In this series a contemporary poet selects & introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems & by the personal & critical reactions they express in their prefaces the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible & passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. The birds are gone to bed; the cows are still & sheep lie panting on each old mole hill & underneath the willows grey-green bough
- Like toil a resting
- lies the fallow plough
- Hares at Play"."


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Packed full of analysis & interpretation historical background discussions & commentaries York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text youre studying whether its poetry a play or a novel. Youll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages & characters; learn interesting facts about the text; & discover structures patterns & themes that you may never have known existed. In the Advanced Notes specific sections on critical thinking & advice on how to read critically yourself enable you to engage with the text in new & different ways. Full glossaries self-test questions & suggested reading lists will help you fully prepare for your exam while internet links & references to film TV theatre & the arts combine to fully immerse you in your chosen text. York Notes offer an exciting & accessible key to your text enabling you to develop your ideas & transform your studies! ...

John Clare: A Poet for all Seasons is a superb anthology combining the poems of John Clare the nineteenth century poetic commemorator ...

When John Constantine is run over by a truck it takes him a little while to realise that hes perched between life & death. After a few weeks of hospital rehab Constantine finds the London streets very different from when he left as a series of occult murders & mutilations demands his attention. The common denominator points back to the ER where Constantine was admitted. ...

This new Hellblazer collection features several tales never before collected including a look at John Constantines rough & tumble childhood & the beginnings of his unique skills. Then in some of the earliest stories from Preacher scribe Garth Ennis John Constantine is dying. As a sorcerer literally haunted by the demons of his past John is no stranger to mystic bedevilment or supernatural horror. But its his chain-smoking that ultimately brings death to Constantines front door. John Constantine has lung cancer. Though condemned to hell Constantine continues to laugh in the face of this all-too-serious world. ...

The 1995 Open Champion & legendary wild man of golf recalls the best & worst of his life: his inspirational play on both US & European tours; the demons that afflicted him on the course & his addiction to gambling & drink; & the trashed hotel rooms & spectacular marital problems. John Daly took professional golf by storm when he came out of nowhere to win the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick in Indiana. A big hitter Daly quickly became a favourite with PGA crowds for his long drives & no-frills philosophy of grip it & rip it. Almost as quickly he became a controversial figure thanks to his on-course fits of temper & off-course bouts of drinking & gambling. He won the Open Championship in 1995 at St Andrews then suffered through six years of poor play & personal turmoil before winning the BMW International Open in Munich in September 2001. In February 2004 he returned to the winners circle on the PGA Tour winning the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines. Daly has been married four times & his spectacular marriage bust-ups have attracted endless media headlines. His fourth wife Sherrie & her parents were indicted on federal drug & gambling charges in 2003; they were accused of selling cocaine marijuana & methamphetamines from 1996 to 2002 & of laundering the proceeds through local banks. She has only recently been released from a federal penitentiary to return to the family home. Daly talks openly in his book about his controversial private life the tantrums the additictions to drink gambling & women & reflects on a new course in life in this richly entertaining read. ...

At last a paperback reissue of this classic history of John Deere! Edited by the worlds most respected & best known Deere historian & expert-Don Macmillan-this is a detailed & fun history of the great tractor builder. This comprehensive history of the man his company & his legacy

Includes:: a biography of John Deere plus excerpts from the writings of Deere engineers & historians such as Wayne Broehl Harold Brock & Orrin Miller. Images are from the Deere archives as well as noted tractor photographer Ralph W. Sanders. Coverage of plows implements combines cars snowmobiles lawn & garden tractors & bicycles is also included.

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My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things youll read on these pages about the sauce about Korrock about the invasion & the future. But its too late. You touched the book. Youre in the game. Youre under the eye. It is crucial you keep one thing in mind: none of this is my fault. ...

John Everett Millais (1829
- 1896) was one of the most significant English painters of the nineteenth century successful & respected
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Making use of his true scholar's understanding yet writing in an approachable & anecdotal style Tom Wright manages to convey the simplicity & helps to unravel the great complexity of this extraordinary gospel. He describes it as one of the great books in the literature of the world; & part of its greatness is the way it reveals its secrets not just to high-flown learning but to those who come to it with humility & hope." These volumes complete the Gospels in the For Everyone series." ...