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Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth

An Anthology of Timeless Poetry for Young Readers

by Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Kingsley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Cullen Bryant, Edmund Spenser, John Fletcher, William Dean Howells, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Watson, James Russell Lowell, Michael Drayton, Robert Browning, Robert Southey, John Milton, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, William Blake, John Keats, Thomas Carew, George Arnold, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Susan Hartley Swett, Dinah M. Mulock ...

Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth is a carefully curated anthology that traverses the rich tapestry of poetic expression across multiple eras, offering a treasure trove of literary styles that range from vibrant sonnets to profound lyrics. This collection encapsulates the essence of poetry that speaks to the youthful spirit while subtly imparting timeless wisdom. It offers readers an ... Read more

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Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth is a carefully curated anthology that traverses the rich tapestry of poetic expression across multiple eras, offering a treasure trove of literary styles that range from vibrant sonnets to profound lyrics. This collection encapsulates the essence of poetry that speaks to the youthful spirit while subtly imparting timeless wisdom. It offers readers an
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Environmental Justice

Issues, Policies, and Solutions

by Roger Bezdek, Deeohn Ferris, Jamal Kadri, Robert Wolcott, William Drayton, Kelly Alley, Charles E. Faupel, Cathy Solheim, Connor Bailey, J. Mark Fly, Frances Larkin, Rebecca Head, Patrick C. West, Dorrie Rosenblatt, Robert Marans, Tom B.K. Goldtooth, David Ostendorf, Beverly Wright, David Hahn Baker ...

In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement take a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for future action. Among the topics considered are: the history of the social justice movement the ... Read more

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In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement take a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for future action. Among the topics considered are: the history of the social justice movement the
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Poets & Their Trades – Playwrights

Poems from writers who were also members of the clergy

by William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Rabrindranath Tagore, Robert Browning, Christopher Marlowe, John Dryden, Oscar WIlde, Michael Drayton, Laurence Binyon, William Congreve, Thomas Shadwell ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Sean Barrett, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

The life and career of a Poet is often thought of as musing at a desk, or lying in a meadow, or on long journeys to find inspiration for their next masterwork. But more often than not a poet was a part-time profession in subservient submission to their actual, salary-paying job.In this volume we bring together those whose craft is the drafting of words into stories and plays that others read or ... Read more

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The life and career of a Poet is often thought of as musing at a desk, or lying in a meadow, or on long journeys to find inspiration for their next masterwork. But more often than not a poet was a part-time profession in subservient submission to their actual, salary-paying job.In this volume we bring together those whose craft is the drafting of words into stories and plays that others read or
... Read more
The Book of Cardiff

A City in Short Fiction

by Martha O’Brien, Martha O’Brien, Isabella Barber, Leonora Brito, Dannie Abse, Deborah Kay Davies, Hanan Issa, Emma Harney, Jon Blake, Declan Andrews, Leo Drayton0, John L. Williams1, Alistair Reynolds2 ...

A snowball fight between rival schools, divided by language, melts into a genuine offer of support for a family of newcomers...A homeless man recalls how he inherited his grandmother’s ability to smell lies, only to tell his biggest fib right in front of her...An embattled sweetshop owner plots revenge on a mischievous schoolboy – one who might be familiar to us all…As the stories in this ... Read more

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A snowball fight between rival schools, divided by language, melts into a genuine offer of support for a family of newcomers...A homeless man recalls how he inherited his grandmother’s ability to smell lies, only to tell his biggest fib right in front of her...An embattled sweetshop owner plots revenge on a mischievous schoolboy – one who might be familiar to us all…As the stories in this
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The Top 10 Poets - The 16th Century

by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Michael Drayton ...

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Poetry of the 16th Century, The

by William Fletcher, Michael Drayton, John Fletcher ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner ...

Unabridged

1 min

The ships of Europe explore the globe. The Age of Mercantilism sets the stage for centuries to come. The Reformation is underway and scientific thinking begins to challenge the Church even as Nation falls upon Nation.In the Americas and Asia ancient empires clash. Cultures resonate and express themselves with the fruit of the Ottoman, Safavid, Moghul and Chinese expansion.In England the ... Read more

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The ships of Europe explore the globe. The Age of Mercantilism sets the stage for centuries to come. The Reformation is underway and scientific thinking begins to challenge the Church even as Nation falls upon Nation.In the Americas and Asia ancient empires clash. Cultures resonate and express themselves with the fruit of the Ottoman, Safavid, Moghul and Chinese expansion.In England the
... Read more
The Poets of the 16th Century - Anne Askew to Sir Thomas Wyatt: Anne Askew to Sir Thomas Wyatt

by William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton ...

