Though reticent in public,George Bush has openly shared his private thoughts in correspondence throughout his life.Fortunately,since the former president does not plan to write his autobiography,this collection of letters,diary entries,and memos,with his accompanying commentary,willfill that void.As he writes in his preface,"So what we have here are letters from the past and present.Letters that are light and hopefully amusing.Letters written when my heart was heavy or full of joy.Serious letters.Nutty letters.Caring and rejoicing letters...It's all about heartbeat." Organized chronologically,the volume begins with eighteen-year-old George's letters to his parents during World War II,at the time he was commissioned,he was the youngest pilot in the Navy.Readers will gain insights into Bush's career highlights-the oil business,his two terms in Congress,his ambassadorship to the U.N.,his service as an envoy to China his tenure with the Central Intelligence Agency,and of course,the vice presidency,the preside
With an Introduction by Mishtooni Bose More's Utopia is a complex, innovative and penetrating contribution to political thought, cuhninating in the famous 'de*ion' of the Utopians, who live according to the principles of natural law, but are receptive to Christian teachings, who hold all possessions in common,and view golcl as worthless. Drawing on the ideas of Plato,St Augustine and Aristotle, Utopia was to prove seminal in its turn, giving rise to the genres of utopian and dystopian prose fiction whose practitioners include Sir Francis Bacon,H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. At once a critique of the social consequences of greed and a meditation on the personal cost of entering public service,Utopia dramatises the difficulty of balancing the competing claims of idealism and pragmatism, and continues to invite its readers to become participants in a compelling debate concerning the best state of a commonwealth.
Based on the combination of human development theories with feminist theories, this book has made deep analysis of the problems concerning women's development in contemporary China and put forward realistic solutions to these problems. Chapter one probes into the key and hot points of women' s development in the transforming period and asks what the reasonable mode of women's development is. Chapter two gives theoretical analysis of women's development and emphasizes the significance of gender perspective in human development. Chapter three reviews the historical course of Chinese women's development covering its merits and demerits,experience and characteristics.
THE SIXTIES IN PICTURES is one of a series of books that together provide a comprehensive pictoriaL history of the 20th century, decade by decade.With over 250 pictures, this voLume is a unique record of the moments of wonder and terror that can never be forgotten: from the assassination of JFK to the massacre at SharpeviLle, from the building of the BerLin WaLl to the first manned space fLight, from the March on Washington to BeatLemania, from the CuLtural RevoLution to the coming of Bond. Here are the Swinging Sixties in aLL their dizzy detaiL.
Rights of Man is a classic statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. Published as a reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, it differs from that great work in every relevant respect. Where Burke uses the language of the governing classes, Paine writes with the vigour of a self-taught mast-maker and exciseman. With passionate and rapier wit, Paine challenges Burke's assertion that society cannot be judged by rational standards and found wanting. Rights of Man contains a fully-costed budget, advocating measures such as free education, old age pensions, welfare benefits and child allowance over 100 years before these things were introduced in Britain. It remains a compelling manifesto for social change.
Gr 8 Up-In this gritty novel of World War II, 16-year-old Erik Brandt is forced to fight for the emaciated German army, and because of his knowledge of the Russian language, he is sent to the Russian front. The train trip that Erik and the other young men take is symbolic of their transition from child to man. These boys are sent to the front with only a few weeks of basic training and the directions to kill or be killed. After the first battle, Erik makes the life-altering decision to take the uniform of a dead Russian soldier and pretends to be Russian for most of his remaining time as a soldier, surviving serious wounds and finding the love of his life while he recuperates in a war hospital. There he pretends to have amnesia and takes the moniker "Soldier X." When the hospital is attacked, Erik and his girlfriend escape. After a harrowing journey filled with enemy encounters, they find a safe house in Czechoslovakia and eventually make their way to Berlin. The story is framed with a prologue and epilogue f
A few brief but unaltered excerpts, carefully placed in context by an introduction and with ellipses scrupulously indicated, touch on the activities of a year's cycle and give the young reader a first taste of this beloved 19th-century author's account of his solitary stay in a pond-side cabin. With their dramatic use of black combined with the subtle tones of nature, Sabuda's handsome linoleum-cut illustrations recall Tejima's work in wood; quietly reflecting Thoreau's own reverence for his surroundings, they are sure to attract readers. Whether such abridgments are worthwhile is always debatable, but this one is done with such sensibility to its source that it's worth consideration. (Kirkus Reviews) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
In the wake of Lonuis WIV's death,France's governm teetered on the brink of bankruptcy.Enter the reformern in the unlikely guise of John Law-a supremely charming and attractive Scot whose brilliant financial mind had thus far served only to make himself rich at the gaming talbles. In one of the great image makovers of all gime,John Lam recharged a devastated French Economy,making him one of the most successful men in Europe.When Law founded a New World reports of the riches to be made in France's vast holdings in America sent the price of its shares throuth the roof.Investors drunk o dreams of instant wealth gave birth to the first boom-and-bust cycle-one that created such vast wealth for shareholders that a new term was coined to describe them…millionaires. 作者简介：JANET GLEESON,anthor of The Arcanum,has worked in the Impressionist Paintings Department at Sotheby's was an art and antiques correspondent for House Garden for seven years,and has written for The Antiques Collector and many other
