A guide to writing good dissertations. The approach is both practical and sensible.

The entire dissertation process is broken down into manageable pieces. What to do, when to do it, the sense behind doing it, and how to do it efficiently are explained in a clear and easily understood way.

Checklists and online support are included:

• Strategies for success before researching or writing;
• manage the dissertation project;
• structure the dissertation;
• find a doable topic and identify an appropriate problem in it;
• do effective preliminary and detailed research;
• write proposals that work;
• plan and write the 'big five' - introduction, literature review, method chapter, body, conclusion;
• work effectively with supervisors;
• avoid common errors;
• mark your own dissertation before handling it in;
• pass cum laude.

The Car is the seventh studio album from Arctic Monkeys. Featuring ten new songs written by Alex Turner, produced by James Ford and recorded at Butley Priory, Suffolk, La Frette, Paris and RAK Studios, London.

This title is meant to convey the emphasis which is now placed on the valuable contents of the safe (the information) rather than just on the safe in which those contents are stored (the computer).

It should also convey to potential readers the impact of information communication technologies on the law, the increasing importance of telecommunications law and legal aspects of electronic commerce and the convergence between these fields and IT law.

The animated Isle Of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.

There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

From the creators of ‘Planet Earth’ and ‘Blue Planet II’, and narrated by Helen Bonham Carter, “Eden: Untamed Planet” is a wildlife series that will take the viewers to the far corners of the planet and discover the secrets of Earth’s few remaining untouched lands, all brimming with life.

Isolated from the rest of the world, these places have been protected from the most damaging effects of human interference. In these lands, life exists as nature intended. Delicately balanced, species-rich, unique ecosystems.

“ … Ons noem jou Mysti,� sê Ravka, “dit pas by jou ... dis misterieus en mooi.� Mysti word in die sneeu in Lapland wakker. Verkluim. Met geen idee wie sy is of waar presies sy is nie. Ravka ontferm hom oor haar. Hy en sy ma Tóva neem Mysti onder hulle vlerk terwyl sy haar geheue probeer herwin. Intussen help sy Ravka by die rendiersentrum in Menetetty om getraumatiseerde rendiere te versorg, en raak al liewer vir hom. Maar iets onverklaarbaar gebeur in die nag met haar. Haar lyf verander en vervorm. Sy verstaan nie wat met haar gebeur nie. Mysti besluit om die raad van ’n heks in die vervloekte Iselande woud te gaan opsoek – voor Ravka uitvind daar is iets fout met haar. Wanneer Mysti moet kies waar sy wil bly, daag Cosmo, iemand uit haar verlede, op. Hy het haar kom haal om terug te neem na die woud waar sy vandaan kom. Saam met hom onthou sy al meer wie sy is. Is Ravka regtig wie hy sê hy is? Wie is Ozymoz? En hoe pas die legende van Joulupukki by die raaisel in?

Grey-Sloan Memorial and its surgeons’ lives have been turned upside down. It’s all-hands-on-deck as Meredith, Bailey and the rest of the Grey-Sloan doctors find themselves on the frontlines of a new era.

Trauma and pressure mount as Koracick is put in charge of the interns. Teddy learns her colleagues know more than she may like about her relationship woes with Owen. And Link accuses Amelia of overstepping while he is treating a patient remotely. Meanwhile, Jackson pays a visit to his father that helps set him on the right path. Maggie and Winston reconnect. And Jo makes a life-changing decision.

Grey’s Anatomy Season 17 doesn’t disappoint as Grey-Sloan doctors try to find a path forward.

When he died in 2014, author Chris van Wyk left behind an impressive literary legacy. The scope of his work was broad – poetry, children’s books, short stories and biographies. But perhaps he is best remembered for his memoir Shirley, Goodness & Mercy, which chronicles his growing up in Riverlea and introduces us to the colourful characters who helped to shape his life and inform the stories he wrote.

The public persona of this witty and wise raconteur was well known, but behind it was a family man, who liked nothing better than to spend time with his two sons Kevin and Karl, his wife and childhood sweetheart Kathy, and the friends and family who were his primary sources of inspiration.

