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A stunning, intimate collection by the late, great Polish poet Adam Zagajewski.
...I think I sought wisdom
(without resignation) in poems
and also a certain calm madness.
I found, much later, a moment's joy
and melancholy's dark contentment.
In True Life, the Polish writer Adam Zagajewski, one of the world's most admired and beloved poets, turns his gaze to the past with piercing clarity and a tone of wry, lyrical melancholy. He captures the...
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Dive into the compelling world of Arrive Dead at the Same Place, a poignant poetry collection by Ken Eaton-Dykes. This anthology bridges the ordinary and the extraordinary, capturing life's diverse tapestry with wit, wisdom, and a touch of cynicism.
Eaton-Dykes' poetry traverses a vast emotional landscape, from reflective musings on war and its indelible impact on society to the humorous absurdities of daily existence. Written in an array of styles,...
4) Poems
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Maurice Maeterlinck, acclaimed for his prose and drama, delves into the realm of poetry in this collection. His verses explore the intricacies of nature, love, and the human spirit. Through poetic expression, Maeterlinck weaves emotions, reflections, and
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HOW HURTFUL CAN A TRANSFORMATION BE? "Dysphoria" is a poignant collection of eighty poems that traverse the emotional landscape of personal transformation.Amidst the turmoil of loss and rebirth, the author bids farewell to the old self, embracing the journey of self-discovery with raw vulnerability and resilience.Through the veil of grief, each verse becomes a testament to the human spirit's capacity to evolve, to shed its former skin and emerge anew.With...
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"A Window in at a Moment in Time" is a collection of poems written almost thirty years ago when Francois was a teenager. These poems were influenced by Francois' experiences as a teenager including his arising awareness of the need for conservation and the damage we as humanity were causing even then.Closer to home, some poems reflect his opinions which were more socially influenced by subjects that were discussed by teenagers at the time and which...
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A chaque édition son empreinte et son partage.En 2020, les poètes auront aussi écrit sur la notion de différence. La Covid-19 a-t-elle influencé de quelque manière que ce soit le ressenti et une expressivité poétique sous la contrainte d'un adverbe imposé dans le premier vers ? Après "D'une rive à une autre" (édition 2018) et "Transcendance" (édition 2019), le recueil des nominés et lauréats "La Différence - Poésie 2020" nous ramène...
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A magician conjures a dramatic adventure of romance and intrigue in this seventeenth-century French tragicomedy by the author of Le Cid.
In Pierre Corneille's sparkling play, The Theatre of Illusion, magicians, lovers, and heroes prove that all the world truly is a stage. First performed in 1636, it was pioneering in its use of meta-theatrical storytelling. It then vanished from the stage for the next three-hundred years, to be revived in 1937 at...
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Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of all time:
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis...
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Celebrating Germany with Poetry belongs to the Celebrating Nations Book Series by Walter the Educator. Collect them all at WaltertheEducator.com. Creating a poetry book celebrating the nation of Germany serves as a means to explore and showcase the rich cultural heritage, history, and the vibrant spirit of the country. It can also be a way to acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of Germany to the world in various fields such as literature,...
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When I was young I used to painstakingly collect postcards and albums with reproductions of Van Gogh's paintings, which were rare in the Soviet Union. Nowadays the Internet and big size monitors give you possibility to endlessly enjoy master's canvases, and see details you never paid attention to before. And so I saw that the majority of the artist's works painted not long before his death started to depict the endless movement of the matter, invisible...
12) Moulin Rouge
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Henri de Toulouse-Latrec experienced a life of deformity and disappointment. He left an artistic legacy beyond praise or price. Though his friends were the great personages of his time, he was perpetually lonely. Though educated and witty his life was a continual and desperate search for romantic love and happiness.
Basis for the 1952 film starring Jose Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor, Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor,...
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José María de Pereda es uno de los grandes novelistas españoles de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Manuel Marañón fue no solo su amigo «más querido», sino también su alter ego según nos dice en una carta del 5 de febrero de 1895. Este intenso epistolario, que se daba por perdido, se compone de más de 260 cartas que Pereda escribió a Marañón y que fueron conservadas por la familia del destinatario en el archivo de la Fundación Cigarral...
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Following the first book on Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House which examined the PLOT of the playand the CHARACTERS, this book examines the THEMES and ELEMENTS OF STYLE in the play. This allows the critic of the playto have a comprehensive view of what the play is about, how it is crafted, who the major characters are and what kind of style the playwright adopts. This should prepare any student of Henrik ibsen in general or of this play and the rebel...
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Don Juan, the "Seducer of Seville," originated as a hero-villain of Spanish folk legend, is a famous lover and scoundrel who has made more than a thousand sexual conquests. One of Molière's best-known plays, Don Juan was written while Tartuffe was still banned on the stages of Paris, and shared much with the outlawed play. Modern directors transform Don Juan in every new era, as each director finds something new to highlight in this timeless classic....
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History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from The Berlin Wall to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. The Berlin Wall was the concrete manifestation of the Iron Curtain, which signified the profound ideological difference between the capitalist, democratic Western powers and the socialist, communist Soviet Union. After WWII ended, the Allied Powers carved up defeated Germany into four blocks. They did...
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This book examines the PLOT of the play and the CHARACTERS in Jhenrik Ibsen's famous play A DOLL'S HOUSE. This allows the critic of the play to have a comprehensive view of what the play is about, how it is crafted, who the players are and what underlies the CONFLICT of the play. This should prepare any student of henrik ibsen in general or of this play in particular, to answer any questions about the writer and his work, his world view and his general...
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Ce livre, intitulé "Les éclats de bonheur - la magie des sourires contagieux des enfants / פְּצָעִים שֶׁל שִׂמְחָה - קֶסֶם שְׂמֵי חֶיְיָם וּצְחֻקֵי יְלָדִים", est une collection de poèmes en français et en hébreu célébrant l'innocence, la beauté et l'inspiration que les enfants apportent à nos vies. Chaque poème explore un aspect différent de l'enfance, de la pureté des cœurs à...
19) Annie's Journey
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Annie was scared when her family and friends were forced to leave their homes when she was fourteen.It was 1904 when her parents traveled across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean to New York City with her four siblings.This historical fiction reminisces the trials all immigrants made in the early 1900s.
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