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by Natasa Ghica (Author)Vampyr is about the struggles of a young woman navigating through heartbreak, depression, and everyday life. The pages within this book will take you on an emotional journey through free-verse poetry and prose. It is heartbreaking yet also inspires hope in the reader.Author BiographyNatasa Ghica is a twenty-five year old Romanian writer who lives in Orlando, Florida. She is a law student during the day and writes her heart out during the midnight hours. This is her fir...

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by Amiri Baraka (Author)One of the New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books WITH AN APPENDIX OF NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED WORK Fusing the personal and the political in high-voltage verse, Amiri Baraka was one of the preeminent literary innovators of the past century. This volume comprises the fullest spectrum of his rousing, revolutionary poems, from his first collection to unpublished pieces composed during his final years. Throughout Baraka's career as a prolific writer in several genres...

My Love Letters Don't Sound the Same Anymore - Paperback

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by Cassandra Grace (Author)My Love Letters Don't Sound the Same Anymore will take you on a journey of finding, choosing, and losing love, as Cassandra Grace tells the true story of her most devastating breakup in 37 poems--some of which come straight from her own love letters and journal entries. If you are tired of breakup advice that villainizes your ex or throws in the towel on love altogether, My Love Letters Don't Sound the Same Anymore will offer a refreshing perspective on heartbreak: ...

Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and Living in Places - Paperback

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by Gary Snyder (Author), Julia Martin (Author)In this thoughtful, affectionate collection of interviews and letters spanning three decades, beloved poet Gary Snyder talks with South African writer and scholar Julia Martin. Over this period many things changed decisively--globally, locally, and in their personal lives--and these changing conditions provide the back story for a long conversation. It begins in the early 1980s as an intellectual exchange between an earnest graduate student and a ...

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by Diana Darab (Author)Lost Time is Diana Darab's first collection of poetry. Originally written in English, the author later decided to translate the poems and release a bilingual collection. Some of the Farsi translations are not entirely faithful to the original versions; the author has taken the liberty to render the sense of some verses rather than individual words. The Poems reflect on time, love and loss. Some of the poems have elegiac tone.Diana Darab was born in Arak, a small city in...

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by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Translator), Dante Alighieri (Author)Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise-the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation. Number of Pages: 426 Dimensions: 0.87 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: September 21, 2017

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by John S. Moore (Author)As well as a poet, John S Moore, born in 1948, is a freelance writer and independent scholar living in London. He is the author of Aleister Crowley A Modern Master (Mandrake of Oxford, 2009), Nietzsche, an Interpretation, (AuthorsOnline Ltd, 2011), Crowley a Beginners Guide (Mandrake of Oxford, 2015) and Bulwer Lytton Occult Personality (Mandrake of Oxford, 2018). Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.23 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: Apri...

Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.511-733: Latin Text with Introduction, Commentary, Glossary of Terms, Vocabulary Aid and Study Questions - Paperback

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by Ingo Gildenhard (Author), Andrew Zissos (Author)This extract from Ovid's 'Theban History' recounts the confrontation of Pentheus, king of Thebes, with his divine cousin, Bacchus, the god of wine. Notwithstanding the warnings of the seer Tiresias and the cautionary tale of a character Acoetes (perhaps Bacchus in disguise), who tells of how the god once transformed a group of blasphemous sailors into dolphins, Pentheus refuses to acknowledge the divinity of Bacchus or allow his worship at Th...

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by Aldous Huxley (Author)In Leda, Aldous Huxley is back in the old smooth, mythological world, consecrated by a thousand poets. He pays occasional tribute to ugly fact in the course of this poem, but he is at home while describing Leda with her maids bathing in Eurotas, her shining body, and the clear deep pools The modern terror of the too-perfect world makes him dwell longer, and more humorously, than his predecessors would have done, upon Jove tossing on his Olympian couch, tortured by hi...

