These remarkable diaries are a piece of lost lesbian history Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen she was bold fiercely independent a landowner industrialist traveller
- & lesbian She kept extensive diaries written partly in code of her life & loves The diaries have been edited by Helena Whitbread who spent years decoding & transcribing them' Anne Lister's sense of self & self-awareness is what makes her modern to us She was a woman exercising conscious choice She controlled her cash & her body At a time when women had to marry or be looked after by a male relative & when all their property on marriage passed to their husband Anne Lister not only dodged the traps of being female she set up a liaison with another woman that enhanced her own wealth & left both of them free to live as they wished The diaries gave me courage' Jeanette Winterson' Engaging revealing at times simply astonishing Anne Lister's diaries are an indispensable read for anyone interested in the history of gender sexuality & the intimate lives of women' Sarah Waters
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Get yourself TWO BOOKS IN ONE for this amazing price'I not only wept I howled & hooted & had to get up & walk around the room & wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading' Tom Sharpe THE MUST-HAVE CHRISTMAS GIFT for devoted Adrian Mole fans Celebrate Adrian Mole's 50th Birthday with this new double edition featuring the FIRST TWO BOOKS in the hilarious collection & see life through the spectacles of a misunderstood boy growing up in the early 1980s--------------------------- Friday January 2nd I felt rotten today It's my mother's fault for singing ' My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs Just my luck to have a mother like her There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics Next year I could be in a children's home Meet Adrian Mole a hapless teenager providing an unabashed pimples-&-all glimpse into adolescent life Telling us candidly about his parents' marital troubles The Dog his life as a tortured poet & 'misunderstood intellectual' his love for the divine Pandora & his horror at learning of his mother's pregnancy Adrian's painfully honest diary is a hilarious & heartfelt chronicle of misspent adolescence Features the complete texts of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 34 & The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole 'I've never experienced a greater sense of recognition than when reading The Secret Diary' David Nicholls ' Every sentence is witty & well thought out & the whole has reverberations beyond itself' The Times ' Townsend has held a mirror up to the nation & made us happy to laugh at what we see in it' Sunday Telegraph ' One of the great comic creations' Daily Mirror ' The funniest person in the world' Caitlin Moran ...

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 34 is the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series Friday January 2nd I felt rotten today It's my mother's fault for singing ' My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs Just my luck to have a mother like her There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics Next year I could be in a children's home Meet Adrian Mole a hapless teenager providing an unabashed pimples-&-all glimpse into adolescent life Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles the dog his life as a tortured poet & 'misunderstood intellectual' Adrian's painfully honest diary is still hilarious & compelling reading thirty years after it first appeared Bestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades'I not only wept I howled & hooted & had to get up & walk around the room & wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading' Tom Sharpe'A satire of our times Very funny indeed' Sunday Times ' We laugh both at Mole & with him A wonderful comic read that like all the best comedy says something rather meaningful' Heat Sue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 5534) Number Ten Ghost Children The Queen & I Queen Camilla & The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers She has also written numerous well-received plays She lives in Leicester where she was born & grew up ...

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 34 is the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series Friday January 2nd I felt rotten today It's my mother's fault for singing ' My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs Just my luck to have a mother like her There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics Next year I could be in a children's home Meet Adrian Mole a hapless teenager providing an unabashed pimples-&-all glimpse into adolescent life Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles the dog his life as a tortured poet & 'misunderstood intellectual' Adrian's painfully honest diary is still hilarious & compelling reading thirty years after it first appeared Bestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades'I not only wept I howled & hooted & had to get up & walk around the room & wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading' Tom Sharpe'A satire of our times Very funny indeed' Sunday Times ' We laugh both at Mole & with him A wonderful comic read that like all the best comedy says something rather meaningful' Heat Sue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 5534) Number Ten Ghost Children The Queen & I Queen Camilla & The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers She has also written numerous well-received plays She lives in Leicester where she was born & grew up ...

The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks & zimmers to follow the age-defying youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen 83 14 Years Old ' Terrific This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman & Home ' Funny & touching' BBC Radio 4 Meet Hendrik Groen An octogenarian in a care home who has no intention of doing what he's told or dying quietly To that end he creates the Old-But-Not-Dead Club & with his fellow members sets about living his final years with careless abandon Such anarchism infuriates the care home director but pleases Eefje the woman who makes Hendrik's frail heart palpitate If it's never too late to have fun then can it ever be too late to meet the love of your life? ' So much more than just a comedy' John Boyne 'A story with a great deal of heart' Graeme Simsion The Rosie Project ' Amusing & wickedly accurate A handbook of resistance for our time' Sunday Express ' Very funny' Jeremy Paxman Financial Times ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All four parts of the ITV miniseries based on true events & starring James Nesbitt & Genevieve O& Reilly Colin Howell (Nesbitt) is a respected dentist who is active in the community & the local Baptist church When the virtuous Colin meets Sunday school teacher Hazel Buchanan (O& Reilly) the pair embark upon a passionate affair in which they abandon their strict Christian morals Their intense relationship reaches its climax when they begin plotting to kill their spouses Lesley (Laura Pyper) & Trevor (Glen Wallace) ...

The outspoken anonymous author is back with the ultimate book to challenge conventional footballing wisdom With his trademark wit intelligence & candour the Secret Footballer will guide you through formations tactics mind games & everything else you need to know about what it takes to be a pro
Includes: in-depth analysis of modern tactics; insight into the psychology of players on & off the pitch; tips on nutrition & fitness; how to deal with fans (including what it's like to play in each Premier League ground in England); a guide to modern footballing language; & a remarkable expose of the finances involved in the commercial game If you want to know how to stop a player like Cristiano Ronaldo or why exactly Rooney is worth GBP300000 a week or who the greatest player of all time is you will find it all here Fully illustrated with line drawings showing the technical aspects of the game this will be the perfect Christmas gift for aspiring football stars & armchair pundits alike
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Forgive your enemies they say Keep their addresses & keep notes I say In Access All Areas you'll learn how to buy three Premier League points for just GBP25000 what it's really like to face a Football Association disciplinary hearing & why every footballer in the country shuddered when they heard about the Ched Evans case Add to that The Secret Footballer's no-holds-barred tour of the country's Premier League clubs
- telling us what it's like to play in each ground & revealing the one that all players really hate to go to
- & you get an entertaining glimpse into a world that's normally off-limits to the fans Unapologetically opinionated witty & honest Access All Areas is every thinking fan's guide to the beautiful game I am The Secret Footballer & all bets from here on in are off

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The Secret Footballer is 'recklessly honest' (Loaded); 'insightful & opinionated' (Morning Star); 'the Banksy of the beautiful game' (Shortlist) Since his first book was published in 2012 The Secret Footballer has been able to take the reader behind the scenes of footballers' lives like no other player has been able or will ever be able to do Anonymity has been a potent weapon in revealing the real world of football stars & five years on he has now penned the work that all his fellow professionals have been urging him to do from the start The Secret Footballer What Goes on Tour & it isn't going to stay on tour any more From Marbella & Ibiza to Dubai & Las Vegas The Secret Footballer lays bare the worst most embarrassing & most hilarious excesses of these fit & mostly fickle young men whose million-pound salaries to use his own words 'open up a host of recreational opportunities' Fuelled by rampaging desires for sex drugs booze & rock'n'roll these footballers think up ever more extreme ways of splashing the cash & needless to say it doesn't always end well ...

Since his first book was published in 2012 The Secret Footballer has been able to take the reader behind the scenes of footballers' lives like no other player has been able or will ever be able to do 352 pages The Secret Footballer ...