Sustainability has become a buzzword in the last decade, but its full meaning is complex, emerging from a range of different sectors. In practice, it has become the springboard for millions of individuals throughout the world who are forging the fastest and most profound social transformation of our time-the sustainability revolution. The Sustainability Revolution paints a picture of this largely unrecognized phenomenon from the point of view of five...

Extrait: "Dans un ouvrage dont l'éloge n'est plus à faire, M. Camille Rousset a réduit à leur juste valeur les assertions de certains écrivains sur les événements militaires de 1792[...]. Désireux avant tout de rétablir la vérité des faits, l'auteur a fouillé dans les archives dont la garde lui est confiée, et y a trouvé des éléments d'information aussi nombreux que sûrs..." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN Les éditions LIGARAN...

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"An engaging and intimate portrait of the controversial early American politician Aaron Burr, by bestselling historian H. W. Brands"--

In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental Army under an unsure George Washington (who had never commanded a large force in battle) evacuates New York after a devastating defeat by the British Army. Three weeks later, near the Canadian border, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeds in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have ended the war. Four years later, as the book ends, Washington...

Drawing on a wide range of sources, including original archival research, Stephen Brumwell paints a compelling and challenging portrait of an extraordinary individual whose fusion of gentleman and warrior left an indelible imprint upon history.

"Drawing on Arnold's surviving writings and on the letters, memoirs, and political documents of his contemporaries ... a fascinating portrait of a brilliant man, consistently undervalued by his peers, who made a choice that continues to reverberate through American history."

Here is a unique look at the dynamics of the interplay between Spain, Mexico, the United States and the Republic of Texas governments, heavily illustrated with maps, flags, & portraits.

Written in 1831 before Hugo was forced to flee from Louis Napoleon's France. In this novel, Hugo paints a vivid portrait of medieval Paris. Quasimodo, the one-eyed, hunchbacked refugee; Esmeralda, the dancing gypsy girl, threatened by the gallows; and a world where chaos is in charge--Hugo captures them all in this timeless, almost Gothic, piece of literature. Story of Jean Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor,...