A History of Poland

Authors: Oskar Halecki, Antony Polonsky

Edition: 4, revised

Publisher: Routledge, 1978

ISBN 0710086474, 9780710086471

407 pages

Poland, who now has reached her millennium, is often regarde as one of the new States. This oblivion of the Poland of the past is at the root of all the misunderstandings which stand in the way of a correct comprehension of the Poland of to-day. True, Poland history is not entirely unknown to the foreigner. But his mind retains only a few isolated facts of a specially striking nature, such as that of the Partitions. Rarely, on the other hand, does he go back to the origin of our historical evolution. More rarely still does he grasp its continuity, which even the Partitios were not able to break. Above all, he scarcely ever realizes the role that Poland has played in the general history of Europe from early times.

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Nuclear Legislation in Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS

Author: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

Edition: revised

Publisher: OECD Publishing, 2000

ISBN 9264185259, 9789264185258

194 pages

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris On 14th December 1960, and which came into force on 30th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed:
-to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus to contribute to the development of the world economy;
-to contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as non-member countries in the process of economic development; and
-to contribute to the expansion of world trade on a multilateral, non-discriminatory basis in accordance with international obligations.

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) was established on 1st February 1958 under the name of OEEC European Nuclear Energy Agency. It received its present designation on 20th April 1972, when Japan became its first non-European full Member. NEA membership today consists of 27 OECD Member countries. The Commission of European Communities also takes part in the work of the Agency.

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St. Petersburgh, Constantinople, and Napoli di Romania, in 1833 and 1834

Authors: Friedrich Tietz, James D. Haas

Translator: James D. Haas

Published by A. Richter & Co., 1836

Item notes: v. 2

Original from Oxford University

Digitized Oct 12, 2006

There is scarecely another city in Europe which so magnificently attests its character to be Imperial, as does St. Petersburgh. From the Palace Strielna, three miles distant from the city, and situated in the Finland way, we drove along a beautiful higway, (one of the most useful traits of advancing civilization) between elegant villas, which uninterruptedly lined both sides of the road. Each of these villas is surrounded by a small park, separated from the highway only by slight iron of railings, and this style of taste continued even to the city gates. The owners of these country houses, which are called dastchen, go to a great expence of laying out with luxurious arrangement their respective seats, in order to pass the few summer months that throw a glow over the climate, in sybaritish enjoyment. From those belvederes of the datschens which lie to the left of the road, the prospect is most lovely. Thence, on the fine summer evenings of June and July, which for two or three weeks together are not encroached upon by actual darkness, but....

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