Financially Wise, Financially Strong

Anyone can achieve financial peace of mind and build wealth, and it does not start with being an investment expert. Building wealth begins with learning about money, empowering yourself to make wise financial decisions every day, and navigating the avoidable pitfalls.

Financially Wise Financially Strong provides you with a roadmap to create enduring financial strength over a lifetime by performing six Actions. You learn why each is necessary and how they connect to produce a foundation to create wealth. The Actions focus on practical knowledge and techniques that keep it simple, enabling you to apply the principles consistently and effectively.

Whether you are beginning your career or seeking stability, Financially Wise Financially Strong will teach you how to be confident with money, develop good money habits, and achieve financial success.

Kerri Maharaj has more than two decades of professional experience in the financial services industry, during which he has held senior positions in various companies. In his early years, he made several financial mistakes; therefore, he understands how a lack of knowledge could create a barrier to a better financial future. He believes passionately in the power of financial education and that such education should be practical and accessible to all.

ISBN 978-976-9729-10-0

346 Pages

Paperback

Available on Amazon and in select bookstores in Trinidad.

A Different Energy

A Different Energy stands as a testament to the enduring wisdom and strength of Caribbean women. It sounds a call for a more diverse, inclusive and equitable development of one of the world’s most male-dominated domains: the oil and gas industry.
Over the last decade, as global energy has become hyper-focused on the Southern Caribbean, the role and opinions of local women have too often been overlooked. In this compelling, first-of-its-kind book, award-winning lawyer-turned-writer Celeste Mohammed remedies that omission.
In powerful, eye-opening portraits of eight Trini, Surinamese and Guyanese women who are employed in the Caribbean oil and gas industry, Mohammed uses a range of styles to keep the gender conversation refreshingly candid, often humorous, and always thought-provoking.
With a voice both earnest and confiding, intellectual and intimate, this book’s commentary and analysis extract from the women’s stories lessons for any woman seeking to defy odds, shatter stereotypes, and forge paths in a business culture which underestimates her.

Celeste Mohammed is a Trinidadian lawyer-turned-writer and the author of “Pleasantview”(Ig, Jacaranda, 2021; Ouida, 2022) which won the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the UK Society of Authors McKitterick Prize for Fiction.
Celeste holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Her short stories have won numerous awards including a 2018 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize.
A Different Energy is Celeste’s Non-Fiction debut.

Published by Words Matter Communications
ISBN: 978-976-8291-94-3
206 pages
Fully illustrated in colour

Unlocking HR/IR Potential

Contemporary Perspectives on Employment and Labour Relations in Trinidad & Tobago

Courtney Arthur Mc Nish shares his contemporary Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations perspective on a variety of issues impacting today’s workplace society: its culture, practices and processes.
Having written well over 100 articles, published in print media across Trinidad and Tobago, he has carefully collated 14 chapters in this book, wherein he expresses opinions and offers workable recommendations and solutions for the HR professional.
Building on his vast experience of advocacy, equity and best practice, particularly gained from his labour law practice, McNish selected 103 articles for publication in this book. He also provided a special chapter discussing and analysing real-life case studies that HR professionals will find relevant and useful.


Courtney Arthur Mc Nish is an experienced, professional HR Consultant and IR Consultant/Advocate, practicing in the Caribbean Human Resource environment for over 35 years. He is the holder of a Bachelor of Laws Degree (University of London) and a Masters of Law Degree (University of the West Indies, Cavehill). He achieved his Associate Degree in Strategic Human Resource Management (Babson College, Boston, USA), and also holds a National Diploma in Personnel & Industrial Relations (Cipriani College of Labour & Cooperative Studies).
Courtney is the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Consultant of Human Resource Technologies Ltd., where he manages an impressive portfolio of large private and public sector clients. Prior to this, he held numerous strategic HR positions in the corporate sector.

Published by HR Technologies Ltd.
ISBN 978-976-8291-62-2 (softcover), 978-976-8291-63-9 (e-book)
280 pages

 

From Tomato Boy to Business Magnate

A fascinating account of the life of a successful businessman and his family that has been 20 years in the making! "From Tomato Boy to Business Magnate" keeps what the title promises and charts, with lavish illustrations, the life both private and public of "Bally" (Mr. Balliram Maharaj, CMG) and his wife "Lilsy".

Having provided proofreading, editing, design and layout for the book, we got intimately acquainted with the manuscript that was written by Shamshu Deen, HBM, and edited by Dr. Iezora Edwards (who patiently guided us through the myriad of changes and corrections!) 

