An Impossible Dream
An Impossible Dream

Author: Guillaume Serina

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781785905278

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The amazing untold story behind the meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik to stop the nuclear arms race. When Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sat down in Reykjavik in 1986, George Shultz, the U.S. Secretary of State, said that it was `the poker game with the highest stakes ever played.' It was the last time the world had a chance to do away entirely with nuclear weapons. This is the behind-the-scenes story of this remarkable summit conference in the remote Icelandic capital. An Impossible Dream is the first exploration of recently-available archives from both sides -- top-secret Kremlin files and the personal papers of Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as the archives of Ronald Reagan. These chronicles, personal diaries, and previously classified memoranda are deeply enriched by the personal reminiscences of many of the key players of this era. Serina lays out this pivotal moment in history clearly and dramatically in this landmark work, as the world stands poised on the edge of a potential new arms race.

Achieving the Impossible Dream
Achieving the Impossible Dream

Author: Mitchell Takeshi Maki

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780252067648

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The Redress Movement refers to efforts to obtain the restitution of civil rights, an apology, and/or monetary compensation from the U.S. government during the six decades that followed the World War II mass removal and confinement of Japanese Americans. Early campaigns emphasized the violation of constitutional rights, lost property, and the repeal of anti-Japanese legislation. 1960s activists linked the wartime detention camps to contemporary racist and colonial policies. In the late 1970s three organizations pursued redress in court and in Congress, culminating in the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing a national apology and individual payments of $20,000 to surviving detainees.

Antonino's Impossible Dream
Antonino's Impossible Dream

Author: Tim McGlen

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1506449336

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A timeless tale about the wish for a friend. Antonino is a young artist who dreams of painting a masterpiece, an impossible dream he calls Friend. When he gets stuck, inspiration comes from an unexpected place. A dreamlike fable about the power of friendship and imagination, Antonino's Impossible Dream is a children's story told in timeless style by author Tim McGlen, with captivating illustrations by Sophia Touliatou.

Impossible Dream
Impossible Dream

Author: Gemma Jackson

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780750547574

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Dublin, 1898: Hoping to amass a fortune, Captain Charles Whitmore is preparing to set off on a long sea voyage, deliberately leaving his wife Georgina almost penniless to fend for herself and the servants. Georgina, who has been desperate to break free from a life of violent marital abuse, is relieved that he will be gone for some years, but nevertheless the future is frightening. Then help comes from an unexpected quarter: an organisation that helps women escape lives of abuse or genteel poverty makes Georgina an offer. They propose that her house should become a school designed to train women to seek employment in the American Southwest. The very idea is at once shocking and appealing. Can Georgina step into the unknown and lead the women under her care into the future?

Zen Pencils-Volume Two
Zen Pencils-Volume Two

Author: Gavin Aung Than

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1449475132

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The second volume of Zen Pencils comics takes more of your favorite inspirational quotes and poetry and transforms them into heartwarming cartoon stories. Featuring quotes of revered minds including Isaac Asimov, Maya Angelou, Kahlil Gibran, Robert F. Kennedy, and William Shakespeare plus celebrities such as Amy Poehler, Jim Henson, and Kevin Smith, wise words are given a new lease on life through the medium of comics. This collection also includes a pull-out poster and an all-new 16-page story from creator Gavin Aung Than.

Simple Steps to Impossible Dreams
Simple Steps to Impossible Dreams

Author: Steven K. Scott

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1999-04-28

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0684848694

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Helps readers define their most important goals, pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses, and use their newly acquired insights to make the" impossible" real.

Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha

Author: Dale Wasserman

Publisher: Random House

Published: 1966-10-12

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0394406192

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Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, 1966 "To me the most interesting aspect of the success of Man of La Mancha is the fact that it plows squarely upstream against the prevailing current of philosophy in the theater. That current is best identified by its catch-labels--Theater of the Absurd, Black Comedy, the Theater of Cruelty--which is to say the theater of alienation, of moral anarchy and despair. To the practitioners of those philosophies Man of La Mancha must seem hopelessly naive in its espousal of illusion as man's strongest spiritual need, the most meaningful function of his imagination. But I've no unhappiness about that. "Facts are the enemy of truth," says Cervantes-Don Quixote. And that is precisely what I felt and meant."--Dale Wasserman, from the Preface.

Mouton's Impossible Dream
Mouton's Impossible Dream

Author: Anik McGrory

Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780152021955

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Mouton the sheep is fascinated by the thought of flying and she gets her wish, when she is sent up in the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon in 1783.