QUEEN lost not only a singer when Freddie Mercury died in 1991. Freddie's friends lost Freddie. In this biographical volume of memories, Freddie Mercury's life is celebrated, remembered and recounted by a collection of his closest friends, lovers, collaborators and colleagues.

Another Earth by David Evans and Al Landau is a science fiction novel that explores the concept of an alternate Earth and the implications of discovering a parallel world. Set in a near future where space exploration is making significant strides, the plot revolves around the sudden and startling discovery of a second Earth-like planet, identical to our own in almost every way, including its geography, ecosystems, and civilizations.The novel’s protagonist, typically a scientist or astronau...

The final part of the Story of Freddie Mercury, one of rock 'n' roll's most unforgettable and most talented creative forces. Peter Freestone and David Evans tie up many loose ends and recall Freddie's last days in 1991 and recount details of the events which followed Queen's lead singer's death involving the people and places Freddie loved and favoured.

D-Day and operation OVERLORD are often regarded as one of the most important operation of all time. The stretch of beach along the Calvados coast is world famous for the part it played in turning around World War II on the 6th of June 1944, when British, Canadian and American troops broke through Nazi defenses. Normandy is indelibly marked by the momentous events of June 1944, and the ensuing months leading to the liberation of France and the rest of Europe. Visitors today can explore old ...

Biographical Look at the Life and Times of the British singer songwriter Cat Stevens who, after achieving world wide superstar success, abandoned the music business for a life dedicated to the religion and practice of Islam.

Memoir covering 1947 'til 1976 of a gay man growing up as a teenager in provincial England and, after a spell at the brand-new University of Kent, finding his feet in London in the nineteen sixties and seventies where he worked in the world of music, film and theatre as, at first, lowly gopher and pen-ultimately general manager of an artiste's management company tending the careers of such as Cat Stevens, Colin Blunstone, Mike d'Abo, Twinkle and finally the John Reid Management working wit...

How does language attain to rear view reflection and then timeless analysis? How does language garner its conceptualisation in order to do this?This book is an exploration of the process in which everyday narrative language can become reflective and then analytical. Narrative language is viewed as a way of 'becoming' within the flow of time and therefore life.Evans and Herat show that there are levels in language that correspond with conceptual structures e...

At the height of the blues revival, Marina Bokelman and David Evans, young graduate students from California, made two trips to Louisiana and Mississippi and short trips in their home state to do fieldwork for their studies at UCLA. While there, they made recordings and interviews and took extensive field notes and photographs of blues musicians and their families. Going Up the Country: Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960s presents their experiences in vivid detail through t...

A second volume of memoir by a gay man who, at the age of twenty-nine, left the music business having worked with Cat Stevens, Elton John, Queen, Kiki Dee and many others in the nineteen-seventies and began life again with a lover and a shop full of antiques. After an emotional break-up, the author moved back to his home town of Malvern in Worcestershire and opened a restaurant used as an afternoon haunt by the restless boys and girls of the local public schools. Returning to London, he co...

More than 40,000 species of mites have been described, and up to 1 million may exist on earth. These tiny arachnids play many ecological roles including acting as vectors of disease, vital players in soil formation, and important agents of biological control. But despite the grand diversity of mites, even trained biologists are often unaware of their significance. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (2nd edition) aims to fill the gaps in our understanding of these intriguing creatures....

What is expected? What should the thesis consist of? How can the whole process be made a bit easier? How to achieve the best possible result? Working within strict time limits, and under pressure right from the start, what does the student need to do to ensure that the thesis is finished?In How to Write a Better Minor Thesis, experienced advisors Dr Paul Gruba and Professor Justin Zobel lay out step-by-step guidelines for writing a minor thesis. Based on decades of working ...

These 101 scientific papers reveal... ...cholesterol and saturated fat are in fact essential for a healthy heart. ...high cholesterol levels help you live longer. ...high carbohydrate diets promote the factors that cause heart disease. ...margarine is an industrially produced unhealthy product that should be avoided. ...the cholesterol/saturated fat causes heart disease hypothesis has never been proved. This book is based on the research of doctors, professors and scientists and includes 1...