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Reflections on Mountaineering: A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains (FIFTH EDITION, Revised and Expanded) with Addendum: 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Alan V. Goldman (Author)In the Fifth Edition of Reflections on Mountaineering, A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains, Alan V. Goldman presents a collection of 148 narrative-style poems. These poems, written in various forms including rhyming, prose, and blank verse, encapsulate the author's wisdom gained from over 30 years of climbing and learning from fellow mountaineers. The poems delve into moral issues that parallel everyday life but are in...

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Report copyright infringementby Michelle Bonczek Evory (Author)The Ghosts of Small Animals by Michelle Bonczek Evory was selected as winner of the 2018 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. The Ghosts of Small Animals by Michelle Bonczek Evory was selected as winner of the 2018 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 15, 2019

Songs of Innocence and Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, 1789-1794

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Report copyright infringementby William Blake (Author), Geoffrey Keynes (Introduction by)Here is a beautifully illustrated edition of Blake's classic poems. The text of each poem is given in letterpress on the page facing the color plate, and a brief commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes on each poem follows. It is printed on paper especially manufactured to match the tint of that used by Blake. Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.47 x 8.1 x 5.34 IN Publicati...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Gorey (Author)Front JacketA happy, naive family enters the Evil Garden (free admission!) to spend a sunny afternoon in its inviting landscape, lush with exotic trees and flowers. They soon realize their mistake, as harrowing sounds and evidence of foul play emerge. When humongous hairy bugs, famished carnivorous plants, ferocious fruit-guarding bears, and a sinister strangling snake take charge, the family's ominous feelings turn to full-on panic but whe...

Emily Dickinson's Poems: As She Preserved Them

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Report copyright infringementby Emily Dickinson (Author), Cristanne Miller (Editor)Widely considered the definitive edition of Emily Dickinson's poems, this landmark collection presents her poems here for the first time "as she preserved them," and in the order in which she wished them to appear. It is the only edition of Dickinson's complete poems to distinguish clearly those she took pains to copy carefully onto folded sheets in fair hand--presumably to preserve them for posterity--from the...

Black Forest Dreams: A Journey through Germany - Paperback

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by Joseph Kuhn Carey (Author)This is a joyous collection, taking joy in the sun on the Rhine and in the "big red table umbrella dripping down on all sides"; in "droplets of sweat slipping to the parched ground" and in ships sailing "like sugar cubes through molasses"; in a boy in a red Alpine hat and a grandfather with a mandolin. The poems travel through the Black Forest, but they also travel through four generations-generations who, in the poems of this book, are lovingly connected.Janet Bu...

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Report copyright infringementby Erinn Kathryn (Author), Emmi Greer (Foreword by)Comprised of 26 poems made over a five-year period, In the Frail is a dialogue, an invitation, a collection of embodied verse. Crafted from the 1944 Persons and Places by philosopher George Santayana, these poems are composed not solely in a mind, but channeled through a body: trimming and gluing selected syllables and phrases into new combinations-a tactile construction which requires care, dexterity, and an appr...

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Report copyright infringementby David Starkey (Editor), Chryss Yost (Editor)Inspired by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the trees and plants that define California's Central Coast, Out of the Ground features more than fourty local poets.Carmen Alexander Lori AnayaSarah Blakely Gudrun BortmanSally Anderson Boström M. L. Brown Christopher Buckley Carolyn Chilton Casas Clayton Clark Fran Davis Marsha de la O Kurt Duran Ana Ellickson Kimbrough Ernest Mary Freericks Cie GumucioHannah Huff Kristin...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Blackwood (Author), Christiane Conésa-Bostock (Author), Karen Knight (Author)Philosophical, wry and intimate, the poems of this combined collection range across many places and themes, reminding the reader of the complexity and 'rich simplicity' of experience.Through four distinctive voices, the poems illuminate moments of recognition and understanding. They investigate the dualities of life, the 'parallel worlds', and they tell us of the interconnections ...

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Report copyright infringementby Vincetta (Author)metamorphosis is a collection of poetry that explores generational trauma, heartbreak, shadow work, and ultimately coming to truth, self love, and wholeness.metamorphosis is divided into three chapters, each diving deeper into a different phase of the metamorphosis. as you read metamorphosis you will go through the journey of healing with me - bearing witness to my state of mind, thoughts, and feelings. you will be submerged into my raw and vul...

