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John Howard was a good Catholic boy brought up in post-war Lancashire, who became more turned on by gilt than by guilt. Sacred Heart statues and a wall-mounted crucifix, along with plans for the priesthood, were replaced by Marc Bolan posters, miming to 'Metal Guru' in front of a full-length mirror and dreams of pop stardom.As Glam Rock stomped into millions of teenage bedrooms, John left home for London, and was quickly signed to CBS Records, making his debut album at Abbey Road studios, and enjoying the hedonistic pleasures of a fully gay-liberated city.He appeared on TV and rubbed shoulders with stars like Johnny Mathis and David Essex, wrote and recorded the theme song for the William Holden/Peter Fonda movie, Open Season, and launched his album with a concert at The Purcell Room on the South Bank.Meanwhile, he was attacked with a knife by his first lover; beaten up by an East End crook boyfriend; narrowly escaped being gang-raped in Malta, and was rescued from being abducted by a serial killer cab driver in New York.Everything finally came to a crashing halt when, at the age of twenty-three, he broke his back jumping from his apartment window, escaping from his flatmates' sex attacker.A potentially glittering career, and an often perilous sex life, were all put on hold as John lay in a hospital bed unsure if he would walk again.

Twenty-two essential essays on The Fantastic, including: In Smoke and Soot I Will Worship, The Ghosts of Sauk County, Portrait in Moonlight, A World of Great Majesty, A Collision of World-Views, A Torrent of Eldritch Terrors, The Edge of Running Water, A Universe Shot Through with Invisible Forces, After the Great Destruction, Against the Spirit, Ecstasy and Boundaries, Old England, New England, In Lonely Places, Story-Telling Wonder-Questing Mortal Me, The Edge of Shadows, The Ninefold Kingdom; and on writers Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, August Derleth, Arthur Machen and many others...

The philanthropist John Howard (1726-90) devoted himself to the study and reform of penal institutions, travelling extensively around Great Britain, Ireland and continental Europe. This 1777 publication, reissued with its substantial 1784 appendix, provides systematic evidence of poor management and degrading conditions prevalent in European prisons.

This history of queer life in the South seeks to debunk the myth that same-sex desires can't find expression outside the big city. It shows that the nominally conservative institutions of small-town life - home, church, school and workplace - were the very sites where queer sexuality flourished.

Christina Kallas argues for and sets out a genuinely original and creative approach to writing for the screen. Supported by innovative and inspiring exercises that enable writers to create stories out of emotions and images, this book is challenging, motivating and essential reading for anyone interested in screenwriting.

John Howard's name will forever be linked to the highly successful Pegasus Bridge assault by his glider-born company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. His men regarded him with awe and his courage and toughness were bye-words. However this book reveals the human side of the man as well as providing a graphic account of the preparation, actual operation and aftermath of this iconic raid.returncharacterreturncharacterThe Pegasus Diaries is a book that will be enjoyed by men and women alike, presenting as it does a complex man often torn between his high sense of loyalty to his men and devotion to duty.