March AD 80. In Rome the Emperor Titus has announced that there will be a hundred days of games to open his new amphitheatre (now known as the Colosseum). Flavia Nubia & Lupus take this opportunity to go to Rome & search for their missing friend Jonathan. Their search leads the young detectives straight to the games where they must face wild beasts & gladiators to accomplish their mission. ...

In this non-fiction corollary to Larsson s Millennium Trilogy" wet works & false flags keep Europe a colony of the US. Leaders are murdered movements are subverted. Under the surface the empire rules by death squads as it always has south of the border. The attack on Libya laid bare the iron fist within the velvet glove of slogans such as "humanitarian intervention." Like the destruction of Yugoslavia & the rape of Afghanistan the reduction of Libya to a virtual slave colony was performed under the banner of NATO. & what exactly is NATO? Richard Cottrell tells the story of mayhem & murder behind the "alliance for peace " & predicts an emerging military colossus fighting to seize control of strategic resources such as oil gas minerals & water anywhere on the planet. Masquerading as a rear guard against Soviet invaders NATOs covert forces warped into psychological & physical terrorism. These were the years of lead in which hundreds perished in a synthetic war in the streets of Europe. NATO commander General Lyman Lemnitzer ordered serial attacks on French president Charles de Gaulle. Sacked from the Pentagon by John F Kennedy for rank insubordination then exiled to Europe Lemnitzer reaped revenge in Dallas. The secret armies forged bonds with organised crime & neo-fascists. NATO-backed coups struck down governments in Greece & Turkey; the island state of Cyprus was sundered amid bitter genocide. Urban guerrillas like the Red Brigades & the Baader-Meinhof Gang were cunningly manipulated. Italy gained a deep-state government the ultra-secret P2 pseudo-Masonic lodge founded by former Blackshirts. Swedish premier Olof Palme & Italian ex-PM Aldo Moro were assassinated. Pope John Paul II was shot by Turkish gangsters who had regular work as Gladio guns for hire. In 2009 a Gladio copy-cat outfit codenamed Ergenekon came to light in Turkey. The shootings in Norway in July 2011 & in Belgium France & Italy in 2012 all bore the classic stripe of Gladio false-flag operations." ...

The centre of the world: 1990s Manhattan. Victor Ward a model with perfect abs & all the right friends is seen & photographed everywhere even in places he hasnt been & with people he doesnt know. On the eve of opening the trendiest nightclub in New York history hes living with one beautiful model & having an affair with another. Now its time to move to the next stage. But the future he gets is not the one he had in mind. A master stylist with hideously interesting new-fangled manners & the heart of an old-fashioned moralist Observer Gets under the skin of our celebrity culture in a way that is both illuminating & frightening Daily Telegraph Does for the cold minimal 90s what American Psycho did for the Wall Street greed of the 80s. You name it he manages to get it all in Vogue Brilliant.. . He is fast becoming a writer of real American genius GQ ...

Glamorgans long & varied history has left layer upon layer of visible remains. Castles range from remarkable earthworks to magnificent structures such as Cardiff & Caerphilly. Impressive remains of three little known abbeys at Ewenny Margam & Neath together with Llandaff Cathedral testify to the wealth of the church in the twelfth & thirteenth centuries. The landscaped setting of Penrice Castle preserves a complete Georgian arcadia while Cardiff Castle is the supreme example of an exotic Victorian fantasy. Other major country houses such as Ruperra & Wenvoe are now evocative ruins. In dramatic contrast are the chapels & workmens institutes of the Valleys settlements & the landscape of heavy industry. Pride of place is given to Swansea once a Regency resort & Cardiff coal metropolis. Their many fine public buildings are covered as are their array of churches chapels arcades & solid suburban streets. A comprehensive gazetteer of places in which buildings are described with lively & informed comment is complemented by a detailed introduction which explains the broader context & builds a complete picture of the areas architectural identity. Glamorgan is the third volume in the Pevsner Buildings of Wales series. Each work is illustrated with numerous maps plans & photographs & concludes with Welsh language & architectural glossaries & indexes of artists & places. ...

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." ...

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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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

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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