Bøger af Jonathan Shapiro

"We need Abe Lincoln now more than ever, not just to inspire us, but to teach us how to live. 'How to Be Abe Lincoln' identifies the seven steps that made Lincoln legendary. Filled with useful tips on how to communicate and inspire others, navigate life's obstacles, and do great things, it is a clear, easy-to-use guide to becoming the best version of whatever it is you choose to be. Equal parts history, philosophy, memoir, and how-to, the book is like Lincoln himself, a true original, filled with humor and insight." --

Millennials love it. Amateur investors made millions out of it, and its founders became billionaires. But professional investors steered clear, regarding it as over-valued. In a few short years, the Australian startup Afterpay has put a rocket under consumer finance and birthed a global industry. It pioneered the four-payments model that allows customers to bypass credit cards for online shopping and budgeting, with the cost borne by the retailer. Just five years after it was founded, Afterpay had changed the way a generation went shopping, how brands from big banks to fashion labels win customers, and how institutions value companies. Buy Now, Pay Later recounts the dramatic behind-the-scenes story of the founding and rise of Afterpay. It reveals the network of business and personal relationships that enabled the company to finance its speedy growth and the manoeuvring that enabled it to escape regulation for years, as well as the near-death experiences and rising concern that it is getting young people hooked on debt. Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with key figures involved in their rollercoaster ride, this is the Afterpay story told in full for the first time.

Nobody I know is funnier, smarter, or has a wider breadth of references than my friend Jonathan Shapiro. This book is a bit of a miracle: informative, insightful, poetic, and funny. Paul Reiser, comedian, actor, and bestselling authorUsing famous real-life court transcripts, television scripts, and story after story, Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling shows the reader how to get their message across and the result they want using the time-tested elements and basic structure of great stories. Part how-to manual, part memoir, always entertaining and never lecture, this book provides storytelling lessons gleaned from years of trial practice and television writing, wrapped inwhat else?great stories.

This Ibby-Asahi Award winning book is available separately or as part of the Little Library Maths Kit.This South African Story is illustrated in full colour by one of South Africa's leading children's illustrators and teaches maths through imaginative story-telling.