The other side of history : a unique view of momentous events from the last 60 years / Simon Maier.

Cover; CONTENT; A NOTE; THE START; DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA: EVA PERÓN'S LAST BROADCAST; SNAKE HIPS: ELVIS PRESLEY CUTS HIS FIRST RECORD; STANDING UP FOR HER RIGHTS: ROSA PARKS DOES NOT GIVE UP HER SEAT; BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE DEEP RED SEA:NASSER SHUTS THE SUEZ CANAL; FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD: THE INSTANT NOODLE; THE LION IN LION CITY: LEE KUAN YEW COMES TO POWER; THE AMERICAN DREAM: JFK AND THE NEW RHETORIC; A BLACK DAY: THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.; ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: THE BEATLES BREAK UP; LIGHT SIDE OF THE MOON: THE FIRST MOON LANDING.

ENTER BILL GATES AND PAUL ALLEN: THE FIRST REAL HOME COMPUTERTHE GREAT DICTATOR: THE RISE AND RISE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN; DEATH COMES KNOCKING: INDIRA GANDHI'S ASSASSINATION; BORN FREE: NELSON MANDELA'S RELEASE FROM PRISON; THE TUNNEL: DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA; AND IN THE END: THE HANDOVER OF HONG KONG; THE KILLING FIELDS: POL POT'S BRUTAL REGIME AND ITS END; REACHING FOR THE SKIES :THE PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS; TELLING THE TIME: THE BIG WORRY OF YEAR 2000; INTERLUDE; GROUND ZERO: 9/11; HELLO, HELLO: THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVENTION OF THE CELL PHONE.

"ON SUCH A FULL SEA ARE WE NOW AFLOAT" A TSUNAMISPEAK LIKE A PRESIDENT: OBAMA'S ELECTION NIGHT SPEECH; THE BEAR GROWLS: RUSSIA'S ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA; THE JEWELS OF CHINA: ALIBABA IPO; THE STRANGER: FORMULA ONE NIGHT RACE; BIG GUNS: NORTH KOREA AS A NUCLEAR THREAT; THE END OF THE AFFAIR: HILLARY CLINTON'S CONCESSION SPEECH; THE OTHER SIDE OF HISTORY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

History is more than facts and figures, people and places, wars and politics, deaths and disasters. Stories are never fixed in stone; they continue to morph and evolve with every retelling. Author Simon Maier casts himself in the role of a hotelier who has worked in different cities around the world over the last 60 years. Wry, witty and sharp, history is told through a refreshing point of view. As the narrator chronicles key events of the 20th and 21st centuries, he provides details of the atmosphere, and recounts tales from people on the ground, along with sketches of the mood and beliefs of.

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