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Report copyright infringementby A. Hart Edwards (Translator)This is a prose translation of the Bustan of Saadi, originally published as part of the Wisdom of the East series in the early 20th century, and long out of print. This book is full of practical spiritual wisdom. Saadi doesn't lean on allegory as much as other Sufi writers of the period; most of the stories in this collection have a pretty obvious moral lesson....Born in Shiraz, Iran, in 1184, Saadi (pseudonym of Muslih-ud-Din Mushri...

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Report copyright infringementby Laurie Elizabeth Lambert (Author)Laurie Lambert's first full length book of poetry is a deeply personal collection of memories and stories. In "What We Are Made Of" this poet describes in intimate detail the moments of quiet joy, deep love, and heartfelt grief that make up a life. Lambert's poems reveal a genuine connection to nature, and describe unique aspects of her relationships to trees, birds, and her river. These friendships, as well as her ardent bonds ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Author)Ella Wheeler Wilcox, née Ella Wheeler, (born Nov. 5, 1850, Johnstown Center, Rock county, Wis., U.S.--died Oct. 30, 1919, Short Beach, Conn.), American poet and journalist who is perhaps best remembered for verse tinged with an eroticism that, while rather oblique, was still unconventional for her time.Ella Wheeler from an early age was an avid reader of popular literature, especially the novels of E.D.E.N. Southworth, Mary Jane Holm...

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Report copyright infringementby Bob Hicok (Author)Buddha alarm clocks, Shiva spice racks, dying gardeners, gunned-down prostitutes, suicidal visionaries, and a god "who is shorter/and a better cook than your God" populate these poems that arrive Plus Shipping. Demanding our perception of the world in payment, Hicok shows us that time has "bones we can count/and a soul made temporal by math." Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.37 x 9 x 5.99 IN Publication...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Grandbois (Author)Peter Grandbois' This House That is a haunting collection of poetry that traces the effort to reintergrate the self after loss.It is a book about family, about love, and about the mystery of being human. Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 15, 2017

El Quijote de Avellaneda, Coleccion La Critica Literaria Por El Celebre Critico Literario Juan Bautista Bergua, Ediciones Ibericas

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Report copyright infringementby Juan Bautista Bergua (Author), Juan Bautista Bergua (Editor), Juan Bautista Bergua (Prologue by)La obra misteriosa de la literatura española. Edición, prólogo y notas del célebre crítico literario Juan Bautista Bergua. El Quijote de Avellaneda (El Quijote Falso o El Quijote Apócrifo) es un verdadero misterio de la literatura española. En 1614, nueve años después de la publicación y gran éxito de El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha de Miguel de Cervant...

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Report copyright infringementby Mitchell King (Author)King serves modern queer magic in these cabalistic poems of family, curses, sex, love and being out in the Heart of America. The Mostly True Memoirs of a Witch brings witchy disco lovestruck poems brimming with mythical imagery to the page with startling and original imagery. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.21 x 7 x 5 IN Publication Date: March 02, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Jess Chief Brynjulson (Author)There's beauty in the eyes of broken dreams, Only to be seen by someone who truly believes. Author Jess "Chief" Brynjulson shares his poetry about his experiences in life, love, his personal demons and the biker life on the road. Number of Pages: 348 Dimensions: 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 15, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Erin Covey-Smith (Author)Not-Yet Elegies is a speculative, probing conversation with history about our collective human future. Covey-Smith filters the contemporary world through a literary lens, drawing on philosophical and historical texts and journalism to ask questions that elicit an existential flux between hope and grief. Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 20, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby David Tensen (Author), David Tensen (Editor)From the bestselling author of The Wrestle comes another memorable poetry collection. The Saving I Need brings readers over forty new poems penned by David Tensen, accompanied by a generous selection of carefully crafted poems from fourteen emerging poets chosen and mentored by David himself. From its breathtaking opening piece 'Birthing God' through to its end, this anthology invites readers into a poetic meditation ...

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Report copyright infringementby Maureen Alsop (Author)These "feral elegies," spacious, experimental and abstract, spark and inflame language. They splinter, oxygenate. Alsop's kindling: voices, mineral in absence. The poems delve into collaborations invented in life and life beyond. Through metaphor, the collection evocatively sculpts a new metaphysics-thumbed in ash, cinder's smudge, as embers glow from grief's breath. Here, a prophetic moon emerges in cyclical écriture féminine, this series...

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Report copyright infringementby Latasha Schaller (Author)The mind can be both a beautiful and terrible thing, and there is no relationship more complex than the one we have with ourselves. This collection of poetry takes you from the deepest pits of depression to the endless pools of power and creativity those depths can contain. With her first book, Trapped, Latasha Schaller chained herself to her mental illness, allowing it to become the lens through which she viewed herself and her relatio...

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Report copyright infringementby Apollonius Rhodius (Author)The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. Their heroic adventures and Jason's relationship with the dangerous Colchian princess/sorceress Medea were already well known to Hellenistic audiences, which enabled Apollonius to go beyon...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Alan Barlow (Author)Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: Connections, Contrasts, Celticisms explores the ways Irish and Scottish literatures have influenced each other from the 1760s onwards. Although an early form of Celticism disappeared with the demise of the Celtic Revivals of Ireland and Scotland, the 'Celtic world' and the 'Celtic temperament' remained key themes in central texts of Irish and Scottish literature well into the twentieth century. R...

The Lovely Sight of Ithaca: A Modest Volume of Poetry in Traditional Forms

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Jamieson Williams (Author)Exploring the see-saw tension between frustration and faith, between the paralysis of despondency and the vitality of hope, between the inevitability of dread and the surges of joy, The Lovely Sight of Ithaca strives to document the travail in attempting to walk the "steep and narrow path" of a spiritual life. Though interspersed with occasional light verse, the poems of this volume speak heavily on love, loneliness, longing, d...

Markers on the Way to God: God's Grace Transforming Mental Illness

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Report copyright infringementby Wendel L. Miser (Author), James S. Miser (Author), Elizabeth Ann Atkins (Author)A terrifying spiral into a long battle with schizophrenia-and a triumphant healing that followed-inspired Wendel L. Miser to write poems and journal passages celebrating the transformative power of faith and family.Now in Markers on the Way to God: God's Grace Transforming Mental Illness, Wendel provides insight into the realities of schizophrenia.This companion book to Wendel's 202...

The American Rhythm: Studies and Reexpressions of Amerindian Songs; Facsimile of 1930 edition

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Austin (Author)Mary Austin was one of the first to recognize that Native American myths and culture were in danger of being eroded and lost. She then took upon herself the duty of tracking down American Indian songs and poems, saying that she was not giving a translation of the original but what she preferred to call a "re-expression" which she referred to as "reëxpressions." It was her belief that the life and environment of the person who made up the wor...

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Report copyright infringementby Walter the Educator (Author)The Little Poetry Book about Loving Boxer Dogs belongs to The Little Poetry Dogs Book Series by Walter the Educator. Collect them all at www.WaltertheEducator.com. Creating a poetry book about loving Boxer dogs can be a wonderful way to celebrate the unique bond and affection between humans and these fantastic animals. Boxer dogs are known for their playful, loyal, and loving nature, making them perfect subjects for poetic exploratio...

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Report copyright infringementby Sara Tripathi (Author)Let go of the anchor that's not letting you float, Just let go and hope. This book is a collection of poetry that will reach your heart and caress your soul. A heart-wrenching collection of poems that deals with love, loss, heartbreak and things dark, but also about that silver lining that makes life worth living. This book will take you on a journey through the darkest of forests and shakiest of lands, and at the end, a place of acceptanc...

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Report copyright infringementby Flora Smith Dean (Author)The soul of a poet, the mind of a dreamer, Eyes that see visions afar. But her hands are the work-worn hands of a doer, The keeper of things that are. As a West Texas homesteader, Flora Smith Dean worked hard to provide for her children, yet still took time to grow flowers, sing songs, regale her children with stories of the old days, and read the Bible. Because her life was not easy, she penned most of her poems after a long day of har...

Red Redeems: Poetry and Prose Inspired by God

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Report copyright infringementby Karen J. Chisholm (Author)This is God's book beginning to end. His favorite topic is His Son Jesus. In this book, you will find surprises on topics such as Genesis, Father's discipline, motives, and how to make the devil run. He actually has fun in the time we spend together and all it started when I challenged Him to tell me what He enjoys most. Us! And He says He is still hiring! Number of Pages: 114 Dimensions: 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Greenberg (Author)DAVID GREENBERG has been in the music biz for most of his adult life: directing Grammy-nominated music videos, scripting the platinum-selling Kiss eXposed for Paul and Gene, product managed releases by Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Cesar Rosas, Robert Hunter, Bill Laswell, among others, and later as the Director of Marketing for a boutique agency working with the crème de la crème of the jazz world. (Now you know how he wangled those quotes fro...

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Report copyright infringementby Candide Uwizeyimana (Author)Candide Uwizeyimana is a devoted mother who finds great joy in raising her son. She seeks to share her deeply personal stories to celebrate the extraordinary and enduring bond between a mother and child. Candide hopes her memoir will resonate with all parents and convey the profound truth that every child is worthy of love.In the tender pages of "You Are Worthy of Love," Candide Uwizeyimana shares a poignant journey, a testament to t...

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Report copyright infringementby Jules Evans (Author)a collection of poems centred around memory and resurrection, a kind of recurring haunting, often returning to the scene of childhood. everything here is a memory, in my hands to shape because it has no real shape of its own, not since the occurrence passed-memories made into flowers, and wheeling light, and stones, and anything that mounts pleasure at my doorstep or swells with grief. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions...

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Report copyright infringementby Victor Plarr (Author)he Tragedy of Asgard is a novel written by Victor Plarr in 1905. The book is a retelling of the Norse mythology and tells the story of the Norse gods and goddesses, including Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freya. The novel is divided into three parts, each of which explores different aspects of the mythology. The first part focuses on the creation of the world and the gods, while the second part describes the gods' battles with the giants and their ...

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Report copyright infringementby Braodrick Patrick (Author)A girl discovers her lover's journal, a journal she promised to never read, and quickly finds that it is filled with his poetic thoughts regarding their love story. This book is written in a collection of poems and storytelling about two teenagers who fall in love at first sight. But sometimes love doesn't last forever as one of them soon learns that their cancer has returned and a battle that was thought to have been won is far from o...

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Report copyright infringementby Andy Weaver (Author)Andy Weaver led a life of quiet contemplation before becoming a father at the age of 42. Within three years he had two sons; two small, relentless disruptions to an existence which had, for a very long time, been self-sustaining and tranquil. The Loom is a book about love. It is a book about frustration, confusion, crying, and being sticky. It is a book about doubt, unreadiness, fear, sleeplessness, and pressure. It is a book about parenthoo...

The Helpless Romantic: Falling in Love as an Aroace

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Report copyright infringementby Ella Keyes (Author)The Helpless Romantic is a journey through finding love as an aromantic asexual. This poetry collection is filled with uncertainty, longing, self-discovery and joy, as love is examined in its various forms.Ella Keyes narrates their strange relationship with romance. As someone who hasn't experienced attraction before, the arrival of new feelings force them to determine where they stand in relation to themself, and what they want to happen. Gr...

The Lay of the Cid: An Epic of the Spanish Reconquista

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Report copyright infringementby R. S. Rose (Editor), Steven R. Martins (Foreword by), L. Bacon (Editor)This is the epic Cid, who in the last quarter of the eleventh century was banished by Alphonso VI of Castile, fought his way to the Mediterranean, stormed Valencia, married his two daughters to the Heirs of Carrión and defended his fair name in parliament and in battle. Here in this national epic, we see not only El Cid the militaristic hero, but also the loyal subject, the man of faith, the...

Through the Year with Hafiz: Selection of the Most Common Verses of Hafiz in Farsi with English Translation

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Report copyright infringementby Shams-Ud-Din Muḥa Hafiz-I Shirazi (Author), Henry Wilberforce Clarke (Translator), Hamid Eslamian (Author)Join a Year of Spiritual Delights with HafizUnveil your spirit with the captivating poetry of Hafiz. Celebrated for his passionate odes to love, mystical rapture, and the joyous dance of existence, Hafiz offers profound insights alongside his soulful verses.This anthology features his most beloved poems, carefully selected from the 'Divan of hafiz.' It offe...

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Report copyright infringementby Klingenberg (Author)The Hermit archetype can get kind of a bad wrap in our culture of productivity and success, but the Hermit is about retreating into the depths and wisdom of our inner lives, in order to come back out with gained wisdom, rest, and a replenished spirit. This collection is full of messages I've collected over the past few years from my interior travels. They are poems and visions of rest, hope, grief, self love, and acceptance. This is a book t...

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Report copyright infringementby Etan Boritzer (Author)I published my first booklet of poems Noon Moon Days in 1969 (age 19) after I had turned on, tuned in and dropped out. I figured if Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Allen Ginsberg and other great American writers could self-publish, I could too. I sold my poems in Berkeley and San Francisco("Hey, real San Francisco beat poetry right here!"). I published two other poem booklets duringthis fertile period of my life, as well as a larger collection, ...