Gottland : Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia

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Gottland might not have answered many of the questions I started it with, but its responses to others I hadn't sought were equally interesting. In spite of the small size due to its narrow width, the driving distance between the furthermost points of the populated islands is about 170 kilometres (110 mi). Expect yellow rapeseed fields, pink cherry blossoms and green ivy forests – Gotland in spring is a rainbow of colours.

The first facet, in the first chapter - one not mentioned in the author's explanation - appeared to refer to Czechoslovakia's first Communist president, Klement Gottwald - inaugurator of the era of history most of the book is about; in the opening chapter about the Bata shoe conglomerate, it's mentioned that the company town of Zlín is renamed Gottwaldov.He usually worked with Karel Kachyňa, one of the founders of the Czech New Wave, including on The Ear, which was based on Procházka's experience of being bugged by the secret police. It's only when Szczygieł tracks down people who were involved with the monument's building and destruction, and finds them still afraid, still unwilling to talk about it, that he comes to a horrifying new conclusion: "Prague's monument to Stalin does exist. And a little publisher named "Nottetempo" had a moment of commercial folly or misunderstood geniality a few years ago. You’ll also find plenty of micro-breweries – look out for Barlingbo, Hop Shed Brewery and Snausarve Gårdsbryggeri, to name a few.

Distinguishing bone fat exploitation from other taphonomic processes: what caused the high level of bone fragmentation at the Middle Neolithic site of Ajvide, Gotland?New laws were decided at the landsting, which also took other decisions regarding the island as a whole.