For 30 years, Pat Benatar has been one of the most influential women in popular music. This title tells her story, recalling her rise to fame, life in the MTV generation, her tours, the fans, & how she managed to avoid the trappings of rock stardom. ...

Dimitri Hardy & I were never really supposed to be friends. He was a risky, over-the-top investor. I was trying to avoid the glamorous lifestyle my parents had raised me in. He was fun & laid back. I was wound tight & dramatic. He had his life put together. I did not. So having Dimitri witness my breakup was a low moment. Especially since my boyfriend was also my professor, & after cheating on me, he decided to make me redo my master’s thesis. But Dimitri saw an opportunity. He offered to assist with my thesis. In exchange, I would help him gain the trust of the upscale town where I’d grown up-one he’d just heavily invested in. His proposal: Move back home & fake a relationship with him for the summer. Show my town he’s trustworthy. Adore one another in public & pretend there’s no desire brewing in private. It seems like an easy plan. But what Dimitri doesn’t understand is that a few months in my hometown can ruin you... & one summer of denying my desire of his st... ...

Robert Wagner, Broderick Crawford & Buddy Ebsen star in this absorbing drama about a recruit who comes of age during WWII. Sam Gifford (WAGNER) is a young, successful cotton planter who lacks compassion for others, especially his own sharecroppers. But once in combat, he answers to a sadistic officer (CRAWFORD), & must rely on the friendship of a cropper (EBSEN). Nominated for a 1956 Oscar ...

In her second book of poems Sinead Morrissey's worlds grow more diverse, encompassing the Orient, the Antipodes, America & an Ireland which recent history has changed & yet not deeply, a country observed through eyes that travel & time have made dispassionate & disabused. ...

This is a bawdy & joyous novel. It's a throwback to the British novels of two decades ago
- messy & offends everyone (over-the-top
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Between the Lines explores the enigmatic story of Haven, possibly one of the most overlooked bands of the last decade. It is in turn a critique of the demise of the music industry which has arguably lost its way, shrivelling under conservative conglomerates & allowing little room for innovation, creativity or true excitement. ...

Dana De Lacey, bestselling romance novelist, has the world at her feet. The words on the page flow easily; an exciting new book deal beckons, & life at home in Dublin is good. But Dana's self-confidence & success depend on one person: her gorgeous husb&, Gus. Without him, she has no fall-back. No children, no close family of her own to call upon. When Gus leaves her, she is devastated. The words fail to come. The alcohol flows too freely. She cannot sleep. Then her estranged brother, Ed, arrives to take care of her out of the blue, & memories which she has buried for many years begin to surface: startling recollections of a childhood & a little girl long-forgotten, which inspire Dana at last to write from the heart. Which Dana was it that Gus walked out on -- the glamorous party girl, whose romantic novels always have a happy ending? Or someone with a different name, whose life tells a very different story? Forced to face up to the past, can she find the real Dana, recover her career, & try to make Gus love her for the person she really is? ...

Dana De Lacy, bestselling romance novelist, has the world at her feet. The words on the page flow easily, an exciting new book deal beckons, & life at home in Dublin is good. But Dana's self-confidence & success depend on one person: her gorgeous husband Gus. Without him, she has no fall-back. No children, no close family of her own to call upon. When Gus leaves her, she is devastated. The words fail to come. The alcohol flows too freely. She cannot sleep. Then her estranged brother Ed arrives out of the blue to take care of her & memories that she has kept buried for many years start to rise to the surface. Forced to face up to the past, can she find the real Dana, recover her career, & try to make Gus love her for the person she really is? ...

In 2013, Alan Hodgkinson marks 60 years spent playing & coaching at clubs including Sheffield United, Manchester United & Engl&. This is the story of his life ? & the life of the game ? in that time. In 2013, Alan Hodgkinson marks 60 years spent playing & coaching at clubs including Sheffield United, Manchester United & Engl&. In ? Between the Sticks?, Alan tells the story of a life in football: from his days as a trainee at Worksopp Town in the 50s, to his big-money move to Sheffield United (where his signing-on fee was a new suit for ?courting?), to England duty, as well as a glittering coaching career at Man United, Rangers, Villa among others. It is a story that features legends of the game such as Matthews, Charlton, Best, & Pele, all of whom Alan has played with or against. ? Between the Sticks? will transport the reader back to a golden age of football, when pig skins were hoofed around with hobnail boots, to the modern day where as a coach at Oxford United Alan sees the realities of 21st century football first-h&. It is a story that no football fan will want to miss. ...

Details: The acclaimed travel writer's youthful journey
- as an 18-year-old
- across 1930s Europe by foot began


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