In this memoir by the former leader of the Soviet Union and the architect of perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev looks back on the defining moments of his political career, staying close to agendas rather than personal matters. He recounts life under Stalin, his rise within the party, and his elevation to Premier of the U.S.S.R. His efforts to change ...
This is an analysis of the causes and consequences of the coup d'etat that began in the USSR on 18 August 1991. It examines such issues as why and how the conspiracy became possible and what was behind the attempt to destroy everything that had been done over the previous six years in an effort to change the nature of Soviet society - to make it ...
This book should be required reading for anyone who cares about the future of the planet. Written by renowned scientist, futurist and Club of Budapest founder Ervin Laszlo, "You Can Change the World" answers two pertinent questions - first, what is at the root of all the conflict and crisis in today's world? And second, what can actually be done ...
Using the October Revolution as a point of departure and return, Mikhail Gorbachev reflects on the course of history of 20th-century Russia and explains his role in the dismantling of the Soviet empire. He offers his own vision of a future for Russia.
In this companion to the Public Television Series, Swanson takes a global approach as he explores the projected scarcity of water by the year 2025, when almost one-fourth of the world's population may suffer severe shortages.
Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynar were friends for half a century, since they first crossed paths as students in 1950. Although one was a Russian and the other a Czech, they were both ardent supporters of communism and socialism. One took part in laying the groundwork for and carrying out the Prague spring; the other opened a new political era ...
This book is a historic document of major proportions. Perestroika, which means restructuring, is Mikhail Gorbachev's own account of the revolution he is presently implementing in U.S.S.R. Forcefully, Gorbachev shows the reader the world as he sees it.
In this autobiography of George Cohon, senior chairman of McDonald's in Russia and Canada, you'll encounter one of the most successful and colorful businessmen of his generation.
Mikhail Gorbachev and Daisaku Ikeda are contemporaries raised in different cultures: Gorbachev is a statesman whose origins are the Marx-inspired world of communism while Ikeda is Buddhist inspired by the thirteenth century Japanese sage, Nichiren. Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century emerged from a series of conversations between these two men. ...
Ervin Laszlo calls us to a profound shift in consciousness founded in the understanding that we are truly connected with each other and with the cosmos. Worldshift 2012 describes the tools we have to make our world greener and our planet safer.
"Working Together" looks at the issue of diversity as an adventure to be utilized, not a problem to be solved. With 18 chapters on the creative results and synergetic applications of diversity, it is a practical guide to both theory and application. The contributing authors, including some very well-known names, each bring his or her unique ...
For more than a decade Mikhail Gorbachev has been engaged in working to protect the earth and its inhabitants via the organization he founded in 1992, Green Cross International. In an age when ecological crises, poverty and military conflicts are humanity's chief challenges, Gorbachev urges us to stop regarding these problems in isolation. The man ...
In this book, Reuters correspondents bring together fresh, unique, and first-hand insights about Pope John Paul II, a vivid portrait of him as a man -- and a realistic, forward-looking assessment of his achievements, his legacy, and the Church he leaves to his successors. You will meet the man who, before joining the priesthood, was an athlete, an ...
A unique collection of writings by leading thinkers on the subject of diversity. Visionaries such as Mikhail Gorbachev, TV producer Norman Lear, anthropologist Angeles Arrien, futurist Riane Eisler, and leadership expert John O'Neil are amongst the 21 co-authors.
Thirty years ago, who would have envisioned a former president of the Soviet Union eloquently invoking JFK, William Faulkner, and Native American wisdom in the service of a new, global civilization built on diversity, democracy, environmentalism, mutual responsibility, peace, and trust? In this insightful blueprint for a new world order, Gorbachev ...
Born into modest circumstances in the Netherlands, Fred Matser went on to make millions heading one of the largest real-property development companies in Europe. Following an extraordinary transcendental experience, Matser set himself on a journey of personal discovery. His global travels opened his heart and mind to the needs of humanity and he ...
"This will be a book to be proud of!"-Ruud Lubbers, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Prime Minister of The Netherlands-First book on the Earth Charter-World famous authors-Presented to Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, November 2005-First print run (8,500 copies) already sold out -Available in English and Spanish-Large, full-color ...
This is an illumination of one of the world's most troubled regions from a unique perspective - that of a prominent Russian intellectual. Valery Tishkov examines the evolution of the war in Chechnya that erupted in 1994, untangling the myths and the long-held resentments that have fuelled the crisis.
Antarctica's environment today is a microcosm of the wold environment's future: as endangered creatures, such as the chinstrap penguins, humpback whales, and albatrosses continue to face extinction, research scientists have concluded that this icy ecosystem serves as a final warning of impending environmental deterioration. Sebastian Copeland's ...
Un vistazo al primer presidente afroamericano de los Estados Unidos, desde sus origenes, su infancia, sus gustos, su brillante carrera politica y su llegada a la Casa Blanca. Es una semblanza que presenta lo mas humano de Obama, sus aspiraciones para procurar una nueva oportunidad a los estadounidenses y a todos los que alli viven, ademas de sus ...
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