Go With the Flow!
I recently interviewed Elissa Stein, American co author of the newly published book, Flow. the book is causing quite a stir on social media sites and in the press: I thought you might like to see the accompanying video. I will be reviewing the book soon in a new ‘reviews’ section so please send in [...]
Click here to read the full reviewBook Review Policy
Welcome to the book reviewing section of my blog! I hope you enjoy reading the various reviews as they are added. Please feel free to let me know what you think and send in your own suggestions of books you have found helpful, useful and inspirational. The purpose of the section is to give you [...]
Click here to read the full reviewAnd What Do You Do?
‘And What Do You Do? 10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career’ by Barrie Hopson and Katie Ledger, published by A & C Black. Full price £12.99 If you’ve ever dreaded that perennial question ‘And What Do You Do?‘ you’re probably in a role that can’t be quickly put into an acceptable dinner party soundbite. [...]
Click here to read the full reviewFlow. The Cultural Story of Menstruation
Flow is great book written by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim. Read it and you will add to your knowledge of how women’s issues have been treated by society over the years. Flow begins thus: ‘Females make up more than half the world’s population. And at some point, every single one of us, all 3.5 [...]
Click here to read the full reviewThe Noughtie Girl’s Guide to Feminism
The Noughtie Girl’s Guide to Feminism by Ellie Levenson Published by One World. UK Full price £9.99. Available from all good bookshops and public libraries. This is also available through Amazon (Please see here for reviews policy) As someone who has been proudly calling herself a feminist since 1968 (I was born in 1955, two [...]
Click here to read the full reviewMen in Touch with Their Feminine Side?
Although I write primarily for women I actually do have quite a few male readers and subscribers, which is great. However, when it comes to careers and work, men are usually much more adversarial and risk taking in their approach (according to the research!). Women will often wait until they know their current job inside [...]
Click here to read the full reviewWhy Women Mean Business
Why Women Mean Business is probably the most frequently referenced book in my library! It was published in 2008 by John Wiley & Sons and written by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland. Well done them! If you are in business at all, male of female, I recommend this book to you. If you are a [...]
Click here to read the full reviewRecover Your Balance
Recover Your Balance is written by Ann Lewis, a leadership coach, and published by Bookshaker. It sells at £9.99 in the UK and $14.99 in the U.S. It’s a great little book, easy to read in one sitting at just over 140 pages with a seven step plan to boost you back to full confidence! [...]
Click here to read the full reviewHow Women Mean Business!
‘How Women Mean Business’ is the follow up to the highly successful ‘Why Women Mean Business’ which Avivah Wittenberg-Cox co authored with Alison Maitland. I loved that book as you can see from my review, so approached its successor with no little trepidation. Could it be even half as good as the first? ‘How Women [...]
Click here to read the full reviewWho Moved My Cheese?
Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson, published by Vermilion, has the virtue of being probably the shortest book on change ever written! I have read quite a few so that gives it brownie points in my view. Seriously, you could probably read this in a lunch hour and it has pictures! It’s a [...]
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