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Glory and Hope: Inaugural Speech May 10, 1994
by Nelson MandelaSummary: "Glory and Hope" By Nelson Mandela "Glory and Hope" was Nelson Mandela's 1994 inaugural speech as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa. At the time, South Africa was in a rough transition from a system of Apartheid with segregation of people based on race and class divisions to a system with renewed hope for equality to all of their citizens. As the first democratically elected State President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela planned to ease the transition, giving the Africans a sense of pride and security; this speech is the first example of his effort. Reading this speech, the reader encounters lines that tell of pride, passion, and devotion. They realize that Nelson Mandela wrote the speech with his heart rather than with his mind. After tough times, Mandela is not ashamed of his land and believes that with hard work and patience from the citizens of South Africa, they can "reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all hopes of a glorious life for all,"(Glory and Hope by Nelson Mandela).
The Peacemaker
by Ken SandeThis book is a practical guide for all Christians who seek to bring Christ's exhortation, "Blessed are the peacemakers," into their relationships. Attorney Ken Sande is executive director of Peacemaker Ministries. He regularly conciliates business, family employment, and church disputes and serves as a consultant to pastors and attorneys as they work to resolve conflicts outside the courtroom. Sande conducts seminars throughout the United States on biblical conflict resolution. Note: The indexes did not scan properly, and were therefore deleted.
Human Rights Watch World Report 2005
by Human Rights WatchThis report is Human Rights Watch's fifteenth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in sixty-four countries, drawing on events through November 2004. Each country entry identifies significant human rights issues, examines the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work, and surveys the response of key international actors, such as the United Nations, European Union, Japan, the United States, and various regional and international organizations and institutions. The volume begins with four essays addressing human rights developments of global concern in 2004. The lead essay examines far-reaching threats to human rights that emerged during the year: large-scale ethnic cleansing in Darfur in western Sudan, and detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, symptomatic of a broader problem of torture and mistreatment of detainees by U.S. forces. It argues that the vitality of human rights defense worldwide depends on a firm response to both of these threats.
Prince William
by Terri DoughertyProfiles the eldest son of Great Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana, from birth to his acceptance at the University of St. Andrews.
No Second Chance
by Human Rights WatchDecent and stable housing is essential for human survival and dignity, a principle affirmed both in U.S. policy and international human rights law. The United States provides federally subsidized housing to millions of low-income people who could not otherwise afford homes on their own. U.S. policies, however, exclude countless needy people with criminal records, condemning them to homelessness or transient living. Exclusions based on criminal records ostensibly protect existing tenants. There is no doubt that some prior offenders still pose a risk and may be unsuitable neighbors in many of the presently-available public housing facilities. But U.S. housing policies are so arbitrary, overbroad, and unnecessarily harsh that they exclude even people who have turned their lives around and remain law-abiding, as well as others who may never have presented any risk in the first place.
Political Science class 10 - Karnataka board: ರಾಜಕೀಯ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ 10 ನೇ ತರಗತಿ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮಂಡಳಿ
by Karnataka Patyapusthaka SanghaPolitical Science text book for 10th Standard kannada medium, karnataka state
Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States
by Judith A. BaerMany brief articles about womens reproductive rights in the U.S.
The Supreme Court in the Intimate Lives of Americans: Birth, Sex, Marriage, Childrearing, and Death
by Howard BallPersonal rights, such as the right to procreate--or not-- and the right to die generate dendless debate. Howard Ball shows how the Supreme Court has grappled with the right to reproduce and abort, and takes on the issue of auto-euthanasia and assisted suicide, from Karen Ann Quinlan through Kevorkian and just recently to the Florida case of the women who was paralyzed by a gunshot from her mother and who had pulled the plug on herself. For the last half of the twentieth century, the justices of the Supreme Court have had to wrestle with new and difficult life and death questions for them as well as for doctors and their patients, medical ethicists, sociologists, medical practitioners, clergy, philosophers, law makers and judges. This book offers a look at these issues as they emerged and examines the manner in which the men and women of the U.S Supreme Court adressed them.
The Necessity of Art: A Marxist Approach
by Ernst Fischer Anna BostockThe author, an Austrian poet and critic, surveys the whole history of artistic achievement through Marxist eyes.
Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt
by Michael J. YbarraStory of events leading up to the McCarthy excesses.
Elizabeth: A Biography of Britain's Queen
by Sarah BradfordA comprehensive biography of Elizabeth II.
The Reluctant King: The Life and Reign of George VI
by Sarah BradfordComprehensive biography of the English King.
Families in Focus: New Perspectives on Mothers, Fathers, and Children
by Judith Bruce Cynthia Lloyd Ann LeonardThis Population Council Report shows that, in rich and poor countries alike, parent-child bonds are unraveling and that women carry much more significant economic and social responsibilities for the family than commonly believed. The authors of this book urge policymakers and researchers to focus on strengthening parent-child ties and to look beyond the myth that all families are stable and cohesive units in which the father serves as economic provider, the mother serves as emotional caregiver, and all children are treated equally well.
Saving Social Security: A Balanced Approach
by Peter A. Diamond Peter R. OrszagDiscusses options for addressing the problems facing the Social Security program.
A Man's Reach
by Elmer L. Andersen Lori SturdevantAutobiography of the popular Minnesota Governor in the 1950's.
Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero
by Michael KordaGrant said: I read but few lives of great men because biographers do not, as a rule, tell enough about the formative period of life. What I want to know is what a man did as a boy." Yet, we do not know a lot about the genuine boyhood of Ulyses Simpson Grant. Corda tells us why and provides a readable and interesting biography of this U.S. President and famous General. This book is part of the Immenint Lives series.
Lucy: A Novel
by Ellen FeldmanHistorical fiction centering on the relationship between FDR and Lucy Rutherford Mercer.
Power Plays: Win or Lose--How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game
by Dick MorrisStrategies politicians have used to gain astounding success--or failures.
The Color of Truth: A Biography
by Kai BirdBiographies of two brothers during their careers as statesmen in the late twentieth century.
Speak Out! Speeches, Open Letters, Commentaries
by Ralph Manheim Günter GrassPolitical opinions of one of Germany's foremost novelists, poets, and dramatists -- Günter Grass.
The Chairman: John J. McCloy, The Making of the American Establishment
by Kai BirdAnalysis of the Financial decisions of the United States in the mid-1900's.