- A catastrophic fire in a super-luxury hotel in Las Vegas - The flood destroys the Renaissance treasure - Mysterious suffocation of all passengers in a crowded train - A deadly heat wave is sweeping America
Original title
The world' s worst disasters of the twentieth century
In the book, economist Jeffrey Sachs presents an optimistic plan for eliminating extreme poverty by 2025. He argues that this is feasible with political will, because world wealth is growing, and poverty is not fate, but the result of inefficient systems.
The author, journalist and editor, follows the events of the second half of the 1980s, the breakup of Yugoslavia and the fight for Croatian independence in his diary entries.
The book "Fences and Windows" brings together comments written over two years at protests and summits around the world, as well as eyewitness accounts from the first.
Josip Cvenić's book "Reflections from the End of the Century" (1997) is a collection of essays and reflections in which the author considers social, cultural, and political changes at the turn of the 20th to the 21st century.
Matica hrvatska, 1997.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
5.00 €
Political journalism • Political-historical essays