A Larger Sense of Purpose: Higher Education and Society

Universities were once largely insular institutions whose purview extended no further than the campus gates. Not anymore. Today's universities have evolved into multifaceted organizations with complex connections to government, business, and the community. This thought-provoking book by Harold Shapiro, former president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan, and Chairman of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission under President Bill Clinton, explores the role the modern university should play as an ethical force and societal steward.

The King's Commission by Dewey Lambdin

Fresh from duty on the frigate Desperate in her fight with the French Capricieuse, Alan Lewrie is commissioned first officer of the big o'war Shrike. He must bring the Muskogees and the Seminoles onto the British side against the American rebels--with time out, of course, for some other kind of action.

Success to the Brave by Alexander Kent

A naval adventure featuring Richard Bolitho, who is summoned to the Admiralty in order to receive his commission for a difficult and thankless task in the Caribbean.

How to write clearly - EC booklet

European Commission staff have to write many different types of documents. Whatever the type - legislation, a technical report, minutes, a press release or speech - a clear document will be more effective, and more easily and quickly understood. This guide will help you to write clearly whether you are using your own language or one of the other official languages, all of which are also working languages of the Commission

The Virginians

The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century (1857-59) is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond and is also loosely linked to Pendennis. It tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglements with an older woman lead up to his taking a commission in the British army and fighting under the command of General Wolfe at the capture of Quebec. On the outbreak of the American War of Independence he takes the revolutionary side.