Phineas Finn

Phineas Finn

Phineas Finn, the handsome Irishman, is equally successful at scaling the political ladder and gaining the affection of influential women. As he makes his precarious way in parliament he discovers how far principles must be sacrificed to the common cause, and how essential money is to political progress. Set during the turbulent passage of the second Reform Act of 1867, the novel paints a vivid picture of the compromises and tactics of daily political life. Loss of independence is felt just as keenly by Lady Laura and Violet Effingham, whose choice of marriage partner will determine their future freedom as much as their happiness. With politics and the personal so closely entwined, Phineas faces an act of conscience that will have a profound effect on his life. , Phineas Finn's engaging plot embraces matters as diverse as reform, the position of women, the Irish question, and the conflict between integrity and ambition.

Histoire de la Marine française : des origines à nos jours

Histoire de la Marine française : des origines à nos jours

L’histoire maritime, comme toute histoire, est avant tout humaine : de Colbert comme de Duquesne, de Maurepas si injustement décrié comme de Suffren, de l’humble charpentier anonyme comme du célèbre ingénieur Sané, du puissant armateur malouin comme du modeste pêcheur, dépend le destin maritime de la France. De Colbert à la veille de la Révolution française, la continuité cahoteuse de la flotte de guerre finit par imposer un outil militaire performant au service d’un État enfin soucieux de son économie maritime, de la richesse de ses colonies, de l’entretien de ses gens de mer. À partir de recherches originales, Jean Meyer et Martine Acerra démontrent, à travers son histoire, que la Marine française n’a pas connu que des revers.

Transit 42. Europäische Revue

Transit 42. Europäische Revue

Alexej Slapovskys Roman Der Marsch zum Kreml (2010) beginnt mit dem Tod eines jungen Schriftstellers, der versehentlich Opfer der Polizei wurde. Ihren toten Sohn in den Armen, macht sich die verzweifelte Mutter auf den Weg, den Schuldigen zu finden. Die Freunde des Schriftstellers schließen sich an, dann ein alter Trinker, überzeugt davon, dass sein in der Nacht zuvor verstorbener Bruder ein Grab an der Kreml-Mauer verdient. Zur Gruppe gesellt sich eine vorbeiziehende Begräbnisprozession, im Glauben, die Kreml-Mauer stehe nun für Privatbegräbnisse zur Verfügung. Passanten schließen sich an. Der kleine Trauermarsch erregt schnell die Aufmerksamkeit der Opposition, die ihre Chance gekommen sieht… Es sollte nicht lange dauern, bis Slapovskys Szenario Wirklichkeit wurde, freilich mit noch offenem Ende. Man spricht von Demokratie und Wandel, doch wer hört hin? Kaum ein gemeinsamer Traum, kein Programm, kein Anführer. Was die Bewegung zusammenhält ist eine Überzeugung: Genug ist genug. Was sie vereint, ist der Unmut über das Bestehende, was ihnen fehlt, ist eine Vision für die Zukunft.

Israel's Inalienable Possesions

Israel's Inalienable Possesions

Israel's Inalienable Possesions David Baron, co-founder of Hebrew Christian Testimony to Israel, author, and public speaker (1855-1926) This ebook presents «Israel's Inalienable Possesions», from David Baron. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents - About This Book - Preface - The Apostle's Yearning Love For Israel - The Significance Of The Name Israel - Israel's Adoption - The Shekinah Glory And The Covenants - The Law Giving And The Service Of God - The Promises - Whose Are The Fathers, And Of Whom Is Christ

