The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing" is an authoritative & comprehensive illustrated work of reference. The book tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inceptions to the present day. It provides essential information on all the top jockeys & the leading owners & trainers & the famous horses. Every personality (human & equine) event & issue of importance in the history of both flat racing & steeplechasing will be referred to somewhere in the book. In addition the off-track world of racing will be explored through the chapters dealing with gambling scandals & disasters social & cultural aspects media coverage & the business of the racing." ...

George Herbert combined the intellectual & the spiritual the humble & the divine to create some of the most moving devotional poetry in the English language. His deceptively simple verse uses the ingenious arguments typical of seventeenth-century metaphysical' poets & unusual imagery drawn from musical structures the natural world & domestic activity to explore a mosaic of Biblical themes. From the wit & wordplay of The Pulley' & the formal experimentation of Easter Wings' & Paradise' to the intense highly personal relationship between man & God portrayed in The Collar' & Redemption' the works collected here show the transcendental power of divine love. ...

The Complete Equine Emergency Bible" offers comprehensive advice on exactly what to do should you your horse or a friend become injured when out riding or at the stable yard. Many different topics are covered from minor horse injuries such as surface wounds to more serious accidents such as broken bones or eye injuries. Rider accidents discussed include sprains concussion & shock. Accident prevention both in the stable yard & on your horse is also discussed in detail including safety at home & when out hacking what to wear & how to avoid problems." ...

Eric Cantonas career at Old Trafford lasted only 5 years but its lasting impact is still being felt today. During that comparatively small span Cantonas dedication & self-confidence enabled a club to emerge from over a quarter of a century of failure & self-doubt. Cantonas career before he arrived in England had been nomadic at best self-destructive at worst. He blazed a trail through French football but the highest profile incidents centred on his spectacular misbehaviour & clashes with authority. By the time he was snapped up by Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson in early 1992 he seemed to have burned most of his bridges in France. A lucky phone call was the catalyst for Cantonas GBP1m transfer to United following a brief Leeds career during which the Frenchman had added inspiration to a team founded on perspiration. Most Manchester United fans recognised Cantonas class his decisive role in Leeds 1992 title triumph & his instant hero status among Yorkshiremen. Yet few could have anticipated the quality that would shine through following his arrival at Old Trafford. For 26 years Manchester United fans had suffered under the jack boot of Liverpools domination of European & domestic trophies. Cowed into submission their fans tended to hope for the best but feared the worst even 6 seasons of relative success under Ferguson hadnt changed that mindset. Cantonas fearless attitude transformed the club almost in an instant. Never has a football club been so altered from one day to the next by one signing. Never has a club gone from nearly men to champions at the stroke of a pen. All of a sudden the boot was on the other foot & remains so to this day. over 10 years since Eric last kicked a ball in anger. This book details every game Eric played for Manchester United Leeds United & the French national team as well as potted summaries of his career in France. Darren Phillips author of The Complete George Best" has painstakingly researched his remarkable career in France England & in the French national team. This book can be read either as a work of reference or a detailed insight into a career that altered the dynamics within English football for good." ...

In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure reading & reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays' inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library & his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses & cannibals poetry & politics sex & religion love & friendship ecstasy & experience. Above all Montaigne studied himself to find his own inner nature & that of humanity. The Essays are among the most idiosyncratic & personal works in all literature. An insight into a wise Renaissance mind they continue to engage enlighten & entertain modern readers. ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JACK ZIPES Wolves & grandmothers ugly sisters a house made from bread a goose made from gold...the folk tales collected by the Grimm brothers created an astonishingly influential imaginative world. However this is also a world where a woman serves her stepson up in a stew a man marries a snake a princess sleeps with a frog & an evil queen dances to death in a pair of burning shoes. Violent funny disturbing wise & sometimes beautiful these stories have intrigued children adults scholars psychologists & artists for centuries. The only complete edition available of the most famous collection of fairy tales ever published this collection features the 279 stories in an acclaimed modern unexpurgated translation. ...

A masterpiece of comic brilliance The Complete Far Side contains every Far Side cartoon every syndicated-over 4 000 if you must know-presented in (more or less) chronological order by year of publication with more than 1 100 that have never before appeared in a book. Also included are additional Far Side cartoons Larson created after his retirement: 13 that appeared in the last Far Side book Last Chapter & Worse & six cartoons that periodically ran as a special feature in the New York Times Science Times section as The Far Side of Science. Creator Gary Larson offers a rare glimpse into the mind of The Far Side in quirky & thoughtful introductions to each of the 14 chapters. Complaint letters fan letters & queries from puzzled readers appear alongside some of the more provocative or elusive panels. Actor author & comedian Steve Martin offers his pithy thoughts in a foreword & Gary Larson's former editor describes what it was like to be the guy who could explain every Far Side cartoon." The Complete Far Side (c) 2003 by Far Works Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Far Side (r) & the Larson (r) signature are registered trademarks of Far Works Inc." ...

This delightful book contains all 20 of the popular Farmyard Tales" stories. It is especially written with the help of a reading expert to ensure young children succeed in their first efforts to read. It is illustrated by Stephen Cartwright with stories by Heather Amery & a little yellow duck to find on every page. It comes with a read along CD." ...

Father Brown one of the most quirkily genial & lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths. This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories showing a quiet wit & compassion that has endeared him to many whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination & a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner. ...

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of G. K. Chestertons Father Brown mysteries BBC One Daytime has commissioned a new 10-part drama series for January 2013 to bring the priest-turned-detective back to life. BBC Books will be publishing a new edition of the original & complete short stories to tie-in to transmission. Set in the early-twentieth century Father Browns world is quintessentially English; crime scenes await in country houses rural parish churches & quaint gardens as well as foggy London streets & shadowy railway stations. Father Brown may be a kindly cleric but his bumbling nature disguises a detective mind to rival Sherlock Holmes... The character of Father Brown brought to life by Mark Williams is based on a real parish priest & the idea that priests through hearing Confession know the worst of human nature more than anyone including the police. Father Brown uses his experiences to put himself into the mind of the criminal to solve each mystery & catch the perpetrators. ...