What we liked about this particular memoir was the hands-on business and life advice that Bally liberally shares: from what to do if you are kidnapped, to how to supervise cashiers, to how to deal with wire transfers and insurance contracts. In between the reader enters the magical world of a man who somehow manages to be superbly successful at his business ventures and yet finds time to get involved in steelband, the creation of a hospital, tennis and cricket, finding his ancestral village in India, local politics, the First People in Arima, playing mas—spanning all religions and cultures of Trinidad and Tobago. In short, this Tomato Boy is truly a Trini!

Easy to read, lavishly illustrated, with so many different topics being discussed and explored, this book has something of interest for everybody. And it's fun as well since it feels so personal, so rich as a legacy of an 80-year old man who has done ever so much in his life.

Softcover copies of the book are available for purchase at @admimportexport in Arima. 

Please contact Ms. Burgess at 715-8155 or giselle.burgess@admtnt.com, to reserve your copy.

ISBN 978-976-96964-1-9

404 pages, softcover, fully illustrated in colour

Heady Days by Patrick Johnstone

 

"Heady Days - A Memoir of a 70s AdMan in T&T" is a memoir of advertising executive Patrick Johnstone of his career in advertising in Trinidad and Tobago, from his teenage years to the creation of Publicis Caribbean Limited.
 
Johnstone's account of the advertising agency scene in the late 1960s to early 2000s is told with deep insight and a lot of irreverent accounts of the people and situations that he encountered in his profession.
Not sparing tongue-in-cheek commentary and peppered with local aphorisms and typical "Trini" idiom, this entertaining book is geared to amuse and inform not only the "Mad Men" of his generation, but people generally in touch with the Caribbean and its idiosyncrasies.
Award-winning Adman Patrick Johnstone has worked with leading Caribbean and international companies on almost every category of advertising account imaginable, mastering all facets of the branding and creative process as an exceptional all-rounder.
After entering Trinidad's fast-evolving advertising world in 1970 at a small agency, he went on to take the industry by storm with his out-of-the-box style, eventually founding his own agency, Publicis Caribbean Limited, as part of the Publicis Worldwide Agency Network, thirty years later in 2000.
Patrick graduated in General Arts from Centennial College Toronto, Canada, and holds a diploma in Audio Engineering from The Full Sail Recording Institute, Florida. He is a practicing and successful fine artist, and the recipient of numerous advertising awards and accolades for advertising music.
He is the proud father of two daughters, Lisa and Jada and son Scott, and grandfather to two, Amelia and Nicolas.

ISBN 978-976-8244-46-8
Softcover
186 pages, fully illustrated

Buy here at Barnes and Noble or Amazon

The Triumph of the People of Modest Means through the Volunteer Spirit

70 Years of TECU Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited in Trinidad and Tobago
Researched and written by Mary Shand and Alice Besson

This account of TECU Credit Union, founded in 1946, chronicles the institution’s first seven decades in Trinidad and Tobago.
Born out of the necessities of a post-war, colonial society in which access to credit was limited to few,  TECU’s membership grew and prospered over the years to shape the outstanding success that their credit union is today. As times became ever more modern, political and economic realities changed, and technology revolutionised society over the last decades, TECU grew from strength to strength, adhering firmly to the co-operative principle.
Many principled and upstanding men and women guided TECU over the years. They unselfishly and with great tenacity gave of their time and expertise on a voluntary basis, and worked as employees unstintingly for the credit union’s members. This book lets you meet some of them, and records their wonderful contributions over the years.
TECU today is one of the most celebrated and financially successful credit unions in the Caribbean. Nevertheless,  it has not lost sight of its reason for being: to stand tall as a symbol of The Triumph of People of Modest Means.

230 pages
ISBN: 978-976-8244-27-7 (hardcover)
          978-976-8244-28-4 (softcover)
Cover Design: Alice Besson

A Will and a Way

Anthony N. Sabga’s autobiography is a commemoration of the lives and adventures of those bold and enterprising men and women who braved the dangers of the ocean, the hostilities of a new environment and the privations of a residence on a distant coast to procure a better way of life for themselves and their families. 

In tracing the history of Tony’s life, we trace the history of the growth of a community and a people who amidst difficult circumstances were able to achieve a large measure of success and recognition for themselves.
Researched and written by Prof. Bridget Brereton and Dr. Raymond Ramcharitar, this book is fully illustrated with images from the archives of both the Sabga family and the many companies that Tony Sabga leads.

Paria Publishing is particularly pleased to have been asked to undertake the book design and production because of our long-standing association with the ANSA McAL Group. In 2007, we researched, wrote and produced their company history, “125 Years of Business in the Caribbean”.
Click here to view on our website.