George Seferis: Collected Poems - Paperback

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by Manolis Manolis Aligizakis (Author), George Seferis (Author)From Seferis' speech at the Swedish Academy I belong to a small country. A rocky promontory in the Mediterranean, it has nothing to distinguish it but the efforts of its people, the sea, and the light of the sun. It is a small country, but its tradition is immense and has been handed down through the centuries without interruption. The Greek language has never ceased to be spoken. It has undergone the changes that all living thing...

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by Sarah Janabi (Author)Meraki is a collection of prose and poetry written over the past two years by 19 year old, Sarah Janabi. The word Meraki is of Greek origins having the meaning 'to do something with soul, creativity or love; to leave part of yourself in your work.' This particular name was chosen as the book consists of exactly that; part of the author. Throughout the pages, one will find love, pain, growth, self-love, advice and reality; a roller coaster of emotions inked down on pape...

Are You as Confused?: A Rhyming Look at Life's Situations - Paperback

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by Daniel L. Frank (Author) Number of Pages: 148 Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.08 x 5.08 IN Publication Date: August 20, 2000

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. II (in Ten Volumes): Tales - Hardcover

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by Edgar Allan Poe (Author)American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) pioneered the short story, popularized romantic Gothic fiction in the United States in the 19th century, and almost single-handedly invented the genre of detective fiction. Appreciating Poe's work is essential to any understanding of American literature. Here, in 10 volumes, is the complete oeuvre of this American original. Available again in Cosimo's beautiful replica of the 1902 edition...

What Lies Beneath the Sunflowers - Paperback

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by Shelley Wyckoff (Author)This book of poems illustrates the vast and varied range of issues that tug at the heart of people (women, men, and children). Depictions of good and bad relationships, innermost thoughts and harsh life experiences are laid before you. They are told in a sincere and authentic way that never flinches and forces you to remain fixed upon it. It provides snapshots of individuals, families, and their heritage. Visions are created of peoples sadness, happiness, dejection,...

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by Jacqueline Kye Johnson (Author)The purpose of this book entitled Mend Me is to heal the hearts of the lonely and the broken. I wrote this book according to some of my life experiences, how I felt during them, and how I overcame them. I hope this book will reach people and give them a different perspective on life, love, and liberty. Number of Pages: 26 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: May 25, 2018

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by Angel Santos (Author)Instar is a developmental stage in between the molts of some insects, generally speaking. It is the part of the metamorphosis that is often overlooked or not totally understood. As poetry, Instar talks about the concealed splendor of growing, of transformation. The process of metamorphosis is not exclusive of the insects; however, it is in them that we can perceive it as being very dramatic. This allegory comes from the fact that insects are remarkably adaptive, resili...

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by Henry David Thoreau (Author)Poems of Nature by Henry David Thoreau is a collection of classic nature poems by the great American poet and philosopher. Most of Thoreau's poems were composed early in his life, before his twenty-sixth year. 'Just now, ' he wrote in the autumn of 1841, 'I am in the mid-sea of verses, and they actually rustle round me, as the leaves would round the head of Autumnus himself, should he thrust it up through some vales which I know; but, alas many of them are but ...

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by M. Ed Ann Boyle (Author)Poetry for all Seasons is compilation of poems dealing with of all four seasons and how each relates to Mother Nature and life. Each poem is transformed into picturesque by the artwork of Artist Tony Mellish. Number of Pages: 114 Dimensions: 0.31 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: April 21, 2017

Petrarchan - Italian Sonnets: Poetry - Drawings and Photography - Paperback

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by Peggy Leyva Conley (Author)The Book: "Petrarchan - Italian Sonnets" - contain the Structure use and Rhyming Scheme along with in-depth study, style, and rules to follow when creating a poem. Included, is a Biographical History of various Poets from Italy considered the founders of this style of Poetic writings. The Author has included examples of Poetry written by her. (Drawing Sketches, Photography) accompany the book on various pages as well. The Author is an International writer and mus...

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by Linda D. Johnson (Author)Poetic Moods is refreshing and stimulating, quick to alter the mind and change the visual. Life Challenges/Wisdom-Covers the struggles with addiction, hardships, weight, plus some insightful advice. Relationships-The single life, the fascination, the complexities; to depicting two people from first impression, dating, marriage, to an unavoidable conclusion. This, That and the Other- Different subject matters, from one extreme to another, with added humor. Appreciat...

