Product Description: The Brilliant Art of Peace presents lectures delivered by seventeen of the world’s most eminent thinkers, including several Nobel laureates, during Kofi Annan’s tenure as secretary general of the United Nations.

Aimed at the general reader and covering a range of topics, from Britishness and fairness, through the economy and public services, to child poverty and environmental issues, this book is suitable for anyone who wants to discover what motivates Gordon Brown, and what his vision is for a modern, forward-looking Britain.

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Chronicles the papacy of John Paul II, including numerous photographs, a chronology of important events, listings of canonizations and beatifications, details on his pastoral visits, and descriptions of his encyclicals.

Product Description: The book celebrates the lives of 17 Black leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the liberation, unity and solidarity of Africa and African peoples throughout the world. Inspired by the "Pan-Africanists" portfolio, a series of oil paintings by artist Barrington Watson, the authors present the reader with succinct biographies of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, W...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)