Available in local bookstores and from ANSA McAl
Hardcover, 284 pages
ISBN 978-976-8244-18-5

A Legacy of Local & Global Expertise

On June 8, 2015, Citibank (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited celebrated 50 years of unbroken service to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

This Golden Jubilee is a significant milestone for the Bank. Paria Publishing was entrusted with preparing this hardcover publication, which on 70 fully illustrated pages chronicles Citibank’s journey from its beginnings in 1965, commemorating significant business and philanthropic milestones and celebrating the people that made them possible.

Available from Citi Trinidad & Tobago

An Excellent Decade

A coffee-table book by and about the Anthony N.Sabga Caribbean Awards For Excellence, 2005-2015

Paria Publishing were the producers of ANSCAFE's commemorative coffee-table book "The Excellent Decade", an inspiring compilation of texts by and about the Awards scheme and its laureates over the past ten years. 

Hardcover, 10x10" 
242 pages
ISBN: 978-976-8260-04-8 

Available from the ANSCAFE Secretariat 

Paria Publishing's Alice and Gerard Besson with Dr. Raymond Ramcharitar and Mrs. Maria Superville-Neilson at the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence. (Photo courtesy ANSCAFE).

A Proud Legacy of Service - Republic Bank's Corporate History

This article pretty much says it all! (published in AmCham T&T's "Linkage" magazine Q1/2014). The book is available from Republic Bank Limited.


Paria Publishing can facilitate and supervise this entire publication for you - from concept and research, to design and layout, to print supervision, to finished books delivered to your premises, all in accordance with your requirements.
We can facilitate the listing of the publication on retailing websites (amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com) and also prepare the book in e-formats, e.g. for Kindle.
We can also handle video and audio productions and conceptualise and produce internet applications as outlined above.

Other Corporate and Institutional Histories produced by us were:


• Republic Bank (1986)
• Cannings/HiLo (2001)
• M Hamel-Smith & Co. (2003)
• Scotiabank (2004)
• ANSA McAL (2006)
• T&TEC (2008)
• RBTT (2009)
• Republic Bank (2012)
• Laughlin & de Gannes Ltd. (2013)
• Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (2014)

Embracing Success Through Time Management by Joy Kelshall

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot”. (Michael Althsuler) 

In this, her second interactive tutorial book, Joy Kelshall explores the concept that successful time management is simply a way of life.  It is a continuous process of planning and organizing your time. This will involve your attitude and habits which will directly affect your ability to succeed.  It includes: Definitions of time management, various established systems of time management, problems that occur resulting from one’s attitude and habits, planning & prioritizing tasks, delegating, time wasters and benefits.

"Embracing Success Through Time Management" reveals how “being rich is having money” but, “being wealthy is having time”.  (Margaret Bonnano) In addition this book reinforces, “You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself”. (Napoleon Hill)

ISBN 978-976-8054-91-3
Size 5.5 x 8.5
152 pages, illustrated in full colour

The book is available online on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com

By the same author: Embracing Success Through Customer Service

The Helpful Bank

The History of RBTT in the Caribbean 1902–2007

by Alice Besson

Edited by Helen Drayton

The story of this book spans more than fifteen decades: from 1856, when the Merchants Bank of Halifax was established in Nova Scotia; to 1902, when the Union Bank of Halifax opened its branch office in Port-of-Spain; to 1910, when Royal Bank of Canada, successor of the Merchants Bank of Halifax acquired the Union Bank and thus began its establishment in Trinidad and Tobago; to 1972, when The Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago was established as a local bank and to 2007, when RBTT completed 35 years of unparalleled success as a leading indigenous financial services group in the Caribbean Region.

Its purpose is to place on record the strategic corporate insights, decisions and major social, economic and political events that shaped its destiny and also, to share with present and future generations its eventful and successful journey as a major player that contributed immensely to shaping the banking and financial services landscape in Trinidad and Tobago in particular, and the rest of the Caribbean.

ISBN 976-978-8210-21-0

428 pages, hardcover, fully illustrated in colour

Available from the Corporate Communications Department of RBC/Royal Bank, St. Clair Avenue, Trinidad

Paria Publishing donated two copies of "The Helpful Bank" to the UWI libraries in Mona, Cave Hill and St. Augustine. Here is a much appreciated comment by Cherry-Ann Smart, Acquisitions Librarian at Mona Library, which formed part of her thank-you note:
"You must be extremely proud of authoring a monograph of such historical significance to the banking, economic, political and social history of Trinidad and Tobago".