THE WAY TO GREECE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES MARIA BELIVANI ELLINIKA GRAMMATA ATHENS 2004 PART II THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY Athens, the first democracy One of the most influential concepts of Ancient Greece has been that of democracy (Demos + Kratos = The power of the people). In …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART II Chapter 1: A Global Family Portrait (Cont.) Bangladesh: On the ladder of development A few thousand miles away from this perfect storm is another scene of poverty. This is poverty in retreat, …
THE WAY TO GREECE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES MARIA BELIVANI ELLINIKA GRAMMATA ATHENS 2004 PART I Preface by Maria Belivani, April 2004 Is there a way to live in harmony with ourselves and the environment? The aim of this book is to suggest some answers to this …
THERMOPYLAE THE BATTLE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD PAUL CARTLEDGE THE OVERLOOK PRESS 2006 The inside cover In 480 BC, a huge Persian army, led by the fabled King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae as they marched on Greece, intending to conquer the land with little difficulty. But the Greeks – led by King …
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. …
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 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 …
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 …
