Details: It was just another ordinary day at Mc Kinley High
- until a massive explosion devastated the school. When

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A book-length poem that explores sexuality & subjectivity as well as the viability of narrative itself. It describes the events leading up to the narrator's & his family's death. It is ostensibly set outside London in 1665, during the bubonic plague. ...

Who is texting Scrappy freaky dares? The anonymous sender is untraceable. At first they're weird but fun. Then they become dangerous. Then deadly. By the time the unknown stalker wants Scrappy to jump off a cliff into the bottomless quarry, it's too late for him to stop... ...

Even the enigmatic hit man called Quarry had to start somewhere. & for him that was the day he returned from Vietnam to find his young wife cheating. He'd killed plenty overseas, so killing her lover was no big deal. When he was recruited to use his skills as a contract killer, that transition was easy, too. ...

Four film versions of W. Somerset Maugham are brought together & introduced by the man himself: ' The Facts of Life' features a young tennis player who escapes from his domineering partner & absconds to Monaco; ' The Alien Corn' features Dirk Bogarde playing a man with the ambition to be a top pianist, but he is rejected by music scholars; ' The Kite' stars George Cole as a man with an obsession for kites & little time for his wife; ' The Colonel's Lady' revolves around a stuffy colonel's search for the man his wife has been writing passionate poems about. ...

In the 1980s Manchester United was the footballing byword for underachievement. 

The club had struggled to rediscover

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Queen didn t just give audiences music. They gave them a show. Bands in 1971 dressed the same as their audience: long hair, jeans, scruffy shirts. They d shuffle onto the stage, start playing & that was it. Most of them barely looked up. Right from the start Queen did things their own way. They gave audiences however small in the early days something to remember. When Queen took to the stage it was to a fanfare of sound, a barrage of smoke & a lightshow years ahead of Close Encounters. Always ahead of the game with stage effects, some of their lighting rigs were significant enough to earn their own nicknames among fans The Crown was a staple for two tours. Forty years after Queen was formed & 20 years after the death of legendary Freddie Mercury, Queen is back in this remarkable book celebrating the exuberance of the greatest live act of all time. ...

Lavishly illustrated book on Queen, one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world.

Another One Bites the Dust (1980)

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A thoughtfully curated & gloriously illustrated retrospective of the band’s studio releases, Queen, comes just in time for the 45th anniversary of their debut LP & biopic.

Formed in 1970, Queen went on to become one of the most popular—and most successful—rock bands of all time. Even following the untimely death of beloved & magnetic frontman Freddie Mercury, & nearly 50 years after their formation, interest in the band has continued, evidenced by scores of reissues, arena tours with surviving members, & a feature-film biopic.

In this new installment in Voyageur Press’s Album by Album series, rock journo Martin Popoff convenes a cast of 19 Queen experts & superfans to discuss all 15 of the band’s studio albums (including their soundtrack for the 1980 film Flash Gordon). Panelists include Queen experts, rock journalists, musicians, & record industry figures.

The results are freewheeling discussions delving into the individual songs, the circumstances that surrounded the recording of each album, the band & contemporary rock contexts into which they were released, & more.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780760362839
• Author: Martin Popoff
• Publisher: Voyageur Press
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 25.5 x 20 x 2.5cm













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The ultimate reference to the expansive career of Queen, both as a band & as individuals, now fully updated & expanded. Essential reading for first-time listeners & enthusiasts alike. The Albums
- The meticulous production of every spectacular album is documented, from songwriting to release, with analysis & discussion. The Songs
- Queen's discography is an impressive cross-section of musical diversity. From the biggest hits to the deepest album cuts, live jams to one-off covers, the stories behind every song are detailed. The Tours
- The live experience was always a major force of Queen's career. Tracking their transformation from dark, mysterious theatrical act to stadium-packing rock b&, each tour is detailed with set lists/itineraries. The Visuals
- Every pioneering music video, promotion & live cinematic release is discussed, from Queen's first filmed gig in 1974 to the free concert for AIDS awareness in Kharviv. Plus BBC radio sessions, TV appearances & much more.



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