Book review...

Name of the book : The Assertive YOU

Author : Stanley Phelps & Nancy Austin

Publisher : Jaico publishing House

Edition/Year : Not mentioned

Contributed by : Srinivasa Subrahmanyam Neralla

Email ID : info@anavascha.com

Date of contribution : 11-12-25

Comment :

This is a free book distributed inside India and Nepal. This thin book comprising only 32 pages is a treasure in real terms. The book is organized in 11 small chapters which teach us how to become an assertive person, the dynamics involved, empowering yourself, expressing realistically, believing that you are worth it, handling of complements, criticism and rejection, learning to say NO, understanding why people manipulate, need of good humor and finally resulting in Assertive family relationship.

Name of the book : The Little book of CALM

Author : Dr Aaron Balick

Publisher : Penguin Random House UK

Edition/Year : First Edition / 2018

Contributed by : Srinivasa Subrahmanyam Neralla

Email ID : info@anavascha.com

Date of contribution : 21-12-25

Comment :

This book has been conceived considering the inevitable worries in our life and strategies that may work for you to handle them. Gives insights and enables you to face them with right perspective. This book has127 pages and organized in multiple chapters. It inspires us to realize our capacity to meet life’s challenges. Book is full of good quotations. The three hormones, namely cortisol, adrenaline and norepinephrine responsible for our stress are nicely explained. The Author’s creative explanation of anxiety through a formula is unique. It is worth reading this book given an opportunity.

Name of the book : Better Business Writing

Author : Bryan A. Garner

Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press, Boston,

                    Massachusetts

Edition/Year : 2012

Contributed by : Srinivasa Subrahmanyam Neralla

Email ID : info@anavascha.com

Date of contribution : 21-01-26

Comment :

This wonderful book is based on the thought of not letting your writing hold you back. The book has special emphasis on bringing in clarity, quick delivery, understanding your readers, collection of data, organizing, polishing the ideas so gathered, not waiting for inspiration, leaving perfectionism while writing, improving what has been written, selective usage of graphics, relentless clarity, summarizing accurately, wasting no words, plain spoken, chronology wherever required, focus on grammar, getting feed back from friends and colleagues etc.

What enthused me in this book is the novel reference to Data dentistry, Data ink ratio and advocating for excluding bilateral symmetry,

This book has 201 pages and is organized in 21 chapters. Each chapter is backed by a Recap section to consolidate what has been learnt. It is also supported by six rich appendices on further improving your writing. It is never late to work on improving the language we use, to communicate properly and effectively. I strongly recommend you to read this book.