Carpet Burns

Tom Hingley's account of his time as the lead singer of Inspiral Carpets. He provides an account of what it is like to be at the center of a pop hurricane, and what happens when the hits end and the arguments kick in. 16 color plates.

'Carpet Burns' is the memoir of Tom Hingley, lead singer of Inspiral Carpets, one of the big three bands of the Manchester movement who, along with The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, changed music for a generation.

After meeting the gorgeous and charismatic Simon, Georgia Cassimatis swaps her fabulous life in Sydney for Los Angeles, risking it all for a chance at love. Georgia soon finds out, however, that Simon is not the man he seemed to be, and she has left her entire world behind for a loveless marriage with a man who is intent on making her miserable. LA is a tough town especially for a girl with no friends, no money and no job but Georgia finds her way through liars, fakes and cheats to become a successful celebrity journalist and soon realises she's fallen in love again, this time with her new home town LA.

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The Wood Burn Book teaches you everything you need to know to master the art of pyrography.

It is inevitable that tragedies will occur in the rich pattern of human life and that children will be harmed and impacted by them. However these situations do not need to be grossly exacerbated by crass actions on the part of the authorities responsible.

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