A Queer Film Classic. By Will Aitken. Based on Thomas Mann’s novella of the same name, Death in Venice told the story of a middle-aged man (played by Dirk Bogarde) on holiday in Venice who becomes obsessed with a youth staying at the same hotel as a wave of cholera descends upon the city. Directed by one of Italy’s openly gay, revolutionary filmmakers, Luchino Visconti, Death in Venice became one of the most controversial films of the 1970s. Analysing the film’s cultural impact and providing a vivid portrait of the director, Death in Venice is an essential guide.
The Life & Career of George Michael by Robert Steele. George Michael is the single most played artist on UK radio for the last two decades. He has sold 100 million albums world-wide. This revealing new biography, tells his story from the formation of Wham! in the early 1980s. His success as a solo artist with albums including Faith and Listen Without Prejudice. His legal battle with Sony. His personal life including his secret boyfriend Anselmo Feleppo who died in 1993, his former muse Kathy Jeung and art dealer Kenny Goss. The drug and sex scandals that eventually led him to be sent to prison in 2010 following a car crash. Includes commentary by those best placed to observe his career – such as former Wham! manager Simon Napier-Bell.
By Mikey Walsh. Follows on from Mikey Walsh's bestselling: Gypsy Boy: One Boy's Struggle to Escape from a Secret World. Gypsy Boy: On The Run picks up from where Gypsy Boy left off, and tells the gripping, page-turning story of Mikey's battle to escape the Romany gypsy camp he grew up on. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave, you can never come back. Torn between his family and his heart, Mikey struggles to come to terms with his ancient inheritance and dreams of finding a place where he can really belong.
Michael Gregg Michaud. One of the hottest stars of the 1950s, Sal Mineo shot to fame for his role in Rebel Without a Cause. Sultry and dark-eyed, he was a darling of Hollywood. His life off-stage was just as exhilarating. But a series of professional missteps and a tumultuous personal life – including a struggle with his homosexuality – reversed his fortunes. On the cusp of his successful reinvention, he was tragically murdered by a stranger.
Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince. As late as 1958, homosexuality couldn’t be mentioned in a movie, as proven by the elaborate rituals the producers of Tennessee Williams’ swampy drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof used to evade the obvious fact that its hero, as played by Paul Newman, was playing it gay. Cinema emerged from its celluloid closet in 1960 and has since allowed many cult icons into America’s mainstream: Gay cowboys, gay Nazis, S&M fetish groups and women in love with each other. 50 Years of Queer Cinema documents it all, focusing on cinema’s most intriguing queer films.
This comprehensive guide includes not only exercises but also nutritional tips, psychological tricks, meal charts, workout graphs, different fitness plans, the inside scoop on bodybuilding supplements, advice on keeping fit while travelling, and weight-lifting information for teens and seniors.
My Life in New York During the 1960s and 1970s. By Edmund White. 1970s New York was a dangerous, vibrant city. Capote, Burroughs, Mapplethorpe - Edmund White knew them all. They lived, breathed and created art in a city where boundaries were pushed and anything seemed possible. White writes with wit and insight about this bohemian time in his life, and through it all sparkles fleeting and carefree associations with a fascinating melting pot of people.
By Lesley-Ann Jones. Fully revised and updated edition. This is the definitive biography of Freddie Mercury, written by an award-winning rock journalist, Lesley-Ann Jones toured widely with Queen forming lasting friendships with the band. Now, having secured access to the remaining band members and those who were closest to Freddie, from childhood to death, Lesley-Ann has written the most in depth account of one of music’s best loved and most complex figures.
Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. By Alice Echols. In the 1970s, as disco engulfed America, the question, “Do you wanna dance?” became divisive, even explosive. In this incisive history, Alice Echols reveals the ways in which disco, assumed to be shallow and disposable, permanently transformed popular music, propelling it into new sonic territory and influencing rap, techno and trance. This account probes the complex relationship between disco and the era’s major movements: gay liberation, feminism and African American rights.
Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead. By Paula Burn. A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England’s greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his masterpiece, Brideshead Revisited.This brilliantly original biography unlocks for the first time the extent to which Waugh’s great novel encoded and transformed his own experiences. In so doing, it illuminates the loves and obsessions that shaped his life, and brings us inevitably to a secret that dared not speak its name.
International superstar, Ricky Martin, who has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, opens up for the first time about memories of his early childhood, experiences in the famed boy band Menudo, struggles with his identity during the Livin’ la Vida Loca phenomenon, reflections on coming to terms with his sexuality, relationships that allowed him to embrace love, and life-changing decisions like devoting himself to helping children around the world and becoming a father. Me is an intimate memoir about the very liberating and spiritual journey of one of the most iconic pop-stars of our time.
By Corey Rosenberg. A lively, witty, and notable collection of advice, facts, opinions, and tips on how to be a proper gay man! How to act at a bar and in the bedroom... A proper gay man always buys the second round for the person who bought him the first one. The same idea is generally true when it comes to orgasms. How to handle your finances... If someone has offered to finance your evening, it is best to remember that nothing comes for free and everything has its price...
Scandal, Decadence & Conspiracy During the Great War. By Philip Hoare. In 1918, the Imperialist newspaper made a startling claim. The German Secret Service had the names of 47,000 members of the British establishment who were sexual deviants and Britain was losing the war because Germany was blackmailing them. In the sensational libel trial that followed, the main target was Maud Allan, the Salome dancer with high society connections and a dark secret. Oscar Wilde’s devoted ‘friend’ Robbie Ross and his one time lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, both became embroiled in the bitter battle over Wilde’s reputation.
Spartacus Best Places. This travel guide focuses on the top 20 destinations where you can find the hottest guys and where you can spend a really great time. Locations include: Amsterdam, Bali, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, London, Miami, Mykonos, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Palm Springs, and Sydney.
Information on 900 hotels, guest-houses and resorts as well as 125 restaurants in 55 countries all over the world. Combines colour photography and short factual information. Seasons and opening hours, prices and addresses.
