Anthony: 6598 books

The Slush Pile is Bruce Anthony’s repository of short reads. The fertile mind of an author is always sprouting opinions, viewpoints, observations, and sometimes simply thoughts of wonderment that are shown to friends who continually ask, “So, what have you written lately?” They are offered here...

Development is the fulfillment of the necessary conditions for the realization of the potential of human personality which translates into reduction in poverty, inequality and unemployment.  It is in this lucid manner that this book will teach you development in Africa. It clearly explains...

Human beings behave rationally. This means that a person consumes more of those commodities that give him more satisfaction and less of those commodities that give him less satisfaction. He behaves in this way in order to maximize utility. It is in this lucid manner that this book will teach...

The four economies that make up the Asian Tigers are Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. They have been the fastest growing economies in the world from the 1960s to the 2000s. These economies are notable for maintaining an exceptionally high economic growth rate of about 7% annually for...

This title was first published in 2002: Anthony Bende-Nabende focuses on the ongoing globalization process, which has sparked an unprecedented world-wide debate. He provides a one-stop centre for a balanced coverage of the theoretical, empirical and policy issues linking globalization with foreign...

Business unit is an organization that has a primary aim of producing goods or services in order to make profits. Sole proprietorship, partnership, private limited liability company, public limited liability company, co-operative society and public enterprise are the types of business unit. It...

In the beginning, the Berlin Conference (1885-1886) was held to settle the disputes among Britain, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium and Germany that were scrambling for colonial territories in Africa.  During the conference, it was confirmed that Britain had to colonize Nigeria. The Nigerians...

Constitution is a collection of principles according to which the powers of government, the rights of the governed, and the relations between the two are adjusted. It is in this lucid manner that this book will teach you how the Constitution of Nigeria has developed over the past decades. It...

Military government is a system of governing in which the armed forces capture and control the government by force. ‘In January 1966, a group of young Igbo army officers shot down some of their brother officers and seized control of the army. They killed the Prime Minister, Abubakar Tafawa...

When you take on responsibility for other people you need a framework to understand and address how they think, feel and behave. Facilitation provides that framework. It doesn't offer you proscriptive solutions; instead it uses, proven principles and practice to enable you to get the best out of each...

Smart brands such as Chipotle, Zazzle, Nike, and Pandora are ditching the outdated 20th century model of a one-size-fits-all approach to providing products and services. From a Netflix movie night to a marriage courtesy of eHarmony, customization is changing every corner of American life and business. The...

Local government is a unit of governing created by law to perform local functions at the grass-root level. The local governments constitute the strength of liberal States. It then becomes obvious that a State cannot have the spirit of liberty without first of all possessing the spirit...

The seventy years since the end of the Second World War have seen dramatic changes in Britain’s cultural, intellectual and political climate. Old class allegiances have been challenged by new loyalties to gender, ethnicity, religion or lifestyle and a new sensibility of self-fulfilment – sometimes...

"Failure to change will ensure that you will die at the age socially decided by yourself and your family" says Anthony Kearney, author of The Pursuit of Happiness. Once they're retired, many men become potterers, frittering away their time on all the little jobs they could never find time to do before...