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 hellraiser Peter OToole; & a profile of fading baseball star Joe Di Maggio which turns into a moving immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity."
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Frank Skinner is undoubtedly of one of the funniest & most successful comedians appearing on British screens. Born Chris Collins in 1957 he grew up in the West Midlands where he inherited his fathers passion for football a West Bromich Albion supporter along with a liking for alcohol. Expelled from school at 16 Frank held various jobs later going on to gain an MA in English Literature. Nurturing a serious drink problem from the age of fourteen Frank eventually turned to Catholicism in 1987 & hasnt had a drink since. He performed his first stand up gig in December 1987. His first television appearance in 1988 met with fits of laughter from the audience & 131 complaints including one from cabinet minister Edwina Currie. He met fellow comedian David Baddiel in 1990 & the two went on to share a flat throughout the early 90s & to create the hit TV series Fantasy Football League. Winner of the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Skinners is a unique mixture of laddish & philosophical humour which has won him the prime time ITV show
- The Frank Skinner Show. Here for the first time Frank candidly tells us of the highs & lows of his fascinating life & career.
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Every year thousands of students rely on Frank Wood's best-selling books to help them pass their accountancy exams.

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Champions Day Ascot 20 October 2012 saw Frankel win his 14th race a 100 per cent win record & a truly outstanding performance confirming his status as a superstar. Frankel: The Wonder Horse is the complete illustrated story of the worlds best racehorse. The book charts the superstars career from his birth through each of his races to his retirement at Banstead Manor Stud. Frankel set the bar higher than any horse has ever done through utterly memorable performances & the book relives these races & the incredible training feat by Sir Henry Cecil. Assembled from the archives of the Racing Post the book

Includes:: contributions from all his connections as well as a complete record of all his races & full statistics of his phenomenal career. Fully illustrated with stunning photographs from the Racing Posts archives.

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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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Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she Percy Shelley & Byron wrote one wet summer in Switzerl&. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead with horrific consequences. Frankenstein confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism: topics such as degeneracy hereditary disease & mankind's status as a species of animal. The text used here is from the 1818 edition which is a mocking expose of leaders & achievers who leave desolation in their wake showing mankind its choice
- to live cooperatively or to die of selfishness. It is also a black comedy & harder & wittier than the 1831 version with which we are more familiar. Drawing on new research Marilyn Butler examines the novel in the context of the radical sciences which were developing among much controversy in the years following the Napoleonic Wars & shows how Frankenstein's experiment relates to a contemporary debate between the champions of materialist science & of received religion. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more.
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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes & my candle was nearly burnt out when by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open! Written when Mary Shelley was only nineteen-years old this chilling tale of a young scientists desire to create life still resonates today. Victor Frankensteins monster is stitched together from the stolen limbs of the dead & the result is a grotesque being who rejected by his maker sets out on a journey to reek his revenge. In the most famous gothic horror story ever told Shelley confronts the limitations of science the nature of human cruelty & the pathway to forgiveness with rich language & evocative imagery. ...

This is a sumptuous leatherbound version of the original 1818 edition. It is a beautiful leatherbound edition of a timeless classic with a ribbon marker & decorated endpapers. Frankenstein" or the " Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley was first published in 1818. A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself & hate his creator." ...

The classic novel brought to life in full color! Cursed be the hands that formed you! True to the original novel Declan Shalveys naturally gothic artistic style is a perfect match for this epic tale. Frankenstein" is such a well known title yet the films strayed so far beyond the original novel that many people today dont realize how this classic horror tale deals with such timeless subjects as alienation empathy & understanding beyond appearance. This is another great story beautifully crafted into a superb graphic novel." ...