The might of the D-Mark gives the Bundesbank greater influence than most elected governments over monetary policies across Europe. In bringing to life the central bank and the people who run it, Marsh reveals its history, and present-day, behind-the-scenes arguments over European monetary union.
David Marsh Books
David Marsh is a Professor of Italian at Rutgers University, specializing in the Italian Renaissance. His scholarship broadly covers Renaissance humanism and the classical tradition. Marsh's expertise is evident in his translations of seminal texts by significant early-modern authors, making their influential ideas accessible.






Diverse contexts - converging goals
- 362 pages
- 13 hours of reading
CLIL, ‘a dual-focussed educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language‘ can be viewed as an example of curricular integration. This publication is one example of how this is being achieved. It serves to articulate why, and how, good practice can lead to the positive outcomes increasingly reported across Europe. It results from selected presentations given at the Helsinki CLIL 2006 conference «CLIL Competence Building for Globalization: Quality in Teaching Through a Foreign Language». The 28 contributions to this book, which originate from countries across the European Union, are divided into six sections covering classroom practice, evaluation, research, and programme management.
For who the bell tolls: one man's quest for grammatical perfection
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
David Marsh explains the grammar that people really need to know, covering topics such as syntax, rules, apostrophes, spelling, jargon, the abuse of ironic and iconic, -isms, TXT SPK, and the joy of language.
Nutrition and Evolution
- 298 pages
- 11 hours of reading
CLIL: content and language integrated learning
- 184 pages
- 7 hours of reading
A comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the theory and practice of CLIL.
Theory and methods in political science
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
The systematically revised third edition of the leading text on approaches and methods in political science features a considerable internationalization in both the team of contributors and the range of coverage and examples. About half the chapters are entirely new and the rest are substantially revised and updated.
For Who the Bell Tolls
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
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 to the Financial Times, from local weeklies that sold a few thousand copies to the Guardian, with its global readership of nine million, turning the sow's ear of rough-and-ready reportage into a passable imitation of a silk purse. The chaos might be sloppy syntax, a disregard for grammar or a fundamental misunderstanding of what grammar is. It could be an adherence to 'rules' that have no real basis and get in the way of fluent, unambiguous communication at the expense of ones that are actually useful. Clear, honest use of English has many enemies: politicians, business and marketing people, local authority and civil service jargonauts, rail companies, estate agents, academics . . . and some journalists. This is the book to help defeat them. 'A splendid and, more importantly, sane book on English grammar.' Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon
Uncovering CLIL
- 238 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) refers to methodologies used in teaching situations where a second language is used as a medium for teaching non-language content. Uncovering CLIL has been written to act as a guide for both language and subject teachers to the various methodologies and techniques involved in CLIL teaching.Packed with practical ideas and suggestions for CLIL teaching in a number of languages, Uncovering CLIL is the essential companion for CLIL teachers instructing students at all levels of education.KEY FEATURES• Ideal for teachers getting started in CLIL and exitsing CLIL practitioners in search of new ideas • Presents a broad overview of CLIL essentials for teachers at both primary and secondary level • Contains a wide range of practical ideas and activities that can be used in the CLIL classroom
A Straightforward Guide To Cyber Security For Small To Medium Size Business
- 180 pages
- 7 hours of reading
A cyber attack is any attempt to gain unauthorised access to a computer, computing system or computer network with the intent to cause damage. Cyber attacks aim to disable, disrupt, destroy or control computer systems or to alter, block, delete, manipulate or steal the data held within these systems. Even if small businesses don't currently have the resources to bring in an outside expert to test their computer systems and make security recommendations, there are simple, economical steps a business can take to reduce the risk of falling victim to a costly cyber attack. This clear and comprehensive book provides detailed guidance intended to assist small to medium enterprises.



