In THE LOST CONTINENT BBC Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt tells the story of a flawed dream a noble vision that turned dangerous & which led Europe into its gravest crisis since World War Two
- a crisis for which it was totally unprepared. A pillar of the post-war European dream was a shared currency & with it came easy money seducing some countries into a wild spending binge. After the financial crash in the United States Europe caught the cold & was left with a debt crisis that came to threaten the entire European project. THE LOST CONTINENT is rich in anecdote weaving together the stories of ordinary people with the high politics & drama of Europe in crisis to give an unparalleled & vivid portrait of a massive shift in modern history. It

Includes:: interviews with top officials & insiders & dramatic accounts of key meetings. Gavin Hewitt's THE LOST CONTINENT is a clear-eyed book by a distinguished & well-connected journalist which tells the astonishing story of how we got here & where we might be headed.


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This volume contains humorous accounts of two journeys one taken across America the other a trek across Europe. The Lost Continent" is an account of one man's rediscovery of America & his search for the perfect small town. Instead he finds a continent that is doubly lost: lost to itself because it is blighted by greed pollution mobile homes & television; & lost to him because he has become a foreigner in his own country. In " Neither Here Nor There" the author journeys from Hammerfest the northernmost town on the European continent to Istanbul. In doing so he retraces his steps as a student 20 years before visiting countries including Norway France & Italy." ...

Her past. Pallioti tapped the files. This he said is how youll find her. In Florence a young American student goes missing. At first neither Alessandro Pallioti one of the citys most senior policemen nor Enzo Saenz his deputy are too concerned. But soon the men are horrified to discover that the older man Kristen has been spending time with is Antonio Tomaselli a member of the notorious Red Brigades. Then before the police can get a handle on the case Kristens step-mother Anna also vanishes. Before long Enzo finds himself enmeshed in a web of false identities betrayed loyalties & revenge. At its centre is Anna a woman he is increasingly drawn to but knows he should not trust; & at stake is the life of an eighteen year old girl. With the horrors of the past rising behind him & the womens futures hanging in the balance Enzo Saenz is on unfamiliar ground & playing the most deadly game of his life.. . Grindle is a craftswoman of delicate evocative psychological thrillers Daily Telegraph ...

Nell Whitaker is fifteen when war breaks out & despite her protests her mother sends her to live with her Auntie Kath on a remote farm in Anglesey. Life on the farm is hard & Nell is lonely after living in the busy heart of Liverpool all her life. Only her friendship with young farm hand Bryn makes life bearable. But when he leaves to join the merchant navy Nell is alone again with only the promise of his return to keep her spirits up. But Bryns ship is sunk & Bryn is reported drowned leaving Nell heartbroken. Determined to bury her grief in hard work Nell finds herself growing closer to Auntie Kath whose harsh attitude hides a kind heart. Despite their new closeness however she dare not question her aunt about the mysterious photograph of a young soldier she discovers in the attic. As time passes the women learn to help each other through the rigours of war. & when Nell meets Bryns friend Hywel she begins to believe that she too may find love... ...

The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole 1999-2001" is the seventh book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny " Adrian Mole" series. Monday January 3 2000. So how do I greet the New Millennium? In despair. I'm a single parent I live with my mother...I have a bald spot the size of a jaffa cake on the back of my head...I can't go on like this drifting into early middle-age. I need a Life Plan... The 'same age as Jesus when he died' Adrian Mole has become a martyr: a single-father bringing up two young boys in an uncaring world. With the ever-unattainable Pandora pursuing her ambition to become Labour's first female PM; his over-achieving half-brother Brett sponging off him; & literary success ever-elusive Adrian tries to make ends meet & find a purpose. But little does he realise that his own modest life is about to come to the attention of those charged with policing The War Against Terror... Bestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades. " An achingly funny anti-hero". (" Daily Mail"). " One of the great comic creations of our time. Almost every page of his diaries bring a smile to the face". (" Scotsman"). Sue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight " Adrian Mole" books " The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55)" " Number Ten" " Ghost Children" " The Queen & I" " Queen Camilla" & " The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year" all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers. She has also written numerous well-received plays. She lives in Leicester where she was born & grew up." ...

ROMANTIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2010. When the abandoned strays from a local dogs' home are matched with brand new owners it turns out it might not just be the dogs who need rescuing. Rachel's aunt has left her a house a Border Collie & despite knowing nothing about dogs a crowded kennels. But since her life has collapsed she's not sure she can deal with any more lost souls. Zoe's ex-husband has given their children a puppy. The kids are in love but she's the one stuck training Toffee the impossible Labrador. She's nearly at the end of her tether
- until Toffee leads her to a handsome doctor... Meanwhile Natalie & Johnny's marriage hasn't been easy since they started trying for a baby. But is a fridge-raiding sofa-stealing Basset hound like Bertie really the child substitute they're looking for? As the new owners' paths cross on the town's dog-walking circuits their lives become interwoven. & they
- & their dogs
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East Lothian a unitary authority area including the old county of Haddingtonshire is one of Scotlands most historic places
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What happened to Edinburgh's once notorious but picturesque Tolbooth Prison? Where was the Black Turnpike once a dominant building in the town? Why has one of the New Town designer's major layouts been all but obliterated? What else has been lost in Edinburgh? From Edinburgh's mean beginnings
- 'wretched accommodation no comfortable houses no soft beds' visiting French knights complained in 1341
- it went on to attract some of the world's greatest architects to design & build & shape a unique city. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. Some were destroyed by invasion & civil strife some simply collapsed with old age & neglect & others were swept away in the 'improvements' of the nineteenth century. Yet more fell to the developers' swathe of destruction in the twentieth century. Much of the medieval architecture vanished in the Old Town Georgian Squares were attacked Princes Street ruined old tenements razed in huge slum clearance drives & once familiar & much loved buildings vanished. The changing pattern of industry social habits health service housing & road systems all took their toll; not even the city wall was immune. The buildings which stood in the way of what was deemed progress are the heritage of Lost Edinburgh. In this informative & stimulating book. Hamish Coghill sets out to trace many of the lost buildings & find out why they were doomed. Lavishly illustrated Lost Edinburgh" is a fascinating insight into an ever-changing cityscape."

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Lost Empire" is the second phenomenal "FARGO Adventure" from international bestseller Clive Cussler. Some treasures are best left buried... Scuba diving off the Tanzanian coast husb&-&-wife treasure-hunting team Sam & Remi Fargo discover a huge ships bell covered in cryptic carvings. But as they struggle to first recover the bell & then decode its clues they find they are not alone in wanting to discover its secrets. When news of the find is publicised Mexican President Quauhtli Garza is forced to act. He knows that this bell comes from a former Confederate ship that sank off the African coast & he fears that the discovery of a missing piece of a Quetzalcoatl statuette which was aboard the ship will undermine his plans for Mexicos future. With Garza determined to stop the Fargos investigation at all costs the couple are drawn into a deadly conspiracy that connects the 1883 Krakatoa explosion with an attempt to resurrect the fallen Aztec empire... Clive Cussler author of the celebrated " Dirk Pitt" novels " Arctic Drift" & " Crescent Dawn" presents the second in the series following the adventures of treasure hunters Sam & Remi Fargo. " Lost Empire" is the second of the "FARGO Adventures"; " Spartan Gold" is the first. Praise for Clive Cussler: " Clive Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). The bestselling " Grandmaster of Adventure" Clive Cussler has thrilled millions of readers with this gripping fast-paced stories based around treasure-hunting action & conspiracy. As well as the " Fargo" series there are also the "NUMA" & " Oregon Files" series the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) & the " Isaac Bell" adventures series. The other titles in the " Fargo Adventures" series are " Spartan Gold" & " The Kingdom" which are both available from Penguin." ...

After a chance conversation in Egypt in 2008 bestselling historian Gavin Menzies launched himself on a quest that would reveal the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis & her destruction. Through an examination of documentary & academic research metallurgy ancient shipbuilding & navigation techniques artefacts & DNA evidence Menzies slowly & painstakingly reveals a trading empire that spanned from the Great Lakes in North America to Kerala in India. & in doing so finally explains the incredible reality behind the legendary civilisation described by Plato & its disappearance. Reading like a real-life Indiana Jones story as ex-Royal Navy submarine captain Menzies travels round the world in pursuit of his goal this is epic iconoclastic popular history. ...