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The Other Side of Tomorrow: A Graphic Novel

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Report copyright infringementby Tina Cho (Author), Deb Jj Lee (Illustrator)Booklist Editor's Choice of 2024: Books for YouthSchool Library Journal Best Book of 2024Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 20242025 ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List2026 TLA Maverick Graphic Novel ListA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionPerfect for fans of Illegal and When Stars Are Scattered, this poignant and moving graphic novel in verse captures the dangers and hope that come with fleeing North...

Seeds Are for Sharing: Reclaiming Spirit

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Report copyright infringementby Dawn Smoke (Author), Jackie Traverse (Illustrator), Silvaine Zimmermann (Contribution by)"Never let anything or anyone stop you from following where your Spirit says it belongs..."Spirit exists in everything on Mother Earth. If we are open to it, Spirit may guide us through even the darkest of moments, to experience the illumination of healing and connection.In this innovative blend of poetry and story, Ojibway and Mohawk Elder Dawn Smoke offers readers to shar...

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by Tarriona Ball (Author)Available as an Audie Award-nominated audiobook! The debut poetry collection from Grammy-nominated recording artist and slam poet Tarriona "Tank" Ball about infatuation, love, and heartbreak. The real-life story of a relationship in the author's past told in verse and short prose pieces. Relatable and honest, with Tank's signature mix of whimsy and realness, Vulnerable AF is about the difference between love and infatuation, the danger and confusion of losing yourself...

The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Ann Hoberman (Author), Betty Fraser (Illustrator)If you're sleepy in the jungleAnd you wish to find a pillow, Take a friendly word of warning: DO NOT USE AN ARMADILLO! Covering everything from centipedes to whales, from swinging on swings to ice-skating in winter, from eating applesauce to celebrating birthdays, the delightful poems in this extensive collection convey the experiences of childhood with a fresh timelessness. Number of Pages: 68 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Frost (Author)A Vintage Classics edition of Frost's 1923 collection of poems that won the Pulitzer Prize and contains some of his most famous and beloved poems. Includes the original woodcut illustrations, not in print elsewhere. Robert Frost won the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes with this collection, published in 1923. It contains some of his most enduring and best-known poems, including "Nothing Gold Can Stay," "Fire and Ice," "The Need of Being Ve...

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Report copyright infringementby Dante Alighieri (Author), Mark Musa (Translator), Mark Musa (Introduction by)The famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri's two masterworks--The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova--in one volume A Penguin Classic As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles. As a visionary, he dared draw maps of Hell, with Purgatory and Paradise, and populate a...

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Report copyright infringementby N. K. Sandars (Translator), N. K. Sandars (Introduction by)N. K. Sandars's landmark translation of one of the first and greatest works of Western literature A Penguin ClassicGilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the third millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the mons...

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Report copyright infringementby Apollonius of Rhodes (Author), Aaron Poochigian (Translator), Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Introduction by)The first new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica since the 1950s Now in a riveting new verse translation, Jason and the Argonauts (also known as the Argonautica) is the only surviving full account of Jason's voyage on the Argo in quest of the Golden Fleece aided by the sorceress princess Medea. Written in the third century B.C., this epic story of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Carol Ann Duffy (Author)A stunning anthology of poems edited by Carol Ann Duffy on that special bond between parent and child through life, featuring some of our most beloved poets.Author BiographyCarol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Childre...

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony Immergluck (Author)The Worried Well, selected by Eduardo C. Corral as the winner of the 2024 Autumn House Rising Writer Prize, is a tragicomic collection that explores the intersection of anxiety and safety in a chaotic world.Anthony Immergluck balances the thin lines between healing and ailing, between humor and tragedy throughout this exceptional debut poetry collection. Reveling at precipices of imminent disaster while grieving at thresholds of relie...

Eggshells: The Power and Poetry of Divorce

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Report copyright infringementby Lauren Kinzie (Author)Walking on eggshells is a life of the walking dead. For 34 years, Lauren Kinzie wrote down her feelings about life, her marriage, and what was happening in it and locked them away, never letting them rise to awareness. Until she completely stopped sleeping, and in desperation, during her 3 a. m. walks through her house, she read her own words. Every poem revealed the truth like a neon sign: Her marriage was already dead and had been for de...

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by Bell Hooks (Author)The late feminist icon and author of over twenty books, including her classic New York Times bestseller All About Love, bell hooks reminds us of the good and bad moments we spend in love through her inspiring poetry. Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of 50 love poems by the icon of the feminist movement and most famous among public intellectuals. In beautiful, profoundly poetic terms, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love--tracing...

