Keep Calm And Carry On: Good Advice For Hard Times By Ebury Publishing
(Hardback, 2009)

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Keep Calm & Carry On was a World War 2 government poster discovered in a dusty box nine years ago Though it never saw the light of day in 1939 (it was only supposed to go up if Britain was invaded) it has suddenly struck a chord in our current difficult times now we are in need of a stiff upper lip & optimistic energy once again Gordon Brown had one up in 10 Downing Street & James May wears a Keep Calm T-shirt on the telly
- it is suddenly everywhere The book is packed full of similarly motivational & inspirational"es proverbs mantras & wry truths to help us through the recession from such wits as Churchill Disraeli & George Bernard Shaw Funny wise & stirring
- it is a perfect source of strength to get us all through the coming months 'A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining & wants it back the minute it begins to rain' Mark Twain ' It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own' Harry S Truman' An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today' Laurence J Peter' Always laugh when you can It is cheap medicine' Lord Byron' Better bread with water than cake with trouble' Russian Proverb