A selection of witty & provocative essays from the father of New Journalism, Gay Talese`s Frank Sinatra Has a Cold & Other Essays is published in Penguin Modern Classics. Gay Talese is the father of American New Journalism, who transformed traditional reportage with his vivid scene-setting, sharp observation & rich storytelling. His 1966 piece for Esquire, one of the most celebrated magazine articles ever published, describes a morose Frank Sinatra silently nursing a glass of bourbon, struck down with a cold & unable to sing, like ` Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel
- only worse`. The other writings in this selection include a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro & Muhammad Ali; a brilliantly witty dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraising actor Peter O` Toole; & a profile of fading baseball star Joe Di Maggio, which turns into a moving, immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity. Gay Talese (b. 1932) is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s & helped to define literary journalism or `new nonfiction reportage`, also known as New Journalism. His most famous articles are about Joe Di Maggio, Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra. He lives in New York with his wife, Nan Talese. If you enjoyed Frank Sinatra has a Cold, you might like George Orwell`s Essays, also published in Penguin Modern Classics.` The best American prose of the second half of the twentieth century` Atlantic Monthly` The best non-fiction writer in America` Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather`A masterful New Journalism pioneer.. . raises the magazine article to the level of an art form` Los Angeles Times
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Map No. 164, Frankenhöhe, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria & Germany plus the Slovenian Alps, with hiking routes on a topographic base, various types of accommodation, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage. Kompass are Europe’s largest publishers of walking maps, with extensive coverage of hiking areas in other countries, all listed on our website. * Cartography:* all the maps are contoured with additional shading & graphic relief to provide a more detailed picture of the terrain, vegetation and/or land use. Contour interval varies from 10 metres in the coastal areas of Northern Germany to 40 or 50 metres in the mountainous parts of the two countries. All the maps highlight local & long-distance waymarked footpaths, including climbing trails. Most titles also show cycling routes, mountain bike trails, &, the in mountainous areas, ski routes. The maps indicate various types of accommodation (selected inns & hotels, youth hostels, campsites, mountain refuges), as well as recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. New editions also show access by public transport with bus stops and/or Park+ Ride facilities.* Geographical coordinates:* unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps have a UTM grid for GPS users. * Map legend:* most maps now include full English legend, particularly titles covering the Alpine areas. Some maps covering mainly eastern Austria or the less popular parts of Germany may still have a legend in German only.* Other
Features:* some titles now include on the reverse panorama drawings of their area with names of villages, peaks, valleys, etc. and/or have booklets with pictures of local wild flowers with their Latin names.*PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING!* * Booklets:* many titles come with booklets describing the area and/or various hiking routes. These booklets are in * German only*, apart from a handful of titles where an English language booklet is specifically indicated in the individual description. So, unless English language booklet is actually mentioned, the map can only be supplied with a German booklet. These booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, most titles now include * full English language map legend.*
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What you create can destroy you. One freezing morning, a lone man wandering across the Artic ice caps is rescued from starvation by a ship`s captain. Victor Frankenstein`s story is one of ambition, murder & revenge. As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final frontier & create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-robbed body parts who has no place in the world, & his life can only lead to tragedy. Written when she was only nineteen, Shelley`s gothic tale is one of the greatest horror stories ever published. ...

Since it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley's seminal novel has generated countless print, stage & screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the power & philosophical resonance of the original. Composed as part of a challenge with Byron & Shelley to conjure up the most terrifying ghost story, Frankenstein narrates the chilling tale of a being created by a bright young scientist & the catastrophic consequences that ensue. Considered by many to be the first science-fiction novel, the tragic tale of Victor Frankenstein & the tortured creation he rejects is a classic fable about the pursuit of knowledge, the nature of beauty & the monstrosity inherent to man. ...

Begun when the author was only eighteen & conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified & chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction. ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2018WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION ` Extraordinary... A devastating but essential read.` Kevin Powers, bestselling author & National Book Award finalist for The Yellow Birds` Gripping, darkly humorous...profound.` Phil Klay, bestselling author & National Book Award winner for Redeployment From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects human body parts & stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people & give them a proper burial. But when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, & reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed. Hadi soon realises he has created a monster, one that needs human flesh to survive
- first from the guilty, & then from anyone who crosses its path. An extraordinary achievement, Frankenstein in Baghdad captures with white-knuckle horror & black humour the surreal reality of a city at war.
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A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley`s ” Frankenstein” leads the reader on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate waste of the arctic circle. This ” Penguin Classics” edition is edited with an introduction & notes by Maurice Hindle. Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity. But this botched creature, rejected by its creator & denied human companionship, sets out to destroy Frankenstein & all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley`s chilling gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Lord Byron`s villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world`s most famous work of Gothic horror, & Frankenstein`s monster an instantly-recognisable symbol of the limits of human creativity. Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction & Percy Shelley`s preface to the first edition. This revised edition

Includes:: as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 & 1831 together with ”A Fragment” by Lord Byron & Dr John Polidori`s ” The Vampyre: A Tale”. Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was the only daughter of the author & political philosopher William Godwin, & Mary Wollstonecraft, author of ”A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”. In 1814 she eloped with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom she married when his first wife died in 1816. She is best remembered as the author of ” Frankenstein”, but she wrote several other works, including ” Valperga” & ” The Last Man”. If you liked ” Frankenstein”, you might enjoy Bram Stoker`s ” Dracula”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”.

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Map No. 2728, Frankfort, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

Detailed street map at 1:15, 000 extending from Offenbach in the south-east to Eschersheim in the north & Messeparkplatz in the west. An inset showing the city centre at 1:9, 000 obscures the Bergen-Enkheim region in the north-east of the city. Colours distinguish built-up areas, industrial areas, public buildings & parks. Tram, U-Bahn & railway lines are marked. Pedestrian zones are indicated & a range of symbols denotes many specific features eg. churches, monuments, car parks, taxi ranks, museums, post offices, police stations, hospitals. Index on reverse for streets, museums & other sites of interest. Legend

Includes:: English.

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A beautiful 40cm (16) illuminated globe constructed from a glass-like material, held in a gold-coloured steel half meridian & base. The sturdy globe shows political detail, & when illuminated the hill shading showing the relief is revealed. Warm & cool ocean currents are marked. ...