The legendary 1951 scroll draft of "On the Road," published asKerouac originally composed it IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951,Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of "On the Road"atyped as asingle-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper,which he later taped together to form a 120-foot scroll. A majorliterary event when it was published in Viking hardcover in 2007,this is the uncut version of an American classicarougher, wilder,and more provocative than the official work that appeared, heavilyedited, in 1957. This version, capturing a moment in creativehistory, represents the first full expression of Kerouacasrevolutionary aesthetic.
An investigative journalist explores our world on the brink ofrunning out of usable water. Less than .0008 percent of the total water on Earth is fit forhuman consumption, but global consumption of fresh water isdoubling every twenty years. Water has become perhaps our mostprecious commodity-a life-sustaining but increasingly rare andprivatized resource. A dramatic gap exists between those who haveadequate water for survival and those who don't, and tensions overwater in some areas of the world hover just below open war. From Europe to Asia to Africa to America, Jeffrey Rothfeder hasvisited the world's hot spots, those with the least amount ofwater, as well as places where there is so much of it that plansare in the works to sell the excess to the highest bidder. In thiscompelling narrative account of our world in turmoil over water,Rothfeder describes the issues and struggles of the people on allsides of the water crisis: from the scarred survivors of bizarrewater-management practices, to
From Booklist Naím, scholar and columnist, explains that “power is what we exercise over others that leads them to behave in ways they would not otherwise have behaved.” He builds his case for the decay of power claiming that power no longer buys as much; it is easier to get, harder to use, and easier to lose. Presidents, executives in financial services and oil companies, international religious leaders, and politicians continue to wield great power, but less so than their predecessors; today’s leaders have more challenges, competitors, and constraints in the form of citizen activism, global markets, and the ever-present media. The decay of power has made space globally for new ventures, companies, voices, and more opportunities, but it also holds great potential for instability. Naím concludes that now we are more vulnerable to bad ideas and bad leaders, and strongly recommends a conversation not on the obsession with “who/what is Number One” but “what is going on inside those nations, poli
Adopting a broad historical perspective, the author analyzesthe intricacies of the German identity. He encapsulates both thesituation today and its roots in the past. A new afterword bringsthis edition up-to-date. --This text refers to an out of print orunavailable edition of this title.
