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King Leopold's Ghost

Author : Adam Hochschild
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1760785202
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book King Leopold's Ghost written by Adam Hochschild and published by Picador. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.

A Sand County Almanac

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0197500269
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book A Sand County Almanac written by Aldo Leopold and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.

For the Health of the Land

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597267988
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book For the Health of the Land written by Aldo Leopold and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aldo Leopold's classic work A Sand County Almanac is widely regarded as one of the most influential conservation books of all time. In it, Leopold sets forth an eloquent plea for the development of a "land ethic" -- a belief that humans have a duty to interact with the soils, waters, plants, and animals that collectively comprise "the land" in ways that ensure their well-being and survival. For the Health of the Land, a new collection of rare and previously unpublished essays by Leopold, builds on that vision of ethical land use and develops the concept of "land health" and the practical measures landowners can take to sustain it. The writings are vintage Leopold -- clear, sensible, and provocative, sometimes humorous, often lyrical, and always inspiring. Joining them together are a wisdom and a passion that transcend the time and place of the author's life. The book offers a series of forty short pieces, arranged in seasonal "almanac" form, along with longer essays, arranged chronologically, which show the development of Leopold's approach to managing private lands for conservation ends. The final essay is a never before published work, left in pencil draft at his death, which proposes the concept of land health as an organizing principle for conservation. Also featured is an introduction by noted Leopold scholars J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle that provides a brief biography of Leopold and places the essays in the context of his life and work, and an afterword by conservation biologist Stanley A. Temple that comments on Leopold's ideas from the perspective of modern wildlife management. The book's conservation message and practical ideas are as relevant today as they were when first written over fifty years ago. For the Health of the Land represents a stunning new addition to the literary legacy of Aldo Leopold.

Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question

Author : E. Ramón Arango
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421434687
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question written by E. Ramón Arango and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1963. Between 1945 and 1951, Belgium faced a crisis in political leadership when its ruling monarch, King Leopold III, was accused of violating the Belgian Constitution during World War II. The "question" at hand refers to the uncertainty over whether King Leopold III could return to Belgium as king. Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question documents the history of this political crisis, culminating with the abdication of King Leopold and the assumption of the crown by Baudouin, Leopold's son.

Life Plus 99 Years

Author : Nathan Freudenthal Leopold
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Life Plus 99 Years written by Nathan Freudenthal Leopold and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1974 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 - August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (June 11, 1905 - January 28, 1936), usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in May 1924. They committed the murder - characterized at the time as "the crime of the century" - hoping to demonstrate superior intellect, which they believed enabled and entitled them to carry out a "perfect crime" without consequences.

A Sand County Almanac

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345345053
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book A Sand County Almanac written by Aldo Leopold and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1986-12-12 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environmental classic that redefined the way we think about the natural world—an urgent call for preservation that’s more timely than ever. “We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir.”—San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape—the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. Conjuring up one extraordinary vision after another, Aldo Leopold takes readers with him on the road and through the seasons on a fantastic tour of our priceless natural resources, explaining the destructive effects humankind has had on the land and issuing a bold challenge to protect the world we love.

Game Management

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299107736
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Game Management written by Aldo Leopold and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1987-03-13 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book, published more than a half-century ago, Aldo Leopold created the discipline of wildlife management. Although A Sand Country Almanac is doubtless Leopold’s most popular book, Game Management may well be his most important. In this book he revolutionized the field of conservation.

Where Are You, Leopold? - The Invisibility Game

Author : Michel-Yves Schmitt
Publisher : Humanoids, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1643375296
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Where Are You, Leopold? - The Invisibility Game written by Michel-Yves Schmitt and published by Humanoids, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leopold is just like every other boy in town...except that he can turn himself invisible!

King Leopold's Soliloquy

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : LeftWord Books
ISBN 13 : 818749655X
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book King Leopold's Soliloquy written by Mark Twain and published by LeftWord Books. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear, dear, when the soft-hearts get hold of thing like that missionary's contribution they completely lose their tranquility they speak profanely and reproach Heaven for allowing such a find to live. Meaning me . They think it irregular. They go shuddering around, brooding over the reduction of that Congo population from 25,000,000 to 15,000,000 in the twenty years of my administration; then they burst out and call me the King with Ten Million Murders on his Soul. They call me a 'record'. - From King Leopold's Soliloquy

The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects

Author : Spike Carlsen
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1603428461
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects written by Spike Carlsen and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love this compilation of 76 rustic DIY projects. From plant supports and clotheslines to a chicken coop, a greenhouse, and a root cellar with storage bins, most of the projects are suitable for complete novices, and all use just basic tools and easy-to-find materials. You’ll find techniques to build whatever your outdoor world is missing, with additional tips to live sustainably, happily, and independently. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead, The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.

The Looting of America

Author : Les Leopold
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603582223
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Looting of America written by Les Leopold and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How could the best and brightest (and most highly paid) in finance crash the global economy and then get us to bail them out as well? What caused this mess in the first place? Housing? Greed? Dumb politicians? What can Main Street do about it? In The Looting of America, Leopold debunks the prevailing media myths that blame low-income home buyers who got in over their heads, people who ran up too much credit-card debt, and government interference with free markets. Instead, readers will discover how Wall Street undermined itself and the rest of the economy by playing and losing at a highly lucrative and dangerous game of fantasy finance. He also asks some tough questions: Why did Americans let the gap between workers' wages and executive compensation grow so large? Why did we fail to realize that the excess money in those executives' pockets was fueling casino-style investment schemes? Why did we buy the notion that too-good-to-be-true financial products that no one could even understand would somehow form the backbone of America's new, postindustrial economy? How do we make sure we never give our wages away to gamblers again? And what can we do to get our money back? In this page-turning narrative (no background in finance required) Leopold tells the story of how we fell victim to Wall Street's exotic financial products. Readers learn how even school districts were taken in by "innovative" products like collateralized debt obligations, better known as CDOs, and how they sucked trillions of dollars from the global economy when they failed. They'll also learn what average Americans can do to ensure that fantasy finance never rules our economy again. As the country teeters on the brink of what could be the next Great Depression, we should be especially wary of the so-called financial experts who got us here, and then conveniently got themselves out. So far, it appears they've won the battle, but The Looting of America refuses to let them write the history--or plan its aftermath.

