The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, & Impatience of the Heart, the only novel he published during his lifetime, uncovers the seed of selfishness within even the finest of feelings. Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed at the edge of the empire, is invited to a party at the home of a rich local landowner, a world away from the dreary routine of the barracks. The surroundings are glamorous, wine flows freely, & the exhilarated young Hofmiller asks his host`s lovely daughter for a dance, only to discover that sickness has left her painfully crippled. It is a minor blunder that will destroy his life, as pity & guilt gradually implicate him in a well-meaning but tragically wrongheaded plot to restore the unhappy invalid to health. ...

As Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution & the democratic system it supports is the public`s responsibility. One route the Constitution provides for discharging that duty-a route rarely traveled-is impeachment. Cass R. Sunstein provides a succinct citizens` guide to an essential tool of self-government. He illuminates the constitutional design behind impeachment & emphasizes the people`s role in holding presidents accountable. Despite intense interest in the subject, impeachment is widely misunderstood. Sunstein identifies & corrects a number of misconceptions. For example, he shows that the Constitution, not the House of Representatives, establishes grounds for impeachment, & that the president can be impeached for abuses of power that do not violate the law. Even neglect of duty counts among the ”high crimes & misdemeanors” delineated in the republic`s foundational document. Sunstein describes how impeachment helps make sense of our constitutional order, particularly the framers` controversial decision to install an empowered executive in a nation deeply fearful of kings. With an eye toward the past & the future, Impeachment: A Citizen`s Guide considers a host of actual & imaginable arguments for a president`s removal, explaining why some cases are easy & others hard, why some arguments for impeachment have been judicious & others not. In direct & approachable terms, it dispels the fog surrounding impeachment so that Americans of all political convictions may use their ultimate civic authority wisely. ...

Max Persault loves his sea-faring life as a ship-owner & merchant. When his cousin Alistair, the newly elevated Duke of Haslingfield, appeals for his help, he finds himself masquerading as the duke & on his way to Cromer, while Alistair sets off to France to complete an undercover mission. Max`s talents do not lend themselves to acting, however, & before even arriving at his destination, he has aroused the suspicions of Miss Constance Church. Constance struggles with her misgivings about Max. At first dismissing him, she soon begins to suspect that there may be much more to him than meets the eye. How will she react when the man who calls himself a duke of the realm turns out to be a landless buccaneer? Will his cover be ruined as gossip about the mysterious duke begins to spread in the town? In this lively & comedic tale of love & masquerade, first impressions are questioned, judgements are upturned & pretences must eventually come undone. ...

Imperia at 1:7, 000 on an indexed street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica, Italy’s leading publishers of city maps with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. One way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. The plan of Imperia extends along the coast to include Cervo & San Lorenzo al Mare. ...

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This second edition of a highly acclaimed & interdisciplinary book which quickly established itself as a seminal text in its field investigates the way in which travel writing has constructed an image of the world beyond Europe for European readerships. Focusing on writing about South America & Africa in relation to the political & economic expansion of Europe, this long-awaited second edition of Imperial Eyes: is updated throughout, including a new preface, an updated introduction & a postscript reflecting critically on the category of the 'postcolonial' & how it has changed since the first edition was published in 1992. It contains new material, which reads well-known Latin American texts through the concept of neocoloniality & continues to discuss more general questions of the postcolonial in relation to the Americas & new ways of expressing late twentieth-century experiences of migration & displacement. It contains new illustrations of relevant documents & artefacts discussed within the text. ...

Jane Taylor's classic guidebook to Istanbul is acknowledged as the ultimate introduction to the city. It leads travellers from the great monuments of Byzantium & early Constantinople to the mosques & palaces built for Suleyman the Magnificent & the other Sultans while providing both practical information & a rich historical context. It also covers more recent sites: ranging from the mundane (the Galatasaray fishmarket) to the magnificent pavilions & villas of late Ottoman times. In addition to Istanbul, the cities of Iznik, Bursa & Edirne are covered in extensive detail. Filled with maps, itineraries, plans & descriptions of all the sites that any visitor could hope to see, this is the only guidebook that a traveller to Istanbul will ever need. ...

Jane Taylor`s classic guidebook to Istanbul is acknowledged as the ultimate introduction to the city. It leads travellers from the great monuments of Byzantium & early Constantinople to the mosques & palaces built for Suleyman the Magnificent & the other Sultans while providing both practical information & a rich historical context. It also covers more recent sites: ranging from the mundane (the Galatasaray fishmarket) to the magnificent pavilions & villas of late Ottoman times. In addition to Istanbul, the cities of Iznik, Bursa & Edirne are covered in extensive detail. Filled with maps, itineraries, plans & descriptions of all the sites that any visitor could hope to see, this is the only guidebook that a traveller to Istanbul will ever need. ...

From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein`s regime. Drawing on interviews & internal documents, Rajiv Chandrasekaran tells the memorable story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country, detailing not only the risky disbanding of the Iraqi army & the ludicrous attempt to train the new police force, but absurdities such as the aide who based Baghdad`s new traffic laws on those of the state of Maryl&, downloaded from the net, & the twenty-four-year-old who had never worked in finance put in charge of revitalising Baghdad`s stock exchange. ” Imperial Life in the Emerald City” is American reportage at its best. ...

The story of Spain`s rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest & most marginal of European countries is a remarkable & dramatic one. With the marriage of Ferdinand & Isabella, the final expulsion of the Moslems & the discovery of America, Spain took on a seemingly unstoppable dynamism that made it into the world`s first global power. This amazing success however created many powerful enemies & Elliott`s famous book charts the dramatic fall of Habsburg Spain with the same elan as it charts the rise. ...