THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 17 Chapter 27: The Big Picture (Cont) The spiritual dimension to the progressive movement These underlying universal themes concerning the existence of God, the nature of man, a spiritual life after death, and the unity of religion are, it is suggested, factors which …
OUT OF THE EARTH CIVILIZATION AND THE LIFE OF THE SOIL DANIEL HILLEL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS 1991 PART 1 Acknowledgements A few years ago I was invited to deliver a public lecture to the faculty and students of the University of Massachusetts on the basic principles and current issues of my profession of …
PEACE RESEARCH THEORY AND PRACTICE PETER WALLENSTEEN ROUTLEDGE 2011 Back cover This is a book by one of Europe’s leading peace researchers. It spans a distinguished career of theory, empirical research and also practice, thus showing how social scientists can inform policy, and inspire all those who hope to reduce violence in this world. Professor …
THE BOTANY OF DESIRE A PLANT’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD MICHAEL POLLAN BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING 2001/2003 PART 2 Chapter 1: Desire: Sweetness. Plant: The Apple If you were on the banks of the Ohio River in 1806 – somewhere just to the north of Wheeling, West Virginia, say – you would probably have noticed a …
CIVILIZATION A NEW HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD ROGER OSBORNE PIMLICO 2007 PART 3 Chapter 1: In the Beginning: Prehistory and Illiterate Societies Chapter 2: A Torrent of Words: Change and Custom in Classical Greece Chapter 3: The Birth of Abstraction: Plato, Aristotle and the Rational Mind Chapter 4: The Universal Civilization: Rome and the …
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THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 16 Chapter 27: The Big Picture (Cont) The cycles of religions Here, then, is something of the Bahá’í teachings on human nature. There remains one vital factor to complete the picture linking man to God. Bahá’ís believe that though man is free to …
RESPONSIBLE RESTRUCTURING CREATIVE AND PROFITABLE ALTERNATIVES TO LAYOFFS WAYNE F. CASCIO BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS 2002 Back cover DOWNSIZING IS NOT THE ANSWER RESPONSIBLE RESTRUCTURING IS Research proves that companies that downsize are not more profitable than those that don’t. Wayne Cascio shows that it makes good business sense to restructure responsibly to avoid downsizing and …
LEADERSHIP AND THE QUEST FOR INTEGRITY JOSEPH L. BADARACCO, JR. & RICHARD R. ELLSWORTH HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS 1989 Back cover “In its unique synthesis of practical experience and sound conceptual analysis, this book will provide stimulus, insight, and vision even to the accomplished and successful executive.” Peter F. Drucker Front cover What distinguishes …
THE BOTANY OF DESIRE A PLANT’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD MICHAEL POLLAN BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING 2001/2003 PART 1 Back cover A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald’s can enjoy a long golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the autumn and in the spring has a riotous patch of …
CIVILIZATION A NEW HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD ROGER OSBORNE PIMLICO 2007 PART 2 Prologue (cont) More conventional historians tried to explain the upheavals in Europe by mapping the rise and decline of the world’s civilizations. Oswald Spengler’s Decline of the West, published in 1918, was followed in 1934 by the first of Arnold Toynbee’s …
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