To coincide with the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth and TarcherPerigee's publication of Expect Great Things: The Life of Henry David Thoreau; here is a sumptuous rediscovery edition of the first illustrated volume of Thoreau's classic; as originally issued in 1897.In 1897; thirty-five years after Thoreau's death; Houghton Mifflin issued a two-volume "Holiday Edition" of Walden illustrated with thirty remarkable engravings; daguerreotypes; and period photographs. In 1902 the publisher collected the work into a single volume. Now; to mark the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth in 1817; this timeless landmark is reproduced with all of the original illustrations and the complete text of his mystical; practical; magisterial record of a life in the woods.
#14965 in Books Henry Kissinger 2015-09-01 2015-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.45 x .90 x 5.50l; #File Name: 0143127713432 pagesWorld Order
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent Book on History and Political SystemsBy Alan Dale DanielIn World Order; Kissinger is able to summarize hundreds of years of diplomatic struggle in a relatively few pages. He has the amazing ability to summarize clearly and bring clarity to world events while he is compressing them into a few well thought out words. For example; the historical expansion of Europe after the 30 years war and the politics that allowed it - or perhaps I should say encouraged the expansion - are explained without fluff and thus engenders greater insight. The next European wide treaty ended the wars of Napoleon and was based on an entirely different political understanding. Knowing this allows the reader to see the developing crisis leading to WWI in a new light.Excellent Book. Highly recommended.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Kissinger is a one of the top gentlemen on foreign affairs today and his reflections about World Order are really valuable.By czilvetiKissinger gives to the readers his valuable lessons about world order; and how history has shaped global relations of today.He's one of the top foreign affairs expert; has a deep understanding of history and has given enormous contributions to many US presidents.Maybe he could have offered to the reader few more valuable details of failed US policies on the Middle East or even told some of his striking successes when building relations with China; when cold war was at its heights.A must read book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Kissinger surpirsingly idealistic!By Eugene GrantExcellent high level view of world history relative to war and peace in the modern and post modern eras; and the prospects for the future. Provides great contextual understanding of the current wars; failed states and terrorism. Anyone interested in understanding current geopolitics must have this historical context. Also nice to see that Kissinger values the idealism that accompanied the rise of the USA as a superpower; and his hope that this American idealism will not be lost in the future. His take on the Bush Presidencies was enlightening too. I had always viewed Kissinger as part of the cynicism of the Nixon era; and I am glad to be corrected and see that I may have misjudge him as guilty by association with Nixon.
