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, …
BARBARISM AND CIVILIZATION A HISTORY OF EUROPE IN OUR TIME BERNARD WASSERSTEIN OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2007 Back cover The 20th century in Europe witnessed some of the most brutish episodes in history. Yet it also saw incontestable improvements in the conditions of existence for most inhabitants of the continent. It was a century of …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 13 The French Revolution The French Revolution, like those in England and America, was the bursting into flame of social discontent which had been simmering for the best part of a century. One important cause was an unprecedented doubling of the population of …
INDEX TO POSTINGS IN FEBRUARY 2012 The Organic Gardener’s Complete Guide to Vegetables and Fruits from the Editors of Rodale Press Part 2 February 1 Developing a Plan for the Planet: A Business Plan for Sustainable Living by Ian Chambers and John Humble Part 6 February 2 The Post-Development Reader Edited by Majid Rahnema …
