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Euro Summits
Panenka's pearl of a penalty in Belgrade, van Basten's volley of a lifetime in Munich, Gazza's agonising near-miss at Wembley: over its six decades, the UEFA European Championship has thrown up many of the most memorable stories in football lore. Now it gets the history it deserves. Euro Summits is the first full retelling of the tournament, from its tentative beginnings in the late 1950s to its elephantine expansion in the mid-2010s. Taking in the USSR's early success, the grim violence of 1968, France's cavalier feats on home soil in 1984, the sensational triumphs of no-hopers Denmark and Greece, Spain's modern-day dominance, all the way up to Portugal's shock victory in 2016, it's a panoramic portrait of an event that captures a whole continent's imagination every four years. Dramatic, detailed and teeming with compelling personalities like Michel Platini, Guenter Netzer, Hristo Stoichkov, Zinedine Zidane, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, this is the complete story of a footballing event second only to the World Cup.
Baía da esperança
Seis anos depois de ter saído da Inglaterra, a melancólica e reservada Liza McCullen é a responsável por um barco de observação de baleias e golfinhos em Silver Bay, na Austrália, onde também administra com a tia, Kathleen, o Hotel Baía da Esperança, que já viu dias melhores. Hospedado no hotel de Liza, Mike Dormer está lá a negócios: depende dele o pontapé inicial do projeto de um resort de luxo. Enquanto sua noiva, em Londres, finaliza os planos do casamento, Mike tem de conseguir a licença para a construção do empreendimento, algo que terá profundo impacto na fauna de Silver Bay e consequências drásticas para a vida dos moradores, inclusive a de Liza, que guarda um gr...
