From the multi-award winning Bob Graham comes a romantic hopeful & exquisitely-illustrated story perfect for giving as a gift to the one that you love It's 1830 in County Kerry Ireland & a gold ring is thrown into the wind by a young woman on a black horse & as the seasons pass & then the years the little treasure finds itself on the most astonishing journey finally settling at the bottom of a deep sea Will the ring inscribed with "love never dies" ever fulfil its destiny & find the finger of a woman truly loved? ...

The apparent suicide of his policeman brother sets Denver crime reporter Jack Mc Evoy on edge Surprise at the circumstances of his brother's death prompts Jack to look into a whole series of police suicides & puts him on the trail of a cop killer whose victims are selected all too carefully Not only that but they all leave suicide notes drawn from the poems of writer Edgar Allan Poe in their wake More frightening still the killer appears to know that Jack is getting nearer & nearer An investigation that looks like the story of a lifetime might also be Jack's ticket to a lonely end ...

From the Newbery Medal-winning author a poignant story about two children a poet & a dog & how they help one another survive loss & recapture love Teddy is a gifted dog Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud & the comforting clicking of a keyboard Although Teddy understands words Sylvan always told him there are only two kinds of people in the world who can hear Teddy speak poets & children Then one day Teddy learns that Sylvan was right When Teddy finds Nickel & Flora trapped in a snowstorm he tells them that he will bring them home
- & they understand him The children are afraid of the howling wind but not of Teddy's words They follow him to a cabin in the woods where the dog used to live with Sylvan only now his owner is gone As they hole up in the cabin for shelter Teddy is flooded with memories of Sylvan What will Teddy do when his new friends go home? Can they help one another find what they have lost?
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The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) & well worth the wait These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical mythological & literary importance containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods & heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians their unique vision of the beginning & end of the world etc Jackson Crawford's modern versions of these poems are authoritative & fluent & often very gripping With their individual headnotes & complementary general introduction they supply today's readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand & appreciate the beliefs motivations & values of the Vikings --Dick Ringler Professor Emeritus of English & Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin--Madison ...

' She sees coming up a second time Earth from the ocean eternally green; the waterfalls plunge an eagle soars above them over the mountain hunting fish' After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok the earth rises serenely again from the ocean & life is renewed The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress's Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world & looks forward to its destruction & rebirth In this great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological & heroic poetry the exploits of gods & humans are related The one-eyed Odin red-bearded Thor Loki the trickster the lovely goddesses & the giants who are their enemies walk beside the heroic Helgi Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer Brynhild the shield-maiden & the implacable Gudrun New in this revised translation are the quest-poem The Lay of Svipdag & The Waking of Angantyr in which a girl faces down her dead father to retrieve his sword Comic tragic instructive grandiose witty & profound the poems of the Edda have influenced artists from Wagner to Tolkien & a new generation of video-game & film makers ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

A book aimed at both trade & schools markets that brings together the best of John Foster's original poetry There are over 250 poems divided into themed sections in which there will be humorous & thoughtful poems sitting side by side It

Includes:: a vast range of types of poem such as shape poems acrostic poems limericks diary poems raps story poems recipe poems which makes it the perfect collection for use in the classroom or just to dip into

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Birds are the most obvious wild things we have around us They are much watched & much loved A remarkable number of poets have noticed birds & British bird poetry is as old as British poetry Some of the best known & most loved poems in English are bird poems Here poet Simon Armitage & amateur ornithologist Tim Dee gather the best of the past & the most promising of the present as well as some overlooked gems Poems are organised according to ornithological classification & there are detailed ornithological notes which illuminate the poems & provide fascinating information on the birds Altogether this is a truly original anthology ...

' Truly a marvellous collection There is balm for the soul fire for the belly a cooling compress for the fevered brow solace for the wounded an arm around the lonely shoulder
- the whole collection is a matchless compound of hug tonic & kiss' Stephen Fry Sometimes only a poem will do These poetic prescriptions & wise words of advice offer comfort delight & inspiration for all; a space for reflection & that precious realization
- I'm not the only one who feels like this In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length & breadth of Britain into the pages of the Guardian onto BBC Radio 4 & onto the television honing his prescriptions all the time This pocket-sized book presents the most essential poems in his dispensary those which again & again have really shown themselves to work Whether you are suffering from loneliness lack of courage heartbreak hopelessness or even from an excess of ego there is something here to ease your pain' The book is delightful; it rightly resituates poetry in relation to its biggest & most serious task helping us to live & die well' Alain de Botton

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With examples from an extensive range of poets from Chaucer to today The Poetry Toolkit offers simple & clear explanations of key terms genres & concepts that enable readers to develop a richer more sophisticated approach to reading thinking & writing about poems Combining an easy-to-use reference format defining & illustrating key concepts forms & topics with in-depth practice readings & further exercises the book helps students master the study of poetry for themselves Now in its second edition The Poetry Toolkit

Includes:: a wider range of examples from contemporary poetry & more American poetry In addition an extended close reading section now offers practice comparative readings of the kind students are most likely to be asked to undertake as well as readings informed by contemporary environmental & urban approaches The book is also supported by extensive online resources including podcasts weblinks guides to further reading & advanced study guides to reading poetry theoretically

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Tracklist Fairytale of New York (feat Kirsty Mac Coll) Explicit Sally Mac Lennane Explicit Dirty Old Town The Irish Rover (feat The Dubliners)A Pair Of Brown Eyes (Edit) Streams of Whiskey A Rainy Night in Soho Fiesta Rain Street Explicit Misty Morning Albert Bridge White City Thousands Are Sailing The Broad Majestic Shannon The Body of An American ...