exclusive books corporate catalogue 2009

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This is the story of Alan Knott-Craig’s incredible journey to bring cellular to Africa. Bold and courageous – sometimes outrageous – Alan’s visionary leadership put Vodacom and South Africa on the map of world firsts. Second is Nothing reveals Alan as an uncompromising business genius with no tolerance of failure.

Release date: September 2009

R200

24 June 1995. Ellis Park in Johannesburg. The Springboks versus The All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup final. Nelson Mandela steps onto the pitch wearing a Springboks shirt and, before a global audience of millions, a new country is born. This book tells the story of the journey to that moment.

Release date: November 2009

R150

The long awaited sequel to the international best-selling phenomenon, Freakonomics. Steven Levitt, and Stephen Dubner uncover the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from charity to terrorism and prostitution. And with their inimitable style and wit, they will take us on another even more gripping journey of discovery.


R325


Can decline be detected early, avoided or reversed? How far can a company fall before the path toward doom becomes inevitable? In How the Mighty Fall, Collins confronts these questions, offering leaders hope that they can learn how to stave off decline and, if they find themselves falling, reverse their course.

Release date: July 2009

R269

In this book Richard Dawkins takes on all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection. At the same time he shares with us his love of the natural world and the role that science plays in its interpretation. Written with elegance, wit and passion, it is hard-hitting, absorbing and totally convincing.

Release date: October 2009

R239

Mary Buffett and David Clark divide this book into several sections on how to manage your life, career, business and employees, and personal money in order to help readers understand Warren Buffett’s management secrets and put them to good use.


R214


Kiyosaki shares his view of global economics and explores why people are now finding themselves challenged by these turbulent times. He will not only provide people with solutions to their financial problems, but explain what created today’s economic chaos - and how it can be eased.


R199

From the best-selling author of The One Minute Manager, comes a quirky business parable that teaches organisations around the world to cope with change, turn them into successful initiatives and improve the status quo within the company.

Release date: August 2009

R143

Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question. This title shows us what makes an extreme overachiever. It reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from: their culture, their family, and their generation.

Release date: June 2009

R174


From moguls to maverick CEOs, learn their secrets, share their success. Incisive, insightful and inspiring, this is your chance to meet and learn from the CEOs leading the business world.


R385

The Management Gurus is the definitive introduction to the most influential and significant management classics of our time. It distils thousands of pages about leadership strategy, crisis management, organisational behaviour and more into easily digestible summaries, revealing the wisdom that made them into classics.


R170

In Architects of Poverty Moeletsi Mbeki analyses the plight of Africa and concludes that the fault lies not with the mass of its people but with its rulers – the political elites who contrive to keep their fellow citizens poor while enriching themselves.

Release date: June 2009

R152


Guinness World Records 2010 features unique free downloadable content, the ‘Top 100 Records of the Decade’, records for every day of the year, and new features on James Bond and the records that have never been broken. It’s the book of the decade.


R250

Photographer Stefan Schütz travelled through Africa over many months, crossing countries, landscapes and decades, seeking that other Africa remote from the major routes. The results were fascinating photographs of people and landscapes that we have not seen from this perspective before and that bring us closer to the mystery of Africa.


R655

The longest serving captain in Springbok rugby history gives a revealing account of the simultaneous joys and travails of one of the most challenging - and rewarding - jobs in sport in this much anticipated autobiography.


R230


Jamie takes us on a culinary journey right to the heart of America, its people, culture, music and, most importantly, food. Jamie’s America celebrates a country with a wide food heritage and is a visually stunning and practical cookbook with 120 brand new recipes.


R355

This lavishly illustrated coffee-table book presents the cream of South Africa’s greens and fairways. Here you will find a diverse array of golf courses, from Blair Atholl to Arabella to Zimbali. Find out what makes them exciting to play, what big tournaments that have been hosted there, and what else there is to experience nearby.


R349

The 14th annual collection of Zapiro cartoons from the Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times and Independent newspapers.


R143


From the basic to the bizarre, Top 10 of Everything 2010 answers many questions with brand new and updated lists and over 7,000 of the most intriguing facts. And once you’ve made your discoveries, it’s time to test your memory with the all-new Top 10 of Everything interactive DVD!


R230

Sumptuous continues Marlene van der Westhuizen’s exuberant annotation of French and Cape recipes. The book is written in Marlene’s quirky, warm and humorous style, and together with the exquisite photography by Gerda Genis, it will draw readers into her gorgeous world of delicious food, fine wine and scenic travels.


R304

Whether you want to bend it like Beckham, dribble like Ronaldinho, or just marvel at the world’s best teams and competitions, The Football Book is the ultimate visual guide to planet football, illustrating every aspect of the sport more clearly, and in more detail, than any other book has done before.


R325


In A Captain’s Diary, Graeme Smith takes the reader on an epic journey from Karachi to Newlands via Lord’s, Melbourne and Sydney. He tells all from drama on the field to the dangers of touring Pakistan plus he reveals key behind-the-scenes moments that led to Australia being dethroned as the best cricket team in the world.

Release date: July 2009

R179

The A5, black legendary notebook with its unique rounded corners, elastic closure and expandable inner pockets is synonymous with culture, travel, memory, imagination and personal identity both in real life and the digital world.

