Dennis Glover: 4 books
An Economy is Not a Society
Winners and Losers in the New Australia
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
In modern Australia, productivity is all that matters, our leaders tell us. Economic growth above all else. But is this really what we, the people, want? Does it make our lives and our communities better?
If the high priests of economics want the credit for Australia’s economic growth over...
The Last Man in Europe
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
April, 1947. In a run-down farmhouse on a remote Scottish island, George Orwell begins his last and greatest work: Nineteen Eighty-Four.Forty-three years old and suffering from the tuberculosis that within three winters will take his life, Orwell comes to see the book as his legacy—the culmination...
The Art of Great Speeches
And Why We Remember Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
What makes a great speech 'great'? The Art of Great Speeches uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators such as Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Al Gore and Hitler have persuaded their audiences so convincingly. Featuring excerpts of 70 of the world's greatest...
The History of Respiratory Therapy
Discovery and Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
The History of Respiratory Therapy: Discovery and Evolution includes the earliest beginning of the inhalational practice of medicine, vapors, and aromatherapy around 6,000 B.C. Its roots are in Egypt, China, India, and the middle East. From there, it spreads to Europe and the Americas. Some highlights...