This is a new biography of the Founder of the Legion of Mary one of the Catholic Churchs most effective charitable agencies in the world today. In the Legion of Mary Duff built an organisation that depended on each member playing his or her part rather than on any individual leader. Describing responsibility as the biggest tonic on earth he believed in sharing responsibility & warned against thinking that others cannot do things as well as we can ourselves. The Legion of Mary is an organisation of lay Catholics dedicated to every form of social service & Catholic action for the welfare of the Church & of society. Duffs vision of a lay movement was revolutionary in its time & as recounted in this book explains why he faced so much opposition from Church authorities especially in Irel&. But Duff who is on the path towards canonisation exemplified the Catholic tradition of charitable work at its best
- that you do not preach by lecturing but by works of mercy compassion & unselfish altruism. This is an inspiring tale.
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Frank Lloyd Wright was the greatest American architect of the 20th century. During a long life he designed many of the most striking & iconic buildings in the USA
- structures such as Fallingwater a house poised above a waterfall in rural Pennsylvania the Unity Temple the USAs first all-concrete public building & New Yorks amazing spiral-shaped Guggenheim Museum. One of the most remarkable innovators in the history of architecture Wright produced some of the most revolutionary buildings
- breathtaking prairie houses the Johnson Wax company headquarters with its Pyrex glazing & stunning mushroom columns his own canvas-roofed desert home & office. Wright was a technological innovator too pioneering inventions such as double-glazing sound-absorbing office furniture & prefabricated office partitions. But Wright did not pursue the new for its own sake. All his work is underpinned by a belief system: that buildings should be at one with their environment that their form should grow from the needs of the client & that site floor plan structural materials & the use of the building should be in harmony. Wright called this set of ideas organic architecture & both the philosophy & the buildings it produced are as inspiring now as they were when Wright was alive & working. This book showcases fifty of Wrights most important projects. It covers buildings throughout his whole career from the house he built for himself in Oak Park Illinois in 1889 to the landmark structures of his final years like the Beth Sholom Synagogue & the Guggenheim Museum. The projects include a handful of influential buildings that are no longer standing such as the masterly Larkin Company Building & the Imperial Hotel Tokyo as a tribute to designs that still fascinate architects & others who follow the work of this inspiring American master. Brief opening & closing chapters outline the architects life & describe his wide influence which with his emphasis on architecture & environment is as relevant as ever today.

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A dandy a crooner & an actor talented & scandalous as close to the Kennedys as to the underworld barons Frank Sinatra fascinates. Coming from a small town in New Jersey the bad boy married Ava Gardner & conquered Hollywood starring in over 60 films & winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 for his role in From Here to Eternity. Its thanks to music however that his talent gained worldwide recognition. Nicknamed The Voice by the international press Sinatra imposed his unique style & sold over 150 million albums in his 62-year career. Sinatra can be seen as a monumental artist. His life is summed up in one of his first hits: Nothing but the Best; he was always associated with the best composers best musicians & best arrangers. In his personal life it was also the best vintage wine the most beautiful women & all the extravagant luxury that accompanies a superstar (and some would say a bad boys) life. Frank Sinatra Life in Pictures recalls this exceptional journey through a captivating biography & rare & intimate photographs. ...

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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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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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. ...

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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