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You Can't Kill Me Twice: (So Please Treat Me Right)A deeply personal collection of poetry and art by the award-winning actor, comedian, and composer, Charlyne Yi. With a poetic voice that is by turns lyrical and plainspoken, Charlyne Yi writes about the uncertainty of relationships, the absurdity of societal expectations, family trauma, and...
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MagallanesStefan Zweig fue un escritor, bi grafo y activista social austr aco de la primera mitad del siglo XX, sin parentesco con el escritor Arnold Zweig ni tampoco con la escritora alemana Stefanie Zweig (nacida en 1932).Author: Stefan ZweigPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 11/28/2015Pages:...
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Boris Pasternak: Doctor Zhivago Chapter 17, Poems by Yuri ZhivagoTranslation of poems by Yuri Zhivago, the main character of the Nobel Prize winner Boris Pasternak's world- famous novel "Doctor Zhivago", which was turned into an Oscar-winning Hollywood movie with Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. The twenty five poems are part and parcel of...
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Fireflies: Illustrated in Black and WhiteFireflies is a collection of brief poems by Rabindranath Tagore, the famed Indian poet and recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. In the words of the poet, "Fireflies had their origin in China and Japan where thoughts were very often claimed from...
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Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite EmpireThis professional reprint of the classic book was re-mastered to include charts relating to the dynasties of ancient Egypt, Up to date pictures of Kushite artifacts from museums around the world, as well as a list of the most prominent Cushite/ Kushite Pharoahs. The...
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Power Politics: PoemsWhen it first appeared in 1971, Margaret Atwood's Power Politics startled readers with its vital dance of woman and man. It still startles today, and is just as iconoclastic as ever.These poems occupy all at once the intimate, the political, and the mythic. Here...
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The Five QuintetsThe Five Quintets is both poetry and cultural history. It offers a sustained reflection on modernity--people and movements--in poetic meter. Just as Dante, in his Divine Comedy, summed up the Middle Ages on the cusp of modernity, The Five Quintets takes stock of a...
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The Secrets of the HeartAn early collection of Kahlil Gibran's writings, showcasing the many styles of this prolific thinker, all profoundly beautiful Kahlil Gibran reveals his vision of the soul and understanding of the world--past, present, and future--in this rich sampling of more than twenty works. Prose tales,...
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The ChasersRenato Rosaldo's new prose poetry collection shares his experiences and those of his group of twelve Mexican American Tucson High School friends known as the Chasers as they grew up, graduated, and fell out of touch. Derived from interviews with the Chasers and three...
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If It Rains Pancakes: Haiku and Lantern PoemsWhat is a haiku? It sounds like a sneeze. And isn't a lantern a light source? Actually, they are two types of ancient Japanese poetry. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how each form works--and shows how these little poems can contain big surprises...
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Revenge of the Lunch Ladies: The Hilarious Book of School PoetryThe lunch ladies will finally have their revenge From the lunch ladies getting back at kids who complain about cafeteria food, to principals who disappear into thin air, school has never been so funny. Revenge of the Lunch Ladies is sure to keep the...
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Home Remembers Me: Medicine Poems from Em ClaireHome Remembers Me: Medicine Poems from em claireis a collection of over ninety, awe-inspiring poems selected specifically for anyone in need of comfort, courage, and most of all: hope. Aimed at facilitating deep healing, the poetry offers companionship in times of crisis, taking us...
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Collected PoemsThe father of African literature in the English language and undoubtedly one of the most important writers of the second half of the twentieth century. --Caryl Phillips, The Observer Chinua Achebe's award-winning poems are marked by a subtle richness and the political acuity and...
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Mind Lit in NeonBat City Review co-founder and former Michener Poetry Fellow R.J. Lambert's much-anticipated debut poetry collection brings together pop music and fine art, celebrities and philosophers, and nature and neon with a candid and curious sensibility. Featuring the winner of the Patricia Cleary Miller Award,...
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Grandma Kitty's Coloring Book of PoetryGrandma Kitty's Coloring Book of Poetry is a coloring book of encouraging poetry verses for children. The intent is to help build self-esteem and promote acceptable behaviors. Also included are verses with words of comfort for parents or adults who have faced challenging situations....
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WildflowersWildflowers is a collection of poems, written as a way to embody the emotions inspired by real-life experiences and the souls met along the way. "It's time to quiet the mind, to define is to limitwe must let go & flourish this one life,...
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Mine, Yours, OursI know it's not mine To ask for a minute of your time, But if you can find it to be 'fine' Then this may be deemed a worthy rhyme. I won't take hours From you, I promise. Yet, I gave hours For you,...
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AquiThis collection of poems navigates the journey of finding self-love, transforming pain and suffering into something beautiful, and creating a home within our bodies. It discusses the battle between ourselves, the struggle with mental health, and the fruition of a healthy being.Author: Rose AlbaPublisher:...
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Revision of a ManProbably more today than any other time in American history, the definition of what it means or what it takes to "be a man" is a moving target. The tension between masculinity and vulnerability is fiercely obvious in the issue-driven, sound-bite culture we live...
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High Water EverywherePoetry collection by Gary Copeland Lilley. Lilley's collection addresses flashpoints in African American history including the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 and Hurricane Katrina. Second edition with new poems.EXCERPT: Colonel Waddell on the Morning of November 10, 1898from High Water EverywhereThey vote Republican black. They...
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