In this provocative book renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union-and its potential lack of a future With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent & the United Kingdom planning for Brexit the European Union is in disarray & plagued by doubts as never before Krastev

Includes:: chapters devoted to Europe's major problems (especially the political destabilization sparked by the more than 13 million migrants from the Middle East North Africa & South Asia) the spread of right-wing populism (taking into account the election of Donald Trump in the United States) & the thorny issues facing member states on the eastern flank of the EU (including the threat posed by Vladimir Putin's Russia) He concludes by reflecting on the ominous political economic & geopolitical future that would await the continent if the Union itself begins to disintegrate

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Book Four of the After series-now newly revised & expanded Anna Todd's After fanfiction racked up 1 billion reads online & captivated readers across the globe Experience the Internet's most talked-about book for yourself! Tessa & Hardin have defied all the odds but will their fairy tale ending be turned on its head? After Ever Happy Life will never be the same HESSA It's never been all rainbows & sunshine for Tessa & Hardin but each new challenge they've faced has only made their passionate bond stronger & stronger But when a revelation about the past shakes Hardin's inpenetrable facade to the core-and then Tessa suffers a tragedy-will they stick together again or be torn apart? As the shocking truth about each of their families emerges it's clear the two lovers are not so different from each other Tessa is no longer the sweet simple good girl she was when she met Hardin-any more than he is the cruel moody boy she fell so hard for Tessa understands all the troubling emotions brewing beneath Hardin's exterior & she knows she's the only one who can calm him when he erupts He needs her But the more layers of his past come to light the darker he grows & the harder he pushes Tessa-and everyone else in his life-away Tessa's not sure if she really can save him-not without sacrificing herself She refuses to go down without a fight But who is she fighting for-Hardin or herself? ...

This book is now available for the first time in paperback the remarkable debut of a former student of Alain Badiou Quentin Meillassoux a former student of Alain Badiou is considered to be one of the most talented & exciting new voices in contemporary French philosophy Quentin Meillassoux's remarkable debut makes a strikingly original contribution to contemporary French philosophy & is set to have a significant impact on the future of Continental philosophy Written in a style that marries great clarity of expression with argumentative rigour After Finitude provides bold readings of the history of philosophy & sets out a devastating critique of the unavowed fideism at the heart of post-Kantian philosophy Meillassoux introduces a startlingly novel philosophical alternative to the forced choice between dogmatism & critique After Finitude proposes a new alliance between philosophy & science & calls for an unequivocal halt to the creeping return of religiosity in contemporary philosophical discourse The exceptional lucidity & the centrality of argument in Meillassoux's writing should appeal to Analytic as well as Continental philosophers while his critique of fideism will be of interest to anyone preoccupied by the relation between philosophy theology & religion ...

Peter Gregory a 35-year-old high school English teacher with an ex-wife & kids tries to drown himself in the Ohio River Failing to manage even that he decides to hitch a ride east fleeing the state & escaping accusations of rape & murder As he assumes & discards aliases along the way he believes that he can begin again a fresh start
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A stunningly moving & explosive psychological thriller from the international bestselling author of A Suitable Lie 300 pages Malone Michael J ...

Alarm clocks barking dogs telephones meetings & the rush hourthe hustle & bustle of life What better way to relax than to sit down at the piano chill out & indulge yourself with music from " Pam Wedgwood's After Hours Jazz"? Relax with the lush harmonies & laid-back melodies of your favourite jazz standards plus some great original works by Pam Wedgwood all specifically arranged for the Grade 3-5 pianist to enjoy ...

Emi Ashiana is 24 unemployed & not really sure what she wants do with her life When a friend invites her to a dance club Emi doesn't expect much But what she finds will change her world! Emi isn't much of a party girl but she decides to give clubbing a tryand ends up hiding in a corner after her friend ditches her to flirt with a guy! Emi figures the night is a bust but then an exciting woman comes to her rescue Kei is a DJ & her effortless self-confidence captivates Emi Is this the start of something special or just a wonderful one-nighter? ...

' Enjoyable original & intriguing' B A Paris bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors An emotional new psychological thriller from the 1 bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed You have 18 months left to live On a wet Monday in January Jess Mount checks Facebook & discovers her timeline appears to have skipped forward 18 months to a day when shocked family & friends are posting heartbreaking tributes to her following her death in an accident Jess is left scared & confused is she the target of a cruel online prank or is this a terrifying glimpse of her true fate? Amongst the posts are photos of a gorgeous son she has not yet conceived But when new posts suggest her death was deliberate Jess realises that if she changes the future to save her own life the baby boy she has fallen in love with may never exist ...

Ireland is suffering a crisis of authority Catholic Church scandals political corruption & economic collapse have shaken the Irish people's faith in their institutions The nation's struggle for independence is thrown into doubt But as Declan Kiberd argues in this engaging survey of post-war Irish literature the country's creative writers have been alert to this reality from the start He describes the young Samuel Beckett witnessing the burning of Dublin in 1916 & realising that 'the birth of a nation might also seal its doom' Surveying thirty works by modern Irish writers Kiberd traces the response to the crisis of Irish Statehood in the work of Seamus Heaney Edna O' Brien Joseph O' Connor Tom Murphy Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill Derek Mahon & John Banville among others Placing these writers at the centre of Ireland's on-going exploration of the true meaning of freedom Kiberd shows how Irish artists preserve & extend a humane culture that imagines a renewed more plural & open nation Kiberd's Inventing Ireland originally published in 1995 is a dazzlingly ambitious critical history of modern Irish literature & the standard work on the Irish Literary Revival In After Ireland Kiberd responds to the next generation of Irish writers in this second renaissance of Irish literature ...

A magisterial survey of the ways in which postwar Irish writers have witnessed the frustration of the promise of Irish independence 560 pages Kiberd Declan ...