Product Description: The modern Whig movement and, specifically, the Modern Whig Party is a quickly growing third party in America and this book examines its political philosophy. Drawing from the history and traditions of the party—those that animated the public policies and careers of such great American Whigs as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln—this book explains the set of core beliefs that Whigs believe are essential to American governance...read more

Product Description: Not just for those looking to glimpse glaciers or wallow in hot springs, Bradt’s new edition of this award-winning guide to Iceland caters to the outdoor enthusiast as well as those who share Andrew Evans' passion for the country’s rich Viking traditions and history...read more

Product Description: Ukraine is something of an enigma for the visitor. The largest country in Europe, it remains one of the least visited, yet it has retained the rustic beauty of old-world eastern Europe, and its place names are heavy with historical significance: Kiev, Crimea, Sevastopol, Odessa, Chernobyl...read more

Product Description: Regional policy is an essential means by which the European Union pursues its objective of social and economic cohesion. This major book describes the operation of the various EU structural funds, which seek to promote equality between levels of development and employment across Europe particularly by lending impetus to the most backward areas...read more

Product Description: From the Capitol dome of Washington, D.C., to the canals of Venice, this brilliantly photographed guide travels to 100 of the world's most fascinating cities. Journey around the globe, from Abu Dhabi to Zurich, in a matter of pages and enjoy the sights...read more

Product Description: A city guide to splendid Kiev, full of culture and character.

Product Description: This groundbreaking series of guidebooks for vegetarian and vegan diners just keeps getting better - this season, we're proud to release the VegOut Guide to Washington, D.C.! Veg Out guides virtually eliminate the difficulty of finding vegetarian and vegan offerings in a world of shish-kabob street vendors and hot dog hawkers...read more

Product Description: This work shows how anyone can learn to face audiences or performing situations and conquer their nerves. Chapters include mastering your thoughts and emotions, changing learned responses, and learning the right attitude and techniques for public appearances...read more

Product Description: As the media becomes more sophisticated and lifelike we spend more and more time in front of television screens. Distinguished psychologist Andrew Evans examines this warping of reality and asks where such a path will lead us. Our children are growing up thinking the world can be saved by super-heroes and people come back to life for the next round...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This pioneering book provides the first systematic and critical examination of the role of the EU Structural Funds in European integration. This issue is important because substantial sums of money are involved that are not being used effectively or efficiently...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text illustrates the "core" principles of European Union (EU) law. As such it seeks to set out the law of the EU as found in the EC Treaty and Treaty on European Union, as well as the judgments of the European Courts, legislative enactments of the Council of the EU, administrative decisions of the European Commission, and official publications of national and Union institutions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book examines the law relating to State Aid in the European Union, a subject of growing commercial and political importance. The text analyzes the control of state subsidies by the European Union, examining the acceptability of aid to various industries, such as the airline and automobile industry...read more

Product Description: This book examines the legal frameworks for integration provided by the EC Treaty, the Free Trade Agreement between Sweden and the EC concluded in 1972, the European Agreement between Poland and the Community and the European Economic Areas (EEA)...read more

Product Description: This book is a collection of articles written by various experts. Compiled with professional developers in mind, it provides techniques for writing powerful programs with Visual C++. Although the book does not concentrate on the compiler, features of the complier are exploited in the examples...read more

Product Description: This book examines the law of the regional policy of the European Union. In doing so, it raises questions as to the usefulness of the established distinction in integration theory between `negative' and `positive' integration. The approach of the Union towards regional problems seems to be the outcome of a complex of policy interactions which cannot easily be captured by this distinction...read more

Amazon.com Review: Everything users, managers, and administrators need to know about the Unix environment. All important Unix aspects are covered, including: e-mail; security and file systems; invaluable information on XWindows; PC-to-Unix connectivity; and how to access the Internet from Unix...read more

Product Description: This book on EC law sketches the basic cultures and contents of EC law, its institutional and economic aspects and the role it plays in the EC harmonization process. Besides the EC Treaty and the EEA Agreement, judgments of the European Court of Justice, legislative enactments of the EC Council of Ministers, administrative decisions of the European Commission and official publications of national and Community institutions form the principal sources of Evans' work...read more