THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS ECONOMIC CHANGE AND MILITARY CONFLICT FROM 1500 TO 2000 PAUL KENNEDY RANDOM HOUSE 1987 PART 2 Introduction (Cont.) The Great Power struggles which took place between 1660 and 1815, and are covered in Chapter 3, cannot be so easily summarized as a contest between one large …
THE WHISTLEBLOWER CONFESSIONS OF A HEALTHCARE HITMAN PETER ROST MD SOFT SKULL PRESS 2006 www.pgw.com PART 1 About the author Peter Rost was a vice president of marketing at Pfizer, the world’s largest pharmaceutical company. Now he reveals the drug industry’s shocking secrets. “All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men …
STONE MULCHING IN THE GARDEN J. I. RODALE RODALE PRESS 1949 PART II Chapter 2: Rocks – Parents of the Soil “And this our life exempt from public haunt finds tongues in trees, books in brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” Shakespeare, As You Like It In Biblical times stones were employed …
HANDBOOK FOR THE POSITIVE REVOLUTION EDWARD DE BONO PENGUIN BOOKS 1991 PART III Special Talent and Positions Some people have a special talent or are in a special position and contribute much more. Some people are in a special position and contribute much more. There are wealth creators. These are entrepreneurs who set up businesses …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 12 The American Revolution The issues which had sparked the English revolution – taxation to be approved by representatives of the people, and freedom from oppression – were to reappear in North America in the following century and prompt the second of our …
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS ECONOMIC CHANGE AND MILITARY CONFLICT FROM 1500 TO 2000 PAUL KENNEDY RANDOM HOUSE 1987 PART 1 Back cover “Although the United States is at present still in a class of its own economically and perhaps even militarily, it cannot avoid confronting the two great tests which challenge …
WALKING THE TALK THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVLOPMENT By Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Chairman & CEO, DuPont, Stephen Schmidheiny, Chairman, Anova Holding AG, Philip Watts, Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS 2002 www.bkconnection.com A LANDMARK REPORT BY THE WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT …
STONE MULCHING IN THE GARDEN J. I. RODALE RODALE PRESS 1949 PART I Chapter 1: Stone Mulches Under Trees My dictionary defines a mulch as a layer of dried leaves, straw, etc., used to protect the roots of trees and plants. Actually, a much more comprehensive group of materials is intended when one thinks …
HANDBOOK FOR THE POSITIVE REVOLUTION EDWARD DE BONO PENGUIN BOOKS 1991 PART II The Positive Revolution A stool has three legs and is stable on rough ground. A chair with four legs is only stable on smooth ground. A revolution has to work under difficult conditions – everything is not always smooth. The positive revolution …
THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD 1989 PART 11 Chapter 11: Three Revolutions Our attention now switches to the West. In the time known as the Age of Enlightenment, the sparks which sporadically have illumined the history of civilization suddenly caused three flames to burn brightly: revolutions in England, in North …
