Essays on World Literature : Aeschylus, Dante, Shakespeare by Ismail Kadare (trans. Ani Kokobobo)
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Category: Essays
Description: The Man Booker International-winning author of Broken April and The Siege, Albania's most renowned novelist, and perennial Nobel Prize contender Ismail Kadare explores three giants of world literature - Aeschylus, Dante, and Shakespeare - through the lens of resisting totalitarianism. Revi ...Show more
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (In Which Four Russians Give A Master Class in Writing and Life) by George Saunders
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Category: Literature
In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, th ...Show more
This All Come Back Now : An anthology of First Nations speculative fiction by Mykaela Saunders
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Category: Short Stories
The first-ever anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speculative fiction – written, curated, edited and designed by blackfellas, for blackfellas and about blackfellas. In these stories, ‘this all come back’: all those things that have been taken from us, that we collectively mourn the los ...Show more
Emily Dickinson: A selection of poems from one of America s most iconic poets by Emily Dickinson
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Category: Poetry | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
American poet Emily Dickinson is revered around the world, and influenced many feminist artists and writers. Her work is some of the best known and most quoted or adapted: 'Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all' Emily Dick ...Show more
The River in the Sky by Clive James
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Category: Literature
'One of the most important and influential writers of our time' Sunday TimesClive James has been close to death for several years, and he has written about the experience in a series of deeply moving poems. In Sentenced to Life, he was clear-sighted as he faced the end, honest about his regrets. In Inju ...Show more
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories: A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation from a Visionary Team of Female and Nonbinary Creators by Yu Chen, Regina Kanyu Wang
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Category: Science Fiction
An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end ...Show more
Grandmothers: Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers by Helen Elliott
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Category: Literature
An anthology of essays by twenty-four Australian women, edited by Helen Elliott, about the many aspects of being a grandmother in the 21st century. It seems so different from the experience we had of our grandmothers. Although perhaps the human essential, love, hasn't shifted much? In thoughtful, provok ...Show more
W. B. Yeats: The Great Poets by W.B. Yeats
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Category: Poetry | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams' is one of the most well-known and repeated lines of poetry ever written. Less haunting, but still so relevant: 'Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.' W B Yeats was one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. Winner of ...Show more
Dearly: Poems by Margaret Atwood
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Category: Poetry
'A source of uncompromising elemental warmth' Ali SmithBy turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in flux, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embe ...Show more
The Flame by Leonard Cohen
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Category: Poetry
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an intim ...Show more
Twelve Angry Men: Modern Plays Edition by Reginald Rose
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Category: Literature | Series: Methuen Modern Plays Ser.
'New York, summer 1954Criminal Courts BuildingA man is deadThe life of another is at stakeA guilty verdict seems a foregone conclusion. But one member of the jury has the will to probe more deeply into the evidence and the courage to confront the ignorance and the prejudice of some of his fellow jurors. ...Show more
Watering the Soul by Courtney Peppernell
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Category: Poetry
Poetry and prose to encourage us to grow. Watering the Soul is a timeless reminder that everyone needs time, love, and forgiveness. From bestselling poet Courtney Peppernell comes a new book of poetry and prose, Watering the Soul. What began as a desire to spread positivity quickly became a project tha ...Show more