Using the unique vantage point of oldest son, Kevin van Wyk’s astute observations of his father and the strong bond they enjoyed throughout Chris’s life have resulted in a memoir that is as affectionate as it is entertaining. In taking us behind the scenes into the Van Wyk household, we witness the inner workings of the mind of a storyteller, from the flowering of his father’s activism, wit and wisdom to the sources of his occasional quirky outbursts. If storytelling runs in the genes, Kevin may just be proof that his father’s spirit lives on.

What is the relationship between logistics and supply chain management? What factors need to be taken into account when designing a supply chain? How do you forecast your supply chain requirements? What inventory concepts do you need to know?

Business Logistics Management fifth edition covers concepts and theories relating to the movement of goods, and the coordination of the supply chain.

Features:

• The text is based on South African expertise and research
• South African legislation and local industry examples are incorporated throughout the text
• New chapter on customer service
• New content that deals with strategic logistics management

In this adrenaline-fueled adventure, Optimus Prime and the Autobots take on their biggest challenge yet.

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, they must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.

Hierdie kaartboek is veel meer as ’n gewone atlas – dit is ’n visuele fees vir lesers van alle ouderdomme, ryklik versier deur die bekende Mizielinskis.

Ontdek grense, stede, riviere en bergpieke, maar ook geskiedkundige plekke, ikoniese mense, belangrike plante en diere, kulturele gebeurtenisse en baie ander fassinerende feite wat met die verskillende plekke op ons planeet geassosieer word.

Maks Ntaka has a target on his back.

After years of loyal work for Arms-Tech Industries, Maks has found proof of serious corruption in his department. Tender fraud, illegal kickbacks, inflated contracts, the same old story. Maks wants to do something about it, turn whistleblower. What else can a good man do?

But who can he tell if he can’t trust anyone? The people in charge seem complicit, while the rest turn a blind eye. Soon suspicions cloud the office, and all the knives are out for whoever turns on them first. As Maks pre-pares his disclosures, he discovers that his longtime mentor has implicated him in the illegalities. Not only is he being set up by his company, but some foreign nationals with deep pockets are also on his trail looking for their cut. For Maks, the walls are closing in, and danger waits at every turn.

Meanwhile, his own private indiscretions are coming to light, and soon his life starts collapsing around him.

In this compelling and harrowing account of a whistleblower, Onke Mazibuko creates a nail-biting, paranoid thriller about a good man pushed to the limit. Drawing from all too real instances of corruption and collapse, this book shows what such a system does to those who still listen to their conscience.

What is a good man to do when your own company made the bullet with your name on it?

This book’s title says it all! Now in an updated second edition, it provides a clear understanding of how trees are constructed and what to look for when identifying a tree.

The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 describes and clearly illustrates the different parts of a tree and their role in tree identification. Part 2 features a key to 43 tree groups, based on easy-to-observe stem and leaf features. It carefully outlines each group and the southern African tree families represented in the different groups. Numerous colour photographs and explanatory illustrations support the text, making this an accessible and easy-to-use guide.

How To Identify Trees In Southern Africa will equip readers with a sound understanding of how trees work and what to look for in order to make a positive ID.

Betereinder is ’n menslike gids oor hoe om te floreer in Suid-Afrika.

Schalk W van Heerden verbreed lesers se verwysingsraamwerk in die hoop dat hulle 'n aktiewe rol in die land sal speel. Hy ondersoek huidige rassegesindhede en gee wenke oor hoe die wit middelklas beter met hul medemens kan omgaan. Hy wys hoe armoede bekamp kan word.

Schalk beantwoord moeilike vrae en deel stories met humor en empatie wat die leser se hart sal aangryp en ook sal laat glo dat hulle 'n verskil kan maak.

Ex-military ops officer Conner Connolly has one day to pay $2 million in reparations to a local gang leader in order to save his kidnapped wife.

With her life on the line, Conner must recruit his old crew, led by Brice Mason, to pull off a series of dangerous heists to repay the money he owes and settle a score with the city's corrupt police chief.

In a race against time, the crew must rely on their tactical training and brotherhood to save themselves and those who matter most.

All six episodes of the ITV psychological thriller starring Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd.

