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The Transition, we called it. The end of the Cold War, an ideological and nuclear stand-off that had defined the lives of several generations. Then transitioning from the deep freeze of Communism to something resembling democracy and a free market. A very old part of Europe had suddenly become the New Europe. Things like this do not happen every day. So I abandoned my career in the corporate world and joined the fray.

In that extraordinary, one-off human laboratory, when Central and Eastern Europe first awoke from the deep freeze of Communism, a lucky few outsiders, including my humble self, were privileged to contribute to a transition of world-historical import.

It was great fun while it lasted.

That era has now passed into history, but my ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 37 ratings · 5 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Bucharest Tales by John a'Beckett (contributor/editor), Andrew Fincham (contributor/editor), James G. Coon (Goodreads Author) (contributor/editor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ljubljana Tales by John a'Beckett (contributor/editor), Andrew Fincham (contributor/editor), James G. Coon (Goodreads Author) (contributor/editor) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Budapest Tales: New Europe Writers by Andrew Fincham (Editor-in-Chief), Alan C. Baird (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Hill (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Earth As It Is: Tales From A Wondrous Land really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prague Tales (City Series) 2007 by John a'Beckett (Editor), James G. Coon (Goodreads Author) (contributor/editor), Andrew Fincham (contributor/editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warsaw Tales: New Europe Writers by John a'Beckett (Editor), James G. Coon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Fincham (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Two-Bit Ballroom it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars