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A Riot of Quiet by Virginia Sicotte
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Time Heals All things
Molly Hazelwood - 2017
even when our days are darker than ever we hold on to hope knowing that time will heal our wounds. -time heals all things
An Anthology of Madness
Max Andrew Dubinsky - 2013
Featuring brand new stories and some old favorites, many of these tell-all, gritty tales were originally published on the blog Make It MAD between 2010 and 2012, and have been rereleased in their originality for this special print and digital anthology.
Ernie the Elephant and the Teddy Bear
Leela Hope - 2014
How will he be able to sleep without Plum the teddy bear?Then, with the help of Martin the Mouse,he retraces his steps more carefully around his home. Will They be able to find Plum or will Ernie have to face the dark tonight alone? Ernie The Elephant and The Teddy Bear is a delightful children's story set in Rhyming pattern.Your child will delight in the colorful illustrations of Ernie and his Family and connect with him as he searches for his beloved bear. Pick up your Copy today for the perfect bedtime story!
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.
Jungle Nama: A Story of the Sunderban
Amitav Ghosh - 2021
It is the story of the avaricious rich merchant Dhona, the poor lad Dukhey, and his mother; it is also the story of Dokkhin Rai, a mighty spirit who appears to humans as a tiger, of Bon Bibi, the benign goddess of the forest, and her warrior brother Shah Jongoli.The original print version of this legend, dating back to the nineteenth century, is composed in a Bengali verse meter known as dwipodi poyar. Jungle Nama is a free adaptation of the legend, told entirely in a poyar-like meter of twenty-four syllable couplets that replicate the cadence of the original.The first-ever book in verse by Amitav Ghosh, Jungle Nama evokes the wonder of the Sundarban through its poetry, accompanied by stunning artwork by the renowned artist Salman Toor. This is an illuminated edition of a fabulous folk tale that every book lover will want to possess.
The Beautiful Life
Mark Anthony - 2017
This is the poetry of a beautiful life.
WWE Undertaker
Kevin Sullivan - 2009
It teaches children the ins-and-outs of his finishing moves, his nicknames, signature taunts and manager, as well as helping them become more comfortable with reading.
Texas Night Before Christmas
James Rice - 1981
Based on Clement Clark Moore's poem, "Texas Night Before Christmas" is filled with images of the Lone Star State, lovingly described and illustrated by James Rice.
Art to Choke Hearts
Henry Rollins - 1989
Selected poetry and prose from 1986.
Papel de Liha
Ompong Remigio - 1996
She works all day: cooks their meals, does the laundry, cleans each nook and cranny. All this work must make her hands as rough as sandpaper! This distresses the little girl in our story who overhears her aunt say that sandpaper hands will make her father leave her mother!
Agnes Grey & Poems
Anne Brontë - 1992
Possessed of an unshakeable sense of entitlement and a boundless sense of self-worth, assured of the adoration of all, Matilda can break men's hearts for fun. Agnes-diffident, careworn and poor-can only gape in astonishment at the figure her pupil cuts in the world. Employed to lead and form her, she is instead buffeted about in Matilda's tumultuous wake. She loves her young student-it is impossible not to. But it is hard not to wonder if Matilda's good fortunes will ever end.
The Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be: Prose Prayers and Cheerful Chants against the Dark
Brian Doyle - 2016
Brian Doyle’s The Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be is a book of cadenced notes on the swirl of miracle and the holy of attentiveness; a book about children and birds, love and grief and everything alive, which is to say all prayers.
Love: Selected Poems
E.E. Cummings - 2005
Cummings, one of the 20th century's most celebrated poets, explores all the terrains of love, lust, romance and seduction.
No Idea What I'm Doing But F*ck It
Ron Lim - 2021
Throughout the process, he writes about the obstacles he had to deal with along the way in having to figure out all the answers alone, seeing how long we take to do the things we wanted all along, and realising that many things in life are actually straightforward, but yet we make it unnecessarily complicated for ourselves.This book is a compilation of thoughts and lessons learned throughout the journey of "wanting more in life" – expressed in the form of modern poetry and short quotes. Each chapter is categorised into a "phase" in life, and together, the whole book further emphasises the life motto, "no idea what I'm doing but f*ck it".