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  Ticket to the World: My 80s Story

  Martin Kemp

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  Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of it all.  
  New Year’s Eve, 1979. My family and I stand arm in arm around our Formica kitchen table, counting down to the new decade with each televised chime of Big Ben. We have no idea what is about to hit us, no idea of the seismic waves of change approaching. 
  The 80s transformed life as we knew it. Music, style and culture exploded in a haze of dayglo colour. There were hardships, but there were opportunities too. And I lived through – and helped to shape – Britain’s last real youth movement. 
  Ticket to the World is my time-warp trip down memory lane, reliving that truly unforgettable decade. Join me as I recall what it was like to lead the New Romantics, stay up all night at the Blitz with Sade and Boy George, travel the world with Spandau Ballet and contribute to the era-defining Live Aid. 
  So, grab that glass of Babycham and let’s toast the very best of the 80s: the creativity and the culture, the fashion and the FUN! 
  In this riveting autobiography, Martin Kemp takes us on a personal journey through the famous and popular culture of the 80s. His memoirs are a rich tapestry of entertainment, social changes, and performing arts that defined the era. 
  For fans of Shirlie Kemp (Pepsi & Shirlie), Phil Collins (Not Dead Yet), Linda Calvey (Life Inside), Elton John (Watford Forever), and Richard E. Grant (A Pocketful of Happiness). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Wanted - Toddler’s Personal...

  Stephanie Kiser

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  What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all . . . 
   
   
   
  When Stephanie Kiser moves to New York City after college to pursue a career in writing, she quickly learns that her entry-level salary won't cover the cost of living. But there is one in-demand job that pays enough to allow Stephanie to stay in the city: nannying for the 1%. Desperate to escape the poverty of her own childhood, Stephanie falls into a job that hijacks her life for the next seven years: a glorified personal assistant to toddlers on Manhattan's Upper East Side. 
   
   
   
  At first, nannying seems like the perfect solution—the high pay covers Stephanie's bills, and she's surprised by how attached she becomes to the kids she cares for, even as she gasps over Prada baby onesies and preschools that cost more than her college tuition. But the grueling twelve-hour days leave her little time to see her friends, date, or pursue any creative projects that might lead to a more prestigious career. The allure of the seemingly-glamorous job begins to dull as Stephanie comes to understand more about what really happens behind the closed doors of million-dollar Park Avenue apartments—and that money doesn't guarantee happiness. Soon she will have to decide whether to stay with the children she's grown to love, or if there's something better out there.

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  Life Lessons Learned From a...

  Lonnee Rey

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  This book is funny, insightful and impactful. The upside of an upside-down upbringing, author Lonnee Rey empowers readers to move past the impact of a ‘lousy mom.’ Masterful storytelling takes you through rough rides quickly, and lands lightly, offering solutions you can use right away. 
  It isn't a 'heavy' book. In fact, it is a quick read that can you make sense of the insanity, finally. 
  Universal truths and witty one-liners will serve you for the rest of your life, for truly these are life lessons learned from turning lemons into lemonade. 
  The author is all-too-familiar with the guilt, pain, and loss of self-esteem suffered in the hands of a mother who did not want to be a mother most of the time. She gets it, shares it, shows you how to break free of it. 
  Lonnee is your guide, and this, your guide book to better times...no matter what your messed-up mother told you!

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  Mistrial of the Century - A...

  Tracey Kennedy, Judith Kennedy,...

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  A behind-the-scenes look at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.In this insider' s look at one of the 20th century' s most infamous trials, ex-juror Tracy Kennedy discloses what life was like for himself and his wife in the days leading up to the O.J. Simpson trial, and how it subsequently differed so much from their expectations. Kennedy reveals what happened during the trial and sequestration, a sequestration that turned the lives of a normal, married couple into an emotional hell. Much focus is given to the Kennedys' lives after Tracy's eventual dismissal from the jury, delving into the immense psychological impact the "Trial of the Century" had on the couple and how they dealt with it. Their account raises the thought-provoking question of who suffered the most during this trial and why the answer points to the jurors and not the defendant, O. J. Simpson.

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  The Fly Girls Revolt - The Story...

  Eileen A. Bjorkman

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  In 1993, U.S. women earned the right to fly in combat, but the full story of how it happened is largely unknown. The Fly Girls Revolt chronicles the actions of a band of women who overcame decades of discrimination and prevailed against bureaucrats, chauvinists, anti-feminists, and even other military women. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on extensive research, interviews with women who served in the 1970s and 1980s, and her personal experiences in the Air Force, Eileen Bjorkman weaves together a riveting tale of the women who fought for the right to enter combat and be treated as equal partners in the U.S. military. 
   
   
   
  Although the military had begun training women as aviators in 1973, by a law of Congress they could not fly in harm's way. Time and again when a woman graduated at the top of her pilot training class, a less-qualified male pilot was sent to fly a combat aircraft in her place. 
   
   
   
  Most of the women who fought for change between World War II and today would never fly in combat themselves, but they earned their places in history by strengthening the U.S. military and ensuring future women would not be denied opportunities solely because of their sex. The Fly Girls Revolt is their story.

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  Guy de Maupassant - Six of the...

  Guy de Maupassant

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master.

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