Christopher Isherwood settled in California in 1939 & spent the war years working in Hollywood studios & teaching English to European refugees. When the war ended he careered into a life of frantic socialising, increasing dissipation, anxiety & despair. For nearly half a decade he all but ceased to write fiction & he abandoned his lifelong habit of keeping a diary. This is Isherwood's account, reconstructed nearly thirty years later, of his day-to-day experiences in London, New York & Santa Monica. Begun in 1971, in a post-sixties atmosphere of liberation, Lost Years

Includes:: explicit details of his romantic & sexual relationships during the 1940s & unveils a hidden & sometimes shocking way of life, shared with friends, acquaintances & colleagues
- many of whom were themselves well-known writers, artists, actors & filmmakers. Isherwood never prepared Lost Years for publication because he rapidly became caught up in writing the bestselling book which established him as a hero of gay liberation, Christopher & His Kind. Lost Years shows Isherwood both as a private being trying to make sense of the events of his life & as social chronicler, portraying the energy &, occasionally, abandon of the post-war years.


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On the morning Jenny Mc Carthy discovered her two-year-old son Evan having a seizure, her life turned upside down. From being the mother of an average toddler she was suddenly thrown into a world of turmoil. As doctor after doctor misdiagnosed his symptoms, Evan suffered many harrowing, life-threatening episodes. Then, one amazing doctor recognized the truth. Evan was autistic.

Desperate, but relieved to finally have a diagnosis, Jenny didn

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On the morning Jenny Mc Carthy discovered her two-year-old son Evan having a seizure, her life turned upside down. From being the mother of an average toddler she was suddenly thrown into a world of turmoil. As doctor after doctor misdiagnosed his symptoms, Evan suffered many harrowing, life-threatening episodes. Then, one amazing doctor recognized the truth. Evan was autistic.

Desperate, but relieved to finally have a diagnosis, Jenny didn

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In Vintage Living Texts teachers & students will find the essential guide to the works of Louis de Berni-res. This guide will deal with his themes, genre & narrative technique, & a close reading of the texts will be accompanied with likely exam questions, & contexts & comparisons
- as well as providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent & inventive ways of approaching the novels.
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France eagerly awaits the day the young King, Louis XV, comes of age & breaks free from the rule of his ministers. The country hopes Louis will bring back glory & prosperity to France. However, he is too preoccupied with the thrills of hunting & gambling to notice the power struggle going on in his own court. Soon, the King is introduced to the pleasures of mistresses & a succession of lovers follows. From the gentle persuasions of Madame de Mailley to her overtly ambitious sister, Madame Vintimille, France stands by & watches a King ruled by his women ...

France eagerly awaits the day the young King, Louis XV, comes of age & breaks free from the rule of his ministers. The country hopes Louis will bring back glory & prosperity to France. However, he is too preoccupied with the thrills of hunting & gambling to notice the power struggle going on in his own court. Soon, the King is introduced to the pleasures of mistresses & a succession of lovers follows. From the gentle persuasions of Madame de Mailley to her overtly ambitious sister, Madame Vintimille, France stands by & watches a King ruled by his women ...

X-Factor judge, Louis Walsh, has managed acts such as Westlife, Girls Aloud, Shayne Ward & G4. He formerly steered Boyzone to chart topping success & also propelled Ronan Keating to solo stardom. Now he plans to guide other budding pop stars to superstar success with his Fast Track to Fame.

Louis has succeeded in notching up a staggering 28 number one singles through his stable of artists & has starred alongside Simon Cowell & Sharon Osbourne on X-Factor for three years. Now he is sharing his expertise with a new generation of pop wannabees.

Fast Track to Fame takes us through the A-Z of the music business (or from A is for Agents to X is for X-Factor) with the honest truth of how the pop industry really works. The book is peppered throughout with contributions & anecdotes from many of Louis's stars, stories of their own successes & setbacks, & lavishly illustrated with exclusive colour photographs. Essential reading for anyone, of any age, dreaming of becoming a star.



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A Russian ballet company comes to town with a production of COPPELIA & Louisa just has to see it. But first she has to scrape the ticket money together through lots of get-rich-schemes. By the time she's got enough disaster strikes
- the show's sold out! But with a little help from her guardian-angel neighbour, Mrs Posnansky, Weezer finds herself not only at the ballet, but in the wings as well & of course, in heaven too!
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