Competing Against Luck : The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
R590,00
The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for. How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new insights. After years of research, Christensen has come to one critical conclusion: our long held maxim that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation is wrong. Customers don t buy products or services; they "hire" them to do a job. Understanding customers does not drive innovation success, he argues. Understanding customer jobs does. The "Jobs to Be Done" approach can be seen in some of the world s most respected companies and fast-growing startups, including Amazon, Intuit, Uber, Airbnb, and Chobani yogurt, to name just a few. But this book is not about celebrating these successes it s about predicting new ones.
Product code: 9780062435613
Purple Cow : Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable - Seth Godin
R230,00
You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice. What do Apple, Starbucks, Dyson and Pret a Manger have in common? How do they achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and-true brands to gasp their last? The old checklist of P's used by marketers - Pricing, Promotion, Publicity - aren't working anymore. The golden age of advertising is over. It's time to add a new P - the Purple Cow."Purple Cow" describes something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat-out unbelievable. In his new bestseller, Seth Godin urges you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build, and everything you do, to create something truly noticeable. It's a manifesto for anyone who wants to help create products and services that are worth marketing in the first place
Product code: 9780141016405
When Zuma goes - Ralph Mathekga
R250,00
When Jacob Zuma retires to Nkandla, what will be left behind?South Africa has been in the grip of the “Zunami” since May 2009: Scandal, corruption and allegations of state capture have become synonymous with the Zuma era, leaving the country and its people disheartened.But Jacob Zuma’s time is running out. Whether he leaves the presidency after the ANC’s national conference in 2017, stays on until 2019, or is forced to retire much sooner, the question is: what impact will his departure have on South Africa, its people and on the ruling party? Can we fix the damage, and how?Ralph Mathekga answers these questions and more as he puts Zumaʼs leadership, and what will come after, in the spotlight.
Product code: 9780624080671
Not without a Fight - Helen Zille
R369,00
Helen Zille’s long-awaited autobiography is one of the most fascinating political stories of our time.Zille takes the reader back to her humble family origins, her struggle with anorexia as a young woman, her early career as a journalist for the Rand Daily Mail, and her involvement with the End Conscription Campaign and the Black Sash. She documents her early days in the Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance, at a time when the party was locked in a no-holds-barred factional conflict.This is a story about political intrigue and treachery, floor-crossing and unlikely coalitions, phone tapping and intimidation, false criminal charges and judicial commissions.
Product code: 9781776090426
I Ching or Book of Changes - Richard Wilhelm , Trans: Cary F. Baynes ,
R385,00
At least 5000 years old, the "I Ching" is a book of oracles containing the whole of human experience. Used for divination, it is a method of exploring the unconscious; through the symbolism of its hexagrams we are guided towards the solution of difficult problems and life situations. It can also be read as a book of wisdom revealing the laws of life to which we must all attune ourselves if we are to live in peace and harmony.
Product code: 9780140192070
Zip! - Nataniel
R250,00
Nataniel is weer op sy stukke. 41 magiese nuwe stories in Afrikaans en Engels, uit sy mees onlangse verhoogproduksies landswyd. Tegelyk absurd en tog so herkenbaar Suid-Afrikaans. Soos in Nicky & Lou, en sy jongste blitsverkoper 150 stories, is die verhale in Zip! spitsvondig en baie snaaks, en tog ook so wys. Hoe skryf hy op een plek: “As mense na jou staar of jou nie aanvaar nie, is dit heeltemal in die haak. Solank hulle vir jou hande klap.” 27 stories is in Afrikaans, en 14 in Engels.
Product code: 9780798174244
Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult
R195,00
'To Kill a Mockingbird for the 21st Century' Real Reader Review When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not. Small Great Things is about prejudice and power; it is about that which divides and unites us. It is about opening your eyes.
Product code: 9781444788013
Ab : Die Outobiografie - AB de Villiers
R350,00
AB de Villiers is sonder twyfel een van die beste kolwers wat krieket nog ooit opgelewer het, maar sy prestasies strek veel verder as sy ongelooflike arsenaal dryf-, trek-, skep-, kap- en veeghoue. Of hy nou die tuisskares by die Wanderers of Nuweland laat jubel, of in Bengaluru of Sydney nuwe rekords opstel, die vriendelike krieketheld speel 'n vreeslose, vurige spel wat miljoene Suid-Afrikaners trots maak en altyd 'n positiewe beeld van sy land uitstraal. Dat sy gewildheid steeds toeneem, blyk duidelik, nie net uit sy derduisende Facebook-aanhangers en meer as twee miljoen Twitter-volgelinge nie, maar ook uit die duidelik waarneembare gevoel van afwagting in die paviljoene wanneer hy uitstap om sy plek voor die paaltjies in te neem. Dis AB se storie die, in sy eie woorde - die verhaal van die jongste van drie talentvolle, sportmal broers se grootwordjare in Warmbad; van 'n seun wat in sy hoerskooljare by een van Pretoria se topskole in tennis, rugby en krieket uitgeblink het; van 'n jong man wat op 20 sy internasionale krieketdebuut gemaak het en in die volgende 11 seisoene vir elke enkele toets gekies is waaraan Suid-Afrika deelgeneem het; van 'n kolwer wat besig is om die kuns te herdefinieer, wat boulaanvalle in elke variasie van die spel oorheers en onder die wereld se bestes gereken word in toets- sowel as internasionale eendag- en T20-krieket. Maar, te midde van die vuurwerke en deurlopende staatmakerspel, bly AB 'n ware sportman in die beste sin van die woord - beskeie oor sy eie welslae maar gou om sy opponente lof toe te swaai, altyd gereed om hard te werk, om sy span se volgende uitdaging te aanvaar en om sy land te verteenwoordig - iets wat hy steeds as 'n enorme voorreg beskou.
