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ISIS

a history

The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on ...

The international tax handbook

This reference guide produced by Nexia International provides an invaluable overview of the tax systems in over 90 countries. The information in the guide is set out in tabular format, making it easier to read and compare different tax systems. Each chapter covers individual countries ...

Develop your presentation skills

Develop Your Presentation Skills offers step-by-step realistic advice to improve your confidence, prepare effectively and nail that presentation. Going beyond just handling nerves and presenting PowerPoint slides, Develop Your Presentation Skills provides you with a practical toolkit for developing a belting presentation and improving your ...

St. Pauli

otro fútbol es posible

En los años ochenta, gracias a los jóvenes vinculados al movimiento autónomo, al punk y al fenómeno de ocupación de viviendas, el St. Pauli se convirtió progresivamente en un club de culto. Desde entonces reconstruyó su identidad alrededor de unos parámetros completamente diferentes a los ...

Europe's orphan

the future of the Euro and the politics of debt

Originally conceived as part of a unifying vision for Europe, the euro is now viewed as a millstone around the neck of a continent crippled by vast debts, sluggish economies, and growing populist dissent. In Europe's Orphan, leading economic commentator Martin Sandbu presents a ...

The dignity of commerce

markets and the moral foundations of contract Law

Why should the law care about enforcing contracts? We tend to think of a contract as the legal embodiment of a moral obligation to keep a promise. When two parties enter into a transaction, they are obligated as moral beings to play out the transaction ...

Money, payment systems and the European Union

the regulatory challenges of governance

When the term "governance" is associated with money, the mind goes directly to the traditional regulatory paradigm, i.e. the nation State-Central Banking-Currency. However, over time, there has been a steady erosion of the nation states' sovereignty, also in the area of monetary law. This ...

The struggle for european private Law

a critique of codification

The European codification project has rapidly gathered pace since the turn of the century. This monograph considers the codification project in light of a series of broader analytical frameworks - comparative, historical and constitutional - which make modern codification phenomena intelligible. This new reading across fields renders ...

European penology?

Is there something distinctive about penology in Europe? Do Europeans think about punishment and penal policy in a different way to people in other parts of the globe? If so, why is this the case and how does it work in practice? This book addresses ...

Berlin rules

Europe and the German way

In the second half of the twentieth century, Germany became the dominant political and economic power in Europe - and the arbiter of all important EU decisions. Yet Germany's leadership of the EU is geared principally to the defence of German national interests. Germany exercises ...

Shared authority

Courts and legislatures in legal theory

This new book advances a fresh philosophical account of the relationship between the legislature and courts, opposing the common conception of law, in which it is legislatures that primarily create the law, and courts that primarily apply it. This conception has eclectic affinities with legal ...

Accountability and social responsibility international perspectives

Probably since the mid-1980s, corporate governance has attracted a great deal of attention from corporate managers and investors' protection has become a much more important issue for all financial markets after recent firm failures and scandals. Especially important for all with an interest in how ...

Presence of the cross in public spaces

experiences of selected european countries

The judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Lautsi vs. Italy (3 November 2009 and 18 March 2011) served as a catalyst for the debate on the presence of the cross in the public space in a number of European ...

A fragmented landscape

abortion governance and protest logics in Europe

Since 1945, even as European states have achieved ever-greater levels of economic integration, their social policy landscapes have proven remarkably varied. This is particularly true for contentious issues such as abortion, where different political institutions and social movements have produced a wide range of policy ...

The Jihad and death

the global appeal of Islamic State

How has ISIS been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? In this compelling intervention into the debate about ISIS' origins and ...

The financial spread betting handbook

the definitive guide to making money trading spread bets

Financial spread betting is a huge industry. But who wins and who loses at this game? What do the winners do that differs from the losers? That is what this book is about.Malcolm Pryor uses the model of climbing a mountain to explain a ...

Los contrabandistas de libros

y la epopeya para salvar los manuscritos de Tombuctú

A la manera de la famosa novela de Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, Hammer nos embarca en esta épica y azarosa aventura digna de un Indiana Jones asistido por una bibliofilia a prueba de bombas. La historia comienza en Tombuctú en la década de los ochenta ...

Caja

la fabulosa historia de Mateo y su amigo de cartón

Mateo recoge en la calle una caja de cartón: es ideal para su último proyecto, una estación espacial. Una vez en casa, ¡la caja lo saluda con entusiasmo! ¡Está viva! Además, comparte con Mateo la pasión por los inventos y las manualidades, aunque no se ...

Sherlock

estudio en rosa

¡EL POPULAR DETECTIVE SHERLOCK HOLMES AHORA RESUELVE SUS CASOS EN EL LONDRES ACTUAL! El doctor Watson acaba de volver de servir en Afganistán, por lo que busca alguien con quien compartir piso. Un antiguo amigo le presenta a un hombre con grandes capacidades deductivas aunque ...

La búsqueda en sueños de la Ignota Kadath

UN GRAN CLÁSICO DE HOWARD PHILLIPS LOVECRAFT ADAPTADO AL CÓMIC Obsesionado con volver a visitar la ciudad de sus sueños, Randolph Carter deja atrás la mundana realidad y se embarca en un viaje a través del mundo de los sueños donde todo es posible. Pero ...