Williams: 1396 books

Learn the difference between hearing and listening Listen and truly understand the people around you Are you truly listening and understanding the people around you?Most people listen but they never understand or interpret what they hear based on their biased filters. "Ten Minutes To Become...

Stop just existing and start truly living your life Take control of your emotions and start being happier Are you living or existing? There is a huge difference between living and existing. Make sure you know what you are doing. Some people just sail through life, without doing anything they...

A time of major upheaval now stands between young and old in New Zealand. In 'Ruth, Roger and Me', Andrew Dean explores the lives of the generation of young people brought up in the shadow of the economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, those whom he calls ‘the children of the Mother of All Budgets’....

By any measure, New Zealand must confront monumental issues in the years ahead. From the future of work to climate change, wealth inequality to new populism these challenges are complex and even unprecedented. Yet why does New Zealand’s political discussion seem so diminished, and our political...

Jane Kelsey’s was a questioning and challenging voice when she wrote this passionate critique of New Zealand’s economic policies in the 1980s and 90s. The social and economic consequences of a decade of market-based reforms are laid bare in this statistically rich and rhetorically powerful work.Drawing...

Migration and the movement of people is one of the critical issues confronting the world’s nations in the twenty-first-century.This book is about the economic contribution of migration to and from New Zealand, one of the most frequently discussed aspects of the debate. Can immigration, in economic...

Orthodox is obsolete; conventional is kaput. We thought we knew how we make economics, politics, technology and nature work for us. But increasingly, they are failing to run by the rules and systems we’ve honed over recent decades. Boom-bust economies, fractured and destructive politics and a deeply...

What is child poverty, what evidence is there of such poverty in New Zealand and why does it matter? These questions regularly attract answers accompanied by conjecture and prejudice. This short book uses the latest evidence and a non-partisan approach, identifying child poverty as a critical issue for...

Achieve anything you set your mind to Get the results you want by setting a correct goal Are you tired of watching as your life passes you by?A lot of people miss the sense of empowerment that achieving something gives. The sense that for a small period of time, you are the ruler of...

If you want to be rich, the magic is with you. There lies a rich man slumbering in you. Learn the secret of awakening the rich man in you What is the big secret of getting rich? You have that rich person in you. Go deep down and find him. Break his sleep. Make him make you rich. Being rich...

Make long-lasting friendships that will enrich your life Make new friends with ease One of the most important aspects of our life is out ability to make new friends. Relationships come in many different forms but a true and fulfilling friendship is something no one should be deprived...

I should've never agreed to this arrangement... Thirty days ago, my boss--Mr. Wolf of Wall Street, came to me with an offer I couldn't refuse: Sign my name on the dotted line and pretend to be his fiancée for one month. If I agreed, he would let me out of my employment contract with a "very...

A betrayed kingpin, an unsuccessful hit, a hustler’s life altered forever, but does a new life mean safety? And what about the lives affected? What about the son who grows up with the memories of the nightmare? The nightmare of being stripped of those who made life possible and the memory of the...

Subject: Delete this message after you read it ... Dear Hayley, I'm assuming you're still hungover, so I'll make this brief. Last night, you slipped under my sheets (without my permission), and we almost had sex. I got the hell out of the bed once I realized it was you, and I...