Product code: 9781770104525
Pharaoh - Wilbur Smith
R295,00
The Worldwide Number One Bestseller Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt in a captivating new novel that will transport you to extraordinary times. EGYPT IS UNDER ATTACK. Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded. The ancient city of Luxor is surrounded, All seems lost. Taita prepares for the enemy's final, fatal push. The ex-slave, now general of Tamose's armies, is never more ingenious than when all hope is dashed. And this is Egypt's most desperate hour. With the timely arrival of an old ally, the tide is turned and the Egyptian army feasts upon its retreating foe. But upon his victorious return to Luxor, Taita is seized and branded a traitor. Tamose is dead and a poisonous new era has begun. The new Pharaoh has risen. Pharaoh Utteric is young, weak and cruel, and threatened by Taita's influence within the palace - especially his friendship with Utteric's younger and worthier brother, Ramases. With Taita's imprisonment, Ramases is forced to make a choice: help Taita escape and forsake his brother, or remain silent and condone Utteric's tyranny. To a good man like Ramases, there is no choice. Taita must be set free, Utteric must be stopped and Egypt must be reclaimed.
Product code: 9780007535811
Rogue : The Inside Story of Sars's Elite Crime-Busting Unit - Johann van Loggerenberg , Adrian Lackay
R150,00
The story of a “rogue unit” operating within the South African Revenue Service (SARS) became entrenched in the public mind following a succession of sensational reports published by the Sunday Times in 2014. The unit, the reports claimed, had carried out a series of illegal spook operations: they had spied on President Jacob Zuma, run a brothel, illegally bought spyware and entered into unlawful tax settlements.In a plot of Machiavellian proportions, head of the elite crime-busting unit Johann van Loggerenberg and many of SARS’s top management were forced to resign. Van Loggerenberg’s select team of investigators, with their impeccable track record of busting high-level financial fraudsters and nailing tax criminals, lost not only their careers but also their reputations.Now, in this extraordinary account, they finally get to put the record straight and the rumours to rest: there was no ‘rogue unit’. The public had been deceived, seemingly by powers conspiring to capture SARS for their own ends.Shooting down the allegations he has faced one by one, Van Loggerenberg tells the story of what really happened inside SARS, revealing details of some of the unit’s actual investigations.
Product code: 9781868427406
Vicious Circle - Wilbur Smith
R110,00
When Hector Cross's new life is overturned, he immediately recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before: a terrorist group has re-emerged - like a deadly scorpion from beneath its rock. Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends from his former life in Cross Bow Security, a company originally contracted to protect his beloved wife, Hazel Bannock, and her company, the Bannock Oil Corp. They travel to the remotest Middle East, to hunt down those who pursue him and his loved ones. For Hazel and Hector have a child, a precious daughter, who he will go to the ends of the earth to protect. And brutal figures from the Bannock family's past - thought long-gone - are returning, with an agenda so sinister that Hector realizes he is facing a new breed of enemy. One whose shifting attack and dark, shocking secrets take Hector to the heart of Africa and to series of crimes so shocking they demand revenge.
Product code: 9781447250128
Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace 1957-1958
R295,00
Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace was Fantagraphics' second "complete" series of newspaper strip collections and one of the most successful books in the company's history, greeted by reviews with praise similar to that garnered by The Complete Peanuts. We are proud to present the fourth volume of Hank Ketcham's phenomenal panel covering the years 1957 and 1958. Dennis the Menace began on March 14, 1951 and he went on to become the second most popular cartoon kid in the world (after Charlie Brown). The timing was perfect: the post-war generation, at the height of the baby boom, embraced the perennial troublemaker and turned Dennis into a global publishing, merchandising and multi-media phenomenon, with over 50 million book collections sold, the fondly remembered live-action TV show from 1959-63, two major motion pictures in the '90s, a full-length animated film in 2002, and many other media tie-ins.
