'A wonderfully upbeat story celebrating optimism and friendship' The Express Paddington, London, 1966 Mala's story begins. As a young girl growing up in the late '60s and early '70s, life is full of hope for Mala as she flits from Notting Hill to Marble Arch flanked by her three best friends, Caroline, Janice and Bethany. What does it matter that they're poor when they're having this much fun? But life isn't all magazines, gorgeous boys and shiny white plastic boots for the girls. When Bethany disappears without a trace, a sinister side to the city they love begins to show itself. Thankfully, nothing has stopped these girls dancing yet. Perfect for fans of THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP and ANITA AND ME comes this enchanting and deeply funny novel about a group of friends growing up in 1960s London 'Perera recalls the feel-good innocence of the 1970s with brio' Independent on Sunday 'There is a warmth and tenderness towards all the characters in this optimistic, entertaining story' Sunday Mirror 'A truly gorgeous book . . . Read it if you have any taste at all' Minx

Jody Highland was born in the 1960s and grew up in Sydney's western suburbs in a typical Italian home - tribes of cousins, Aunties and Uncles nearby, and the ever-present Nonna next door.Hers is a story of a Catholic girl from an ethnic family trying to fit in the male-dominated, Anglo society of the times, and how the Disco era sparked a flame of self-discovery and search for empowerment that continues today.The book follows her from her earliest attempts to be accepted through to her rapid metamorphosis from girl to woman in the time of "free love" and the meeting of a cast of flawed characters along the way that would affect her life forever.There's profound joy and abject despair, predatory men and unfaithful friends, but underlying it all is a determination to make it through to the last dance.If you survived the Age of Disco, you might see yourself in these pages, or if you're a younger reader you might see the Mum you never knew!

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Fashion and fashion photography reflect the times that produce them; they are snapshots of an era and communicate the attitudes of a generation. The fashion photographer, like the fashion designer, has to anticipate trends, visualize ideas, and do this via images that men and women can identify with, whether consciously or unconsciously. This stunning new compendium of fashion photography (and art photography that documents fashion) contains images made as early as the 1840s and leads all the way up to today. There are society photographs, nudes, conceptual works, abstractions and documentary images. Photographers include Hill and Adamson, Madame d ́Ora, George Hoyningen-Huene, Yva, Regina Relang, Man Ray, Richard Avedon, Guy Bourdin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Annie Leibovitz, Herlinde Koelbl, David LaChapelle, Peter Lindbergh, Wolfgang Tillmans, Merry Alpern, Ralph Gibson, Martin Kippenberger, Irving Penn, Edward Steichen, Cindy Sherman, and many others. Exquisitely printed on deluxe paper, The Heartbeat of Fashion will appeal equally to lovers of fashion and photography, and makes an ideal gift for anyone with impeccable taste and an interest in the history of aesthetics.