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Dan & Kara: A Downeast Prequel
Secrets of Ruin (The Shadow Realms, Book 11)
The Women
The #1 Lawyer
By Frenzy I Ruin
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
The Truth about the Devlins
Onyx Storm
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Mist and Fury
Cottage by the Sea
Iron Flame
Ireland and the Council of Europe
  • Author : Michael Kennedy
  • Publisher : Council of Europe
  • Category : Political Science

Summary:
The Council of Europe (CoE) has played a central but neglected role in the definition of Irish attitudes to European integration. Ireland was a founder member of the Council in 1949 and participation in the work of the Council changed Irish attitudes towards broader European integration by demonstrating to politicians and officials the benefits and challenges of collective European action. This book explores the differing views of politicians on European integration and examines the changing opinions of Irish academics, businessmen, civil servants and diplomats from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.

Living Beyond the Pale
  • Author : Richard Fil? k
  • Publisher : Central European University Press
  • Category : History

Summary:
We find Roma settlements on the outskirts of villages, separated from the majority population by roads, railways or other barriers, disconnected from water pipelines and sewage treatment. Why are some people (or groups) better off than others when it comes to the distribution of environmental benefits? In order to understand the present situation and identify ways to address the impacts of these inequalities we must understand the past and mechanisms related to the differentiated treatment. The situation and discrimination of the Roma ethnic minority in Slovakia is examined from the perspective of environmental conditions and injustice. There is no simple answer as to why there is environmental injustice. Environmental conditions in Roma settlements are just one of the indicators of failures of policies addressing the problem of poverty and social exclusion in marginalized groups, structural discrimination, and internal Roma pro

Doctors  Politics and Society
  • Author : Dorothy Porter
  • Publisher : Rodopi
  • Category : Medical

Summary:
The great British reformer Jeremy Bentham raised the question of the interplay of medicine with politics. It forms an important topic with powerful contemporary overtones. This volume seeks to explore it historically. It takes a long perspective, covering the last two centuries and also an international viewpoint, examining Britain in detail but also containing contributions dealing with the United States, Germany, Russia and France.

Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice
  • Author : Bernhard Jussen
  • Publisher : University of Delaware Press
  • Category : History

Summary:
"This book deals with kinship in the early Middle Ages. Most scholars agree in theory that kinship is not a biological fact but a universally deployable system for structuring social relations. In empirical practice, however, research on kinship has focused almost exclusively on descent and alliance. This book addresses kinship beyond these concepts. It is a study of godparenthood and adoption in Frankish society at the time when Roman adoption was disappearing and godparenthood was being invented as a social tool."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Towards a Common European Security and Defence Policy
  • Author : Preben Bonnén
  • Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
  • Category : Business & Economics

Summary:
"The EU made a strong commitment to developing an effective EU led crisis management capacity. By 2003 the EU must be in a position to deploy within 60 days up to 50,000-60,000 troops capable of a full range of so-called Petersberg tasks including: humanitarian and rescue missions, peacekeeping, combat force tasks in crisis management and peacemaking missions." "According to the EU however the initiative should not be seen as a duplication of NATO. Neither should the establishment of a European Force be confused with the concept of a European army. Whether a European army, or a common defence for Europe is more capable of handling the future needs and challenges of the EU is not the subject of this book. Essentially it is about whether a military crisis management system is practical and realistic and how the planned initiatives within the agreed limits are to be transformed into operative policy."--BOOK JACKET.

Sacred Places Europe
  • Author : Brad Olsen
  • Publisher : CCC Publishing
  • Category : Travel

Summary:
Combining current trends, academic theories, and historical insights, this travel guide brings both lesser-known and famous European spiritual locales into perspective by explaining the significance of each sacred site. The cultural relevance, history, and spirituality of each site—including Stonehenge, the Acropolis, Mont Saint Michel, Pompeii, and Saint Peter’s Basilica—are explained, creating a moving and artistic travel experience. Each destination—with selections spanning more than 15 countries throughout Europe—is accompanied by easy-to-follow maps and directions.

Social Services Disrupted
  • Author : Flavia Martinelli
  • Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE

Summary:
This book revives the discussion on public social services and their redesign, with a focus on services relating to care and the social inclusion of vulnerable groups, providing rich information on the changes that occurred in the organisation and supply of public social services over the last thirty years in different European places and service fields. Despite the persisting variety in social service models, three shared trends emerge: public sector disengagement, ‘vertical re-scaling’ of authority and ‘horizontal re-mix’ in the supply system. The consequences of such changes are evaluated from different perspectives – governance, social and territorial cohesion, labour market, gender – and are eventually deemed ‘disruptive’ in both economic and social terms. The policy implications of the restructuring are also explored. This title will be Open Access on Elgaronline.com.

From the Oak to the Olive  A Plain Record of a Pleasant Journey
  • Author : Julia Ward Howe
  • Publisher : Library of Alexandria
  • Category : Fiction

Summary:
Travels in England and on the continent.