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  • Seven Types Of Ambiguity

    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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  • Ghosts in the Attic

    A Collection

    by Kate Greenlee ...
    The first collection of poems and short stories by young writer, Kate Greenlee. Thirteen poems and two short stories make up a varied selection of styles and subjects; from the supernatural to the political, Greenlee deals with themes around feminism and femininity, mathematics, body image and violence in the modern world. ‘Ghosts in the Attic’ is a short selection of crafted works, a well-fitting ... Read more

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  • Troilus and Criseyde

    Translated by Nevill Coghill ...
    Set against the epic backdrop of the battle of Troy, Troilus and Criseyde is an evocative story of love and loss. When Troilus, the son of Priam, falls in love with the beautiful Criseyde, he is able to win her heart with the help of his cunning uncle Pandarus, and the lovers experience a brief period of bliss together. But the pair are soon forced apart by the inexorable tide of war and - despite ... Read more

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  • Wilfred Owen

    One of Britain’s best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) was killed at age 25 on one of the last days of the First World War, having acted heroically as soldier and officer despite his famous misgivings about the war's rationale and conduct. He left behind a body of poetry that sensitively captured the pity, rage, valor, and futility of the conflict.In this new biography Guy ... Read more

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  • Disinformation

    Frances Leviston's first collection, Public Dream, was one of the most acclaimed debuts of recent years, and praised for combining 'technical mastery with a lucidity that verges on the hypnotic' (Independent).Leviston's keenly-anticipated second book sees both an intellectual and dramatic intensification of her project. We often credit poetry as a kind of truth-telling, but it can also be an agent ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Nightingale

    Nightingale is a collection of metaphysical poetry. Themes centre on the art of time, the love of the self, and the elements. The philosophical undertones are nostalgic and romantic. We are all searching for something, we always will be, even though some of us don't even know it. This search of the self, is the art of life. ... Read more

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  • As Others See Us

    Personal Views on the Life and Work of Robert Burns

    As Others See Us is based on a new photographic exhibition from Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie, who together form the renowned partnership broad daylight. It forms part of Homecoming 2009, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth. The exhibition consists of 20 portraits of prominent and influential Scots, including Eddi Reader, Edwin Morgan, Peter Howson and Janice Galloway. The ... Read more

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  • Selected Poems: The Brontë Sisters

    Although the Brontë sisters have long fascinated readers of fiction and biography, their poetry was all too little known until this pioneering selection by Stevie Davies, the novelist and critic. Charlotte is certainly a competent poet, and Anne developed a distinctive voice, while Emily is one of great women poets in English. All three sisters, as Stevie Davies remarks in her introduction, were ... Read more

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  • Pendragons Poetry & Prose

    by Wayne Owens ...
    Over the years several pieces of my poetry have been reprinted across the Internet on a multitude of sites. In the majority of these cases the poster has credited me in some way, and in a couple of instances credited Edgar Allan Poe which I took as a massive compliment. Unfortunately not everyone on the Internet follows a decent moral code, and I have found pieces of my work posted with different ... Read more

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  • La mort de Lucrèce

    Lucius Tarquinius (surnommé le Superbe, à cause de son orgueil excessif), après avoir été cause du meurtre cruel de son beau-père Servius Tullius, et s'être emparé du trône, contre les lois et les coutumes de Rome, sans demander ni attendre les suffrages du peuple, alla mettre le siége devant Ardéa, accompagné de ses fils et des nobles romains.Pendant le siége, les principaux officiers de l'armée, ... Read more

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  • Under Dark Waters: Surviving the Titanic - Poems

    by Anna M. Evans ...
    In Under Dark Waters: Surviving the Titanic, Anna M. Evans juxtaposes the recent loss of her mother with comparable elements and incidents from the 1912 disaster. Evans traces an intricate trajectory from glory to grief by means of vividly imagined details about the people and animals on board the ill-fated ship, along with evidence that the operators’ blunders were avoidable. This is poetry of ... Read more

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  • Fishbowl

    The first works of Thomas W. Morris, followed by poetry collections of a negative and positive nature, disconnection, surrealism and love. ... Read more

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