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Peter Barnes

    10. leden 1931 – 1. červenec 2004
    Ours
    Corpsing - Four One-Act Plays
    Athanasius of Alexandria
    With Liberty and Dividends for All: How to Save Our Middle Class When Jobs Don't Pay Enough
    Barnes Plays
    Nejkrásnější rostliny pro zahradu
    • Nejkrásnější rostliny pro zahradu

      • 320 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      Stručný popis 1500 oblíbených stromů, keřů, růží, trvalek, cibulovin, skalniček a letniček obsahuje český a latinský název, zemi původu, výšku, dobu kvetení, potřeby a odolnost. Text je uspořádán ve spojení s barevnou fotografií a kniha obsahuje rejstřík názvů rostlin.

      Nejkrásnější rostliny pro zahradu
    • Barnes Plays

      • 360 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení
      4,4(20)Ohodnotit

      A mixture of social satire, comedy and tragedy. This volume contains two major plays, Red Noses and Sunset Glories, and a series of three short plays on disability including Nobody Here But Us Chickens. Two plays on figures from the past, Columbus and Socrates have also been included.

      Barnes Plays
    • Addressing economic inequality, the author presents a visionary plan to empower the middle class through monthly dividends for all Americans. This proposal draws on historical concepts and successful models, suggesting that non-labor income is essential in an era shaped by automation and globalization. By leveraging shared wealth from natural resources and cultural heritage, the plan aims to create a sustainable economy while incentivizing environmental stewardship. It seeks to transcend political divides, offering a market-based solution to a pressing issue.

      With Liberty and Dividends for All: How to Save Our Middle Class When Jobs Don't Pay Enough
    • Corpsing - Four One-Act Plays

      • 64 stránek
      • 3 hodiny čtení
      3,5(2)Ohodnotit

      Featuring a blend of three duologues and one three-hander, this collection showcases Peter Barnes' talent for intertwining absurdity with tragedy. Each play can stand alone or be enjoyed as a cohesive performance titled Corpsing. The pieces, including Acting Exercise, Humour Helps, Last Things, and Waiting for a Bus, highlight the dynamics of human experience through contrasting themes. The cast comprises three women and six men, offering a diverse range of characters and interactions.

      Corpsing - Four One-Act Plays
    • We think our wealth today comes from productive corporations and workers, but they merely add icing to a cake baked long ago. In this provocative book, Peter Barnes argues that most of today's wealth is co-inherited from nature and past human efforts, not individually earned. If some of that co-inherited wealth were placed in trust for each of us, living and yet-to-be born – creating what Barnes calls “universal property” – capitalism would be fundamentally transformed. As Barnes notes, capitalism as we know it has two tragic it relentlessly widens inequality and destroys nature. Both flaws are a result of one-sided property rights that favor capital over everything else. Adding universal property to the current property mix would create a market economy in which businesses prosper, nature’s limits are respected, and a large middle class thrives. This smart and concise book could set the agenda for a post-COVID world.

      Ours
    • Lamp Unto My Feet

      • 383 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení
      3,0(2)Ohodnotit

      Over a hundred bite-sized, thrilling, biographical sketches from a wide range of cultures, times, gifts and status show how God's Word determined their story.

      Lamp Unto My Feet
    • Who Owns the Sky?

      • 192 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      3,9(19)Ohodnotit

      This work redefines the debate about the costs of addressing climate change. It proposes a market-based institution called a Sky Trust that would set limits on carbon emissions and pay dividends to all of us, who collectively own the atmosphere. schovat popis

      Who Owns the Sky?
    • Etonians aren't exactly noted for their grey matter, but I've always found them perfectly adjusted to society. Jack, a possible paranoid schizophrenic with a Messiah complex, inherits the title of the 14th Earl of Gurney after his father passes away in a bizarre accident. Singularly unsuited to a life in the upper echelons of elite society, Jack finds himself at the centre of a ruthless power struggle as his scheming family strives to uphold their reputation. Bubbling with acerbic wit and feverish energy, Olivier Award-winning and Oscar-nominated-writer Peter Barnes's razor-sharp satire combines a ferocious mix of hilarity and horror whilst mercilessly exposing the foibles of the English nobility. This edition of the play is published to coincide with the first-ever revival of this classic cult comedy at the Trafalgar Studios, London, on 16 January 2015.

      The Ruling Class