Bücher von Mark Burton

Want to join the fight for freedom? Get ready! Gathered inside are 16 stories about the Civil War that tell why millions of Americans gave their lives during the conflict. Plenty of illustrations bring these stories to life. Understand why Americans fought and how their battles shaped the United States you know today. Sit in the room as generals planned how to fight the largest war ever fought in North America. Stand with Abraham Lincoln, considered the greatest American President, as he argued against the enslavement of human beings in the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. March with soldiers like Ambrose Bierce as they face heavy musket and cannon fire. Walk with civilians like Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman as they struggled to survive four years of brutal combat, burying loved ones, caring for wounded soldiers, and rescuing the enslaved from the chains of slavery. By peeling back the pages of this book, you'll discover: ¿ What caused so many southerners to abandon the United States?¿ Why did the war lead to the creation of the hand grenade and submarine?¿ How did African Americans help restore the fractured United States?¿ How did a big snake called the anaconda influence the war?¿ What do Civil War prisons have to do with "deadlines"? And so much more! Discover how the Civil War protected all Americans' rights and why the conflict still causes so much debate today. You may not realize it, but memory of the Civil War surrounds us, from statues to parks to street names. Sit on your couch or under a tree with this book and be transported back in time to when the United States and Confederate States slugged it out through clouds of gunpowder to create a more perfect country. It's time to join the greatest struggle in American history!

We are living in unprecedented times. At least three linked crises are coming together to threaten not only our accustomed standard of living and financial security, but also the resource base of the late 20th century economy and way of life, and the capacity and integrity of the earth's natural systems on which we all depend. This conjuncture of crises requires urgent and drastic action that completely restructures the way we organise to produce and distribute the things we need to have worthwhile lives This has to be done fairly and sustainably. The following outline sets out a programme of action for the Manchester-Mersey bioregion. It argues that it is the bioregional level that provides the viable basis for a sustainable economy that can deliver well being for all, despite drastically reducing energy use. But this means replacing a strategy of competition in a global economy with one based on the principle of trade subsidiarity (strategic localism) and production for need.

Darwinism is not "e;settled science"e; because too many important questions remain unanswered. QUESTIONING EVOLUTION contains more than 1,200 such questions that raise serious doubts about the underlying assumptions of Darwin's "e;Descent of Man"e; theory. It's a unique approach that will challenge the reader's intellect as well as the status quo.

FEDERAL COOPERATIVE HEALTHCARE contains three innovative proposals for healthcare reform. In short, author Mark Burton proposes that the Federal government should (1) establish a tuition-free, Federal civilian medical academy; (2) build a nationwide network of Federal Healthcare Cooperatives; and (3) establish a service requirement that would greatly reduce the cost of providing free healthcare to the poor. These proposals are cost-effective, nonpartisan and vastly superior to the status quo, to laissez-faire pipe dreams and to prohibitively expensive single-payer systems. Anyone who wants practical healthcare reform should not only read FEDERAL COOPERATIVE HEALTHCARE but send copies of it to Congress.

Anyone interested in life''s big questions should read THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IN THE WORLD (Third Edition). It''s a book about certainty, uncertainty and ultimate truth. The author''s devastating refutation of philosophical nihilism is followed by an insightful examination of the nature of reality. The net result is not only a concise and organized way to contemplate life''s great mysteries, but a challenge to the reader to consider how best to live.

An increasing emphasis on community care and quality of life has important implications for the many people with learning disabilities who are increasingly participating in and contributing to life in local communities.