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Author: Hugh Hunter Publisher: ISBN: 9781906308155 Category : British Languages : en Pages : 280
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Hugh Hunter thought he'd landed his dream job as 'our man in Orlando' - the Queen's representative in sun-soaked Florida. After all, Orlando is a favourite destination for British holidaymakers. But he soon found out that life wasn't to be a holiday - and his time in charge of Britain's Consular Office in the teeming Disneyworld city turned into a nightmare. From day one, his working week was an endless round of prison visits to meet British murderers, drug dealers and conmen; desperate people with terrifying tales to tell. Hunter tells their stories with skill and wit.
Author: Hugh Hunter Publisher: ISBN: 9781906308155 Category : British Languages : en Pages : 280
Book Description
Hugh Hunter thought he'd landed his dream job as 'our man in Orlando' - the Queen's representative in sun-soaked Florida. After all, Orlando is a favourite destination for British holidaymakers. But he soon found out that life wasn't to be a holiday - and his time in charge of Britain's Consular Office in the teeming Disneyworld city turned into a nightmare. From day one, his working week was an endless round of prison visits to meet British murderers, drug dealers and conmen; desperate people with terrifying tales to tell. Hunter tells their stories with skill and wit.
Author: Tony Orlando Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1429979127 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 315
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He's known the world over for his heyday with Dawn, but that glittering 1970's whirl was just one chapter in Tony Orlando's rich life. Orlando began his showbiz career as a teen heartthrob with the single "Halfway to Paradise" and had a second successful act as a record company A&R man before he was lured back into the limelight as a performer. Fans from the l960s to the present day have loved his voice, his stage presence and his hits, like "Knock Three Times" and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree." Now, Tony has written an autobiography as warm and heartfelt as his songs. Halfway to Paradise is rich with stories from the music world-from doo wop to the disco era, from early recording with Gerry Goffin and Carole King to recent concerts in Branson, Missouri and across the United States. It's also full of behind-the-scenes detail of how it felt to be at the top of the entertainment heap-with his #1-rated CBS show, Tony's life in front of and behind the camera was grand, but sometimes not all it seemed. Orlando succumbed to one of the familiar antidotes to the pressures of a big life: drug use, with its predictable toll on family and friendships. And even as his career was soaring, he was unable to save his best friend Freddie Prinze from a fatal downward spiral. With a return to roots-and to the close-knit family that has always sustained him-Tony restored the order and creativity that have allowed him to thrive through four decades of exuberant entertaining. Halfway to Paradise is a wise, funny and spirited life story, and a must-read memoir for fans.
Author: Virginia Woolf Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1448139023 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 250
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Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY PETER ACKROYD AND MARGARET REYNOLDS As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman and three centuries will have passed. Orlando will not only witness the making of history from its edge, but will find that his unique position as a woman who knows what it is to be a man will give him insight into matters of the heart. The Vintage Classics Virginia Woolf series has been curated by Jeanette Winterson and Margaret Reynolds, and the texts used are based on the original Hogarth Press editions published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Author: T. D. Allman Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN: 0802120768 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 578
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Offers a comprehensive look at the history of the state of Florida, from its discovery, exploration, and settlement through its becoming a state, to notable events in the early twenty-first century.
Author: Orlando Weeks Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 1846149908 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 82
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'Sometimes it feels like I might be the only person awake in the whole country. People might find that a lonely thought. Not me...' As the rest of the world sleeps, the Gritterman goes out to work. Through the wind and the snow and the freezing cold, in the blue-black hours when time slips away, he grits the paths and the pavements and the roads. For him, there is romance in the winter and comfort in his purpose. But what would a life without gritting mean? A song for the unsung hero, this is a bittersweet story about stoicism, dignity and a man leaving behind the work that he loves. It is accompanied by the author's own illustrations.
Author: Jen Lancaster Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101128402 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 418
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New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster takes you from sorority house to penthouse to poorhouse in her hilarious memoir of living the sweet life—until real life kicked her to the curb. She had the perfect man, the perfect job—hell, she had the perfect life—and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice. This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good. Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it's a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.
Author: Hugh Hunter
Author: Hugh Hunter
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