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The American Night
The Writings of Jim Morrison
Written by Jim Morrison
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 30, 1991
Price: $15.00
THE AMERICAN NIGHT presents Morrison's previously unpublished work in its truest form. WIth their nightmarish images, bold associative leaps, and volcanic power of emotion, these works are the unmistakable artifacts of a great, wild voice and heart. Read more >
The Writings of Jim Morrison
Written by Jim Morrison
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 30, 1991
Price: $15.00
THE AMERICAN NIGHT presents Morrison's previously unpublished work in its truest form. WIth their nightmarish images, bold associative leaps, and volcanic power of emotion, these works are the unmistakable artifacts of a great, wild voice and heart. Read more >
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The Rumi Daybook
Edited by Kabir Helminski and Camille Helminski
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
"My heart wandered through the world
constantly seeking after my cure,
but the sweet and delicious water of life
had to break through the granite of my heart."
When the words of Rumi enter your heart, something softens, breaks, and is subtly reborn. That he wrote the words seven hundred... Read more >
Edited by Kabir Helminski and Camille Helminski
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
"My heart wandered through the world
constantly seeking after my cure,
but the sweet and delicious water of life
had to break through the granite of my heart."
When the words of Rumi enter your heart, something softens, breaks, and is subtly reborn. That he wrote the words seven hundred... Read more >
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Beowulf
A Dual-Language Edition
Written by Howell D. Chickering
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $15.95
The first major poem in English literature, Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest.
Leading Beowulf scholar Howell D. Chickering, Jr.’s, fresh... Read more >
A Dual-Language Edition
Written by Howell D. Chickering
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $15.95
The first major poem in English literature, Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest.
Leading Beowulf scholar Howell D. Chickering, Jr.’s, fresh... Read more >
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The Autobiography of Red
Written by Anne Carson
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $11.99
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
National book Critics Circle Award Finalist
"Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today."--Michael Ondaatje
"This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro
The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in... Read more >
Written by Anne Carson
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $11.99
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
National book Critics Circle Award Finalist
"Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today."--Michael Ondaatje
"This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro
The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in... Read more >
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Friendship Poems
Edited by Peter Washington
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 10, 1995
Price: $13.50
A celebration of friendship in all its aspects--from the delight of making a new friend to the serene joys of longtime devotion. Poems about best friends, false friends, dear friends, lost friends, even animal friends. These poems have been selected from the work of great poets in all times and places... Read more >
Edited by Peter Washington
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 10, 1995
Price: $13.50
A celebration of friendship in all its aspects--from the delight of making a new friend to the serene joys of longtime devotion. Poems about best friends, false friends, dear friends, lost friends, even animal friends. These poems have been selected from the work of great poets in all times and places... Read more >
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The Trouble with Poetry
And Other Poems
Written by Billy Collins
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2005
Price: $22.95
Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America’s two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed.
Like the present book’s title, Collins’s poems are filled with mischief, humor, and... Read more >
And Other Poems
Written by Billy Collins
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2005
Price: $22.95
Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America’s two-term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed.
Like the present book’s title, Collins’s poems are filled with mischief, humor, and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Purgatorio
Written by Dante
Translated by Jean Hollander and Robert Hollander
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $21.00
Now I shall sing the second kingdom,
there where the soul of man is cleansed,
made worthy to ascend to heaven.
In the second book of Dante’s epic poem The Divine Comedy, Dante has left hell and begins the ascent of the mount of purgatory. Just as hell had its circles, purgatory, situated at... Read more >
Written by Dante
Translated by Jean Hollander and Robert Hollander
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $21.00
Now I shall sing the second kingdom,
there where the soul of man is cleansed,
made worthy to ascend to heaven.
In the second book of Dante’s epic poem The Divine Comedy, Dante has left hell and begins the ascent of the mount of purgatory. Just as hell had its circles, purgatory, situated at... Read more >
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Gilgamesh
Edited by John Gardner
Translated by John Maier
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 12, 1985
Price: $15.00
The story of Gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and moving as it is crucial to our ability to fathom the time and the place in which it was written. Gardner's version restores the poetry of the text and the lyricism... Read more >
Edited by John Gardner
Translated by John Maier
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 12, 1985
Price: $15.00
The story of Gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and moving as it is crucial to our ability to fathom the time and the place in which it was written. Gardner's version restores the poetry of the text and the lyricism... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Auden: Poems
Written by W. H. Auden
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 10, 1995
Price: $13.50
The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Auden is just another reminder of his exhilarating lyric power and his understanding of love and longing in all their sacred and profane guises. One of English poetry's great... Read more >
Written by W. H. Auden
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 10, 1995
Price: $13.50
The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Auden is just another reminder of his exhilarating lyric power and his understanding of love and longing in all their sacred and profane guises. One of English poetry's great... Read more >
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Rumi
Written by Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Edited by Peter Washington
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $13.50
The poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences.
Trained in Sufism—a mystic tradition within Islam—Rumi founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who... Read more >
Written by Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Edited by Peter Washington
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $13.50
The poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences.
Trained in Sufism—a mystic tradition within Islam—Rumi founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who... Read more >