Poetically Inking: Just Me, My Pen & the Mic

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Report copyright infringementby Kim B. Miller (Author)Poetically Inking: Just Me, My Pen and The Mic by Kim B MillerStrong subject matter, not for children! This spoken word poetry book is raw truth. Kim B's poetry is her heart expressed in words: Poetry is her form of breathing and she breathes deeply. This is a book about poetic truth. This is her vision of life, developed from a clear, precise detailed palette. Kim wants you to see her thoughts as she paints a vivid picture with words. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Erin (Author), Hollis Jo McCollum (Cover Design by)Behind Her City Eyes is a collection of LGBTQ+ poems, which dissect the layers of an imagined unrequited love. Told through the lens of New York City, each poem addresses aspects of self-love, discovery and perception while also describing the harsh realities between fantasy and heartbreak. Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 14,...

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Report copyright infringementby Marisa Mohrer (Author), Christina Giebisch (Photographer)Marisa Mohrer wrote Songs of Awakening over a span of six years. The teachings presented themselves unexpectedly during time spent on retreat in silent meditation. It was then that Mohrer's first awakening took root. What followed was the integration of awakening in daily life as a therapist. Photographs in the book are the work of Mohrer's mother, Christina Giebisch. Together they hope that the combinati...

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Report copyright infringementby Diana Arterian (Author)Winner of the Poetry Society of America's 2026 William Carlos Williams PrizeRecipient of the 2026 Medal Provocateur from the Eric Hoffer AwardsA poetic journey through the past of the Roman Empress Agrippina looks toward the future Agrippina the Younger follows one woman's study of another, separated by thousands of miles and two millennia but bound by a shared sense of powerlessness. Agrippina was a daughter in a golden political family,...

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Report copyright infringementby Paula Meehan (Author)Patterns and patterning - cellular, celestial, social, political and personal - spin and weave through Paula Meehan's new collection of poems. From the mythic to the mundane, her attention is given over to the examination of interconnected lives - her own, the lives of her family, the human ecology of her native Dublin - and the unfolding of pattern-cycles in the non- human world. Meehan's familiar impulse towards blessing and empathy is sh...

Lifescapes: A Biographer's Search for the Soul

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Report copyright infringementby Ann Wroe (Author)"A lyrical, radiant memoir." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred ReviewAnn Wroe, obituaries editor for The Economist, reflects on the art and impossibility of capturing life on the page. Through her experiences and through people she has known, studied, or merely glimpsed in windows, she movingly explores what makes a life and how that life lingers after in this breathtaking combination of poetry, memoir, and observation.'What is life?' asked the poet Sh...

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Report copyright infringementby B. N. Helena (Author)B. N. Helena's Soul and Silt, an interwoven cycle of twelve poems, speaks of the inherent unity of nature, language, Spirit, and the seeking soul. In tones ranging from introspective to monitory to ecstatic, it reminds us of our oneness with nature and Spirit and of our need to realize this oneness for our own salvation. The cycle draws on multiple poetic and cultural traditions and contains two translations. Number of Pages: 3...

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Report copyright infringementby Hayley Grace (Author)From the breakout author of save me an orange comes her second book, a collection of poetry focused on letting go and reminding that every ending holds the seed of a new beginning.In life after you, Hayley Grace describes the highs and lows of love, loss, and what it means to reclaim your life after it's been broken. In her distinctive poetic style, she takes readers on a journey that feels both deeply personal and universally relatable.Her...

Jahan Malek Khatun: The Ghazal as Survival

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Report copyright infringementby Sheema Kalbasi (Author)This book presents the first extensive English study and translation of the poetry of Jahan Malek Khatun, a fourteenth-century Persian princess and one of the most important women in the history of Persian literature. Translator Sheema Kalbasi first introduced Jahan Malek Khatun to the general English-speaking audience in 2008 through her anthology Seven Valleys of Love: A Bilingual Anthology of Women Poets from Medieval Persia to Present...

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by Ian Gouge (Author)Myths attach themselves to just about everything. This is certainly true in the case of English native trees. Pagan, mystical or religious, some of these are well-known, but others are more obscure.In "The Myths of Native Trees", Ian Gouge uses fragments from some of these myths as the basis for a suite of poems which are in turn mystical, lyrical.We build our own myths too. Myths about our past - or our imagined past - and about our relationship with the world around us,...