The ships of Europe explore the globe. The age of mercantilism sets the stage for centuries to come. The Reformation is underway, and scientific thinking begins to challenge the church, even as nation falls upon nation.In the Americas in Asia, ancient empires clash. Cultures resonate and express themselves with the fruit of the Ottoman, Savavid, Mogul and Chinese expansions. In England, the ... Read more

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The ships of Europe explore the globe. The age of mercantilism sets the stage for centuries to come. The Reformation is underway, and scientific thinking begins to challenge the church, even as nation falls upon nation.In the Americas in Asia, ancient empires clash. Cultures resonate and express themselves with the fruit of the Ottoman, Savavid, Mogul and Chinese expansions. In England, the
... Read more
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris

Exploring Love, Beauty, and Innovation in Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles

by active 1596 William Smith, Bartholomew Griffin, Michael Drayton ...

Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris is an evocative anthology that captures the intricate tapestry of human emotions through the classic Elizabethan sonnet form. This collection brings together a diverse range of literary styles, each piece reflecting the vividness and complexity of the era's poetic expression. The sonnets in this anthology explore themes of unrequited love, ... Read more

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Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris is an evocative anthology that captures the intricate tapestry of human emotions through the classic Elizabethan sonnet form. This collection brings together a diverse range of literary styles, each piece reflecting the vividness and complexity of the era's poetic expression. The sonnets in this anthology explore themes of unrequited love,
... Read more
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Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - Oxford University

A celebration of English poems

by Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Donne, Matthew Arnold, Gerard Manley Hopkins, A E Houseman, Robert Southey, Sir Philip Sidney, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Robert Seymour Bridges, Michael Drayton, Lewis Carroll, William Morris, Edward Thomas, Laurence Binyon ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner ...

Unabridged

4 hours 3 min

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

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Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more

The Tale of Cupid & Psyches

by Lucius Apuleius ...

Translated by William Adlington ...

The first known record of the the poignant tale of Psyche's labors to reclaim the love of Cupid is recorded by Lucius Apuleius in the second century AD. When the beautiful Psyche attracts the jealous wrath of Venus, Venus sends her son Cupid to bewitch the girl and cause her to fall in love with a monster, but Cupid himself falls in love with his mother's nemesis and secretly becomes her husband. ... Read more

$6.99 USD

The first known record of the the poignant tale of Psyche's labors to reclaim the love of Cupid is recorded by Lucius Apuleius in the second century AD. When the beautiful Psyche attracts the jealous wrath of Venus, Venus sends her son Cupid to bewitch the girl and cause her to fall in love with a monster, but Cupid himself falls in love with his mother's nemesis and secretly becomes her husband.
... Read more
Shakespeare: Poems

Edited by Graham Handley

by William Shakespeare ...

Series series Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Shakespeare contains selections from Shakespeare's work, including his sonnets, his narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, songs and speeches, and an index of first lines. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Shakespeare contains selections from Shakespeare's work, including his sonnets, his narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, songs and speeches, and an index of first lines.
... Read more
Oedipus

by Voltaire ...

Œdipus was written when Voltaire was but nineteen years of age. It was played for the first time in 1718, and ran for forty-five nights. Du Frêsne, a celebrated actor, and of the same age as the author, played the part of Œdipus; and Madame Desmarêts, a famous actress, did Jocaste, and soon after quitted the stage. In this edition, the part of Philoctetes is restored, and stands exactly as it was ... Read more

$0.99 USD

Œdipus was written when Voltaire was but nineteen years of age. It was played for the first time in 1718, and ran for forty-five nights. Du Frêsne, a celebrated actor, and of the same age as the author, played the part of Œdipus; and Madame Desmarêts, a famous actress, did Jocaste, and soon after quitted the stage. In this edition, the part of Philoctetes is restored, and stands exactly as it was
... Read more

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