A Message to Garcia
 This literary trifle, A Message To Garcia, was written one evening after supper, in a single hour. It was on the 22nd of February, 1899, Washington's Birthday. And on an order of the Mikado, a copy was given to every man in the employ of the Japanese ... [... more]
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Two Thousand Insults for All Occasions
"Classified by subject-- from 'Big Heads' through 'Nudists' to 'Squelches'-- this tongue-in-cheeck reference romp is guaranteed to put the right retort in the right head at the right time." --(Dr. Frederick Shroyer, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) ... [... more]
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Metamorphoses (Oxford World's Classics)
Metamorphoses--the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's ... [... more]
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Loving Touches
Part of Parenting Press's "children's safety" collection, this book explains the different kinds of touch that we all need. It shows a young child asking for loving touches at different times---after a fall, when a leg is scraped, when a toy ... [... more]
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Painless Poetry
Reading and writing poetry as a class assignment can be a rewarding experience—especially when it’s approached in a spirit of fun. This book explains how poets use words imaginatively in rhymed and metered verse as well as free verse. Poems can be ... [... more]
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Who Will Cry for the Little Boy?: Poems
With the publication of Finding Fish, his memoir of a childhood spent in foster homes in and around Cleveland, Antwone Fisher shared with the world his story of perseverance, determination, and courage. And he also showed that within him beat the heart ... [... more]
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Beowulf: An Updated Verse Translation (Perennial Classics)
A verse translation of the first great narrative poem in the English language that captures the feeling and tone of the original. [... more]
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Opening The Invitation: The Poem That Has Touched Lives ...
A beautiful presentation of Oriah's signature prose poem, preceded by a chapter relating the full life story behind the poem and then followed by a chapter on the life of the poem and its remarkable effect on people's lives, including her own. The prose ... [... more]
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Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (Penguin Classics)
Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published ... [... more]
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Shakespeare on Love (Penguin Classics)
Not only did Shakespeare reinvent the English language, he also penned some of the greatest writings on love of all time. From star-cross’d lovers and tragic jealousy to unrequited passion and romantic courtship, images of amour are evoked in myriad ways ... [... more]
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On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho (Penguin Classics)
STRYK STRIKES OUT! With this book of translations, the importance of the contribution of Takashi Ikemoto's professional knowledge and advice becomes quite evident. The quality of Stryk's translations has obviously suffered without Ikemoto's valuable in- ... [... more]
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Selves (Penguin Poets)
Great American Poetry at its Best Philip Booth is today's Robert Frost. Exploring not only the New England landscape but also his lifetime of experience living there, Booth proves that classic American poetry still exists. A scholar and professor, Booth ... [... more]
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