From a dreamy little girl who wrote poems and songs I turned into a rebelious teenager and later on I embarked on the bumpy road to stardom and success.

From an early age I wrote and apparently I was gifted with a beautiful voice; I was put in front of the class in primary school which was quite an ordeal because I was very shy. Singing in a rock and roll band I overcame me shyness and from then on I worked hard to become a great singer. I took singing lessons with the renowned vocal coach Be...

The new European rules on bank insolvency seek to prevent future government-funded bailouts. Instead, risks should be internalized by the participants. The rules in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive and also the Single Resolution Mechanism seek to mimic the outcome of a normal insolvency procedures, without actually letting a failing institution enter full insolvency procedures. The rules enacted are of critical importance to a healthier and more stable financial sector.

This book pr...

Today humanity uses, on average, the equivalent of 1.6 earths to

provide the resources we use and to absorb our waste. A pathway

to sustainable resource use is the circular economy. This concept

aims at optimising the value of the resources used and to minimise

the amount of resources used. The author addresses the question of

what kind of law we need to realize a circular economy. He argues

that many legal frameworks and rules on the national and the

European level will have to be reconsider...

English edition KONINKLIJK PALEIS AMSTERDAM (9789462621299)

This book is an introduction to political science. What is it that political scientists are actually studying? Or, to put it another way: What do we mean when we talk about politics?

Old war debts never die, they just fade away.......

In 2015, Britain finally paid off a large war loan issued in 1917 to finance the First World War. In 2010, Germany made the last payments on some 80-year-old debts originally used to finance part of its reparations bill imposed by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

These were exceptions. The vast majority of the debts made during the Great War have never been paid back, including billion dollar loans from the US to western allies. These debt...

Future Rural Archive is the fourth Center Pivot publication the Last Chance Press of M12 Studio. Co-publishers: M12 Collective and the Last Chance Press.

Through interdisciplinary approaches, this series explores and connects the changing realities of rural landscapes and communities around the world.

'Tucked inside the covers of this slim volume is a conversation—a chorus, a round. It takes place between the contributions, across a territory of blacktop, botany, and biography. It is as mu...

Het civiele domein is de maatschappelijke ruimte waar individuen en gemeenschappen elkaar ontmoeten, met elkaar in gesprek gaan, en zich inzetten voor sociale en politieke kwesties. Het is een domein dat nog niet beheerst wordt door wetgeving of marktwerking.

De politieke, economische en ecologische problemen van het afgelopen decennium hebben dit domein weer zichtbaar gemaakt als een plek waar ruimte is voor kritische geluiden en politieke alternatieven.

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A clear, engaging writing style, hundreds of full-color images, and new information throughout make Volpe's Neurology of the Newborn, 6th Edition, an indispensable resource for those who provide care for neonates with neurological conditions. World authority Dr. Joseph Volpe, along with Dr.

Terrie E. Inder and other distinguished editors, continue the unparalleled clarity and guidance you've come to expect from the leading reference in the field - keeping you up to date with today's latest ad...

The Caribbean before Columbus is a new synthesis of the region's insular history. It combines the results of the authors' 55 years of archaeological research on almost every island in the three archipelagoes with that of their numerous colleagues and collaborators. The presentation operates on multiple scales: temporal, spatial, local, regional, environmental, social, and political.

In addition, individual sites are used to highlight specific issues. For the first time, the complete histories...