A bold new account of Europe’s plight as it faces political fracture, economic stagnation and external challenges from the U.S., China and RussiaToday, Europe finds itself in a fast-changing, polarised world dominated by Chinese-American rivalry. The European Union and its surrounding nonmember states, despite initial successes after the fall of the Berlin Wall, have failed to implement a strategy for success in the twenty-first century. Britain’s exit from the Uni...

For Who the Bell Tolls is a book that explains the grammar that people really need to know, such as the fact that an apostrophe is the difference between a company that knows its s*** and a company that knows it's s***, or the importance of capital letters to avoid ambiguity in such sentences as 'I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse.'David Marsh's lifelong mission has been to create order out of chaos. For four decades, he has worked for newspapers, from the Sun t...

In this short, fiercely argued book, David Marsh explains how five years of continuous crisis management not only have failed to resolve the EurozoneÆs problems but have actually made things worse. While austerity-wracked southern states descend into misery and resentment, creditor countriesùled by Germanyùfear that they will be forced to subsidize their weaker brethren indefinitely. Constructive dialogue has collapsed as European decision making descends into terrified paralysis, and the ...

With new material on the astonishing 2014–15 monetary rollercoaster, an incisive chronicler of the euro’s upheavals explains how Europe’s single currency has lurched in and out of crisis—with widespread repercussions for Britain and the rest of the world. “Marsh is an expert chronicler of European monetary union, and his analysis deserves serious consideration.”—George Soros “Europe’s Deadlock makes a hard-hitting case against ‘muddled thinking, lack of...

An introduction to one of the premier humanists of the Italian Renaissance, whose extraordinary work in biography, politics, religion, and philosophy has been largely unknown to Anglophone readers.A celebrated orator, historian, philosopher, and statesman, Giannozzo Manetti (1396–1459) was one of the most remarkable figures of the Italian Renaissance. The son of a wealthy Florentine merchant, he was active in the public life of the Florentine republic and embraced ...

This Revised Edition of A Straightforward Guide to Understanding and Controlling Inheritance Tax is a comprehensive introductory text to the complex area of estates and taxation and how it is dealt with in the UK. It points out the various steps that can be taken to reduce an overall inheritance tax bill. The book is sensitively written by an expert in the field, revised to 2023, and is comprehensive covering all the main areas associated with inheritance tax.

This Revised Edition of A Straightforward Guide to Understanding and Controlling Inheritance Tax is a comprehensive introductory text to the complex area of estates and taxation and how it is dealt with in the UK. It points out the various steps that can be taken to reduce the overall inheritance tax bill. The book is sensitively written by an expert in the field, revised to 2025, and is comprehensive covering all the main areas associated with inheritance tax

This Revised Edition of A Straightforward Guide to Understanding and Controlling Inheritance Tax is a comprehensive introductory text to the complex area of estates and taxation and how it is dealt with in the UK. It points out the various steps that can be taken to reduce an overall inheritance tax bill. The book is sensitively written by an expert in the field, revised to 2019, and is comprehensive covering all the main areas associated with inheritance tax.

A Guide to Consumer Law The Easyway lays out all of the changes in Consumer law to 2020 in a clear and concise way. Areas such as legislation covering the use of credit Cards, and credit generally, plus distance selling Regulations, all areas that have been affected by the introduction of European legislation, are covered in depth along with the main body of consumer law. In addition, the author discusses the potential impact of Brexit is a clear, concise and illuminating book which all ca...

This Revised Edition of a Guide to Bankruptcy Insolvency and The Law is a concise guide to the steps underpinning the processes of bankruptcy and insolvency and the impact on individuals and companies. We have all seen the collapse of major retailers and how pre-pack administrations have caused major problems with landlords and others. This book covers the following main areas. Grounds for bankruptcy, avoiding bankruptcy, Covid 19 and bankruptcy-law changes, debt relief orders, voluntary a...

This Revised Edition of A Straightforward Guide to Understanding and Controlling Inheritance Tax is a comprehensive introductory text to the complex area of estates and taxation and how it is dealt with in the UK. It points out the various steps that can be taken to reduce an overall inheritance tax bill. The book is sensitively written by an expert in the field, revised to 2019,and is comprehensive covering all the main areas associated with inheritance tax.