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Report copyright infringementby Arriel Vinson (Author)Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award In this sparkling and heartfelt debut YA novel in verse by a Reese's Book Club LitUp fellow, a young Black girl discovers first love, self-worth, and the power of a good skate. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Joya Goffney. Sixteen-year-old Jaelyn Coleman lives for Saturdays at WestSide Roll, the iconic neighborhood roller rink. On these magical nights, Jae can lose herself in the m...

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Report copyright infringementby Carolyn Supinka (Author)Metamorphic Door is a shapeshifting landscape. To read this collection is to tour the meat cave, the hadal zone, the summer air strung with mayflies. These are poems of noticing, full of insects, birds, and rocks; but also of viral videos, message-bearing geese, and the rat galactic. Supinka writes with a lantern curiosity, casting light everywhere her poetic gaze goes and these beams are further illuminated by illustrations which accomp...

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel O'Brien-Bravi (Author), Ellen Robinette (Designed by)Barista Haiku that graced the blackboard of Tiny's Coffee in Portland, OR, weekly from 2014-2017. Darkly funny, playful, and modern verse accompanied with full-color illustrations, as well as images of the original haikus on the Tiny's blackboard. This is poetry for fellow service industry workers, and all who survived the last chaotic decade. Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0...

Swimming in Words: New and Selected Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Luke Icarus Simon (Author)WINNER, EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS PRIZE, 2025FINALIST, WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS, 2025Luke Icarus Simon's groundbreaking work was first published in the 1980s and he has since become one of the quiet achievers of Australian Literature. This collection explores how we relate to family and partners and the shaping of our identity through the shifting currents of love, friendship and illness. Simon's aim is to make sense of why we're all here,...

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Report copyright infringementby Luke Icarus Simon (Author)WINNER, EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS PRIZE, 2025FINALIST, WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS, 2025 Luke Icarus Simon's graceful and groundbreaking work was first published in the 1980s and he has since become one of the quiet achievers of Australian literature. This collection explores the human condition, how we relate to family and partners and the shaping of our identity through the shifting currents of love, friendship and illness. Simon's aim is t...

Chamber Music: The Poetry of Jan Zwicky - Paperback

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by Jan Zwicky (Author), Darren Bifford (Editor), Warren Heiti (Editor)Arcing across thirty years and seven volumes, Jan Zwicky's poetry has always been acutely musical (and sensitive to the silence out of which music comes). In the compositions in Chamber Music, the first anthology of Zwicky's poems, one may perceive the attunement of her vocations: poet, philosopher, violinist. Her poetry both praises and relinquishes the earth, bearing witness to the fierce skies of the prairies and the fre...

Virgin: Hollie McNish's Words Always Sweep Me Away' Giovanna Fletcher

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Report copyright infringementby Hollie McNish (Author)Like Pam Ayres on acid' LEMN SISSAY'Energising, fearless and joyful' SARA PASCOE'Hollie has such a wonderful voice. Warm, relatable, smart and funny' SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest' SARAH MILLICAN'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG Virgin snowVirgin mojitosVirgin motherVirgin Mary Virgin: one little six letter word that holds such incredible power. The power to pressure, to judge, to harm, to praise, to p...

When Time Stands Still: A collection of poems about birth, stillbirth and rebirth

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Report copyright infringementby Rose Pearce (Author), Linda Mummery (Illustrator), Paula Klassen (Editor)Now, I know death's canterWith each out-breathI wait for his horse Thundering through the valleyFlying between hoof beatsSun and I, drumming the earthSeparation and grief, oneness and connection-two radically different experiences of losing someone we love. But how do we find our way from one to the other, when we are in the depths of grief and depression? When Time Stands Still is a book ...

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Report copyright infringementby Newell Dwight Hillis (Author)The Love That Perfects Life is a book written by Newell Dwight Hillis that explores the concept of love and how it can improve and perfect one's life. The book is divided into four parts, each examining a different aspect of love. The first part discusses the power of love and how it can transform individuals and society. The second part delves into the different types of love, including romantic love, friendship, and love for human...

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Report copyright infringementby Shawn Savoie (Author)Meet a black butterfly on the brink of abandoning love until she meets a gentleman who shows her the true meaning of love. You know, the kind of love that's evenly reciprocated. You will learn of her battles with pain, insecurities, love, and social injustice. Take flight with her as she renews her self-confidence, identity, and happiness. After following her journey, a new you will emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon. Number...