After breaking up with her boyfriend, teacher Laura Nielson agrees to go out with surgeon Andrew Earlham, whose son is a pupil at her school. The pair hit it off on their date but their relationship is short-lived after Laura accuses Andrew of drugging and raping her.

After receiving a torrent of abuse for her accusations, and with the CPS unwilling to prosecute due to a lack of evidence, Laura sets out to make Andrew confess to his crimes but it seems both parties have aspects of their past they would rather leave buried.

Zibusiso Mkhwanazi’s entrepreneurial journey has taken him from being a digital advertising prodigy to founding South Africa’s largest black-owned advertising agency group. His experiences have led him to believe that anyone has the potential to become a leader.

In this book, Business By Grace – How I Built a World-Changing Advertising Business with R2 000, Zibusiso shares the lessons he’s learned along the way, highlighting that the road to success is never easy. From his early struggles and business breakdowns to his current status as a revered entrepreneur, Zibusiso’s account demonstrates how resilience, tenacity, and his faith have helped him overcome challenges. His story is both inspiring and informative, offering valuable insights for entrepreneurs and business leaders alike.

At its core, the book is a tribute to the South African spirit. It tells the story of a young boy who sold sweets at school and grew up to become one of the country’s most successful business icons.

Business By Grace is a compelling and engaging book, a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and guidance on their own entrepreneurial path.

Thebe Ikalafeng is a branding icon who set the agenda for the industry at the dawn of our democracy and continues to pioneer it to this day. As the founder of Brand Africa, the African continent is now a major focus in his life's mission. He is The Traveller, having touched soil on every African country. From Kimberley to the world, his mission is impact.

Leaders of the African liberation movements proclaimed ambitious objectives and promised swift dismantling of colonial policies and practices. It was believed that poverty and underdevelopment were consequences of the exploitative policies of the colonial masters, who
had no interest in improving living conditions for local communities.

Independence and freedom were anticipated to eradicate poverty, ignorance and disease, and the new leadership would accelerate economic development and prosperity.

However, after more than 50 years of independence, most African countries are still poor and underdeveloped and this poses a few questions:

• Have African leaders abandoned their ambitions?
• Are African challenges more complex than in other regions?
• Has the political leadership failed to rise to the challenge?

Gendered and Sexual Lives of South African Youth: Young People’s Stories of Identity speaks to a gap in current work on South African youth – namely, the lack of a sustained gendered analysis of young people’s lives in the post-apartheid context. This lack has meant that opportunities to engage young people in discourses of equality and non-violence continue to be marginal. High rates of gendered and sexual violence fueled by continuing gendered inequalities, alongside its intersections with other forms of inequity, provide the impetus for the project. The book project showcases the work undertaken by the authors, who have employed participatory research methodologies with diverse groups of young people.

This research provides the opportunity to engage with youth in ways that depart significantly from moralistic and protectionist standpoints in relation to gender and sexuality, while enabling them to develop a critical consciousness about their gendered and sexual identifications and lives. The authors’ work explores young people’s experiences of and identifications with gender and sexuality and its intersections with other categories such as race, class, age, or place. It brings to the forefront the knowledge and expertise that young people have about their own experiences and lives, and the ways in which they might be able to live freely, equally and without violence.

The book will interest researchers and policymakers who seek to advance the interests of South African youth as well as mainstream readers who seek to expand their understanding of the topic.

“Comrade president, Stellenbosch is ’n groot probleem. Ons weet jy is na aan Stellenbosch … ons het Stellenbosch nie tot die parlement verkies nie. Ons het nie die Ruperts verkies nie.” – Die EFF-leier Julius Malema aan President Cyril Ramaphosa

Daar word bitsig na hulle as die “Stellenbosch-Mafia” verwys en baie reken die klub van miljardêrs wat in en om dié Bolandse dorp woon, is die ergste voorbeeld van witmonopoliekapitaal. Hul kritici kla oor hul invloed op die staat en die ekonomie, maar wie is hierdie groep ongelooflike ryk Afrikaanssprekende individue en hoeveel mag het hulle werklik?

