How important is it to keep memories alive and pass down the tales of our ancestors? Six decades after her grandmother fled Germany; Rosie is making Berlin her new home. As she looks to the future; the secrets of her familys past begin to unravelhellip; Set in London and Berlin; Rose Lewensteins poignant play explores the meaning of legacy; identity and our sense of belonging; through the eyes of three generations of women. Now This Is Not The End premiered at the Arcola Theatre; London; in 2015.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy greggood price and fast delivery15 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Potent ammo against unchecked growthBy Rural GalAs a rural resident trying to help my town control predatory developers and manage issues of growth and land use; this book is a potent tool; a fact that is clearly disturbing to some who stand to profit handsomely from sprawl; like the automobile and oil companies; the large-scale construction industries; millionaire developers; automobile manufacturers; and big-box national retailers.Its interesting that Diane Bast has written a negative review without mentioning; either here or in her .com profile; that she holds the title of Vice President of Internal Affairs for the benign-sounding (and Richard Mellon Schiafe-funded) "Heartland Institute;" whose work she cites here.She also fails to mention that her husband Joseph L. Bast is also founder; president and CEO of the Institute; whose board of directors includes representatives from General Motors; Exxon-Mobil; and Philip Morris; along with various banks and insurance companies. The Institute has also over the years received substantial funding from the tobacco industry; among other large multinational companies. Of course; none of these board members mention these affiliations on Heartlands flowers-and-little-kids adorned official website; because that would be giving the real purpose of the organization away.I doubt that such an organization would subsidize any research which would support public transportation or de-emphasize converting far-flung farmland or open space into cookie-cutter subdivisions; so Ms. Basts citations are unsurprising given her unmentioned affiliation to that organization.As for Mr. Cox; a quick check of his consultancy website reveals his purpose is to denigrate comprehensive planning efforts (because they supposedly put constraints on private ownership and the so-called "free market") and to promote gasoline-powered transportation over rail; public transportation and other environmentally- friendly alternatives. (In the 1920s and 30s; a consortium of carmakers and tire manufacturers bought up and dismantled existing electric trolley systems in major cities; and Mr. Cox and his colleagues are apparently dedicated to making sure that such systems stay dead.)In fact; despite Ms. Basts derision of "politics" as a factor in the costs of sprawl; the Heartland Institute has been more than willing to use politics to its own corporate ends; including coordinating the blast-faxing of legislators to oppose or overturn anti-smoking; pro-environmental and health-care regulatory legislation that could cut into the profits of its benefactor companies. Despite her sprinkling her review with references to the poor and minorities; her organization believes in unfettered corporate power; first and foremost. I believe the reader should take that into account when reading her comments.The fact remains that sprawl enriches developers; car manufacturers; oil and real estate companies much; much more than individual homeowners; who find that as gas hits $3 - $4 a gallon and above; and their property taxes jump as overburdened small towns try to cope with the sudden need to build new schools and keep formerly little-used town roads in repair; that their "affordable" homes cost them more to own than they imagined -- and that the only part of the supposed wealth they generate is when they sell them; long after the strip-mall; big-box and cookie-cutter developers have pocketed their profits and gone elsewhere.There is a biological analog to unfettered and out of control growth. Its called "cancer." Cancer eventually kills its host. Sprawl kills community life and saps a regions vitality. This book lays out the evidence in black and white.For more information on the Heartland Institute; go to [...]1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not for Practical PurposesBy Christopher WolfeI was hoping that this book would offer insights into the fiscal impact of development on municipalities. It doesnt. This book uses national level data to estimate the costs associated with urban expansion versus urban containment. This is an important aspect of regional sprawl; but it ignores the financial cost implications of different types of development forms. There is no discussion of how municipal costs vary with different residential densities or by land use category.
