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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...

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Report copyright infringementby Cheryl Batavia (Author)Life on the Blue Planet by Cheryl Batavia is a collection of poems about life, love, family, and nature. It's the third book in a series that includes Life in Inspiring Places and Earthly Days. Through her poems, Cheryl shares meaningful moments from her life and invites readers to reflect on their own.The book is filled with colorful photos and poems that are easy to enjoy. Some are fun and light, while others are deep and thoughtful. Ch...

Soft: A Collection of Poems about Tenderness in a Hard World

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Report copyright infringementby Clarise Griffey (Author)In this raw and unflinching collection, Clarise Griffey opens the pages of her journals spanning from adolescence to adulthood, offering a deeply personal journey through trauma, survival, and renewal.With poems that confront abuse, mental illness, grief, and the search for love, Indigo does not shy away from darkness-but it also shows what it means to rise, to mother, to heal, and to rediscover beauty in the everyday.These are poems of ...

Field Guide: A Poetry Collection Rooted in Nature, Growth, and Survival

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Report copyright infringementby Jay Griswold (Author)After years of reading American poets I came under the spell of the Spanish poets of the last century, in particular Cesar Vallejo, Pablo Nervda, Antonio Machado, Blas de Otero, and probably most of all, Federico Garcia Lorca. Here was something totally different. An energy that I had been looking for in my own work, an authority that opened its eyes and spoke about what it saw. As Blas de Otero said in his poem Loyalty: I believe in you, m...

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Report copyright infringementby Aristotle (Author), Anthony Kenny (Author)"What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?" Aristotle's Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, it has shaped much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including poetry, drama, and fiction. This brief volume brims with Aristotle's timeless insights into ...

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Report copyright infringementby Logan Phillips (Author)What's it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? In Reckon, artist Logan Phillips returns to the fabled town to face the history he was raised on as a boy--gunfights, outlaws, and Hollywood cowboys--for a new, personal confrontation with the West's foundational mythology. This hybrid memoir also explores sexuality, masculinity, parenting, and what it means to love a land rife with contradiction and "slathered in murder." As innov...

The Works Of Lord Byron Complete In Five Volumes

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Report copyright infringementby Baron George Gordon Byron Byron (Created by)This is Volume 4 of the complete works of Lord Byron, one of the most influential and celebrated poets of the Romantic era. This collection showcases the breadth and depth of Byron's literary genius, encompassing his lyrical poetry, narrative verse, and dramatic works. Explore the themes of love, loss, nature, and revolution that define Byron's oeuvre. This volume offers readers a comprehensive view of Byron's poetic ...

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Report copyright infringementby John J. Herman (Author)ADAM'S DREAM is John Herman's second book-length collection of poems. In 2021 his first collection, WHITE SUMMER, was released. He has previously published four novels, including THE WEIGHT OF LOVE, a 1995 Nan Talese Book that was selected by PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY as one of the best novels of the year. He has been a professor, editor, and novelist, but has never ceased his devotion to poetry, which he began writing as an adolescent. Herman ...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Harteis (Author)This is the story of a man feeling his mortality, trying to make sense of his past and possibly his future as he receives the diagnosis of White Matter Disease. It records a year in the life of a writer fixed in history, doing his best to transcend life's challenges and achieve spiritual certainty. Haunted by a glamorous past and the love of his life who has died, it traces his mind's progress as he travels the world and his own internal...

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Report copyright infringementby Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), David Wright (Author), Christopher Cannon (Author)Beyond all doubt the greatest work of English literature before Shakespeare, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales brings together an unforgettable group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, pilgrims who came from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight and burly Miller to the worldly Monk and the famously lusty Wife of Bath. Their tales are as various as the tellers, including rom...

And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life in Stories

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Daniel Minter (Illustrator)Stunning poetry and illustrations introduce a new generation to the beloved literary icon Toni Morrison, by New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney and Caldecott Honor winner Daniel Minter. From imaginative child to visionary storyteller, Toni Morrison was a fiercely inspiring writer that helped change the world. This poetic picture book is part love letter and part biography, praising th...

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Report copyright infringementby Ritchie Robertson (Author)In 1878 the Victorian critic Matthew Arnold wrote: 'Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times... because having a very considerable gift for poetry, he was at the same time, in the width, depth, and richness of his criticism of life, by far our greatest modern man.' In this Very Short Introduction Ritchie Robertson covers the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): scientist, administrator, artist, art critic and sup...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Klein (Author)"One of the strange joys of being in love with someone is how happiness ruined everything. No more courting the dark. I've always worn my own darkness and haven't tried-I hope I haven't tried-pretending that it doesn't exist. It feels odd to identify an experience because of how happy it made me feel. Except, of course, when it comes to love. But even then, even at love, I'm wary when its happiness comes skipping along into the writing. I'...

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Report copyright infringementby Albert` Mobilio (Author)I think of Albert Mobilio as a flâneur of culture. To follow the path of his criticism down alleyways and boulevards is to be immersed in the sights, sounds, and feel of literature and art. I've long been in awe of the breadth of his interests and the depth of his empathetic imagination, and this collection, a series of amiable detours ranging from road atlases to asemic writing to the art of list making, doesn't disappoint. His languag...

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Report copyright infringementby Ana Hatherly (Author)The Writer (O Escritor) Ana Hatherly's collection of visual and asemic work returns us to the subversive potential of the hand and its ability to unsettle and reorient language, speech, and expression. With its commitment to writer and reader as fellow travelers and to new visionary possibilities for the written word, The Writer is a landmark in the history of visual poetry.30 images play on the movement of letters into and beyond language....

