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Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn - 2876933890

82,40 zł

Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the state of Israel from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, "one of the most respected Israel analysts" ( The Forward ) living and writing in Jerusalem.Israel is a tiny state, and yet it has captured the world's attention, aroused its imagination, and lately, been the object of its opprobrium. Why does such a small country speak to so many global concerns? More pressingly: Why does Israel make the decisions it does? And what lies in its future?We cannot answer these questions until we understand Israel's people and the questions and conflicts, the hopes and desires, that have animated their conversations and actions. Though Israel's history is rife with conflict, these conflicts do not fully communicate the spirit of Israel and its people: they give short shrift to the dream that gave birth to the state, and to the vision for the Jewish people that was at its core. Guiding us through the milestones of Israeli history, Gordis relays the drama of the Jewish people's story and the creation of the state. Clear-eyed and erudite, he illustrates how Israel became a cultural, economic and military powerhouse-but also explains where Israel made grave mistakes and traces the long history of Israel's deepening isolation.With Israel , public intellectual Daniel Gordis offers us a brief but thorough account of the cultural, economic, and political history of this complex nation, from its beginnings to the present. Accessible, levelheaded, and rigorous, Israel sheds light on the Israel's past so we can understand its future. The result is a vivid portrait of a people, and a nation, reborn.

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116,77 zł

How to be a Billionaire John Wiley & Sons Inc

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

"A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others.Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire's success." -Gordon Bethune Chairman of the Board and CEO Continental Airlines Self-made billionaires all have one thing in common: they excel at making money. But hard work, thrift, and focus are only part of the story-you hold the rest of it in your hands. How to Be a Billionaire is the first comprehensive picture of the real strategies and tactics that built the great business fortunes of modern times. Packed with engaging accounts of titans like Ross Perot, Richard Branson, Phil Anschutz, John D. Rockefeller, Wayne Huizenga, Bill Gates, J. Paul Getty, and Kirk Kerkorian, How to Be a Billionaire will show you principles that can increase your wealth and business acumen to the mogul level. How to Be a Billionaire looks at the careers, the methods, and the minds of self-made billionaires to distill the common keys to titanic accumulations of wealth. Each chapter explores a specific strategy and brings it to life through extended profiles of past and present masters of the art of making money.Do you think innovation is the best way to prosper in business? Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart retail chain, would tell you otherwise. The key to Walton's success was supreme devotion to copying the methods of other successful discounters. What could be less complicated than buying low and selling high? But the ascent of Warren Buffett, John Kluge, and Laurence Tisch to billionaire status depended on much more than an eye for good bargains. And if you're looking to thrive by outmanaging the competition, look no further than Richard Branson. When the founder of Virgin Atlantic needed to reduce his staff by 400 people, 600 volunteered to take off a few months on sabbatical. How to Be a Billionaire identifies the methods, beliefs, and behaviors every businessperson must understand and emulate to reach the pinnacle of riches. A manual for success that can benefit every aspiring tycoon, it is a fascinating read for anyone intrigued by wealth and how it's gotten. Praise for HOW TO BE A BILLIONAIRE "How to Be a Billionaire offers fascinating insight into the subject of building wealth.As a result of his exhaustive research, Martin Fridson is able to explain the wealth-creation process from a unique perspective. As the reader will discover, there is no single formula for success, but there are certain categories into which these concepts can be placed. My personal advice is to remember the words of Winston Churchill who said, 'Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.'" -Ross Perot "Martin Fridson has created the ultimate roadmap to the American Dream. He comes as close to extracting a formula for the acquisition of wealth as any book I have ever read." -Jeff Sagansky CEO, Paxson Communications "Martin Fridson's book has a number of very insightful and thoughtful analyses, something you don't pick up in many business schools." -Philip F. Anschutz Chairman and CEO, The Anschutz Corporation "How to Be a Billionaire is a powerful arsenal of dead-on strategies for increasing your personal wealth and business acumen. Marty Fridson details the tactics of self-made billionaires with great intelligence and insight. I wish this book had been available when I was starting my career."-Spencer Hays Founder, Tom James Company Executive Chairman, Southwestern/Great American, Inc. Chairman, Athlon Publications

Sklep: Libristo.pl

119,90 zł

Reaching the Top?!: A Practical Guide to Master-Level Chess

Szachy > Inne wydawnictwa

What Does It Take to Play Master-Level Chess? Becoming a master is a goal many chessplayers seek. And for most, it is an unfulfilled dream.Now, for the first time, the topic is squarely addressed. Not by a super grandmaster or high-powered international master, but by a "regular" national master, a master who earned his stripes in the trenches, battling his way to the title. In Reaching the Top?! , author Peter Kurzdorfer shares his journey to the coveted 2200 Elo mark. Using his own games, major topics covered by the author include: -- Learning From Past Mistakes -- Choose Openings to Suit Your Style -- Handling Material Inequality -- Practical Endgames -- How Sound Do Your Openings Need to Be? -- When Things Go Terribly Wrong -- Overcoming Difficulties -- How to Win. This guide shows what it takes to play at the master level. What you need to know. What you do not need to know. It is a practical presentation that will not only help aspiring masters, but in fact any player seeking to improve his game. So come on in and sit by the side of a chess master as he plies his craft, marveling at the wonderful, intricate combinations and positional ideas and shuddering at the opportunities that supposedly strong chess players missed time and time again.Enjoy these every-day, blue-collar battles that do not involve the cutting edge of theory or top professional combatants, but do come out of ordinary amateur chess players who have made it work for them. However, there is one requirement: you do have to love the game and give it your best shot, every game, every move. Mix in some discipline and concentration, and you too may be able to play master-level chess. About the Author Peter Kurzdorfer is a long-time national master, chess teacher, certified coach and tournament director. He is also a former editor of Chess Life magazine and author of 'The Everything Chess Basics Book' and 'The Tao of Chess'.

Sklep: Imperiumzabawek.pl

23,94 zł

Pan Snów - Magdalena Świerczek

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - Być może Wszechświat jest niczym innym, jak tylko Snem pewnej Istoty. Jeśli tak, to kim jest owa postać, czym w rzeczywistości jest jej Sen? Sztuczną inteligencją? Umysłem? Jeśli to prawda, to kim my jesteśmy w tym Śnie? Czy wszyscy znają teorię Wielkiego Wybuchu i naukową opowieść o powstaniu Wszechświata? Z pewnością, lecz teraz należy wzbogacić ją o nowe informacje... ,,Sen o Niczym" to pierwszy tom niesamowitej, pasjonującej trylogii ,,Pan Snów", która prowadzi czytelnika po labiryncie skomplikowanej, wielowymiarowej rzeczywistości sennego imperium. Inspirowana bajeczną grą ,,Wiedźmin", intrygująca opowieść o naszym uniwersum, to nie tylko rzecz o funkcjonowaniu Wszechświata - to także historia mitycznych nacji: Krasnoludów, Wampirów, Elfów Słonecznych i Błędnych, jak również potężnych bohaterów: Ostatniego Strażnika i Ostatniego Smoka. Uwaga! Zanurzając się w świecie snu, odkrywamy także cząstkę nieznanej dotąd wiedzy o nas samych, zatem, jeśli macie odwagę... ...oddychajcie głęboko i zamknijcie oczy na wszystko oprócz tego Snu... Nazwa - Pan Snów Autor - Magdalena Świerczek Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Papierowy Motyl Kod ISBN - 9788362222667 Kod EAN - 9788362222667 Rok wydania - 2014 Język - polski Format - 13.0x19.0cm Ilość stron - 378 Podatek VAT - 5%

Sklep: InBook.pl

30,19 zł

About Last Night ... - Catherine Alliott

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - The immensely funny and heartwarming number one bestseller, tells the story of a woman who gets a second chance in life - but will she have the courage to take it"Molly has traded London for a dream home in the country - except it was her husband"s dream, not hers. And David is, well, rather dead now.So when a distant relative leaves her a London townhouse, Molly is ready to quit "The Good Life" and return to her good life.But there"s a rather tall, handsome problem - a man who"s already living in Molly"s new house. And when a face from her past reappears, she"s no longer quite sure where she belongs.Do any of the men in Molly"s life have honourable intentions"Is she ready to ditch muddy wellies for high heels"Or is she saying goodbye to the delights of country life too soon"Praise for Catherine Alliott"Irresistible"Daily Mail"Compulsively readable" The Times"Possibly my favourite writer" Marian Keyes Nazwa - About Last Night ... Autor - Catherine Alliott Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Penguin Books Kod ISBN - 9781405924924 Kod EAN - 9781405924924 Rok wydania - 2017 Język - angielski Format - 13.4x19.8cm Ilość stron - 394 Podatek VAT - 5%

Sklep: InBook.pl

74,66 zł

Big Dictionary of Dreams Skyhorse Publishing

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Unlock the secrets hidden within your dreams with this enlightening and in-depth study. The Big Dictionary of Dreams is an essential work for entering and understanding the enigmatic world of dreams. What we dream can unravel mysteries from the past, show unknown facets of our personality, and even open the door to the future. It is therefore very useful to know the symbolism of dreams, forged from personal experience and the collective unconscious. In part one, The Big Dictionary of Dreams explores the historical and cultural significance of dreams, analyses their purpose, explains how to predict and decipher them, and provides guidance on how to best achieve a lucid dream state. In part two, gain insight into nearly 1,500 dream images, discover the messages held within each, and learn how to effectively shed light on the mysterious and personal world of dreams.Also included: Explanation of the phases of dream activity An exploration of the types of dreams Information on psychoanalysis and archetypes Keys to interpreting the meaning of dreams How to make a special dream pillow and a dream catcher Accounts of famous dreams Advice on how to remember dreams Beautifully illustrated, The Big Dictionary of Dreams will help you unlock the mysteries of your mind so that you may continue on your path of self-discovery.

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47,22 zł

Change World, Vol. 1 Viz Media

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

A longtime crush has blossomed into a dream relationship in this Sayonara Game sequel, until a ghost from the past suddenly appears. Ever since Yosuke confessed his long-held feelings for Arimura, his life with his new boyfriend has been a dream. But when a work colleague and former college classmate enters the scene, his dream relationship faces its first threat. Yosuke had a crush on Arimura- an upperclassman from his high school baseball team-for years before he finally confessed his feelings. And even after a year of being his boyfriend, every day still feels like a dream. But after Yosuke is hit on by a work colleague who he doesn't realize is Arimura's former college upperclassman, the subsequent reunion of Arimura and his classmate casts a shadow over Yosuke's dream relationship.

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24,46 zł

White Teeth - Zadie Smith

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - Zadie Smith"s White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London, available as a Penguin Essential for the first timeOne of the most talked about fictional debuts ever, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book."Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read" Independent "An astonishingly assured debut, funny and serious ... I was delighted" Salman Rushdie"The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages" Julian Barnes, Guardian"Quirky, sassy and wise ... a big, splashy, populous production reminiscent of books by Dickens and Salman Rushdie ... demonstrates both an instinctive storytelling talent and a fully fashioned voice that"s street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time" New York Times"Smith writes like an old hand, and, sometimes, like a dream" New Yorker"Outstanding ... A strikingly clever and funny book with a passion for ideas, for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life" Sunday Telegraph"Do believe the hype" The Times"Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt" GuardianZadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. Her debut novel, White Teeth, won the Whitbread First Novel Award, the Guardian First Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers? First Book Prize, and was included in TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Her second novel, On Beauty, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has written two further novels, The Autograph Man and NW, a collection of essays, Changing My Mind, and also edited a short-story anthology, The Book of Other People. Nazwa - White Teeth Autor - Zadie Smith Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Penguin Books Kod ISBN - 9780241981399 Kod EAN - 9780241981399 Rok wydania - 2017 Język - angielski Format - 11.1x18.1cm Ilość stron - 560 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2017-07-21

Sklep: InBook.pl

40,09 zł

Dark Guardian #2 HarperTeen

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Chapter OneSupposedly, dreams reflect our hidden fears and secret desires, all clamoring for attention. The one I'd had last night had been so vivid that even now, as evening drew near, it still made me squirm in my chair. I sat against a wall in the counsel room where the elders and the Dark Guardians--protectors of our society--were discussing how best to ensure our survival. Because I hadn't yet experienced my first transformation, I was considered a novice and was not allowed to sit at the large, round table with the others. This was okay by me, because it gave me the freedom to let my mind wander--without anyone noticing that I wasn't paying attention.In my dream, I'd been standing in a clearing with my declared mate, Connor, our arms wrapped around each other so tightly that we could barely breathe. The full moon served as a spotlight.Then dark clouds drifted over the moon, and everything went black. Still holding him near, I was acutely aware of the muscles and bones in his body undulating against me. He grew taller and broader. My fingers were in his hair, and I felt the strands thicken and lengthen. His mouth covered mine, but his lips were fuller than before. The kiss was hungrier than any he'd ever given me. It heated me from head to toe, and I thought I knew what it was to be a candle, melting from the scorching flame. I knew I should move away, but I clung to him as though I'd drown in a sea of doubts if I let go.The hovering clouds floated away, and the moonlight illuminated us once again--only I was no longer in Connor's arms. Instead I was pressing my body against Rafe's, kissing him, yearning for his touch. . . .I shifted uncomfortably in my chair with the memory of how desperately I'd wanted Rafe. It was Connor I was supposed to long for. But I'd woken up in a tangle of sheets, clamoring for another of Rafe's touches--even if it were only in a dream.Squirming again, I felt a sharp elbow in my ribs."Be still, will you?" Brittany Reed whispered harshly beside me. Like me, she would soon be turning seventeen and would experience her first transformation with the next full moon.I'd known Brittany since kindergarten. We were friends, but I'd never felt as close to her as I did to Kayla--whom I'd met only last summer, when her adoptive parents had brought her to the park to face her past. We'd connected on a deep level almost as soon as we met. We'd spent the past year sharing our lives through emails, text messages, and phone calls.During the last full moon she'd discovered that she was one of us and that Lucas Wilde was her destined mate. I can't imagine how frightening it would be to have so little time to prepare. We Shifters can't control the first transformation. When the full moon rises, our bodies react to its call. But now Kayla sat at the table with the others. The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, is usually a time when as many of our kind as possible come together to celebrate our existence. But this year a pall hung over us as we gathered at Wolford, a village hidden deep within a huge national forest near the Canadian border. All that remained there of what had once been a vibrant community were a few small buildings and the massive, mansionlike structure that serves as the home of the elders who rule over us. The residence also houses most of us when we're here for the solstice celebration.We've always been a secret society. Even though we have lived among the rest of the world, we show our true selves only to each other. But recently, we discovered that Lucas's older brother had betrayed us by telling someone in the outside world about our existence. Now some scientists who work for a medical research company called Bio-Chrome were determined to capture us and discover what makes us tick--or more important, what makes us transform. They wanted to patent this ability, develop it, and use it for their own financial gain. But being dissected and studied wasn't how any of us wanted to spend our summer vacation.Although we hadn't seen any signs of Bio-Chrome scientists since Lucas and Kayla had escaped from their clutches, none of us believed they'd given up their quest so easily. We were all on edge because we could sense an impending confrontation--the way animals sense a coming storm. Nature had made us attuned to danger. It was the reason we hadn't gone the way of the dinosaur.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

39,27 zł

Captivated by You - Sylvia Day

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - The multi-million copy global bestselling Crossfire series from Sylvia Day continues with Captivated by You. Gideon calls me his angel, but he's the miracle in my life. My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own.The vows we'd exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened up old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. I felt him slipping from my grasp; my greatest fears becoming my reality; my love tested in ways I wasn't sure I was strong enough to bear.At the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his past encroached and threatened everything we'd worked so hard for. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we'd had before each other or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream . . . Praise for Sylvia Day:' A hundred degrees hotter than anything you've read before' Reveal'Lots of sex and gripping storylines' Sun'They are powerful, sexy and unputdownable' Victoria Loves BooksSylvia Day is the number one Sunday Times and number one international bestselling author of over twenty award-winning novels sold in more than forty countries. She is a number one bestselling author in twenty-three countries, with tens of millions of copies of her books in print. Nazwa - Captivated by You Autor - Sylvia Day Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Penguin Books Kod ISBN - 9781405916400 Kod EAN - 9781405916400 Rok wydania - 2014 Język - polski Format - 12.5x19.5cm Ilość stron - 360 Podatek VAT - 5%

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27,43 zł

The Great Gatsby ELI PUBLISHING

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Scott Fitzgerald

Sklep: Libristo.pl

29,70 zł

The Very Best Of - Jethro Tull (Płyta CD)

Książki & Multimedia > Muzyka

Lista utworów - Płyta 1 1. Living At The Past 2. Aqualung 3. Sweet Dream 4. The Whistler 5. Bungle In The Jungle 6. The Witch's Promise 7. Locomotive Breath 8. Steel Monkey 9. Thick As A Brick 10. Bouree 11. Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die 12. Life Is A Long Song 13. Songs From The Wood 14. A New Day Yesterday 15. Heavy Horses 16. Broadsword 17. Root To Branches 18. A Song For Jeffrey 19. Minstrel In The Gallery 20. Cheerio Opis - Kiedy Jethro Tull zaczynał pod koniec lat sześćdziesiątych, zapewne żaden z muzyków z niezniszczalnym frontmanem, flecistą i wokalistą Ianem Andersonem na czele nie spodziewał się, że powitają 21 wiek kolejną składanką best of. Prezentowana przez zespół muzyka to (w baaardzo dużym skrócie...) hybryda rocka, bluesa, folku i muzyki klasycznej, podana z niesamowitą ilością charakterystycznego poczucia humoru. Wśród dwudziestu kawałków znajdziemy przede wszystkim największe "przeboje" z lat siedemdziesiątych ("Aqualung", "Bungle In The Jungle" czy "Thick As A Brick"), ale jest też co nieco z późniejszego okresu (min. "Roots To Branches"). Wszystkie utwory zostały poddane cyfrowemu remasteringowi. Nazwa - The Very Best Of Autor - Jethro Tull Wydawca - EMI Kod EAN - 0724353261429 Rok wydania - 2001 Nośnik - Płyta CD Ilość elementów - 1 Podatek VAT - 23% Premiera - 2001-05-14

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209,93 zł

Errand into the Wilderness Harvard University Press

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The title of this book by Perry Miller, who is world-famous as an interpreter of the American past, comes close to posing the question it has been Mr. Miller's lifelong purpose to answer: What was the underlying aim of the first colonists in coming to America? In what light did they see themselves? As men and women undertaking a mission that was its own cause and justification? Or did they consider themselves errand boys for a higher power which might, as is frequently the habit of authority, change its mind about the importance of their job before they had completed it? These questions are by no means frivolous. They go to the roots of seventeenth-century thought and of the ever-widening and quickening flow of events since then. Disguised from twentieth-century readers first by the New Testament language and thought of the Puritans and later by the complacent transcendentalist belief in the oversoul, the related problems of purpose and reason-for-being have been central to the American experience from the very beginning. Mr. Miller makes this abundantly clear and real, and in doing so allows the reader to conclude that, whatever else America might have become, it could never have developed into a society that took itself for granted. The title, Errand into the Wilderness, is taken from the title of a Massachusetts election sermon of 1670. Like so many jeremiads of its time, this sermon appeared to be addressed to the sinful and unregenerate whom God was about to destroy. But the original speaker's underlying concern was with the fateful ambiguity in the word errand. Whose errand? This crucial uncertainty of the age is the starting point of Mr. Miller's engrossing account of what happened to the European mind when, in spite of itself, it began to become something other than European. For the second generation in America discovered that their heroic parents had, in fact, been sent on a fool's errand, the bitterest kind of all; that the dream of a model society to be built in purity by the elect in the new continent was now a dream that meant nothing more to Europe. The emigrants were on their own. Thus left alone with America, who were they? And what were they to do? In this book, as in all his work, the author of The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century; The New England Mind: From Colony to Province, and The Transcendentalists, emphasizes the need for understanding the human sources from which the American mainstream has risen. In this integrated series of brilliant and witty essays which he describes as pieces, Perry Miller invites and stimulates in the reader a new conception of his own inheritance.

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144,91 zł

Sacred Matrix Verlag Meiga

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The Great Dream of World Peace Could Become TrueAbout the Book "The Sacred Matrix" (Translation from the German by Sten Linnander and Kate Bunney. German Title: Die Heilige Matrix.) "An immense injustice is occurring at this time on Earth. Many of those who stand against this injustice are sitting in the torture caves of the military, police and secret services. In this very moment there are hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from the most unspeakable pain there. All the same they continue. It is this measure that we must apply to ourselves when talking about global peace work today. Will the victim's screams continue to go unheard - or will we create a world where there are no longer these screams?" With these introductory words the author Dr. Dieter Duhm, sociologist und psychoanalyst, starts his book "The Sacred Matrix". What follows thereafter are 12 chapters of clear text about the question what there is to do to stop global violence and to start a globalisation of peace. As to come to a well-based answer many sources of human knowledge are included, modern insights from science, politics and history, from chaos research, holography and ecology, spirituality and healing. The result is a revelation. Here writes a human being who is, to say it with the words of the philosopher Karl Jaspers, "originally shaken". He doesn't spent much time with the analysis of the current state: "I get along without a definition of the evil. When I see how in Tshetshenia a civil population is being bombed apart, how one throws hand grenades into the last cellar caves in which ill people or very old people could live I don't need a definition of the evil." But all the more he needs and seeks a convincing answer to the question how the global madness of violence could be ended whether in Tshetshenia, or Palestine, in Europe or Latin America. For this purpose he must leave behind up-to-date way of thinking, overcome the limits of normality, enter unknown mental terrain by means of authentic experience and look into what is really there: into the inside, into the zones of our most intimate longing, into the outside, into the reality surrounding us and its universal structures, into our past with the raise of a violent, patriarch epoch, into the future, into an ever more concrete vision of a possible planetary peace culture. Who or what will decide about whether the earth will end in a planetary Holocaust or whether we will be able to effect a turn towards the better? "The Archimedean Point", is the title of one chapter and at the same time the essence of this book, "is love." A humane world can only emerge from an opened heart. But how can love be connected with the political power of realisation? How can the relation of the forces of violence and peace be changed in a way that the set target of a violent-free earth appears reachable? In precise thinking steps the mental yarns of the book are picked up and composed to the "Political Theory". A path how the seemingly impossible could become possible becomes visible. What is written down here is High Tech for Peace. The great dream of global peace could succeed today.

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