La vida secreta

La vida secreta

Nuestra época, determinada por Internet, sufre una crisis de identidad que incita a los individuos a inventarse, ocultarse, multiplicarse y transformarse.En La vida secreta, Andrew O’Hagan hibrida géneros para contarnos tres historias verdaderas con perfecto conocimiento de causa, con la premisa de que nuestra época, determinada por internet, sufre una fuerte crisis de identidad que incita a los individuos a inventarse, ocultarse, multiplicarse y transformarse en la medida de sus deseos y/o necesidades.En 2011 a O’Hagan le propusieron escribir la «autobiografía» de Julian Assange, el fundador de WikiLeaks, y durante meses estuvo en estrecha relación con él. La primera de estas «historias verdaderas» describe la curiosa metamorfosis del célebre hacker que por casualidad se convirtió en campeón de la libertad de expresión (cuando recibió un paquete con miles de documentos sobre la política exterior de Estados Unidos). La segunda historia es una especulación probabilística sobre un ciudadano del que O’Hagan no sabe nada: el autor va a un cementerio, busca un difunto real, toma sus datos y solicita un pasaporte con ellos. La tercera retrata a un hombre desdichado, un hombre perseguido por su propia facilidad para ganar dinero y por la Agencia Tributaria australiana: nada menos que el (presunto) inventor del bitcoin. Un genio de las matemáticas del que en ningún momento se sabe si dice la verdad.En estos ensayos, Andrew O’Hagan se interna en un terreno que se extiende entre el mundo real y el virtual para hablar sobre la identidad, lo verdadero y lo falso con el vigor del reportero y la mirada del novelista.

A Portraiture of Quakerism - Volume I

A Portraiture of Quakerism - Volume I

A Portraiture of Quakerism - Volume I Thomas Clarkson, english abolitionist (1760-1846) This ebook presents «A Portraiture of Quakerism - Volume I», from Thomas Clarkson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents - About This Book - Introduction - Prefatory Arrangements And Remarks - Volume I. A Portraiture Of Quakerism - Moral Education Of The Quakers - Moral Education - Discipline Of The Quakers - Peculiar Customs Of The Quakers

Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis

Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis

Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America during the entire Civil War, 1861 to 1865 (1808-1889) This ebook presents «Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis», from Jefferson Davis. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI -03- EXTRACTS FROM SPEECHES IN US SENATE -04- IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 27 JUNE 1850 ON THE COMPROMISE BILL -05- ON FOURTH OF JULY 1858  AT SEA -06- SPEECH AT THE PORTLAND SERENADE JULY 9TH 1858 -07- SPEECH AT THE PORTLAND CONVENTION -08- SPEECH AT BELFAST ENCAMPMENT

Low-Carbon Development for Mexico

Low-Carbon Development for Mexico

To reduce the risk of climate change impacts it is necessary for the world to lower the carbon intensity of economic development. 'Low-Carbon Development for Mexico' estimates the net costs, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions, and investment that would be needed to achieve a low-carbon scenario in Mexico to the year 2030. Among the key findings of the study are the following: • Energy efficiency. Improving energy end-use efficiency in the industrial, residential, and public sectors is the least-cost option for reducing carbon emissions and can be achieved by accelerating current Mexican programs and policies. • Supply efficiency and renewable energy. Mexico can lower the carbon intensity of the economy by improving the efficiency of energy supply in the electric power and petroleum industries, and by expanding the adoption of renewable energy technologies such as wind, biomass, small hydro, and geothermal. • Public transport and vehicle fleet efficiency. Transport is the largest and fastest growing contributor of GHG emissions in Mexico, the majority of which comes from road transport. The greatest potential for reducing transport emissions lies with improving the quality and efficiency of urban transport, including more efficient vehicles and the design and organization of cities and public transport systems. • Forestry – significant potential with large co-benefits. Measures to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), along with afforestation and commercial plantations, are among the largest GHG mitigation options in Mexico, and could provide numerous social and environmental benefits in rural areas. • By undertaking a limited number of low-carbon interventions that are technologically and financially viable today, Mexico could hold carbon emissions relatively constant over the coming two decades while maintaining a vigorous rate of economic and social development. The costs of such a program would be relatively modest, but would require a range of regulatory and institutional changes to achieve, especially in the energy and transport sectors.

