THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 15 Chapter 27: The Big Picture In discussing the Bahá’í Faith’s credentials as an effective world-embracing progressive movement there are two questions which require immediate attention. The first relates to the fact that it is an independent religion with its own Prophet-Founder. It …
THE FAMILY VIRTUES GUIDE SIMPLE WAYS TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN OUR CHILDREN AND OURSELVES LINDA KAVELIN POPOV A PLUME BOOK 1997 Back cover Bring Compassion, Generosity, and Kindness into Your Home with this Essential Guide The most important job parents have is to pass basic virtues on to their children, and this invaluable …
LEADING WITH PURPOSE THE NEW CORPORATE REALITIES RICHARD R. ELLSWORTH STANFORD BUSINESS BOOKS 2002 www.sup.org Front cover “This thoughtful and incredibly ambitious work tackles head-on the enormously important issue of why the corporation exists. Ellsworth creates the kind of provocative framework and well-articulated set of concepts that would drive an intense and powerful classroom …
THE WHISTLEBLOWER CONFESSIONS OF A HEALTHCARE HITMAN PETER ROST MD SOFT SKULL PRESS 2006 www.pgw.com PART 3 Pharmacia’s CEO receives a warning One of the most famous professors in the endocrinology area told me that a group of renowned endocrinologists around the world had been very worried a couple of years earlier about the …
STONE MULCHING IN THE GARDEN J. I. RODALE RODALE PRESS 1949 PART IV Chapter 6: The Stone Vegetable Garden In an earlier section of this book I mentioned an observation of Joseph A. Cocannouer, in his valuable Tramping Out the Vintage, about how the Bavarians spread stones over the ground between the rows of …
CIVILIZATION A NEW HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD ROGER OSBORNE PIMLICO 2007 PART 1 Back cover Ever since the attacks of 11th September western leaders have described a world engaged in a ‘fight for civilization’. But what do we mean by civilization? We believe in a western tradition of openness and freedom that has produced …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 14 PART III: THE FUTURE Chapter 26: Where Do We Go From Here? The human race is rightly proud of its achievements in the arts and sciences. How the human spirit is raised by the beauty of music, painting, architecture, sculpture, …
THINK AGAIN WHY GOOD LEADERS MAKE BAD DECISIONS AND HOW TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING TO YOU SYDNEY FINKELSTEIN, JO WHITEHEAD, ANDREW CAMPBELL HARVARD BUSINESS PRESS 2008 Front cover We’ve all watched smart, experienced leaders make flawed – even catastrophic decisions. Some keep believing they have made the right choice, even when the disastrous …
THE WHISTLEBLOWER CONFESSIONS OF A HEALTHCARE HITMAN PETER ROST MD SOFT SKULL PRESS 2006 www.pgw.com PART 2 Chapter 3: The Art of Firing People As the April 2003 Pfizer take-over date rapidly approached, some more Pharmacia employees received job offers from the new organization, many of whom said no thanks – but many didn’t …
STONE MULCHING IN THE GARDEN J. I. RODALE RODALE PRESS 1949 PART III Chapter 3: The Reasons A rock mulch does not permit grass or weeds to spring up in its domain, thus competing with your plant or tree for sustenance. It does away with the need of either plowing or discing, leaving the bacteria, …
