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In the summer of 1816, Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley - the two great poets of their age - and a lovely 17-year-old named Mary Shelley were partying and reading ghost stories on the shores of Lake Geneva. They dared each other to come up with the scariest story. Young Mary was the only one to rise to the challenge, and she gave birth to the entire horror and science fiction genres by crafting a brilliant and chilling account of what it means to be human, what responsibilities we have to each other, and how far we can go in tampering with nature.

Eager science student Victor Frankenstein uses body parts of the dead to bring a creature to life. Although initially excited that his experiment is a success, Frankenstein becomes horrified at the grotesque being that stands before him and flees. Angered by the rejection, the monster retaliates by taking the lives of those dearest to Frankenstein. The decision to play God torments both Frankenstein and the monster he created until the end of their days.

The Akashic Records are a storehouse of information and energy available within the unified field that contain all thoughts deeds and actions from the past, present and future. Before now, seekers were taught to believe accessing this unseen realm was reserved for the few or the elite. Not anymore. According to past life and energy healing expert Dr. Shelley Kaehr, by using the proper methods, anyone can learn to receive information for their highest good–including you! Since her near-death experience in 2000, Shelley A. Kaehr, PhD, has accessed this cosmic storehouse frequently.

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award and beloved by listeners worldwide, this acclaimed recording of Frankenstein—read by Clive Hayward, one of England’s finest actors—returns in an exciting new edition, now followed by a Student Guide told by Mary Shelley herself.

Mind-body expert Dr. Shelley Kaehr takes you on a journey to remember your true heart's desires so you can create the life you truly want to live.

Come il primo testo di questa romanziera ("Frankestein"), questo audiolibro singolare è considerato un antesignano della letteratura a fantascientifica. Pubblicato nel 1826, viene ambientato negli anni 2090, quando una vastissima epidemia stermina la razza umana, accompagnandosi a tempeste straordinarie, maree superiori ad ogni limite, esondazioni di fiumi, e altre calamità.

Am Fuße der Berge Colorados strömt der Gunnison River an einer alten Pfirsichfarm vorbei. Hier lebt in den 1940ern die 17-jährige Victoria mit ihrem Vater und ihrem Bruder in rauer Abgeschiedenheit. Doch der Tag, an dem sie dem freiheitsliebenden Wil begegnet, verändert alles. Bald ist Victoria gezwungen, das Leben, das sie kennt, aufzugeben und in die Wildnis zu fliehen. Dort muss sie ums Überleben kämpfen – um ihr eigenes und um das ihres ungeborenen Kindes. Als sie endlich die Kraft findet, neu anzufangen, droht der Fluss, alles zu zerstören, was ihrer Familie seit Generationen ein Zuhause war.

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, is Mary Shelley's passionate and Gothic tale of terror, in which a man's desire to know the unknowable sweeps him into a living nightmare. Victor Frankenstein's experiments with life itself give birth to an extraordinary force with the potential for either good or evil.

La historia comienza con el ambicioso científico Víctor Frankenstein, obsesionado con desentrañar los misterios de la vida y la muerte. En su búsqueda por crear vida, Víctor ensambla una criatura a partir de partes de cadáveres y, usando métodos científicos avanzados, le da vida.

Contents: Edgar Allan Poe - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - The Gold Bug - The Black Cat - The Pit and the Pendulum - The Tell-Tale Heart - The Fall of the House of Usher - The Masque of the Red Death - The Cask of Amontillado - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - Hop-Frog - The RavenBram Stoker - DraculaMary Shelley - FrankensteinJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu - CarmillaRobert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeH.P. Lovecraft - The Alchemist - At the Mountains of Madness - Azathoth - The Beast in the Cave.

Full-cast dramatisations of six seminal sci-fi novels that have shaped the genre Thrilling and thought-provoking, shocking and satirical; science fiction has long captivated us with its surprising scenarios and subversion of the familiar. Included here are six classics from the past 250 years...

With a dynamic spirit, these great English poets made a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. Each chose a different path, but they are united in a love of moods, impressions, scenes, stories, sights and sounds. In this collection of more than forty poems are some of the finest and most memorable works in the English language.

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance is an 1830 historical novel by Mary Shelley about the life of Perkin Warbeck. The book takes a Yorkist point of view and proceeds from the conceit that Perkin Warbeck died in childhood and the supposed impostor was indeed Richard of Shrewsbury. Henry VII of England is repeatedly described as a "fiend" who hates Elizabeth of York, his wife and Richard's sister.

A revelatory, long-awaited, and definitive intellectual biography of Hannah Arendt, one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century Drawing on newly discovered archival materials and previously overlooked documents—from both Germany, where Arendt was born to a Jewish family in 1906...

Discover Mary Shelleys haunting short novel, Mathilda, a deeply provocative exploration of a fathers forbidden love for his daughter and the tragic consequences that follow. Suppressed by Shelleys own father and left unpublished until 1959, this powerful narrative delves into themes of obsession, despair, and the complexities of familial bonds.

Welcome to The Environmental Testing Show—the podcast that uncovers the hazards you can’t see but absolutely need to know about.Hosted by Shelley Hines, CEO of DCG Environmental, each episode breaks down the hidden risks that affect homes, businesses, and job sites across Texas. From mold and asbestos to the lesser‑known environmental threats that quietly impact health and safety, this show brings clarity to issues most people never think about until it’s too late.DCG Environmental believes that identifying the problem is the first step toward protecting the people who matter most. If ...

Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821. Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815, moving along the river Rhine in Germany, and stopping in Gernsheim, 17 kilometres (11 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where, two centuries before, an alchemist had engaged in experiments.

Frankenstein—or, The Modern Prometheus—is considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Written by Mary Shelley, it tells the story of scientist Victor Frankenstein and the catastrophic consequences of his attempts to create a perfect new being by activating a group of body parts with an electrical charge. The hideous monster that is born of Frankenstein's experiment wreaks havoc when it realises that it will never know the happiness that mere mortals can enjoy.

Frankenstein, écrit par Mary Shelley et publié en 1818, et traduit par Jules Saladin dès 1821, est un roman gothique qui raconte l’histoire de Victor Frankenstein, un scientifique ambitieux qui crée un être vivant à partir de morceaux de cadavres. Son expérience tourne au drame lorsqu'il rejette la créature, la laissant seule et perdue. L’histoire explore des thèmes profonds tels que la quête du savoir, les conséquences de l'ambition démesurée, la solitude, et la responsabilité morale.

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble wows with a gripping historical novel about the real-life “Tiffany Girls,” a fascinating and largely unknown group of women artists behind Tiffany’s most legendary glassworks. It’s 1899, and Manhattan is abuzz. Louis Comfort Tiffany, famous...