Leopold the Lion

Author : Denise Brennan-Nelson
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1684444462
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Leopold the Lion written by Denise Brennan-Nelson and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: When Jack and Ella come across a friendly--and talented!--lion in their backyard they are thrilled to take him in as their pet. And they're positive they know just how to care for their new pet, ignoring Grandpa's cheeky asides. But soon Leopold the Lion grows despondent and chubby. Even the circus who lost him won't take him back! Do Jack and Ella know what to do to get Leopold healthy again? A sweet story with a subtle commentary on making healthy choices.

The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor

Author : Les Leopold
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603580719
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor written by Les Leopold and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-14 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CIA-connected labor union, an assassination attempt, a mysterious car crash, listening devices, and stolen documents--everything you'd expect from the latest thriller. Yet, this was the reality of Tony Mazzocchi, the Rachel Carson of the U.S. workplace; a dynamic labor leader whose legacy lives on in today's workplaces and ongoing alliances between labor activists and environmentalists, and those who believe in the promise of America. In The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi, author and labor expert Les Leopold recounts the life of the late Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union leader. Mazzocchi's struggle to address the unconscionable toxic exposure of tens of thousands of workers led to the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and included work alongside nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood. His noble, high-profile efforts forever changed working conditions in American industry--and made him enemy number one to a powerful few. As early as the 1950s, when the term "environment" was nowhere on the political radar, Mazzocchi learned about nuclear fallout and began integrating environmental concerns into his critique of capitalism and his union work. An early believer in global warming, he believed that the struggle of capital against nature was the irreconcilable contradiction that would force systemic change. Mazzocchi's story of non-stop activism parallels the rise and fall of industrial unionism. From his roots in a pro-FDR, immigrant family in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, through McCarthyism, the Sixties, and the surge of the environmental movement, Mazzocchi took on Corporate America, the labor establishment and a complacent Democratic Party. This profound biography should be required reading for those who believe in taking risks and making the world a better place. While Mazzocchi's story is so full of peril and deception that it seems almost a work of fiction, Leopold proves that the most provocative and lasting stories in life are those of real people.

The River of the Mother of God

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 029912763X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book The River of the Mother of God written by Aldo Leopold and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His name is inextricably linked with a single work, A Sand County Almanac, a classic of natural history literature and the conservationist's bible. This book brings together the best of Leopold's essays.

News Junkie

Author : Jason Leopold
Publisher : Vireo Book, A
ISBN 13 : 9781940207230
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book News Junkie written by Jason Leopold and published by Vireo Book, A. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the author's life, showing how a man once fueled by self-destructive impulses transforms his life and finds his career with the independent media.

Things Natural, Wild, and Free

Author : Marybeth Lorbiecki
Publisher : Conservation Pioneers
ISBN 13 : 9781555914745
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Things Natural, Wild, and Free written by Marybeth Lorbiecki and published by Conservation Pioneers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a child, Aldo Leopold was always looking for adventures in nature. This led Leopold to become a forester, wildlife scientist, author, and ultimately one of the most well-known conservationists in American history. Award-winning author Marybeth Lorbiecki brings Leopold to life in this biography enhanced with historic photographs and a school resource section. Marybeth Lorbiecki is the author of more than twenty-five books for children and adults, and she teaches upper-level college writing and children's literature as an adjunct university professor. Her adult biography Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire earned a Minnesota Book Award.

King Leopold's Ghostwriter

Author : Andrew Fitzmaurice
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691241074
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book King Leopold's Ghostwriter written by Andrew Fitzmaurice and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-12-17 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic intellectual biography of Victorian jurist Travers Twiss, who provided the legal justification for the creation of the brutal Congo Free State Eminent jurist, Oxford professor, advocate to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Travers Twiss (1809–1897) was a model establishment figure in Victorian Britain, and a close collaborator of Prince Metternich, the architect of the Concert of Europe. Yet Twiss’s life was defined by two events that threatened to undermine the order that he had so stoutly defended: a notorious social scandal and the creation of the Congo Free State. In King Leopold’s Ghostwriter, Andrew Fitzmaurice tells the incredible story of a man who, driven by personal events that transformed him from a reactionary to a reformer, rewrote and liberalised international law—yet did so in service of the most brutal regime of the colonial era. In an elaborate deception, Twiss and Pharaïlde van Lynseele, a Belgian prostitute, sought to reinvent her as a woman of suitably noble birth to be his wife. Their subterfuge collapsed when another former client publicly denounced van Lynseele. Disgraced, Twiss resigned his offices and the couple fled to Switzerland. But this failure set the stage for a second, successful act of re-creation. Twiss found new employment as the intellectual driving force of King Leopold of Belgium’s efforts to have the Congo recognised as a new state under his personal authority. Drawing on extensive new archival research, King Leopold’s Ghostwriter recounts Twiss’s story as never before, including how his creation of a new legal personhood for the Congo was intimately related to the earlier invention of a new legal personhood for his wife. Combining gripping biography and penetrating intellectual history, King Leopold’s Ghostwriter uncovers a dramatic, ambiguous life that has had lasting influence on international law.