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Report copyright infringementby Matthew Lippman (Author)Alex taught me how to make this in my dreams for youwhen he was being King of the Jews in his joyfor all the dancers who danced in the desertand knew only love. Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 18, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Miranda Levi (Author)In Orion's Hands is a raw, intimate poetry collection about survival, self-worth, healing, and the kind of love that changes you.In these pages, Miranda Levi writes through trauma, silence, heartbreak, and the long journey back to herself-then carries the reader into wonder, cosmic longing, red-thread fate, and the courage to be fully seen. From poems about pain and power to pieces on self-love, spirit, and devotion, this collection capture...

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Report copyright infringementby Nikki Giovanni (Author)In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and controversial writers. Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works.From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender new poem, "Just a Simple Declaration of Love," from the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet" to the elegiac "All Eyez on U," written for Tu...

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Report copyright infringementby Melanie McCabe (Author), Roger Weingarten (Editor), Shannon Ward (Editor)On behalf of all of us at Longleaf--and previous Longleaf Press Book Prize winners-- who helped read and comment on hundreds of manuscripts, I want to celebrate All the Signs Were There, the intelligence and range of Melanie McCabe's atmospheric poems and her unique and otherworldly ear for the language. We were riveted: "/the air that finds my lungs is chosen for its jade/ stillness. Each...

Echoes of Love: 100 Reflections for the Grieving Heart: Gentle Support for Grief and Life After the Loss of a Loved One: 100 Reflections for the Griev

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Report copyright infringementby Esther Roseglenn (Author)A heartfelt grief companion - because sometimes the kindest gift isn't advice, it's understanding.There's a before and after to loss. And everything in between can feel like standing still.The world keeps turning, but your reality has changed, and sitting with that kind of ache, some days, takes everything you've got.Echoes of Love is a companion for those hardest days and quietest nights. It is a collection of 100 short reflections for...

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Report copyright infringementby Brynna Hoskins (Author)Love Me Softly, Leave Me Slowly captures the tenderness we crave and the goodbyes we don't prepare for.It explores love that arrives gently, lingers in small moments, and leaves behind echoes long after it's gone.These poems sit with grief, longing, healing, and the strength it takes to let go.They are for those who love deeply, leave carefully, and carry pieces of others with them -even after the cups are empty and the room grows still. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeremy Russell (Author)It is sometimes easy to get caught up in the mundane of this life. Sometimes, things happen just before something else happens and we cry out for a break. But what about the opposite? We feel lost in what's happening all around us, but we feel like we are not a part of it at all; we are just standing idle, waiting for our calling. There is a plan that is in the works, and our season of waiting is actually preparation for what we are being...

Meister Eckhart's Book of Secrets: Meditations on Letting Go and Finding True Freedom

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Report copyright infringementby Jon M. Sweeney (Author), Mark S. Burrows (Author)"I think Mark Burrows and Jon Sweeney achieve something quite rare and wonderful here. They make Eckhart clear, concise, and very compelling!" --Richard Rohr, OFM, bestselling author of Falling Upward An elegant rendering of the great mystic's thoughts on the mysteries of authentic life This is a little book about soul freedom. It is a book about discovering the secret to all the things we most desire: contentmen...

Scrawled Out Timeline: Poetry Collection

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Report copyright infringementby Abigail G. Thompson (Author)Scrawled Out Timeline is a breathless collection of poems that travels through time. This impactful collection of poems is split by four years. Each section tells a little more about the story in the struggles we all experience in our lives. They cut into your soul and make you think over the events of your own life. This collection is told from a girl growing up and what it means to be real with herself and those around her even in ...

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Report copyright infringementby J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Author)Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity in powerful alliterative verse, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir, most celebrated of dragons; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal...

This Is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets

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Report copyright infringementby Jade Orlando (Illustrator), Traci N. Todd (Author)A School Library Journal Best Book of 2025A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2025A beautiful, bold collection of more than 100 dazzling poems by Black poets for the whole family to treasure. Discover classic favorites and new stars. This gorgeously illustrated children's anthology is the perfect introduction to poets such as Lucille Clifton, Langston Hughes, Benjamin Zephaniah, Gwendolyn Brooks, Maya Angelou...

