Bøker av Denise Carrington-Smith

We are a strange species, us humans. So many different faces. That which is our 'true' self is known only to us.Or is it?If is said that each of us has a secret self, one so secret that even we do not know it.We, as individuals, may not know ourselves as well as we think we do. May this also be true of groups of people? Is it possible that groups of people may have a 'secret self' which propels them in a direction not foreseen or intended?Does socialism have a secret self? Has it been led along a path completely unforeseen by its founder, even though he was the one who led the way?Time and again the "liberator of the people" from a dictatorial monarch has become a dictator himself: Franco, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Chairman Mao, Jomo Kenyatta, Idi Amin, Robert Mugabwe, Peron, Pinochet, Pol Pot, Kmher Rouge, the list goes on and on. What is happening here? Were these people ever truly 'Socialists'. Did they think they were? What is 'Socialism' anyway?Could Socialism exist under a monarch? Some thought so. Time to take a look at its foundations, its founder, Robert Owen - and the socialist philosophers who followed him.

Wallace was a wonderful man...a man full of wonderEverything which took his interest, he studied as deeply as he could, yet, despite the growing recognition he received, he always remained quiet and humble. He was kind and generous, loyal, with a gentle sense of humour which enabled his expressions of grievance to be made without rancour.Wallace was acclaimed in his time as one of the great minds, and like many others has fallen into the shadows of his friend and counterpart, Darwin. In this book the author takes you on a tour of the life and works of this great man. His work covered many subjects from evolution to political theory, and in his every endeavour, the result created a ripple in advancement of human knowledge.Wallace could be among the greatest Englishmen ever to be born. For the sheer breadth and depth of his knowledge, his never ceasing work dedicated, not to the acquisition of personal wealth, but to the welfare of his fellow beings - he has no equal.

Evolution. It is not a question of if, but a question of how. Commonly accepted, Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection leaves unanswered some fundamental questions.How did life originate?How did the DNA code originate?How did multi-cellular life originate?How did sex originate?We all know about evolution, the brain-child of Charles Darwin which he announced in his celebrated book, On the Origin of Species. Although possibly the most famous book ever published, few have actually read it. Nevertheless, pretty much every educated person on the planet knows the name, Darwin, and most have at least a general notion of his theory of evolution. Evolution however is a broad and contentious topic that touches on very many aspects of human concern - from the origins of humanity down to the workings of the genetic code. This book sweeps across from the ancient Greeks to the latest ideas in genomics, and embraces it all.In the middle of this rich context sits Darwin and the machinations known as 'the delicate arrangement' - a curious and endlessly mysterious few weeks of events in the mid 19th century. The popular Darwin narrative is firmly established, but a few of the legs it stands on, indeed relies on, are not totally solid.Within the breath-taking survey of the many enigmas thrown up by the idea of evolution, this book also probes deeply into the puzzles within the delicate arrangement itself. Dr Carrington-Smith not only exposes the oddities but composes and presents her own, quite dramatic, tale of deceit and double dealing that explains them.