Despite being in the limelight for over 20 years & selling nearly 200 million records Freddie Mercury was a very private person
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Freddie Mercury is a man who needs no introduction. Queen are still globally famous Freddie was the face of the band for 20 years & this lavish book celebrates him as one of the key players in the makeup of the influential British music scene. The great man's life is lovingly & painstakingly recounted in pictures & insightful text. Famed as an electric showman with no equal there are beautiful images capturing the man in the moment through many stages of his colourful life. ...

This is the definitive biography of Freddie Mercury. Written by an award-winning rock journalist Lesley-Ann Jones toured widely with Queen forming lasting friendships with the b&. Now having secured access to the remaining band members & those who were closest to Freddie from childhood to death Lesley-Ann has written the most in depth account of one of music's best loved & most complex figures. Meticulously researched sympathetic unsensational the book
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- will focus on the period in the 1980s when Queen began to fragment before their Live Aid performance put them back in the frame. In her journey to understand the man behind the legend Lesley-Ann Jones has travelled from London to Zanzibar to India. Packed with exclusive interviews & told with the invaluable perspective that the twenty years since Mercury's death presents Freddie Mercury is the most up to date portrait of a legendary man. Fully revised & updated edition.

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This bright colourful book from award-winning illustrator Axel Scheffler is now available in a big fun bath book format
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Rich handsome darling of the ton the hope of ambitious mothers & despair of his sisters the Marquis of Alverstoke at 37 sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. Until a distant connection ignorant of his selfishness applies to him for help. Plunged into one drama after another by the large & irrepressible Merriville family Alverstoke is surprised to find himself far from bored. The lovely Charis may be as hen-witted as she is beautiful but Jessamy is an interesting boy Felix an engaging scamp. & most intriguing of all their strong-minded sister Frederica who seems more concerned with her familys welfare than his own distinguished attentions- ...

Whether dressed in her finery or disguised as a frump he wanted her just the same! How can plain Frederica withstand a Season's scrutiny after the five beauties before her have married so magnificently? The only solution is to run away from home... Disguised as a chambermaid Freddie soon finds her way into the household of the fashionable Duke of Pembury. But the wild gentleman is soon on to her tricks & finds himself escorting Freddie back to London where once again on the marriage mart her sisters make over the tomboyish runaway until even she cannot recognise herself! But a certain gentleman can & so it would seem that Freddie is not fated to be plain
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For many the daily grind can feel like a trap
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Break the rules with a sewing style that's all about irresistibly rough edges uneven stitching & mismatched fabric! Step into the studio of popular textile designer Poppy Treffry as she demonstrates how to create quirky fun & memorable sewing projects using freehand machine embroidery. Learn to draw & doodle with your sewing machine using scraps of new used & vintage fabrics for one-of-a-kind creations. This book will make you look at your sewing machine in a whole new light
- not just as a maker of curtains & tablecloths but as an artist's tool. As you work your way through the steps & become more confident with the techniques you'll be able to make your sewing machine do things you never thought it could! Poppy guides you through the basics from threading your sewing machine & setting the right tension to choosing fabrics & hooping up ready to stitch. She then demonstrates how the core techniques including outlining shading & applique are used to create pictures with charm. She shows how layering fabric pieces & leaving edges to fray add to the free & easy effect. Once you have mastered the techniques 12 projects allow you to put your new skills to use to make practical & desirable sewn objects. From greetings cards to framed pictures cushions to curtains bags & purses to doorstops & blankets these charming project ideas are sure to excite & inspire you. Step-by-step instructions helpful illustrations & photographs combine with a fresh design to offer you a new twist in needlecrafting.
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Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political social & economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallmans unique personality & how that personality has been at turns a driving force & a drawback in terms of the movements overall success. Free as in Freedom examines one mans 20-year attempt to codify & communicate the ethics of 1970s era hacking" culture in such a way that later generations might easily share & build upon the knowledge of their computing forebears. The book documents Stallmans personal evolution from teenage misfit to prescient adult hacker to political leader & examines how that evolution has shaped the free software movement. Like Alan Greenspan in the financial sector Richard Stallman has assumed the role of tribal elder within the hacking community a community that bills itself as anarchic & averse to central leadership or authority. How did this paradox come about? Free as in Freedom provides an answer. It also looks at how the latest twists & turns in the software marketplace have diminished Stallmans leadership role in some areas while augmenting it in others. Finally Free as in Freedom examines both Stallman & the free software movement from historical viewpoint. Will future generations see Stallman as a genius or crackpot? The answer to that question depends partly on which side of the free software debate the reader currently stands & partly upon the readers own outlook for the future. 100 years from now when terms such as "computer " "operating system" & perhaps even "software" itself seem hopelessly quaint will Richard Stallmans particular vision of freedom still resonate or will it have taken its place alongside other utopian concepts on the ash-heap of history?" ...

Many of the key improvements to social conditions in the United Kingdom have been made by Christians. Most of us would be able to think of such key Anglican figures as William Wilberforce Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury or Dr Thomas Barnardo but lesser known contributions were made behind the scenes by significant members of the Non-Conformist Churches. This book traces the Free Church contribution to society from 1800 to the present day. It looks at the work of campaigners co-operative societies philanthropists & politicians & traces the ways in which conditions in slums education & industry were enhanced including work with women & with black & ethnic minorities. There is a growing interest in the part the churches can play today in community development & in the building of social capital. This book will show that some of the things now seen as government initiatives had their origins in the work of Free Church pioneers. ...