William Ernest Henley “Invictus” Poem animation
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Birthday Letters £3.79 Ted Hughes’s Birthday Letters–88 tantalising responses to Sylvia Plath and the furies she left behind–emerge from an echo chamber of art and memory, rage and representation. In the decades following his wife’s suicide in 1963, Hughes kept silent, a stance many have seen as guilty, few as dignified. While an industry grew out of Plath’s life and art, and even her afterlife, he continued to co… |
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy: And Other Stories £2.97 Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish. Burton’s lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and tragedy of a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children – hopeful, yet hapless beings…. |
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Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One (Chicken Soup for the Soul) This collection of inspirational stories will undoubtedly touch many hearts. Written by authors who have lost loved ones, these stories offer comfort, peace and understanding to those going through the grieving process.Individual people deal with grief in their own ways and within their own time, but the guidance and support they receive from others is what helps them through it. One of the key me… |
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Cactus Hotel $17.77 In words and pictures fascinating to even the youngest child, the desert world is brought to life in this poetic story about the life–and death–of a giant saguaro cactus. Full color throughout. |
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So Long! $29.7 Explores Whitman’s intimate and lifelong concern with mortality and his troubled speculations about the afterlife.Walt Whitman is unquestionably a great poet of the joys of living. But, as Harold Aspiz demonstrates in this s… |
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I and I (Reinforced Hardcover) $15.4 “A biography in verse about the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley, offering an overview of key events and themes in his life, including his biracial heritage, Rastafarian beliefs, and love of music. End notes on poems provide further biographical inf… |
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Heaven`s Coast $12.77 A memoir by the poet Mark Doty (winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for “My Alexandria”) about the death of his lover from AIDS. His grieving is compounded by the knowledge that he himself is HIV negative, and much of this work exp |
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Also Known As Harper (Paperback) $6.92 Harper is an aspiring poet, and life is giving her a lot to write about just now. Daddy up and walked out, leaving them with too many bills, too little money, and an eviction notice. Now Mama is scrambling to make ends meet, leaving Harper to… |
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In Search of Duende (Paperback) $9.85 The notion of ?duende?–a demonic earth spirit embodying irrationality, earthiness, and a heightened awareness of death–became a cornerstone of Lorca`s poetics. In Search of Duende gathers Lorca`s writings about the duende and three art forms… |
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Dog Years (Paperback) $11.33 Award-winning poet Mark Doty writes with grace and insight about the profound impact his dogs Arden and Beau had on his life during the terrible period while his lover was dying of AIDS. |
