Alasdair Vale is a travel addict who had visited all 47 countries in Europe by his 23rd birthday, then someone invented Kosovo. Europe - the Hard Way is the engaging and humourous result of numerous budget trips across the continent. From jumping off bridges in Bosnia, sleeping in Swiss supermarkets, watching Bolton Wanderers in Macedonia and attending a cross-dressing party in Finland. The first book to contain travel stories from every country in the continent, Europe - the Hard Way came from an attempt to travel 'better than (Bill) Bryson and poorer than (Michael) Palin' and the result is...

An unexpected phone call brings the walls of Amelia's life crashing down around her. Her relationship with boyfriend Mark already hangs precariously in the balance when her estranged grandfather arrives unexpectedly with nothing but his journal and a broken clock. Stuck between the conflicting interests of the two men in her life, Amelia spends her time reading her grandfather's journal and disappears into the fantasy world he created to hide himself from his past. As Amelia goes deeper into his fantastical world she starts to believe he could be telling the truth as her world overlaps with...