THE CHAOS POINT THE WORLD AT THE CROSSROADS ERVIN LASZLO PIATKUS BOOKS 2006 PART V PART ONE: THE TIDES OF TRANSFORMATION Chapter 4: Parameters of a Positive Transformation The data we have just reviewed tells us that we are approaching a critical condition: Our world has become economically, socially, and ecologically unsustainable. …
A WAR LIKE NO OTHER HOW THE ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS FOUGHT THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR VICTOR DAVIS HANSON RANDOM HOUSE 2005 Prologue In April 404 B.C. the Spartan admiral Lysander finally led his vast armada of ships, crammed with some 30,000 jubilant seamen, into the hated port of Athens at the Piraeus to finish the Peloponnesian …
EATING ANIMALS JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER BACK BAY BOOKS 2009 PART IV Chapter 4: Hiding/Seeking In the typical cage for egg-laying hens, each bird has 67 square inches of space – the size of this page. Nearly all cage-free birds have approximately the same amount of space. I’m not the kind of person who finds …
THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS THE NAVAL ENCOUNTER THAT SAVED GREECE – AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION BARRY STRAUSS SIMON & SCHUSTER 2004 Time Table of Events Relating to the Battle of Salamis, 480 B. C. May: Xerxes begins to move troops across the Hellespont. June: Xerxes begins march from the Hellespont to Athens. Third week of August: …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART I The Goal For the first time in history, our generation has the opportunity to end extreme poverty in the world’s most desperate nations. Jeffrey Sachs lays out how poverty has been beaten in …
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART II HENRY RICHARDSON LABOUISSE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Introduction In re-making the American Farm School to fit the post-war era, Bruce Lansdale knew that he could not do it alone, especially in a world where the values on which the School was founded found little support …
FROM THESSALONIKI TO AUSCHWITZ AND BACK MEMORIES OF A SURVIVOR FROM THESSALONIKI ERIKA MYRIAM KOUNIO AMARIGLIO VALLENTINE MITCHELL 2000 Translated into English by Theresa Sundt (neé Amariglio) Thessaloniki 1998 PART IV Chapter 4: Bookkeeper of Death in Auschwitz On 8 June 1943 the last transport arrived from Thessaloniki. Our presence was no longer …
GLOBABALIZATION, DIET AND LIFESTYLE University visit In early March six university students and their instructor spent a week with us in Lakkia. The schedule prepared for them, the places visited, and the guest visitors we had in the evenings will be described in a later document. On their arrival, David gave this talk to …
THE FIVE LESSONS OF LIFE BILL ADAMS RIDER 2000 PART V Chapter 7: The Philosophy of the Amchi It was six in the morning, the day after my meeting with Sangratan in Chinie, and again I was setting out to meet him. This time he had promised to teach me about the Amchi, and …
A PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE JAMES D. WOLFENSOHN PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 6, 2002 Eighty-four years ago in this city, Woodrow Wilson spoke of war and peace to a joint session of Congress. “What we demand” he said, “is that the world be made safe for every …