Europe's Role in Nation-Building

Europe's Role in Nation-Building

Two previous RAND volumes addressed the roles of the United States and the United Nations in nation-building, defined as the use of armed force in the aftermath of a conflict to promote a durable peace and representative government. This volume presents six case studies of recent European-led nation-building missions: Albania, Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Bosnia. It also reviews the Australian assistance mission to the Solomon Islands. The European Union and its member nations have proven adept at mounting small-scale nation-building operations and should be ready to handle more substantial missions. 

Uccisa la foto di Osama il Babbo Natale del male

Uccisa la foto di Osama il Babbo Natale del male

La simulata uccisione di Osama bin Laden avviene nello stesso momento in cui per zittire le polemiche in merito al suo luogo di nascita, il Presidente degli Stati Uniti pubblica sul sito della Casa Bianca il suo Certificato di Nascita. Falso. Trame e retroscena di un intrigo grottesco. Un breve saggio fuori dal coro di Roberto Quaglia.

La nieta

La nieta

El autor de El lector vuelve a lo grande con una nueva novela sobre las relaciones humanas y las grietas de la historia de Alemania.En los años sesenta del pasado siglo, Birgit huyó por amor y ansias de libertad de Berlín Este para reunirse en el Oeste con Kaspar. Ahora, tras el fallecimiento de Birgit, Kaspar descubre que su esposa pagó un precio por esa decisión. Dejó atrás a su bebé, una niña, cuya existencia le ocultó toda la vida. Kaspar, que tiene una librería en Berlín, decide partir hacia la antigua Alemania del Este en busca de esa niña que ya es una mujer.Así, emprende un viaje al pasado y al presente de Alemania, y cuando por fin da con Svenja, la hija perdida, descubre que vive en una comunidad rural, está casada con un neonazi y tiene una hija, Sigrun. Kaspar querría ver en ellas una nueva familia, pero todo un universo ideológico los separa, pese a lo cual tratará de acercarse a quien considera su nieta y darle una visión diferente del mundo…Bernhard Schlink retoma aquí la vasta ambición de su obra más celebrada, El lector. De nuevo nos presenta un retrato político de Alemania complejo, alejado de cualquier maniqueísmo. El resultado es un libro profundo y deslumbrante, que habla de la historia en mayúsculas y de cómo afecta a los individuos, de las heridas todavía abiertas de la reunificación y de los retos del presente. Pero es además una novela bellísima sobre el amor, la pérdida, el entendimiento y la redención.

Big Data and Decision-Making

Big Data and Decision-Making

Big data and its accompanying technological ecosystems have had a dramatic impact on business, politics and society. At the same time, the very nature of big data, a term that originates from computer science discourse, often remains opaque to research communities in other disciplines as well as to practitioners. Considering the pervasive impact of big data across a number of issues and domains, clearer insight into its functions and practical application is needed.Through a unique blend of case studies and critical analysis, Big Data and Decision-Making: Applications and Uses in the Public and Private Sector examines how big data influences contemporary societies in decision-making processes, strategy setting and overall performance. Covering topics ranging from data privacy to AI, big data in healthcare, SMEs, tourism and smart cities, contributors offer a critical appraisal of lessons learnt in the process of harnessing the promise inherent in big data.Big Data and Decision-Making: Applications and Uses in the Public and Private Sector breaks down the concept of big data to reveal how it has become integrated into the fabric of both public and private domains, as well as how its value can ultimately be exploited. To this end, its contributors call for the building of bridges between the computer science-driven debate on big data and research taking place in social sciences and management.

Vom Kriege

Vom Kriege

Carl von Clausewitz: Vom Kriege. Vollständige Ausgabe der acht Bücher Erstdruck: 1832 Vollständige Neuausgabe. Großformat, 190 x 270 mm Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2016. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Johann Peter Krafft, Siegesmeldung nach der Schlacht bei Leipzig 1813. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11.5 pt.

