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"A lyrical, radiant memoir." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Ann 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...

One of the Toronto Star’s 25 books to read this season One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Books and Top 100 Books of 2024 An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age. Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood—a writer who has...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Included on The Guardian’s Best Recent Poetry Longlisted for the 2024 UK Poet Laureate's Laurel Prize One of the Globe and Mail's most anticipated books of 2024 Named a Best Book of 2024 by Winnipeg Free Press With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed...

From the New York Times best-selling author of Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín’s first collection of poetry explores sexuality, religion, and belonging through a modern lens Fans of Colm Tóibín’s novels, including The Magician, The Master, and Nora Webster, will relish the opportunity to...

A remarkable series of audiobooks, featuring distinguished twentieth-century American poets reading from their own work. A first in audiobook publishing--a series that uses the written word to enhance the listening experience--poetry to be read as well as heard. Each audiobook includes rare...

Michael Faudet's latest book delves deeper into the meaning of love, the intricacy of relationships, self-empowerment, seduction, and sex. Taking the listener on a whimsical and sometimes heartbreaking journey, where fantasy and reality collide. Cult of Two is much more than just a beautiful...

The Odyssey is the greatest adventure story ever written, and one of the great epic masterpieces of Western literature For almost 3,000 years, it has been a storehouse of ancient Greek folklore and myth. It is also our very first novel, if we think of it in terms of romantic plot development, realistic characterizations, frequent change of scene, and heroic dramatic devices.

Published at the author’s own expense in 1896, after rejection from publishers, this collection contains a cycle of 63 poems. Despite exploring themes of lost love, obsession, pessimism, and death, the poems touched English readers and the book became a best seller during the Second Boer War and World War I. The collection, set in a half-imagined pastoral Shropshire, includes the well-known poems "When I Was One-and-Twenty", "To an Athlete Dying Young", and "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now".

More than 100 years after his birth, Pablo Neruda's poetry is as vital and beloved as ever. This collection presents 50 of the most essential poems by one of history's greatest poets in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration among a team of poets, translators, and the world's leading Neruda scholars.

Kahlil Gibran was Lebanese by birth but spent a major part of his life in America in the early part of the 20th century. He wrote many collections of stories with a wise or whimsical tone, but none more popular than The Prophet, his first collection, or The Wanderer, his final anthology.

A wondrous collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of The Rain in Portugal “The poems are marked by his characteristic humor and arise out of small, banal moments, unearthing the extraordinary or uncanny in the everyday.”—The Wall...

Einfühlsame, lustige, politische, satirische, zum Nachdenken anregende, traurige Gedichte zu vielen Bereichen des Lebens. An meine Leser Wird man meine Verse lesen, sich an meinem Lied erfreun? Oder soll umsonst gewesen alle Müh' und Arbeit sein? Hab geschrieben, hab gedichtet, wie's mir eingab mein Gefühl, hab geschrieben, hab gedichtet und gewahrt den strengen Stil.

Erstmals 1855 erschienen und von Walt Whitman bis zu seinem Tod 1892 immer wieder bearbeitet und erweitert, stellen die "Grashalme" unzweifelhaft eines der Hauptwerke der amerikanischen Lyrik dar. In seinen "Grashalmen" sprengte Walt Whitman alle damals bestehenden Konventionen durch den Einsatz freier Rhythmen und das Anschlagen eines hymnischen Tons, der das Individuum in seiner kosmischen Dimension wie auch die Demokratie in ihrer Vielstimmigkeit auf eine bis dahin ungelesene und unerhörte Weise feiert.

Troijan sota on päättynyt, mutta Odysseuksen tie kotiin on vasta alussa. Ithakassa odottavat vaimo Penelope ja poika Telemakhos. Heidän ja Odysseuksen välissä on meri täynnä tuntemattomia saaria, vaarallisia houkutuksia ja jumalten vihaa. Faiaakkien hovissa Odysseus kertoo itse...

En las sombras agitadas de la España del siglo XIX, surge la obra cumbre de la poesía romántica y el posromanticismo hispánico: Rimas de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. Este monumental audiolibro de poesía clásica sumerge al oyente en un periplo íntimo donde el conflicto principal reside en la...

Los peregrinos de piedra, obra cumbre de la poesía modernista hispanoamericana y pieza fundamental del simbolismo y el decadentismo rioplatense, sumerge al oyente en una experiencia auditiva hipnótica a través de los abismos emocionales y los paisajes idílicos de la psique humana. Ambientada...

A career-spanning volume of the poet’s work charts the seasons of a woman’s life through desire and motherhood, grief and the consolations of poetry “Reading Jill Bialosky’s poems feels like taking a slow and lone journey into the depth of the human heart, yet all the while being...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE BESTSELLING INDIAN POETRY PHENOMENON 'I love you. And I hope you love yourself enough to leave anyone who breaks your heart. Your heart was meant to be worshipped, not turned into a war zone.' Dear Reader, I hope these poems feel like a warm hug. I wrote them for...

Find the joy—no matter how big or small—in every moment! In the midst of stress and turmoil, it can be easy to miss the daily opportunities we have for delight. Cheerful poet David Larbi reminds us that in every season of life and the year, there is the possibility for joy—if only we would...

Embrace Courage with Donna Ashworth's Poems Growing Brave by Donna Ashworth is a powerful collection of wisdom and poetry that inspires strength and courage during life's most challenging moments. This book is a guiding light for anyone seeking to overcome fear and self-doubt, embracing life and...