It also highlights the myriad quotations commonly misattributed to Churchill. A rich and valuable portrait of Winston Churchill and his age, in the great man’s own words. If a country wants to remain economically vibrant, it needs to manufacture things. In recent years, many nations have become obsessed with making money out of selling services, leaving the real business of manufacturing to others. Makers is about how all that is being reversed. It ta kes a look at how manufacturing is increasing it’s participation in everything digital. The Cubicle Manifesto A Good African Story By Mainak Dhar By Andrew Rugasira Welcome to THE CUBICLE. The desk space you occupy for hours on end. Where creativity is dead and stress levels are high. Where you feel guilty for leaving, but reluctant to arrive. Where you eat lunch, plan, strategize and phone home to say how late you’ll be tonight. Is this the place you’d really like to be? The Cubicle Manifesto is a business parable for the modern age that will transform the way you work. Join the revolution. The inspirational story of how an African-owned coffee company became a profitable global brand. Since it was founded in 2003, Good African Coffee has helped thousands of farmers earn a decent living, send their children to school and escape a spiral of debt and dependence. In A Good African Story, Andrew Rugasira argues that trade has achieved what years of aid failed to deliver, and has provided a tantalising glimpse of what Africa could be. www.thebizmall.co.za BOOKS AVAILABLE AT Knowledge Is Money 6 March 2013 SA Real Estate Investor www.reimag.co.za