Anecdotes, there are some lines in this book that do land like a grenade but I couldn’t get into the books stride, the stories too short, too disparate – pick this one up if you are looking to be surprised by the prose but don’t expect to be transported to some far away land and …
Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls – David Sedaris Read More »
This one was given to me around Christmas time 2017 and it sat on the shelf for a while, I just couldn’t pick it up, things were probably too real and raw for me to sit through another dooms day monologue about the future of SA. The media does enough of this on its own. …
A time traveller’s guide to South Africa in 2030 – Frans Cronje Read More »
This book was a necessary read because of the culture of violence I experienced in South Africa, why, who, what, needed to be answered. I got some answers but not all. Hefty in both volume and messaging, this books chronicles our (human) proclivity for violence with some sobering ideas about how far we have come …
The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity – Stephen Pinker Read More »
This book was personal for me, having spent so much time in Natal in my teens on famliy holidays, this book really brought home some of the things I had seen whilst on holiday whilst not really appreciting how difficult it was to exist on the dolphin coast. Read this if you want to learn …
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In the final book in the digital ‘BANK’; series, Brett King tackles the topic of whether banks have a future at all in the emerging, technology embedded world of the 21st century. In 30-50 years when cash is gone, cards are gone and all vestiges of the traditional banking system have been re-engineered in real-time, …
Bank 4.0: Banking everywhere, never at a bank by Brett King Read More »
The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty. Chester E. Finn, Jr. Commentary The Bell Curve’s implications will be as profound for the beginning of the new century as Michael Harrington’s discovery of the …
‘A wonderful book. Thoughtful…fascinating’ Malcolm Gladwell Do you believe some people are born athletes? Is sporting talent innate or something that can be achieved through endurance and practise? In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths …
Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, shares the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book―a compilation of tools, tactics, and habits from 130+ of the world’s top performers. From iconic entrepreneurs to elite athletes, from artists to billionaire investors, their short profiles can help you answer life’s most challenging questions, achieve extraordinary results, and transform …
Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to scientific geniuses to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and inspiring, than we ever imagined. ‘Malcolm Gladwell … has a genius for making …