Jacques et Bernadette

Jacques et Bernadette

" Mais quelle idée j'ai eue d'épouser cet homme ? " s'estexclamée un jour l'ex-Première dame dans un sourire.Chacun croit connaître Jacques et Bernadette Chirac. Maisqui sont-ils vraiment, ces deux êtres issus d'un milieu socialdifférent, qu'une incroyable épopée mènera jusqu'au palaisde l'Élysée, en passant par la Corrèze, Matignon, l'Hôtel deville de Paris et le quai Branly ?Lorsqu'ils se rencontrent sur les bancs de Sciences-Po,ils ont dix-huit ans : Bernadette Chodron de Courcel estaussitôt fascinée par l'intelligence et le brio de JacquesChirac, petit-fils d'instituteur. Ils se marient juste avant ledépart de Jacques pour la guerre d'Algérie. À son retour,il entre avec passion en politique. Bernadette n'aura plusqu'à le soutenir et à le suivre jusqu'au sommet du pouvoir.À grandes enjambées.Entre vie privée et vie publique, Jocelyne Sauvard retracel'histoire d'amour d'un couple qui connut bien des orages,soudé par six décennies d'épreuves, de chagrins et devictoires.

Obama reloaded, vittoria genuina oppure teatro totale?

Obama reloaded, vittoria genuina oppure teatro totale?

L'espressione "teatrino della politica" è ormai entrata nell'uso comune. Ma fino a che punto arriva tale teatro? C'è ancora qualcosa di vero in quella che ci viene proposta come la grande e democrazia americana? Oppure la finzione e la mistificazione hanno valicato frontiere che non avremmo mai osato sospettare? La vittoria di Obama su Romney è stata ciò che è sembrata oppure ci sono zone oscure che i media insabbiano? Come mai Romney non ha cercato di sconfiggere Obama semplicemente portando all'attenzione del pubblico che il certificato di nascita mostrato da Obama agli americani è un clamoroso falso? In questo breve saggio, Roberto Quaglia prova a dare qualche risposta. Trasgressiva, politicamente incorretta e forse addirittura eretica, come nel suo stile.

La Rumeur d'Orléans

La Rumeur d'Orléans

Une rumeur étrange (la disparition de jeunes filles dans les salons d'essayage de commerçants juifs) s'est répandue, sans qu'il y ait la moindre disparition, dans la ville dont le nom symbolise la mesure et l'équilibre : Orléans. Edgar Morin et une équipe de chercheurs ont mené l'enquête sur place. Pourquoi Orléans ? Pourquoi des Juifs ? Pourquoi et comment se propage une rumeur ? Cette rumeur véhicule-t-elle un mythe ? Quel est ce mythe et que nous dit-il sur notre culture et sur nous-mêmes ? Des questions se posent : un antisémitisme jusqu'alors latent s'est-il à nouveau éveillé ? N'y a-t-il pas, dans nos cités modernes, un nouveau Moyen Age qui ne demande qu'à surgir à tout moment ?

Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man

Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, inventor, and intellectual. He lived and worked in Britain until age 37, when he emigrated to the British American colonies, in time to participate in the American Revolution. His principal contribution was the powerful, widely-read pamphlet Common Sense (1776), advocating colonial America's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and The American Crisis (1776- 1783), a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series. Later, he greatly influenced the French Revolution. He wrote the Rights of Man (1791), a guide to Enlightenment ideas. Despite not speaking French, he was elected to the French National Convention in 1792. The Girondists regarded him as an ally, so, the Montagnards, especially Robespierre, regarded him as an enemy. In December of 1793, he was arrested and imprisoned in Paris, then released in 1794. He became notorious because of The Age of Reason (1793-94), the book advocating deism and arguing against Christian doctrines. In France, he also wrote the pamphlet Agrarian Justice (1795), discussing the origins of property, and introduced the concept of a guaranteed minimum income.