From great museums and historic sights to fabulous food and trendsetting styles, Europe has it all. Get the lowdown on everything from passports to palaces, culture to nightlife, and cathedrals to cuisine. With mini-guides to fifteen of Europe's most popular cities and surrounding areas in eleven different countries, this book is your ticket to an exciting European adventure.
Europe and America made mistakes, but the misery of the Arab world is caused mainly by its own failures, India’s water nightmare Unholy woes, Taiwan’s new president Sizing Tsai up, The Cultural Revolution It was the worst of times, Austrian politics Waltzing out the door, Trump and small business Scourge, not saviour and more…
The Economist claims it "is not a chronicle of economics." Rather, it aims "to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress." It takes an editorial stance which is supportive of free trade, globalisation, government health and education spending, as well as other, more limited forms of governmental intervention. It targets highly educated readers and claims an audience containing many influential executives and policy-makers.
The Secret War Crime, Women in War, The Faults of Oklahoma, Nancy Reagan, 1921-2016, China’s economic slowdown explained, Ian Bremmer on Turkey’s isolation, Europe closes its borders to refugees, Education’s math problem, How to take the perfect nap, The rise of Hong Kong’s independence movement and more…
Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe . . . or if you are a child from the wrong social class . . . or a singer without work and the rent to be paid.
Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair.
