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  • Faces of Love

    Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    Translated by Dick Davis ...
    by Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun, Obayd-e Zakani ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literatureTogether, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a provincial capital of south ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Faces of Love

    Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz

    by Dick Davis, Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun, Obayd-e Zakani ...
    Narrated by Dick Davis, Tala Ashe, Ramiz Monsef ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 3 min

    Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literatureTogether, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a provincial capital of south ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

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    by Coleman Barks ...
    This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems of Rumi.Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite Sufi poetry to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ... Read more

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  • Rumi: The Big Red Book

    The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love and Friendship

    by Coleman Barks ...
    “Really, what other book would anyone ever need?” —Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Honeybee“Elegant and exquisite.” —Deepak Chopra, author of Muhammad, Jesus, and BuddhaThe Big Red Book is a poetic masterpiece from Jalaluddin Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic whom Time magazine calls “the most popular poet in America.” Readers continue to be awed and inspired by Rumi’s masterfully lyrical, deeply ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Strange Times, My Dear

    The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature

    Edited by Nahid Mozaffari, Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak ...
    When Arcade Publishing originally contracted this extraordinary collection of poetry and literature, the Department of the Treasury was attempting to censor the publication of works from countries on America’s “enemies list.” Arcade, along with the PEN American Center, the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, and the Association of American University ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Canterbury Tales

    by Geoffrey Chaucer ...
    Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. The Tales gathers twenty-nine of literature’s most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble Plowman.This ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Canterbury Tales

    by Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill ...
    Translated by Nevill Coghill ...
    Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle EnglishA Penguin ClassicIn The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran

    by Kahlil Gibran ...
    Translated by Anthony R. Ferris, Martin L. Wolf, Andrew Dib Sherfan ...
    The most wide-ranging collection of wisdom and works from the legendary twentieth-century spiritual guide and author of The Prophet.Kahlil Gibran produced some of the world's most remarkable poems and philosophical essays throughout his almost thirty-year career. This enriching collection of his works includes more than 150 of his stories, prose poems, verse, parables, and autobiographical essays. ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rumi

    In the Arms of the Beloved

    by Jonathan Star ...
    Landmark translations of the Sufi poet/mystic Rumi from the acclaimed interpreter of the Tao Te Ching.Jonathan Star has assembled selections of Rumi's verse in a treasury that spans the poet's life and includes his most celebrated and poignant work. It is an enchanting volume of classic Eastern thought that creates an exhilarating experience for all readers. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Secrets of the Heart

    by Kahlil Gibran ...
    Translated by Anthony Rizcallah Ferris ...
    An early collection of Kahlil Gibran’s writings showcases the many styles of this prolific thinker, all profoundly beautifulKahlil Gibran reveals his vision of the soul and understanding of the world—past, present, and future—in this rich sampling of more than twenty works. Prose tales, fables, and poems evoke the mystic East and form a world at once powerful, tender, joyous, and melancholy. This ... Read more

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  • In the Presence of Absence

    by Mahmoud Darwish ...
    Translated by Sinan Antoon ...
    Winner of the 2012 National Translation Award“What Sinan [Antoon] has done with In the Presence of Absence is a kind of miraculous work of dedication and love. Reading this volume is sheer enjoyment and sublimity.”**—Saadi Yousef“There are two maps of Palestine that politicians will never manage to forfeit: the one kept in the memories of Palestinian refugees, and that which is drawn by Darwish’s ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Wisdom of Omar Khayyam

    by Philosophical Library ...
    Series series Wisdom
    A Persian poet's masterpieceWhile better known in his time for his mathematical and astronomical works, eleventh-century Persian philosopher and poet Omar Khayyam is best known today for his romantic poetry collected in the Rubaiyat. This selection presents 365 of the approximately 1,000 quatrains, translated from the original Persian. Khayyam's poetry draws readers in with its lush imagery and ... Read more

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