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The British editions of The World Crisis sold 80,551 copies, and brought him £58,846 from royalties which were between 30% and 33%. He purchased his house "Chartwell" in 1922 from £20,000 of The World Crisis royalties and a small legacy from a cousin Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest. "Chartwell" was purchased for £5,000, but with dry rot the ...
The Crisis is an historical novel published in 1901 by the American novelist Winston Churchill. [1] It was the best-selling book in the United States in 1901 . The novel is set in the years leading up to the first battles of the American Civil War , mostly in the divided state of Missouri .
The Crisis has been in continuous print since 1910, and it is the oldest Black-oriented magazine in the world. [1] Today, The Crisis is "a quarterly journal of civil rights, history, politics and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that continue to plague African Americans and other communities of color." [2]
Churchill, who excelled in the study of history as a child and whose mother was an American, had a firm belief in a so-called "special relationship" between the people of Britain and its Commonwealth (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc.) united under the Crown, and the people of the United States who had broken with the Crown and gone their own way.
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change is a 2019 nonfiction book by American scientist and historian Jared Diamond. [1] Diamond attempts to analyze devastating crises (political, economic, civil, ecological, etc.) that may destroy whole countries and the multiple reasons causing them.
The Twenty Years' Crisis: 1919–1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations is a book on international relations written by E. H. Carr. [1] The book was written in the 1930s shortly before the outbreak of World War II in Europe and the first edition was published in September 1939, shortly after the war's outbreak; [2] a second edition was published in 1946.
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The Climate Book: Causes, effects and possible solutions to the climate crisis: Greta Thunberg and many others: 2022 ISBN 978-0-241-54747-2: Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change: Climate change: efficient energy use and renewable energy: Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen: 2011: ISBN 978-0-8090-3473-4