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Jacques Delors
Drawing on exclusive interviews with Jacques Delors himself, this comprehensive, accessibly written study of his life and Commission presidency is an invaluable resource for all those interested in European and French Politics. Debunking populist images and myths about him, this book presents a balanced examination of a widely misinterpreted political figure. This book also raises important issues such as: the role of individual leaders in contemporary politics the legitimacy of the European Union as a political system.
Contemporary France
This book provides an accessible interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary France providing coverage of culture, society, economy, and politics set in a historical and global context. A central theme is the relationship between popular images of France and the often contradictory realities of French society as it faces up the challenges of the 21st century.
Jiddy Vardy - Full Sail
Book Three: 1796 Should Jiddy stay, or should she go? When Jonas left Robin Hood’s Bay, he abandoned his vows to Jiddy. The sea engulfed Captain Samuel Ryethorpe, and his death exposed her once more as an outsider. Both young men believed they acted with high morals, but it was the amoral Captain Pinkney who threw Jiddy a lifeline. Now, the defiant seventeen-year-old resolves to find choices and freedom for local girls battered by poverty and confined by an insular community. Jiddy is determined. No man, no government, no place will hold them back. As friends find new beginnings, Jiddy looks across the moors to York, where love beckons. The North Sea entices with childhood dreams of distant places, but smuggling and hustling are all she has known. What’s it to be for our endlessly curious and contradictory Jiddy Vardy? Dramatic and atmospheric…I would recommend to fans of historical fiction with strong female leads. – Praise for High Tide by The Pages of Mrs D Brutal, breathtaking and brilliant! After reading Jiddy’s entire story, I’ve fallen in love with her. Such a legend! – Genevieve Robinson (Beta-reader)
Coal Dust Is White
It is 1890 when two boys stand on a steamship deck and stare in awe at the New York City skyline. Simon Walsh is traveling with his parents, Josiah and Sarah, to Chicago, where his father plans to help operate a family grocery store. Steven Richards is journeying with his sister, Martha, and his parents, John and Elizabeth, to Coal City, Pennsylvania, where his father plans to work in the coal mines. As the steamship docks and the families share a tearful farewell, Simon and Steven can barely contain their excitement. Their new life in America has just begun. After the Richards family arrives in Coal City, they soon wonder if they have made the right decision. They settle into a filthy house...
Political Leadership and the European Commission Presidency
The EU's pluralistic, nonhierarchical system of multilevel governance lacks clear structures of both government and opposition. According to the EU treaties, the presidency of the European Commission is thus not explicitly expected to exercise political leadership. However, the position cannot effectively be exercised without any demonstration of such leadership due to its many leadership functions. Examining this curious mix of strong political demands, weak institutional powers, and need for political leadership, this book systematically analyses the political leadership performance of the presidents of the European Commission throughout the process of European integration. The basic argum...
The A to Z of the European Union
Over half a century old and continuing to grow in strength and authority, the European Union consists of 25 member states_with more on the waiting list_and a population of 450 million people. Its influence in foreign and domestic affairs and human rights and law reaches far beyond its earlier fields of trade and politics. From the initial ideas about integration leading to the Treaty of Paris and the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community to the current reflection on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, The A to Z of the European Union encompasses the most basic elements of the EU and the components that have emerged as a result of them. Through the use of maps, photographs, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on topics such as leaders, personalities, institutions, enlargements, member states, internal policies, external relations, basic theories, treaties, and law, this dictionary tells a clear and complete story about the European Union that will assist those with greater interest in understanding it.
Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can)
In the summer of 1968 Peter Matthiessen met Cesar Chavez for the first time. They were the same age: forty-one. Matthiessen lived in New York City, while Chavez lived in the Central Valley farm town of Delano, where the grape strike was unfolding. This book is Matthiessen’s panoramic yet finely detailed account of the three years he spent working and traveling with Chavez, including to Sal Si Puedes, the San Jose barrio where Chavez began his organizing. Matthiessen provides a candid look into the many sides of this enigmatic and charismatic leader who lived by the laws of nonviolence. Sal Si Puedes is less reportage than living history. In its pages a whole era comes alive: the Chicano, B...
Jiddy Vardy - High Tide
Book two in the smuggling trilogy. Jiddy Vardy relishes her return to Robin Hood’s Bay… …where high spring tides can sweep unsuspecting strangers into deep water. Jiddy is immediately immersed in smuggling runs, childhood friendships and the kisses of the one she loves. She is in her element, and she is invincible. But Jonas wants to earn an ‘honest’ living, Jiddy’s adoptive mam is sick, and the captain of the Dragoons is more determined than ever to capture Bay Town’s intrepid smugglers. As the stakes rise higher, Jiddy has to decide whether to abandon the life she loves or lose Jonas forever. A compelling, moving story, expertly told. Andrew Michael Hurley (The Loney, Devil’s Day, Starve Acre) Dramatic and atmospheric, this is a brilliant piece of historical fiction set by the sea. By The Pages of Mrs D
