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Book Reviews

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI
B Y AR THUR GOLDS TUCK It is useful for consumers, academics,
For the past decade, Arthur Goldstuck has had a professionals and anyone in business who wants
front-row seat to witness the remarkable rise of to get up to speed quickly and practically. It also
AI across all sectors of business and society. As entertains and inspires anyone curious about AI
generative AI becomes a household phrase and or already engaged in its possibilities.
sparks hopes and fears of machines augmenting
or replacing human beings, this guide offers an Do you need to understand or refine prompting?
invaluable overview of AI’s past, present, and You’re in the right place. Do you need to
future. prepare for AI’s coming impact on health, travel,
education, and business? This is the book for
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI is aimed at beginners you.
and those who consider themselves experienced
or skilled at using AI. It draws on many years of Price: R360.00
direct access to global and regional leaders in
using AI, from Africa to the Middle East to North
America to Europe and Asia, and it provides
unique perspectives on generative AI and
practical advice for using it.

Worthy The Women
B Y JAD A PINKETT B Y KRIS TIN HANNAH
SMITH The Women is a story of
A gripping, painfully devastating loss and epic
honest, and ultimately love.
inspirational memoir from
global superstar and creator It would be the journey of
of the Red Table Talk series a lifetime. ‘Women can be
Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith heroes, too.’ When twenty-
recounts her story in an year-old nursing student
intimate conversation Frances “Frankie” McGrath
with readers in a media- hears these unexpected
driven landscape that crafts words, it is a revelation.
narratives for our celebrities.
Raised on California’s
Along the way, she explores idyllic Coronado Island and
her path to accepting her power as a woman and discovering that sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided
a strong sense of self is every woman’s right and saving grace. An herself on doing the right thing and being a good girl.
impactful and rare memoir that engages and educates, Worthy is a
courageous love song to self, family, life, and the world. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a
different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in
From an unconventional upbringing in Baltimore to an Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows
unconventional marriage to one of the most famous men in the his path.
world, adhering to the status quo has never been a familiar road
for Jada Pinkett Smith. As green and inexperienced as the young men sent to Vietnam
to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction
In Worthy, Smith strips herself of all the labels and stories crafted of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a
by others and reclaims her narrative with radical self-love. Worthy changed America.
teaches us who Jada is and how to embrace our most authentic,
loveable souls. Frankie will also discover the true value of female friendship and
the heartbreak love can cause.
Price: R390.00
Price: R375.00

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