Peter Calvert: 8 books

This book seeks to tell the history of Mexico since the outbreak of the Revolution in 1910, setting it however in a wider historical context. It describes the period of civil war, the re-emergence of stable government and the consolidation in the 1930s of the so-called 'Institutionalized Revolution....

The rather old fashioned kingdom of Flopdoodle exists in a world which in some respects is vaguely like ours decades or even centuries ago, but in others is oddly different. When its young King decides to take a safari holiday, it turns out to be rather more challenging than he had expected. But this...

When Peter Calvert gathered a small group of meditators and set them the task of opening their minds to whoever arrived, he didn't anticipate the astonishing encounters that would result. Two situation rapidly emerged. The first was that the meditators discovered a small percentage of people...

Who are we? Where do we come from? How did the universe come to be? What is the structure of reality? Do we have a higher purpose? If so, what is it? For millennia the world’s religions have offered answers to these and other big questions. Today those answers are showing their age. A...

Four years after the Great Cheese War, His Majesty faces a new crisis. A small group of disaffected nobles are plotting rebellion. His Majesty acts quickly to break the conspiracy, but in doing so plays into the hands of the sinister Baron Balderdash, who wants the throne for himself. An unfortunate...

The evil Baron has triumphed. His Majesty faces the possibility of life in exile from his quaint but beloved country of Flopdoodle. The new rulers, though, he hears are divided amongst themselves. Can he turn the tables on them and, even if he can, how and where will he get the help he needs to regain his throne?

In a world seemingly surfing a wave of unprecedented affluence, it is sobering to be reminded that only thirty out of nearly two hundred countries can really be classified as advanced industrialized countries. Eighty per cent of the world's population lives in the developing world. This popular, concise...

This Dictionary provides an impartial and valuable background to the Latin American region, vital for anyone interested in the current affairs, recent history and economy of this vast area. Entries provide definitions of terms, concepts, names and organizations key to discussions of Central and South...