Product code: 9781560978800
Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace 1959-1960
R295,00
We are proud to present the fifth volume of Hank Ketcham's phenomenal panel covering the end of the Postwar Era, 1959-1960. Ketcham captured the mischievousness, rambunctiousness, and anarchy of a kid's world better than any other cartoonist. The strip appeals to both parents and children while parents shake their head ruefully at how accurately Ketcham caught the essence of children's natural zest for mayhem, children identify with Dennis and the chaos that he leaves in his wake. Ketcham's gags are funny, subtle and touching, and executed with a vivacious, exquisite line.Ketcham drew Dennis the Menace from 1951 to 1994, when he retired and let his assistant take over the strip.
Product code: 9781560979661
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
R150,00
Becky Sharp is a poor orphan when she first makes friends with the lovely Amelia Sedley at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. She may not have the natural advantages of her companion but she more than makes up for it with her wit, charm, deviousness and determination to make a success of herself whatever the cost.
Product code: 9781848376113
R150,00
A Passage to India - E M Forster
R160,00
What did happen to Miss Quested in the Marabar Caves? This tantalizing question provides the intense drama of racial tension at the centre of Forster's last and greatest novel. After a mysterious incident during their visit to the caves, the charming Dr Aziz is accused of assaulting Adela Quested, a naive young Englishwoman new to India. As he is brought to trial, the fragile structure of Anglo-Indian relations collapses and the racism inherent in colonialism is exposed in all its ugliness - a theme which still has powerful, dangerous realities today.
Product code: 9780140274233
R160,00
Judasbok: Verraad ter will van Oorlewing - Wynand du Toit
R250,00In Mei 1985 land ‘n nege-man-span van die Suid-Afrikaanse Spesiale Magte op ‘n strand in die olieryke Cabinda-provinsie van Angola. Hul uitsluitlike doel is die vernietiging van ses massiewe olie-opgaartenks. Die daaropvolgende skietgeveg lei tot die dood van twee soldate en die gevangeneming van kaptein Wynand du Toit. Dit alles dui op een ding : Verraad!
Lees hier in sy eie woorde die gebeure van daardie nag en die diepgaand nagmerrie van sy gevangeneskap, die sameswerings en die uiteindelike afleiding dat die hele operasie slegs ‘n openingskuif was wat uiteindelik die Suid-Afrikaanse volk moes mislei tot oorgawe in Angola en die onafhanklikheid van Namibië.
Product code: 9781928327776
JOSEFSKLEED: Stryd om te Oorleef - Wynand du Toit
R260,00
Op 11 Februarie 2014 woon Wynand en Frances du Toit die 25ste herdenkingsvieringe van die ondertekening van die Brazzaville Protokol by. President Denis Sassou N'Guesso van die Republiek van die Kongo hang die Nasionale Meriete Order van die Kongo om Wynand se nek.
Wat hy daar beleef en besef, laat die laaste stukkie van die legkaart in plek val, dertig jaar na sy gevangeneming in Cabinda, Angola.Lees hier in sy eie woorde van sy stryd om te oorleef, om weer 'n plek in die samelewing in te neem. Hoe hy en talle ander veteraan soldate misbruik, misken en verstoot is. As vergete slagoffers van die destydse Kodesa samesprekings, lewe baie oud-soldate in gebrek en armoede, hul onvermoë om in die nuwe Suid Afrika aan te pas 'n bewys van die ou regering se kille hantering van die eens magtigste weermag in Afrika.Die politieke poppe-meesters trek op 10 Mei 1994 die Josefskleed oor die donker jare waarin sy eens getroue soldate en landsburgers steeds verkeer. Die politieke en militêre vuilspel gerieflik verswyg in die gemak van hul aftree-pakette.Dit bly 'n ope vraag: was dit nie juis diegene wat bereid was om die grense van lojaliteit oor te steek wat die werklike helde was en die land van 'n bloedige burgeroorlog gered het nie?
Product code: 9781928349839
Song of Myself - Walt Whitman
R195,00- Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageous - this is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races. Revolutionary in style and controversial in content when it was first published in 1855, Whitman's masterwork has since inspired generations with its intoxicating rhythms and images, and its inclusive, praiseful joy. The Original 1855 Text.
Product code: 9780099595540
R195,00
PRAYING THE NEW TESTAMENT - ELMER TOWNS
R390,00- Format Paperback: 988 pagesAward-winning author and college professor Elmer Towns brings a unique perspective to the New Testament, translating it directly from the Greek and combining the books into one glorious whole. Infused with life and color, Praying the New Testament includes portraits of the authors, culture, and religious practices of the day. Meticulously researched and written, this is the story of the greatest life every lived. The New Testament comes alive as you pray through the: Gospels. Book of Acts. Letters of apostle Paul. Epistles. Book of Revelation. You will be amazed how the Word of God can permeate your spirit and transform your mind one exciting page after another!
Product code: 9780768427042