"Rabbit" Angstrom, failed hero of "Rabbit Run", is back. He has changed, somewhat for the worse. His marriage is collapsing, his job is becoming redundant and outside pressures disturb his peace of mind; but in the end, he achieves a kind of peace, the peace of exhaustion, perhaps.
TTC - Interpreting the 20th Century: The Struggle Over Democracy
Course No. 8090 (48 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by Pamela Radcliff University of California at San Diego Ph.D., Columbia University 1. Framing the 20th Century 2. The Opening Act—World War I 3. Framing the Peace—The Paris Peace Treaties 4. Intellectual Foundations—Nietzsche and Freud 5. Art and the Post-War "Crisis of Meaning" 6. Gender Crisis—The "Woman Question" Reuploaded Thanks to maryamy
Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness (Ebook)
From the Big Bang to the Theory of Everything, "Sunday Telegraph" Science Correspondent Robert Matthews takes us on a tour of twenty-five of the biggest ideas in modern science. Along the way, he explains how the theory that proved Einstein wrong might one day make teleportation possible; how the principles of mathematics could be used to broker peace treaties; and why the key to understanding some of the deepest mysteries of the universe could be linked to the barcode on our groceries.
Building a Future on Peace and Justice - Studies on Transitional Justice, Conflict Resolution and Development The Nuremberg Declaration on Peace and J
Tensions between peace and justice have long been debated by scholars, practitioners and agencies including the United Nations, and both theory and policy must be refined for very practical application in situations emerging from violent conflict or political repression. Specific contexts demand concrete decisions and approaches aimed at redress of grievance and creation of conditions of social justice for a non-violent future.
During the first uncertain years of the Northern Ireland peace process three simultaneous terrorist attacks in Belfast, Dublin and London shatter the hope that the bloodshed is finally over. The perpetrators are a new terror group called the Ulster Freedom Brigade. And they have one goal - to destroy the peace process. Michael Osbourne, hero of The Mark of the Assassin, has quit the CIA, bitter and disillusioned. But when the President chooses his father-in-law to be the next American ambassador to Britain, Osbourne is drawn into battle with some of the most ruthless and violent men on earth ...