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by Tara Decoda (Author)how to float. is the debut collection of prose and poetry by Jamaican-born writer, Tara Decoda. This powerful collection, with all it's strength and softness, explores themes of trauma, abuse, loss, spirituality, sisterhood and the journey to finding your peace and your voice. To becoming light and still enough to float.Author BiographyTara Decoda is a writer and poet born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in the Bronx, NY. She started writing short stories as a child, an...

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by Edgar Allan Poe (Author)Clearly a literary great, Edgar Allan Poe gave his gift to the world many years ago with this classic poem. Enjoy Poe's imagination as you read one of the most famous poems of all time. *Large Print Number of Pages: 26 Dimensions: 0.05 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: February 03, 2016 Large Print: Yes Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Raven ...

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by Pandora Owl (Author)"Things We Don't Talk About" is a short collection of thoughts, quotes and poetry highlighting some hardships of living with depression and mental illness and the effects it has on relationships with yourself and loved ones. It's a personal lens into the darkest places your mind can take you and the struggle of battling your own mind. It's a peak of what's underneath the surface that most people battle in silence, something you may or may not relate to. If you're readin...

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by Ariel Yelen (Author)A remarkable book of poems that mixes humor about the absurdities of office life with moments of Zen-like wisdom Seeking to find a song of the self that can survive or even thrive amid the mundane routines of work, Ariel Yelen's lyrics include wry reflections on the absurdities and abjection of being a poet who is also an office worker and commuter in New York. In the poems' dialogues between labor and autonomy, the beeping of a microwave in the staff lounge becomes an ...

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by Euripides (Author)One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and fathered her two children, Jason abandons her for a more favorable match, never suspecting the terrible revenge she will take. Euripides' masterly portrayal of the motives fiercely driving Medea's pursuit of vengeance for her husband...

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by Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Ashleigh Corrin (Illustrator)A celebration of family roots from award-winning children's author Carole Boston Weatherford!I've got my brother's earsAnd my sister's big bright eyes.I've got my grandpa's handsThough mine are a smaller size.As a young girl reflects on the characteristics she shares with members of her family, she also notices and appreciates what makes her unique. This sweet and inclusive board book is the perfect way for kids to reflect on...

Rusty Barbed Wire: Selected Poems - Hardcover

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by David Lee (Author)David Lee is a major figure in American letters: the author of fifteen books of poetry, a celebrated teacher, a legendary reader in classrooms, bookstores, and taverns; and the first poet laureate of Utah. His work is full of the most various qualities: soul-crushing tragedy, lyrical celebration, high comedy, storytelling ebullience. Rusty Barbed Wire: Selected Poems, now with us at last, brings to the community of readers raw power and radical beauty. Author BiographyDav...

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by The Perfect Library (Editor), Hesiod (Author)"Theogony" from Hesiod. Greek poet (750-659B.C.). Number of Pages: 30 Dimensions: 0.06 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: April 26, 2015

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by S. Carbone (Author) Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.07 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: May 01, 2015

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by Amanda McKittrick Ros (Author)Amanda McKittrick Ros was an Irish writer who is famous for creating "serious literature" so uncommonly and astonishingly bad that it is utterly hilarious to read. She is a cult figure in the world of words, inspiring many unsuccessful attempts at imitation and enjoying the admiration of many famous literary figures. Published in 1933, Fumes of Formation is Amanda McKittrick Ros' final completed book. It is a masterwork of wonderfully terrible poetry: "This ...

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by Amado Nervo (Author)Nervo fue un poeta rom ntico, al que se cataloga habitualmente como modernista por su estilo y su poca. En su escritura utiliz un gran n mero de recursos literarios como el misticismo y la tristeza del poeta y el cambio o renovaci n de la m trica y la elegancia en los ritmos. Los temas de los poemas de Nervo son muy variados, marcados por experiencias tristes en su vida. En su modo de escritura se refiere a p rdidas muy grandes en su familia, empezando por la muerte d...