The Marsh in May: and 30 Poems with 29 Paintings by Ronald Rand

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Report copyright infringementby Ronald Rand (Author)Is it possible to see the miracles of life happening right before our eyes?The Marsh in May brings the reader into an unforgettable journey of soaring poetry on nature and the joys and mysteries of life, accompanied by twenty-nine full-color, luminous paintings by Cultural Ambassador and world-acclaimed solo performer, Ronald Rand in a stunning debut volume.Within these pages, you'll discover myriads of worlds within words - a harmonious dan...

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Report copyright infringementby Elsie Ray (Author)"Unbecoming" is a collection of poems that takes you on a healing journey through toxic relationships, mental illness, and social conditioning. With colors and foliage inspired by the author's adventures through Texas parks, each page is a reminder of the beauty to be found, even in unlearning. Number of Pages: 174 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: February 24, 2021

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Report copyright infringementby Elisavietta Ritchie (Author), Megan Richard (Artist), Suzanne Shelden (Designed by)Feathers is a collection of poems by Elisavietta Ritchie, inspired by birds and certain humans, paired with collages of photographs of feathers and the watercolors of artist Megan Richard. Designer Suzanne Shelden has created a blending between the artist and the poet, including feathers collected by the artists, to create a depth of connection between the two and to create a boo...

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Sexton (Author), Maxine Kumin (Author)The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton comprises the poet's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems from her last years.From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women."Women poets in particular owe a debt to Anne Sexton, who broke new ground, shattered taboos, and endured a barrage of attacks ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Seegert (Author)A New York poet's compelling collection of popular culture, written in a conversational style. An artful weaving of personal poetry and cultural essays, Jim forges a unique artistic statement, accessible to a wide audience. 136 pages, paperback, perfect bound. Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 23, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Barinna South (Author)The poems in this collection were written over the past few years in various locations: riverbanks; hospital corridors; writers retreats; oceans; in the leaf litter photographing fungi; by the fire with my two dogs; hotel rooms on business trips. I am inspired by all the poets that have walked beside me and have written words to effect change, and fuelled the fires for positive change and peace. Yellow Tailed Black cockatoos have just flow...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Hainsworth (Author), David Robey (Author)In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey take a different approach to Dante, by examining the main themes and issues that run through all of his work, ranging from autobiography, to understanding God and the order of the universe. In doing so, they highlight what has made Dante a vital point of reference for modern writers and readers, both inside and outside Italy. They emphasize the disti...

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Report copyright infringementby Shane Koyczan (Author)Barely Amazing: Selected Poems is an anthology of some of Shane's most requested poems on tour. This collection spans decades and includes works from many of his books. In this collection, Shane skillfully takes the readers on a trek through deserts of loneliness, labyrinths of loss, and meadows of healing. The landscapes of our emotions range from the perilous to the serene, and these poems become a companion, a confidant, a source ofsola...

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Report copyright infringementby Cathy Park Hong (Author)Engine Empire is a trilogy of lyric and narrative poems that evoke an array of genres and voices, from Western ballads to sonnets about industrialized China to fragmented lyric poems set in the future. Through three distinct yet interconnected sequences, Cathy Park Hong explores the collective consciousness of fictionalized boomtowns in order to explore the myth of prosperity. The first sequence, called "Ballad of Our Jim," draws inspira...

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Report copyright infringementby Billy Collins (Author), Pamela Sztybel (Illustrator)ONE OF OPRAH'S FAVORITE THINGS! NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins captures the essence and mystery of dogs in this special collection of poems inspired by our beloved companions, with striking watercolor canine portraits by Pamela Sztybel. As Oprah says on Oprah Daily online: "This collection of 25 poems by Billy Collins is a sweet gift for dog lo...

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Sidney (Author), Katherine Duncan-Jones (Editor)This authoritative edition brings together a unique combination of Sidney's poetry and prose--all the major writing, complemented by letters and elegies--that reveals the essence of his work and thinking. Born in 1554, Sir Philip Sidney was hailed as the perfect Renaissance patron, soldier, lover, and courtier, but it was only after his untimely death at the age of thirty-one that his literary accomplishmen...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Author), H. J. Jackson (Editor)Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet, critic, and radical thinker, exerted an enormous influence over contemporaries as varied as Wordsworth, Southey and Lamb. He was also a dedicated reformer, and set out to use his reputation as a public speaker and literary philosopher to change the course of English thought. This collection represents the best of Coleridge's poetry from every period of his life, particularly ...

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Report copyright infringementby Homer (Author), Robert Fagles (Translator), Bernard Knox (Introduction by)Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation--available at last in our black-spine classics line Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan A Penguin Classic The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer...

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Report copyright infringementby Patrick Summers (Author)Many people are burdened with too much unoccupied time, and they quickly fall into anxiety, loneliness, and all kinds of frustrating behaviors. I am the opposite: I feel the constant pull of never having time to either do or reflect upon doing, and I obsess and worry more about time than any other aspect of living. Though it shouldn't, time imprisons me except when I'm writing. These poems combine various strands of my heart's passions: ...

Selections from the Canzoniere and Other Works

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Report copyright infringementby Francesco Petrarch (Author), Mark Musa (Author)This entirely new translation includes Petrarch's short autobiographical prose works, The Letter to Posterity and The Ascent of Mount Ventoux, and a selection of twenty-seven poems from the Canzoniere, Petrarch's best-known work in Italian. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford...