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Orlando Figes The EuropeansFrom the bestselling author of Natasha's Dance, The Europeans is a richly enthralling, panoramic cultural history of nineteenth-century Europe, told through the intertwined lives of three remarkable people: a great singer,...
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Henry James The Europeans ENSet in the countryside around Boston in the mid-nineteenth century The Europeans is concerned with the effect of Old World experience on New World innocence. Feckless, charming Felix and his sister Eugenia, the Baroness Münster, descend on their well-to-do, God-fearing New England cousins, the Wentworths, and both parties are confronted by an attitude of life beyond their experience or faith.
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Henry James The Europeans ENThis light-hearted masterpiece tells of the influence Eugenia and her brother Felix exert on their Bostonian cousins when they visit the New World. In the hope of making a wealthy marriage, Eugenia, the Baroness Münster, and her younger brother, the artist Felix, descend on the Wentworths, in Boston. Installed in a nearby house, they become close friends with the younger Wentworths - Gertrude, Charlotte and…
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Elizabeth Bomberg, John Peterson, Alexander Stubb The European Union: How Does it Work? ENThis short introductory text de-mystifies the European Union's structures and operation. Blending scholarly expertise and practitioners' experience, the authors introduce and analyse the EU's key actors, processes and developments. Amongst the book's distinctive features are exhibits contrasting how the EU appears on paper (its treaties and formal rules) with how it works in practice. The book also features exhibits…
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Chris Bickerton The European Union: A Citizens Guide ENThe essential Pelican introduction to the European Union - its history, its politics, and its role today. For most of us today, 'Europe' refers to the European Union. At the centre of a seemingly never-ending crisis, the EU remains a black box, closed to public understanding. Is Europe ruled by Germany or by European bureaucrats? Does a single European economy exist after all these years of economic integration? And…
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Jane Lewis The European UnionHistory is littered with failed attempts to unite Europe by force, from the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire onwards. By contrast, the European Union began as a small and unglamorous attempt to unite the continent ...
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Elizabeth Bomberg, John Peterson, Richard Corbett The European Union ENNow in its third edition, The European Union: How Does it Work? demystifies the European Union's structures and operation, providing a concise, engaging, and accessible introduction ideal for students with no background in the subject. Bringing together an exceptional collection of work - by practitioners who have worked or currently work in the EU's institutions and by leading scholars and academics - this volume…
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The European Health Report 2012 ENThis report presents the health status of Europe, providing policy-makers and public health professionals with the epidemiological evidence base that underpins Health 2020, the new European policy framework. It describes the agreed approach to monitoring progress towards Health 2020, outlines the collaborative agenda to address the challenges ahead, and makes the case for measuring well-being as a marker of progress…
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Bernadette Rainey, Elizabeth Wicks, Clare Ovey The European Convention on Human RightsThe seventh edition of Jacobs, White & Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights is a clear and concise companion to this increasingly important and extensive area of the law. The authors examine each of the Convention rights in turn, ...
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Stuart Sweeney The Europe IllusionIn The Europe Illusion, Stuart Sweeney considers Britain's relationships with France and Prussia-Germany since the map of Europe was redrawn at Westphalia in 1648. A timely and far-sighted study, it argues that integration ...
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Joseph Stiglitz The Euro ENSolidarity and prosperity fostered by economic integration: this principle has underpinned the European project from the start, and the establishment of a common currency was supposed to be its most audacious and tangible achievement. Since 2008, however, the European Union has ricocheted between stagnation and crisis. The inability of the eurozone to match the recovery in the USA and UK has exposed its governing…
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Joseph E. Stiglitz The Euro ENSolidarity and prosperity fostered by economic integration: this principle has underpinned the European project from the start, and the establishment of a common currency was supposed to be its most audacious and tangible achievement. Since 2008, however, the European Union has ricocheted between stagnation and crisis. The inability of the eurozone to match the recovery in the USA and UK has exposed its governing…
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Mark Beeman, John Kounios The Eureka factorWhere do great ideas come from? What actually happens in your brain during a 'Eureka' moment? How can we have more of them? The authors reveal exactly how sudden insights are formed in the brain...
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Peter Post The Etiquette Advantage in Business ENCompletely revised and updated, the third edition of the Posts The Etiquette Advantage in Business is the ultimate guide professionals need to navigate everyday and unusual situations in the office the key to professional and personal success. Today, more than ever, good manners mean good business. The Etiquette Advantage in Business offers proven, essential advice, from resolving conflicts with ease and grace to…
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Gregory M. Reichberg, Henrik Syse, Endre Begby The Ethics of WarThe Ethics of War is an indispensable collection of essays addressing issues both timely and age-old about the nature and ethics of war. Features essays by great thinkers from ancient times through to the present day, among them Plato, Augustine...
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Cass R. Sunstein The Ethics of InfluenceIn recent years, 'nudge units' or 'behavioral insights teams' have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other nations. All over the world, public officials are using the behavioral sciences to protect the environment, ...
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Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy The Ethical Slut ENFor anyone who has ever dreamed of love, sex, and companionship beyond the limits of traditional monogamy, this groundbreaking guide navigates the infinite possibilities that open relationships can offer. Experienced ethical sluts Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy dispel myths and cover all the skills necessary to maintain a successful and responsible polyamorous lifestylefrom self-reflection and honest communication…
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Morgen Witzel The Ethical LeaderEthical behaviour in and by businesses is often seen as a bolt-on extra - something that is nice-to-do but not must-do. Morgen Witzel argues that by flipping this view - and making ethical behaviour the cake and not just the icing - businesses can gain lo
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Julian Richer The Ethical CapitalistCapitalism has lost its way. Every week brings fresh news stories about businesses exploiting their staff, avoiding their taxes, and ripping off their customers. Every week, public anger at the system grows...
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Julian Richer The Ethical CapitalistCapitalism has lost its way. Every week brings fresh news stories about businesses exploiting their staff, avoiding their taxes, and ripping off their customers. Every week, public anger at the system grows...
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Owen Jones The Establishment ENIn The Establishment Owen Jones, author of the international bestseller Chavs, offers a biting critique of the British Establishment and a passionate plea for democracy. Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the…
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