Geert Mak spent the year 1999 criss-crossing the continent tracing the history of Europe from Verdun to Berlin St Petersburg to Auschwitz Kiev to Srebrenica He set off in search of evidence & witnesses looking to define the condition of Europe at the verge of a new millennium The result is mesmerising Mak's rare double talent as a sharp-eyed journalist & a hugely imaginative historian makes In Europe a dazzling account of that journey full of diaries newspaper reports & memoirs & the voices of prominent figures & unknown players; from the grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Adriana Warno in Poland with her holiday job at the gates of the camp at Birkenau But Mak is above all an observer He describes what he sees at places that have become Europe's well-springs of memory where history is written into the landscape At Ypres he hears the blast of munitions from the Great War that are still detonated twice a day In Warsaw he finds the point where the tram rails that led to the Jewish ghetto come to a dead end in a city park & in an abandoned creche near Chernobyl where tiny pairs of shoes still stand in neat rows he is transported back to the moment time stood still in the dying days of the Soviet Union Mak combines the larger story of twentieth-century Europe with details that suddenly give it a face a taste & a smell His unique approach makes the reader an eyewitness to his own half-forgotten past full of unknown peculiarities sudden insights & touching encounters In Europe is a masterpiece; it reads like the epic novel of the continent's most extraordinary century ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Driving to a music festival Tom (Iain De Caestecker Filth) & Lucy (Alice Englert Beautiful Creatures) have plans to stay at a remote countryside hotel But when signs lead them in circles they are soon trapped in a maze of back-roads with only their vehicle for protection from an unseen tormentor hell-bent on exploiting their worst nightmares Driving lost & tormented in the night primal fears of the dark & unknown become real as the couple realise they may have let the evil in or that it was always there Actors Iain De Caestecker Alice Englert & Allen Leech Director Jeremy Lovering Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 25 minutes (approx) ...

Honor Harrington is arguably the most popular character in modern science fiction but there are many other stories in the Honorverse besides those in which she has the central role This fifth volume in the popular Worlds of Honor series explores some of those stories with the help of such top writers as best-selling author Jane LIndskjold New York Times best-selling author Timothy Zahn & more—including an all-new Honor Harrington adventure set in her younger years when a mob of space pirates made the mistake of tangling with Commander Harrington That was a fatal mistake—for the pirates About the Author David Weber is the science fiction phenomenon of the decade His popular Honor Harrington novels repeatedly make the New York Times best seller list & can’t come out fast enough for his devoted readers He has also written the popular Safehold series for Tor & a best-selling epic SF adventure series in collaboration with John Ringo with four novels so far March Upcountry March to the Sea March to the Stars & We Few His Wind Rider’s Oath another New York Times best seller continues his popular Bahzell fantasy adventure series ...

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Which creepy critters wear their skeleton outside of their body? Who breathes through their slimy skin? Which blood-sucking bug attacks at night? In Focus Bugs has the answers! In Focus is a cool new information series that's perfect for curious kids These fun books feature modern magazine-style pages including top 10 lists fast facts quickfire quizzes & more! With pages packed with vivid photography & fun facts kids will have fun learning about the world around them! Each In Focus book features a contents page glossary & index plus front & end gatefold flaps on the cover ...

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