The Prince, Machiavelli's 'little book', was written in 1513 and is dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici. It remains a compelling and controversial treatise on politics, dispensing often cynical, sometimes brutal advice on gaining power and retaining it. Essential listening for our masters perhaps, but most certainly for those of us who would not be mastered. The text used here is the unabridged and classic translation by W. K. Marriott.
This book is about the business of being in the restaurant businesses. Most restaurants fail within the first three year. During tough times, many will not reach the first year. Nearly all the reasons they fail are down to a few areas that the owner neglects to find out about. If you want to get into the restaurant business and learn the key skills to keep you there, read on . . .
Motoring Africa is a forward-looking, action-oriented book that makes the case and offers a roadmap for building sustainable manufacturing businesses on the African continent. It is written from the perspective of an experienced industry professional. Skills developed for the auto sector can be applied to other consumer and industrial products.
Edward-John Bottomley volg die verhaal van wit armoede in Suid-Afrika, van die 19de eeu toe die kategorie 'armblanke' eers geskep is.Die kerk en regering het armblankes probeer 'red' as deel van die apartheidsplan, want wit armoede kon lei na rasse-integrasie; vandag reageer politici weer op verskillende maniere op dié verskynsel. 'n Vars blik op 'n ou geskiedenis, met implikasies vir die hede.
Edward-John Bottomley traces the history of poor whites – and especially the Afrikaans-speakers – in South Africa. From the late 19th Century, to the inquests on white poverty in the early 20th Century to the apartheid government's response to this grouping of people, they have always been seen as a special problem to be solved.