Book picks similar to
Haiku Guy by David G. Lanoue
haiku
classics
friendsbooks
haikai-in-english
Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace
Harold Bloom - 1987
A collection of seven critical essays discussing Tolstoy's novel, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Peter Fish - 1984
Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.
Poem Collection - 1000+ Greatest Poems of All Time (Illustrated)
George Chityil - 2013
Don't lose more time searching for the perfect poems or readings - I've already done all the hard work to save you the trouble. This book combines several well known anthologies and brings you well over 1000 poems since 1250. The original anthologies used as a source are: 1919 Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Oxford Book of English Verse, and 1917 The New Poetry - An Anthology - Edited by Harriet Monroe and Alice Corbin Henderson.
Dante's Inferno: Translations by Twenty Contemporary Poets
Daniel Halpern - 1994
No other version has so vividly expressed the horror, cruelty, beauty, and outrageous imaginative flight of Dante's original vision.
Attonement
James Bailey - 2012
A man sits on a bench in front of his old school remembering the place where one particular day changed his life and those of many others dramatically years earlier.
Kes (Heinemann Plays)
Allan Stronach - 1993
Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. In this dramatization of Barry Hines's novel, 15-year-old Billy trains a kestrel for whom he learns to feel great affection.
Bridge to Terabithia: L-I-T Guide
Charlotte S. Jaffe - 1996
It includes learning experiences that provide opportunities for group dynamics as well as activities to challenge students' abilities in critical and creative thinking. Includes: story summary, about the author, preparing to read, cooperative-learning activities, vocabulary skills, chapter-by-chapter critical thinking questions, spotlight literary skills, creative thinking activities, glossary of literary terms, and post-reading activities.
Hell On Wheels
Colby Jackson - 2011
He's a shootist, lightning quick and totally lethal with his Tranter pistols.Jenny Blaylock has always been nervous around Tucker because she knows he's a stone cold killer. Something's broken inside Tucker, and she's afraid that he's going to get her family hurt.But when her husband Sam is out of town and her daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, Jenny has no choice but to saddle up and ride with Tucker. The trail is long and hard, and she knows its going to end in sudden death, hellfire and gunsmoke.
100 Lyrics
गुलज़ार - 2009
His sophisticated insights into psychological complexities, his ability to capture the essence of nature's sounds and spoken dialects in written words, and above all his inimitable-and often surprising-imagery have entertained his legions of fans over successive generations. It represents Gulzar's most memorable compositions of all time, and feature anecdotes about the composition of the lyrics as well as sketches by Gulzar.
Love Is a Stranger
Rumi - 1993
His poems of spiritual love still speak directly to our hearts after more than seven hundred years. These classic selections contemplate separation and longing, intoxication and bliss, union and transcendence.
Cold Comfort Farm (Oxford Bookworms Library: 2500 Headwords)
Clare West - 2007
Here live the Starkadders - Aunt Ada Doom, Judith, Amos, Seth, Reuben, Elfine...They lead messy, untidy lives, full of dark thoughts, moody silences, and sudden noisy quarrels. That is, until their attractive young cousin arrives from London. Neat, sensible, efficient, Flora Poste cannot bear messes (they are so uncivilized). She begins to tidy up the Starkadders' lives at once ...
Naqsh e Faryadi / نقش فریادی
Faiz Ahmad Faiz - 1943
It contains his earliest poems - in nazm, ghazal and qita form - that set him on course to becoming the greatest and most-read Urdu poet of the 20th century.
Mihai Eminescu: Poezii alese / Selected Poems
Adrian George Sahlean - 2000
The book was awarded the Eminescu Gold Medal' in 2000, when Eminescu was declared 'UNESCO-Year-2000-Poet-Of-The-Year'. The volume includes some the 'national' poet's time-honored gems like Luceafarul/The Evening Star, Glossa, Scrisoarea I / First Epistle Satire, Stelele-n Cer/Stars in the Sky, La Steaua/Onto the Star, among others.
Go Tell it on the Mountain / Giovanni's Room / The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin - 1988