Factory Records' fame & fortune were based on two bands
- Joy Division & New Order
- & one personality
- that of its director


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Henry Chinaski an outcast a loner & a hopeless drunk drifts around America from one dead-end job to another from one woman to another & from one bottle to the next Uncompromising gritty hilarious & confessional in turn his downward spiral is peppered with black humour Factotum follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling Post Office his highly autobiographical first novel Bukowski's Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing his succession of menial jobs & his experience of low life urban America He died in 1994 & is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years Neeli Cherkovski was a close friend of Bukowski & is the author of Hank The Life of Charles Bukowski (Random House 1991) ...

This screen adaptation of Charles Bukowski&s most acclaimed novel stars Matt Dillon as Henry Chinaski the heavy-drinking gambling womanising antihero who nevertheless wins everybody over with his sleazy charm ...

Through wonderful readings & carefully designed activities this best-selling series helps students develop reading skills & systematically increase their active vocabulary Learners develop useful & relevant vocabulary while exploring & expanding critical thinking skills ...

Discover a fact for everyone everyday in this book Explore a world of topics from hilarious animals to unbelievable-but-true science facts mind-blowing space stats to incredible human achievements You can even look up what extraordinary event happened on your birthday! Did you know that Ancient Romans used wee to whiten their teeth & to do their laundry? Or have you heard of the parrotfish which covers itself in a cosy thick layer of its own slime before it goes to sleep? Why not celebrate New Year's Eve like the Estonians tuck into seven meals to give you strength for the year ahead Delicious! It's most important to know that you should never shake hands with a bushbaby the animals pee on their paws so that they leave a smelly trail wherever they go Find out all this & much much more with enough facts for even the most curious reader Also

Includes:: seasonal & on this day' facts for added curiosity & fun plus a completely random mix of everything else you can imagine These facts are brought to life with stylish full colour illustrations from Fatti Burke Her charmingly beautiful artwork makes this a book to keep coming back to

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The past is catching up with Myron Bolitar A gripping novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of SIX YEARSMyron Bolitar once had a promising career as a sportsman until an accident forced him to quit After a spell in the FBI he now runs his own business Then Myron is approached to find Greg Downing He knows Greg from old
- they were once rivals not just in sport but for a woman they both loved Now Greg has vanished & the team boss wants Myron to find him before news of his disappearance is leaked to the press In Greg's house Myron finds blood in the basement
- lots of it & when he discovers the body of a woman he begins to unravel the strange violent world of a national hero gone wrong as he comes face-to-face with a past he can't re-live & a present he may not survive

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The most powerful super-hero love story in years is finally collected! " My husband was a hero but he never cared about the fame & I love him for it I just loved him"
- Grace wife of the super-hero called Fade
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Act Two of the acclaimed Hollywood Noir from the best-selling team of Brubaker & Phillips ...

Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population With their newfound freedom Claire Danvers & her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies & her friend Eve joins the local theatre company But when one of Eve's castmates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary Eve suspects the worst Claire & Eve soon realise that this film project whose subject is the vampires themselves is a whole lot bigger
- & way more dangerous
- than anyone suspected

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The final act of the best-selling Hollywood Noir comic from the award-winning team of Brubaker & Phillips! ...