CIVILIZATION A NEW HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD ROGER OSBORNE PIMLICO 2007 PART 5 Chapter 18: The Post-War World: From Social Cohesion to Global Marketplace The mere six decades since the end of the Second World War have barely given people who have lived through them time to acquire a historical perspective. Personal memories, day-to-day …
Civilization: A New History of the Western World Part 5 Read More »
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 18 Chapter 28: Preparing for a Just Society In this chapter the present-day programme of action in the Bahá’í Faith is summarized to see if it is a practical approach to the building of a just society. The Individual Bahá’í guidelines for the …
OUT OF THE EARTH CIVILIZATION AND THE LIFE OF THE SOIL DANIEL HILLEL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS 1991 PART 2 Chapter 2: Man’s Role on God’s Earth We live on a unique planet bathed in the light and warmth of a nearby star we call the sun. Alone among the planets revolving around that …
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW ON WHAT MAKES A LEADER HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS 1998/2001 Back cover The latest thinking in the field of leadership is collected in this volume. Featuring cutting-edge articles from some of the most renowned names in leadership, this collection is a must have for CEOs and top level managers. This volume …
A PACE OF GRACE THE VIRTUES OF A SUSTAINABLE LIFE LINDA KAVELIN POPOV A PLUME BOOK 2004 PART 1 Back cover From the author of the bestselling Family Virtues Guide comes a program for restoring grace, sanity and vitality to our lives In today’s anxiety-ridden, stress-infused world, even a moment of quiet reflection has …
THE BOTANY OF DESIRE A PLANT’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD MICHAEL POLLAN BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING 2001/2003 PART 3 Chapter 1: Desire: Sweetness. Plant: The Apple (Cont) William Ellery Jones is a fifty-one-year-old fund-raising consultant and amateur historian with a dream: to establish a Johnny Appleseed heritage Center and Outdoor Theater on a hillside outside Mansfield. …
CIVILIZATION A NEW HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD ROGER OSBORNE PIMLICO 2007 PART 4 Chapter 17: The End of Civilization. Depression, Extremism and Genocide in Europe, America and Asia The willing march into the catastrophe of the 1914-18 war defies any rational rules of historical cause and effect. We can map out the alliances, the …
Civilization: A New History of the Western World Part 4 Read More »
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 …
