On the Twentieth Century history of Europe and Europeans:
Brown, A. (2010) The Rise and Fall of Communism, Vintage.
Hobsbawm, E. (1995), The Age of Extremes: the Short Twentieth Century, 1914 – 1991, Abacus.
Joll, J. (1990, 4th ed.), Europe Since 1870: An International History, Penguin.
Judt, T. ((2010), Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, Vintage.
Mazower, M. (1998), Dark Continent. Europe’s Twentieth Century, Penguin.
Swain, G. & N. (2009 4th ed) Eastern Europe Since 1945, Palgrave Macmillan.
Urwin, D. (1997), A Political History of Western Europe Since 1945, Longman.
Vinen, R. (2002), A History in Fragments: Europe in the twentieth Century, Abacus.
Wegs, J.R. & Ladrech, R. (2006, 5th ed.), Europe Since 1945: A Concise History, Palgrave Macmillan.
On the history of the EC/EU more specifically:
Anderson, P. (2009), The New Old World, Verso.
Blair, A. (2010), The European Union Since 1945, Longman.
Dedman, M. (1996), The Origins and Development of the European Union 1945 – 1995:A History of European Integration, Routledge.
Dinan, D. (2004), Europe Recast, Palgrave Macmillan.
Dinan, D. (2005) Ever Closer Union, Palgrave.
Dinan, D. (ed) (2006),Origins and Evolution of the European Union, Oxford University Press.
Heller, F.H., & Gilingham J.R. (eds), The United States and the Integration of Europe: Legacies of the Postwar Era (Macmillan, 1996), Introduction, Chapters 1 and 5.
Gilbert, M., Surpassing Realism: The Politics of European Integration since 1945, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)
Gillingham, J.R., European Integration, 1950 – 2002: Superstate or New Market Economy? (Cambridge UP, 2003).
Kaiser, W. & Varsori, A. (eds) (2010 paperback), European Union History: Themes and Debates, Palgrave Macmillan.
Lundestad, G. (1998) Empire by Integration. The US and European Integration 1945-1997, Oxford UP.
Milward, A.S. (1993) The Frontier of National Sovereignty: History and Theory, 1945 – 1992, Routledge.
Milward, A.S. (2000 2nd ed.), The European Rescue of the Nation State, Routledge.
Phinnemore, D. & Warleigh-Lack, A. (eds), (2009) Reflections on European Integration. 50 Years of the Treaty of Rome, Palgrave Macmillan.
Meunier, S. (2007) Making History. European Integration and Institutional Change at Fifty, Oxford UP.
Moravcsik, A. (1998), The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht, Cornell University Press.
Stirk, P & Weigall, D. (1999), The Origins and Development of European Integration. A Reader and Commentary, Pinter.
Urwin, D (1995 2nd ed.) Community of Europe: A History of European Integration Since 1945, Longman.
Vassiliou, G. (2007) The Accession Story. The EU from 15 to 25 countries, Oxford UP.
On the functioning of the EC/EU:
Bache, I., & George, S. , (2006) Politics in the European Union, OUP.
Bomberg, E. et al (eds) (2008), The European Union. How Does It Work? Oxford UP.
Cini, M. & Perez-Solorzano Borragan, N. (2010, 3rd ed.) European Union Politics, Oxford University Press (+ Online Resource Centre at: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/cini3e
Fligstein, N (2009) Euroclash. The EU, European Identity and the Future of Europe, Oxford UP.
Gillingham, J. (2006), Design for a New Europe, Cambridge UP.
Hix, S. (2005) The Political System of the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan.
McCormick, J. (2008), Understanding the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan.
The EU on the web by John McCormick at: http://www.palgrave.com/politics/eu/euontheweb.asp
McCormick, J. (2010), Europeanism, Oxford UP.
Majone, G. (2005), Dilemmas of European integration : the ambiguities and pitfalls of integration by stealth, OUP.
Meunier, S. & McNamara, K. (eds) (2007) The State of the European Union, Oxford University Press 2007.
Nugent, N. (2010, 7th ed.), The Government and Politics of the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan. http://www.palgrave.com/politics/nugent/
Neill Nugent's European Union Chronology at: http://www.palgrave.com/politics/eu/chronology.asp
Pinder, J. & Usherwood, J. (2007) The European Union: A Very Short Introduction, OUP.
Richardson J. (3rd ed.) (2006), European Union: Power and Policy-Making, Routledge.
Wallace, H., Pollack, M. A & Young, A. (eds.) (2010, 6 th ed.), Policy Making in the European Union, Oxford University Press.
Warleigh, A.(2004) European Union - the Basics, Routledge.
Other:
Gowland D. et al (“06) 3rd ed) The European Mosaic, Longman.
Guerrina, R. (2002), Europe. History, Ideas, Ideologies, Arnold.
Stevens, A. & Sakwa, R. (2006 2nd ed) Contemporary Europe, Macmillan.
Ladrech, R. (2010) Europeanisation and National Politics, Palgrave Macmillan.