Following the hugely successful The Girls Book of Glamour" & " The Fabulous Girls Book" this is an indispensable guide for gorgeous fun & feisty girls everywhere. Packed full of fabulous tips & glamorous tricks from performing the perfect pedicure & creating your own costume jewellery to hosting a spa-style party " The Glamorous Girls Book" will help girls stand out from the crowd." ...

Glamour is one of the most tantalizing & bewitching aspects of contemporary culture
- but also one of the most elusive. The aura
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How do we understand Glamour"? Has it empowered women or turned them into objects? Once associated with modernity & the cutting edge is it entirely bound up with nostalgia & tradition? This unique & fascinating book tells the story of glamour. It explores the changing meanings of the word its relationship to femininity & fashion & its place in twentieth century social history. Using a rich variety of sources
- from women's magazines & film to social surveys & life histories
- Carol Dyhouse examines with wit & insight the history & meaning of costume cosmetics perfume & fur. Dyhouse disentangles some of the arguments surrounding femininity appearance & power directly addressing feminist concerns. The book explores historical contexts in which glamour served as an expression of desire in women & an assertion of entitlement to the pleasures of affluence finally arguing that glamour can't simply be dismissed as oppressive or as male fantasy but can carry celebratory meanings for women."

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A first-rate charmer with a devilish twinkle in his eye Billy Mac Kenzie was a maverick figure within the music industry whose wild & mischievous spirit possibly did him more harm than good. As frontman of the Associates gifted with an otherwordly octave-scaling operatic voice Mac Kenzie together with partner Alan Rankine enjoyed Top Twenty chart success in 1982. At the height of their success however they split. Over the ensuing years Mac Kenzie gained a reputation for his unhinged career tactics generous spirit & knack for squandering large amounts of record-company money. Born in Dundee in 1957 he was the eldest son in a large Catholic family. He was bullied at school & sought refuge in music. He was a schemer & dreamer a breeder of whippets & a bisexual who kept quiet about his private life. During his lifetime his unique vocal gift attracted the attention of Shirley Bassey Annie Lennox & Bjork. However in the tradition of Scott Walker Syd Barrett & Nick Drake Mac Kenzies tale is one of thwarted talent & ultimately tragedy. He was found dead aged 39 at his fathers home in Scotland on 22 January 1997 having taken an overdose. ...

Glamour in the Skies is the first book to celebrate the stewardesses of British Airways & their predecessors from 1936 to 1980 widely agreed to be the golden age of air travel
- a time which personified optimism excitement & a feeling of boundless opportunity for both passengers & airline crew. The air hostess as she was known initially began her British career in a one-engine propeller plane crossing the English Chan-nel & ended up in Boeing 747 jets & the supersonic Concorde. Ex-hostess Libbie Escolme-Schmidt combines history with hundreds of surveys & interviews from re-tired & current cabin crew enabling the reader to follow the development of the role of the stewardess through the early years of discrimination to her present-day career equality. During this period flying evolved from a potentially dangerous adventure to a remarkably safe & comfortable means of international travel & through it all the air hostesses were there. Their appearance changed over the years from the 1940s military look to the mini-skirts of the 1960s & the caring mother figure to the sexy corporate prod-uct as the role was glamorised to almost iconic status becoming a dream career for millions of young women worldwide. Glamour in the Skies is packed with many anecdotes ranging from administering oxygen to passengers flying over the Andes to serving French champagne on Concorde. Covering training sexual discrimination disasters passengers glamorous stopovers & other temptations this illustrated book presents the changing times in air travel through the eyes of the stewardess & offers the perfect tribute to the girls who walked the skies. This fabulous richly illustrated history of air travel from the 1940s to the 1980s revels in the glamour the romance
- & the...realities of life as a trolley dolly in the Jet Age. Sunday Express magazine This delightful book will please anyone interested in airline history... Well done girls! ***** (Absolutely outstanding) Aeroplane As [ Libbie Escolme-Schmidts] fascinating new book reminds us the excitement & romance of air travel was personified by the air stewardess... Irish Independent (Eire)... a fascinating frank & sometimes funny portrait of life in the skies during the halcyon days of air travel... Fasten your seatbelts for a nostalgic & illuminating flight. This England

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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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In the past
- & even now
- competitive schoolgirls in the west of Scotland collected as many Valentines as they could & swapped

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The ultimate pocket city map of Glasgow! Explore the grand city of Glasgow with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable city map will ensure you don't miss a thing. *

Includes:: a Pop Out map
- a detailed street by street plan of the city centre * Advice on the top 20 things to see while you're there * Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Further key places of interest are listed offering you advice on the best things to see


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There cannot be many cities where crime could mean anything from stealing a ship to singing a seditious song but nineteenth century Glasgow was a unique place with an amazing dynamism. Immigrants poured in from Ireland & the Highlands while the factories shipyards & mills buzzed with innovation. However underneath the bustle was a different world as an incredibly diverse criminal class worked for their own profit with total disregard for the law. Robbers infested the highways & byways a glut of garrotters gathered to jump on the unwary; drunken brawls disfigured the evening streets prostitutes lured foolish men into dark corners conmen connived clever schemes & perfidious poisoners plotted. There were dark & dangerous places such as the Tontine Close & always the possibility of a major riot
- with religion the excuse
- as a volatile population became angry at unjust poverty & poor housing. It was perhaps not surprising that Glasgow formed Britain's first professional police force & men such as Superintendent James Smart fought to stem the crime that at times seemed to overwhelm the city. The forces of law had to be mobile with the robbery of the Paisley Bank involving a coach chase as far as London while the robbery of Walter Baird's shop in the Argyll Arcade took Acting Superintendent George Mc Kay over the sea to Belfast. The police had an often thankless task & The Real Mean City" chronicles the century long struggle of the forces of law & order to bring peace to a troubled city."

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The fragile beauty of glass has ensured its popularity through the ages in forms ranging from simple beakers to ornate decorative masterpieces. This beautifully illustrated book traces the story of glass from its origins in Mesopotamia some 5000 years ago to the creation of the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East the superb mastery of Renaissance Venice & the creation of modern glassware for daily use. ...