Daniel Altman:Connected 24 Hours In The Global Economy
- Paperback 2019, ISBN: 9780230016293
Hardcover
Paperback. New. At the tender age of 17, there is basically little that a kid my age can own. Oh, there are the generalities, such as clothing or books, and all the trivial little shit t… More...
Paperback. New. At the tender age of 17, there is basically little that a kid my age can own. Oh, there are the generalities, such as clothing or books, and all the trivial little shit that a teenager seeks out. I'm not referring to those kinds of things. No, not even close. I'm talking about specific items that even many adults don't have in their possession, or perhaps if they do, fail to fully comprehend the depth of what they stand for; of what they ultimately cost.Duty. Honor. Commitment. The privileges of the free world, once coveted, have become mundane to the modern populace. Our freedoms came with sacrifice in wars fought long ago, and sporadically over the ages. People came to forget that. As science and economic growth exploded in the latter part of the recent century, their outlook on such things entered the realm of falsely expected entitlement. Perhaps it is in our nature, as human beings, to be lulled by periods of peace and prosperity. It is also perhaps in the greater scheme of things that for those very reasons war comes and goes in cycles, often for reasons that remain obscure, but mostly to remind us.War, in its own concept, is a very personal thing. It reshapes how a person thinks and acts, demands that you adapt and evolve with it, lest you become yet another victim of its terrible nature. If you end up a soldier, war will turn you inside out to expose your every weakness. It takes from you everything you hold dear; individuality, love, compassion, and in return gives you despair. It is very much a living organism. A thing. Can it therefor be owned?Very much so. There is not a single combat veteran alive who will deny that fact. After seeing your friends torn asunder, maimed, and killed, a member of any armed force realizes that like it or not, they have purchased their very own acreage in hell. Yet, as terrible as it is, a soldier, sailor, and pilot will without hesitation lay down their life for the greater good. Sacrifice themselves for their buddies, believing that their deaths will be remembered when freedom once again reigns.My name was Minerva Carreno back then, when I was but a teenager with my head in the clouds. Like most everyone around me, I had no understanding about what a war was, of its meaning, of its cost. But whether by fate or the intention of the God that I believe in, I was soon to pay for my own membership in hell. The 1st Galactic War is what the history books named it, but myself and the servicemen and women that were there and survived to tell our tales knew better. The 1st Galactic War is what the masses call it, but for each of us, it's far more personal. More intimate. It belonged to each of us; every Marine, every Army soldier, Navy sailor, and Air Force pilot. It was ours. It was mine. That's why this journal is thus named.It was my war.Minerva's War.| Author: Mark Bordner| Publisher: Independently Published| Publication Date: May 04, 2019| Number of Pages: 163 pages| Language: English| Binding: Paperback| ISBN-10: 1096866447| ISBN-13: 9781096866442, 6, Paperback. New. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of trials *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading ""Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel."" - - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov When people hear the word ""witchcraft,"" certain images come to mind. American history buffs will immediately think of Salem, where hysteria in the 17th century led to notorious trials that continue to be the source of several historical studies, with scholars analyzing things from every direction. Was it a religious fervor? Was it a land grab? Was there fungus in the grain? Over 400 years later, there are still fundamental questions regarding the complete breakdown of moral order that pinned friend against friend and neighbor against neighbor. As Salem proved, there has long been a natural curiosity about witchcraft. Some of the best-selling children's books and adult novels have been about witchcraft, such as The Witch of Blackbird Pond. One of Roald Dahl's most famous works was The Witches, and Harry Potter became a global phenomenon. As adults, fans of Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, and Alice Hoffman will find books about witches among their reading list, and there are countless movies and television shows devoted to the topic. All cultures and belief systems have ideas and definitions of what makes a witch, and this ultimately comes down to the human mind's natural need to break things into opposites. For all good, there must be evil, and for those who started to settle North America in the 17th century and beyond, witchcraft became the perfect explanation for what they couldn't understand or control. Settling a new land - whether by choice or not - came with its own set of complications and ills. Life was hard in an unsettled area, especially when Europeans and Native Americans clashed in the New World, and when the European settlers started importing African slaves, that introduced new ideas about what constituted good and evil. As a result, while most studies of witchcraft in the United States tend to focus on Salem, that hardly does the subject matter justice, because understanding Native American and African concepts about witchcraft are just as important to American history as European ideas. Witchcraft in the United States: The History of Witches, Practices, and Persecution in America examines how various cultures perceived witchcraft and the impact it had in the United States and the colonial period. Along with pictures and a bibliography, you will learn about the history of witchcraft in America like never before.| Author: Charles River Editors| Publisher: Independently Published| Publication Date: Apr 02, 2019| Number of Pages: 73 pages| Language: English| Binding: Paperback| ISBN-10: 1092509062| ISBN-13: 9781092509060, 6, Paperback. New. Thermophobia means ""fear of warmth"" Did you know that Global Warming made civilization possible 12,000 years ago? Did you know that strong tornadoes (EF3-EF5) are on a 60-year downtrend? (NOAA) Did you know that hurricanes and typhoons are on a similar downtrend? (Dr. Ryan Maue) Life prefers the warmth. We only need look at the population gradient from poles to equator to see this. Not only human population, but plant and animal population likes it warm. Life needs 4 key ingredients: Warmth, Water, Nutrients, and Plenty of the right gas: oxygen for animals, carbon dioxide for plants. Thirty million years ago, CO2 levels dropped below 800 ppm (parts per million) and plants freaked out, evolving C4 species to cope with the carbon dioxide starvation. If anything, we need far more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. In fact, modern increases in the gas have started greening the Earth. This is something the ""green environmentalists"" should be applauding, but ironically are not. This book tackles the lies, half-truths and misconceptions about climate with facts and a deep understanding of science. It backs up its assertions with decades of scientific evidence. It delves into the corruption of language and how terms like ""climate change"" and ""global warming"" have been kidnapped and forced to wear false definitions. Perhaps the most pernicious side of the thermophobia epidemic is its starting point-the claim that warmth is bad. Ironically, most people seem to be in denial of the fact that we currently live in an Ice Age interglacial called the Holocene. Renaming the current period something like ""anthropocene"" doesn't magically make those 2 little white things at the poles disappear. Cold can be deadly, and thermophobia can lead people away from proper solutions and preparation, into the jaws of Frozen Climate death. It should be obvious that all changes come with some difficulty. That's a part of life. But fearing global warming is like a hungry man fearing food. That's part of the insanity of this disease. Political bodies like the UN and NASA have gone over to the dark side, promoting death and destruction, lying about science in order to achieve their political agendas. What kind of lies? The biggest is thermophobia itself. Other lies include, CO2 is a pollutant (it's not and never has been); Warming causes more and stronger storms (wind does not come from heat alone; Venus has frightening heat, but very little surface wind); Warming causes droughts (land never gets any water without warmth; if you want more droughts, try global cooling); Oceans are soaking up CO2 and becoming acidic (actually, oceans are emitting CO2 from the warmth and they have never been acidic throughout the history of life on land); and Recent years have been the warmest on record (NASA scientists admitted that they were only 38% certain of this claim in January 2015). Thermophobia is a cautionary tale of international deception and powerful intrigue. At stake is the very life of civilization itself. If people are not prepared for the eventual glacial climate of the current Ice Age, or do not take action to end the current Ice Age, then billions could die from the cold directly, from the scarcity of rain, from failed crops, and from the eventual food wars. No one knows when the next glacial period will begin, but the average interglacial is 11,000 years long, and our Holocene is already as much as 17,000 years old. When the Holocene does end, we could see another 90,000 years without summers, rain, crops, food and civilization. Thermophobia may very well be the most dangerous disease ever to strike humanity. The cure is knowled| Author: Rod Martin Jr| Publisher: Independently Published| Publication Date: May 23, 2019| Number of Pages: 192 pages| Language: English| Binding: Paperback| ISBN-10: 1099824419| ISBN-13: 9781099824418, 6, Paperback. New. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of trials *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading ""Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel."" - - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov When people hear the word ""witchcraft,"" certain images come to mind. American history buffs will immediately think of Salem, where hysteria in the 17th century led to notorious trials that continue to be the source of several historical studies, with scholars analyzing things from every direction. Was it a religious fervor? Was it a land grab? Was there fungus in the grain? Over 400 years later, there are still fundamental questions regarding the complete breakdown of moral order that pinned friend against friend and neighbor against neighbor. As Salem proved, there has long been a natural curiosity about witchcraft. Some of the best-selling children's books and adult novels have been about witchcraft, such as The Witch of Blackbird Pond. One of Roald Dahl's most famous works was The Witches, and Harry Potter became a global phenomenon. As adults, fans of Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, and Alice Hoffman will find books about witches among their reading list, and there are countless movies and television shows devoted to the topic. All cultures and belief systems have ideas and definitions of what makes a witch, and this ultimately comes down to the human mind's natural need to break things into opposites. For all good, there must be evil, and for those who started to settle North America in the 17th century and beyond, witchcraft became the perfect explanation for what they couldn't understand or control. Settling a new land - whether by choice or not - came with its own set of complications and ills. Life was hard in an unsettled area, especially when Europeans and Native Americans clashed in the New World, and when the European settlers started importing African slaves, that introduced new ideas about what constituted good and evil. As a result, while most studies of witchcraft in the United States tend to focus on Salem, that hardly does the subject matter justice, because understanding Native American and African concepts about witchcraft are just as important to American history as European ideas. Witchcraft in the United States: The History of Witches, Practices, and Persecution in America examines how various cultures perceived witchcraft and the impact it had in the United States and the colonial period. Along with pictures and a bibliography, you will learn about the history of witchcraft in America like never before.| Author: Charles River Editors| Publisher: Independently Published| Publication Date: Apr 02, 2019| Number of Pages: 129 pages| Language: English| Binding: Paperback| ISBN-10: 1092509070| ISBN-13: 9781092509077, 6, Pan Macmillan, UK, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/As New. Hardcover. 287 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Macmillan, UK, 2007. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in as new dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. . Remainder mark on page edges. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Oil prices go up, the stock market goes down. Currency exchange rates fluctuate, the Chinese economy is booming, and new technologies are changing the way we do business. What if you could look behind the headlines of the global economy, to see how it really works? Instead of listening to pundits, politicians, and protestors, you could see first-hand how everyone from migrant workers to central bank governors live their lives. Now you can. Having chosen June 15, 2005, as the focal point for his book, Altman contacted dozens of people from all corners of the world and all levels of the economy, from factory workers and currency traders to CEOs and entrepreneurs, asking them for first-person narratives of their activities on that one day. Starting with their stories and keying his chapters to the headlines of the day, Altman takes on pressing questions in new ways: Can poor countries become rich too quickly? Can corruption ever be a good thing? Do companies need crises in order to stay competitive? What determines the global economic pecking order? Along the way, you'll find quick guides to the fundamental markets that link the global economy together: stocks, credit, currencies, and oil. Most importantly, you'll learn how the billions of decisions taken by individuals can and do change the future. This book is part travel guide, part owner's manual - an essential road map for every citizen of the global economy in the 21st century. *** Quantity Available: 6. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; ISBN/EAN: 9780230016293. Inventory No: 09041177.. 9780230016293, Pan Macmillan, 2007, 4.5<