Die skrywer en joernalis Pieter du Toit het ondersoek gaan instel op Stellenbosch, een van die welvarendste dorpe in die land, wat deur talle as ’n hoeksteen van die Afrikanerdom beskryf word. Hierdie dorp is immers die geboorteplek van talle Afrikanerintellektuele, politeke leiers, asook vele sakemanne en hul sakeryke.

Du Toit kyk krites na hierdie klub van miljardêrs: Wie is hulle en belangriker nog, hoe is hulle onderling verbind? Watter netwerke het ontstaan danksy gedeelde direksies, alliansies en familieverbintenisse? Hy bied ’n intieme blik op Johann Rupert se sakeryk en beskryf ook die opkoms van Markus Jooste en die impak wat die Steinhoff-skandaal op Stellenbosch gehad het.

Hans van Kraaienburg, verlosser van die inwoners van Huis Madeliefie (2017 se Hans steek die Rubicon oor), is óp van al hul klagtes. Noudat hul drakoniese matrone iets van die verlede is, is daar steeds etlike klein probleempies wat Hans as beheerraadslid moet oplos – en dít met gans te min geld in die kietie. Wanneer sy vriend Vasie hom dus nooi vir ’n vakansietjie op Hermanus, as huisgaste van dié se neef Herklaas, is Hans maar te gretig om sy safaripakke te pak.

Op Hermanus gekom, vind die twee dat Herklaas in die sop is: sy blyplek staan net mooi op die plek wat die Overstrand se rykste skobbejak, Grond Graaffwater, geoogmerk het vir sy enorme nuwe hotel – maar Herklaas wil nié verkoop nie. Wanneer Grond en sy kriminele handlangers hardhandig raak, tree Hans tot die stryd toe – Herklaas moet ’n stel horings kry, en vir Grond trompop loop!

Hans steek die Rubicon oor was ’n topverkoper, veral na voorlesing op RSG. Hans se tweede avontuur gaan lesers net so laat kraai van die lag.

For most of our lives, we are encouraged to trudge along the well-worn paths of those who have come before us. We learn the rules – in our families, in our schools, in our workplaces, in our churches – and most of the messages we receive tell us that following the rules will allow us to arrive at the lives we desire.

But when change becomes not only desirable but also urgently necessary, this way of being no longer serves us. In fact, in every human endeavor, every major leap forward, has involved a cataclysmic challenge to existing ways of thinking and being. Breakthroughs, by definition, run against the grain and almost always encounter skepticism and opposition.

In this book for leaders, thinkers, doers, and creators, Bishop T.D. Jakes illuminates the pathway to encouraging and unleashing disruptive thinking and provides the wisdom and practical skills we need to evolve our most original and potentially transformational ideas from vision to reality. Through his insight into how our minds and emotions work and through his experiences as a pastor, entrepreneur, and creator, Bishop Jakes leads us into a new way of relating to and transforming the world around us for good. Disruptive Thinking will show you the mindset and the tools you need to create groundbreaking and meaningful change in your own life and in the world around you.

Hykie Berg, bekende akteur, topverkoperskrywer en entrepreneur, gee praktiese riglyne oor hoe jy suksesvol kan leef. Hykie inspireer jou en gee raad oor hoe ook jy jou drome kan waarmaak: Bou selfdissipline; tree doelbewus; raak ontslae van verskonings; los die slagoffermentaliteit; vind uit wat jou dryf; ontleed jou verskonings en besef watter denkpatrone nie geldig is nie. Jy hoef nie bloot ’n gemiddelde lewe te leef nie. Jy kan ’n uitstekende lewe leef. Dìt is wat God vir jou wil hê.

Lincoln Mali spent his youth as a student activist fighting the apartheid system. After spending many nights in jail and detention, he reached a turning point and decided to use his knowledge and skills more proactively. He enrolled at Rhodes University to study law. After realising that law wasn’t working for him and neither was his time in Mandela’s government, he decided to go the corporate route and joined Standard Bank. And here was where he thrived.

Most of Mali’s business and leadership lessons were learnt while working for Standard Bank around Africa. He had to overcome imposter syndrome, toxic work environments, transformation issues and learn how to motivate, inspire and lead. And with Mali’s guidance, you can do all that too.

So, are you ready to be inspired?