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Report copyright infringementby Vatekia Graves (Author)The Author Vatekia Graves' Debut, The Charms of Honey Chronicles: If you were to think for a second about your life, can you say you lived as you intended? Did you follow your dreams? Did you make the best decisions? Did you make the best of your time on Earth? Do you ever feel destined for success? Have you ever said, " Love doesn't live here anymore because of bad experiences? These questions are at the core of our existence and our que...

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Author), Ted Rand (Illustrator)Longfellow's tribute to the famous revolutionary hero begins with the stirring cadence that American schoolchildren have committed to memory for over a century. Now illustrator Ted Rand brings these vivid and beautiful lines to life as dramatically as the poet's immortal message inspires."The clatter of hooves seems to echo in Rand's evocative paintings of that famed midnight ride...." --Kirkus reviewsA...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Ondaatje (Author)From one of the most influential writers of his generation, a gorgeously surprising poetry collection about memory, history, and the act of looking back Following several of his internationally acclaimed novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje's long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes witty, sometimes moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by re...

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Report copyright infringementby Natasha Wing (Author), Amy Wummer (Illustrator)The newest title in Natasha Wing's bestselling Night Before series! It's the night before New Year?s, and the whole family is determined to stay up until midnight! Everyone's stocked up on sparkly streamers and festive party hats, but after a night filled with card games and too many cupcakes, the little ones are getting sleepy. . . Can they make it until the clock strikes twelve? Author BiographyNatasha Wing was b...

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Report copyright infringementby Clint Smith (Author)A New York Times bestselling poetry collection from Clint Smith, author of #1 bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner How the Word Is Passed. "A joyful embrace and legacy of bright language and poignant questions." --Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders Clint Smith's vibrant and compelling new collection traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood, and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his...

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Report copyright infringementby Byron (Author), Jerome J. McGann (Editor)This authoritative edition brings together the complete collection of Byron's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by important letters, journals, and conversations - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Byron is regarded today as the ultimate Romantic, whose name has entered the language to describe a man of brooding passion. Although his private life shocked his contemporaries his poetry was im...

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Report copyright infringementby Carolyne Larrington (Author)"She sees, coming up a second time, earth from the ocean, eternally green;the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them, over the mountain hunting fish." After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress's Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world, and looks forward to its destruction and rebirth. In this great collectio...

Beautiful Late Bloomer: Passionate Poetry & Mystic Musings

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Report copyright infringementby Sage Taylor Kingsley (Author)"In the tradition of Rumi and Hafiz, each piece ignites a sacred aliveness deep within us.The entire collection invites us to open our hearts more fully, join the divine stage, and whirl again. This book is a jewel." Chelan Harkin, The Prophetess: The Return of the Prophet from the Voice of the Divine FeminineIn Beautiful Late Bloomer: Passionate Poetry and Mystic Musings, poetess Sage Taylor Kingsley delights awakening souls of al...

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Report copyright infringementby Jalaluddin Rumi (Author)In recent years, the Western world has been flooded with all things 'Rumi'.Verses ascribed to the great thirteenth-century Sufi mystic are read at weddings, births, and funerals across the United States, Europe, and beyond.Wisdom drawn from Rumi's work is tattooed over the limbs and backs of Hollywood A-listers, and ordinary folk as well.And, yet, the precious lines uttered at ceremonies, etched onto skin, and quoted elsewhere in such ab...

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Report copyright infringementby Larry Smith (Author)I don�t wish to give too much away, this book is your ticket. It�s your turn now to ride this glass-bottom boat across a new lake. You will hear music and see the wind smooth the waves as underwater blurs become crystal clear. One delight after another, Larry Smith has made these poems out of dreams and diners with memories on the menu. Allen Frost, author of Pinocchio in America Number of Pages: 66 Dimensions: 0.15...

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Report copyright infringementby Odera Macfoy Akachukwu (Author)I Would Begin with Normally: ATOM's Journey to Soaring Heights, is a reflection of author Odera Macfoy Akachukwu's life. It's not just a retelling of events but a journey through struggles, triumphs, and the lessons he's learned along the way. At its heart, this book is about resilience and the beauty of embracing what makes us different. It weaves together several layers: the author's own story, the biblical journey of Joseph, an...