Release date: Available

R184

The much sought-after classic diary has become well known for every organisational style. This A5, black, page-a-day diary with an expandable inner pocket and handy sticker sheets add the flexibility you need to manage your busy life.


R220


South Africa’s most popular executive diary. The 2010 Daily Planner sports a stylish new cover design in an Italian leather finish with hand stitching, and contains quotes from Maxwell’s books, which will inspire the reader to make successful choices and achieve new heights of success. Also available in Afrikaans: Dagbeplanner.


R133

Map for Life compromises innovative and pioneering resources for personal and business success. It will help you develop a sense of purpose and clear direction to take you from where you are to where you want to be. You can make it happen!


R230

This diary reveals our perceptions about abundance, and assists us in changing those perceptions and, ultimately, our lives. This page-a-day diary touches on quantum physics and the laws of attraction, and provides practical advice, self-help tips and daily inspirational quotes to keep you focused.


R145


Since it was first published in 2003, Run Your Own Business and Make Lots of Money has become the definitive guide to setting up and managing a small business in South Africa. As the economic and legislative environment has changed, so the book has gone through numerous revisions and reprints. Although the look has changed and the information has been updated, one thing remains constant: in simple language interspersed with anecdotes and examples, readers will learn how to start a business, how to make lots of money, and how to have fun along the way.

R141

Now, Discover Your Strengths uses a revolutionary programme to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths. Readers learn what kind of environments will allow them to flourish; how managers can better cultivate their employers’ talents; and how almost all organisations inhibit the talents of their people and need to change.

R179

In this work, Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and anecdotes, he reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with principles that give us the security to adapt to change, and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

R214


An internationally best-selling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy.

R153

This New York Times #1 Best-seller is changing how the world views money by shifting your context to that of a rich person. If you are looking for financial freedom, then Rich Dad Poor Dad is a great place to start your learning process.

R113

Screw It, Let’s Do It reveals the lessons that have helped Branson through his business and personal life. These lessons, with examples of how he learned them and how he’s used them, make up this stirring and candid book which will inspire you to make a difference in your everyday life.

R52

In Good to Great, Jim Collins uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to great while other organisations remain only good. It is a management book full of vital ideas that reads as well as a fast-paced novel.

R369

Authors Levitt and Dubner discover some astonishing conclusions by asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living. Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

R154

The 10-Day MBA is an essential business reference, summarising top business school education in one easy-to-read volume. Significantly revised and updated, this third edition has the latest facts, figures and trends, as well as new material on ethics in business post-Enron and personal finance.

R184

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Classics Classics

The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Screw It, Let’s Do It: Lessons in Life by Sir Richard Branson

The 10-Day MBA by Steven Silbiger

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter

Freakonomics - A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner


The Tipping Point presents a new way of under-standing why change so often happens quickly and unexpectedly. It’s that ideas, messages and products sometimes behave just like outbreaks of infectious disease. They are social epidemics. It is an examination of the social epidemics that surround us.

R123

In The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell has combined insights learned from his thirty-plus years of leadership successes and mistakes, with observations from the worlds of business, politics, religion, sports, and military conflict. The result is a revealing study of leadership, delivered as only a communicator like Maxwell can.

R153

This book offers a practical and inspirational source of guidance for reconciling your personal beliefs with the bottom-line demands of business obligations, to achieve a balanced and accomplished life. Learn from business people who are working and living the life they believe in. Includes discussion guides and a practical business plan.

R200


Napoleon Hill devoted 25 years to finding out how the wealthy became that way. After interviewing over 500 of the most affluent people of his time, he uncovered the secret to great wealth based on the notion that if we can learn to think like the rich, we can start to behave like them.

R148

Spencer Johnson shows you how to anticipate change, adapt to change quickly, enjoy change and be ready to change quickly again and again. Discover the secret for yourself and learn how to deal with change, so that you suffer from less stress and enjoy more success in your work and in life.

R103

John Kehoe has articulated a set of life-changing principles for charting a course to success and happiness. This remarkably specific and practical guide shows you how to harness the powers of your subconscious mind, tap into your creativity, heal yourself, develop a “prosperity consciousness”, build and maintain fulfilling relationships, and more!

R184


In this work, Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and anecdotes, he reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with principles that give us the security to adapt to change, and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

R174

This gripping CD provides genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century, each introduced by acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. This is an unusual and fascinating potted history of the twentieth century: a history of humanity, told through the speeches that shaped it.

R244

Malcolm Gladwell shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to know in an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our thinking and become better decision-makers in our homes, offices and in everyday life. You’ll never think about thinking in the same way again.

R280


Branson shares the inside track on his life in business and reveals the incredible truth about his most risky, brilliant and audacious deals. Combining invaluable advice with the remarkable inside stories of Virgin’s greatest achievements, as well as some of its setbacks, this is a dynamic, truly original guide to success in business and in life.

R190

Are you in charge of your life? Or are you being swept away by things that are seemingly out of your control? In Awaken the Giant Within, Anthony Robbins, the best-selling author of Unlimited Power, shows the reader how to take immediate control of their mental, emotional, physical and financial destiny.

R219

A simple parable that reveals profound truths, it is a story of four characters who live in a ‘Maze’ and look for ‘Cheese’ to nourish themselves. Through their story, you can discover for yourself how to deal with change, enjoying less stress and more success in your work and in your life.

R199


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