“Green plans” are the most effective strategies yet developed for moving from industrial environmental deterioration to postindustrial sustainability. In this definitive overview of green plans today, Huey D. Johnson provides a detailed and accessible examination of their theory, implementation, and performance across the globe, highlighting the challenges and successes of green plans in the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Austria, the United Kingdom, Germany, the rest of the European Community, and Singapore. Green plans will serve future generations as models of creative collaboration between government and business.
In Keys to the Kingdom, Alison A. Armstrong takes you on a journey of discovery into the workings of men, women, and relationships. Much of the information acquired during Alison’s fifteen-year study of men is brought to life by the novel’s charming and genuine characters. This heartfelt story communicates the type of wisdom taught in the Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women® workshops.
This book is an introduction to the war machine of New Kingdom Egypt from c. 1575 bc–1100 bc. # Focuses on the period in which the Egyptians created a professional army and gained control of Syria, creating an “Empire of Asia”. # Written by a respected Egyptologist. # Highlights new technological developments, such as the use of chariots and siege technology. # Considers the socio-political aspects of warfare, particularly the rise to power of a new group of men. # Evaluates the military effectiveness of the Egyptian state, looking at the logistics of warfare during this period. # Incorporates maps and photographs, a chronological table, and a chart of dynasties and pharaohs
The Idea of Greater Britain - Empire and the Future of World Order
During the tumultuous closing decades of the nineteenth century, as the prospect of democracy loomed and as intensified global economic and strategic competition reshaped the political imagination, British thinkers grappled with the question of how best to organize the empire. Many found an answer to the anxieties of the age in the idea of Greater Britain, a union of the United Kingdom and its settler colonies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
When an evil group tries to take control of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, a fierce war breaks out in the owl kingdom.
Soren's beloved mentor, Ezylryb, is finally back at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. But all is not well. There's a war between good and evil in the owl kingdom. On one side is a group led by Soren's fearsome brother, Kludd, who wears a terrifying metal mask to cover his battle-scarred face. On the other side are the owls of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, who must fight to protect their legendary home from Kludd's attacks.
