Human beings have an overwhelming tendency to overemphasize the significance of the present without considering context or historical perspective. For many, here and now is as good as it gets - we have steadily progressed from a savage past, and all we have to look forward to is the great unknown. But if our literature and cinema are anything to go by, many are convinced that the future will indeed be dystopian. At the same time, arguments abound that living in the moment is a key to happi...

Sailing strategies from beginner to winner.International author, competitive sailor and successful business strategist Brett Bowden shares over 3 decades of wisdom of what it takes to be successful. Brett shares not only his own experiences, but a collection of wisdom from world champions and sailing legends. Together with his passion for sailing and winning in all areas of life, Brett shows you just how to do it step by step.By the time you have finished this book, learned...

This book explores and explains the reasons why the idea of universal history, a form of teleological history which holds that all peoples are travelling along the same path and destined to end at the same point, persists in political thought. Prominent in Western political thought since the middle of the eighteenth century, the idea of universal history holds that all peoples can be situated in the narrative of history on a continuum between a start and an end point, between the savage st...

For anyone whose work feels invisible and meaningless.Torren never chose to become a lighthouse keeper. Disgraced, isolated, and convinced his life had lost all purpose, he spends years tending a light he's certain disappears into darkness. No validation. No proof his work matters. Just endless fog and one bitter question: What's the point?Then comes the storm. A desperate ship's horn cutting through the chaos. Torren's frantic efforts to save live...

What if love didn't end when presence did? What if the ones we've lost could still see us—still root for us—from somewhere just beyond reach?Sara never expected to become a witness to her own absence. When a slick road and a split second changed everything, she found herself in a soft in-between—close enough to feel the warmth of the life she left behind, but unable to reach through.And so she watches.She watches Ryan grieve in the empty chair at th...

International law can create great expectations in those seeking to rebuild societies that have been torn apart by conflict. For outsiders, international law can mandate or militate against intervention, bolstering or undermining the legitimacy of intervention. International legal principles promise equality, justice and human rights. Yet international law's promises are difficult to fulfil. This volume of essays investigates the phenomenon of post-conflict state-building and the engagemen...

Global Standards of Market Civilization brings together leading scholars, representing a range of political views, to investigate how global 'standards of market civilization' have emerged, their justification, and their political, economic and social impact.Key chapters show how as the modern state system has evolved such standards have also developed, incorporating the capacity for social cooperation and self-government to which states must conform in order to fully part...