Selected Poems 1855-1892
10 best books like Selected Poems 1855-1892 (Walt Whitman): Walden, Gold Coast, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems, Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, The Dogs of War, Selected Poems, How to Fight, Nature and Walking
| Author | Henry David Thoreau |
| ISBN | 0691096120 |
Originally published in 1854, Walden; or, Life in the Woods, is a vivid account of the time that Henry D. Thoreau lived alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. It is one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. This new paperback edition-introduced by noted American writer...
| Author | Nelson DeMille |
| ISBN | 0751531219 |
Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa,...
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
| Author | William Blake |
| ISBN | 0486281221 |
Once regarded as a brilliant eccentric whose works skirted the outer fringes of English art and literature, William Blake (1757–1827) is today recognized as a major poet, a profound thinker, and one of the most original and exciting English artists. Nowhere is his glorious poetic and pictorial...
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
| Author | Billy Collins |
| ISBN | 0679644059 |
The first volume of New and Selected poetry in twelve years from the two-time Poet Laureate of the United States.
Aimless Love gives the reader an opportunity to assess the rich scope of Collins' gifts. Containing more than fifty new poems and a generous gathering from his collections of the...
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
| Author | Billy Collins |
| ISBN | 0375755195 |
Sailing Alone Around the Room, by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, contains both new poems and a generous gathering from his earlier collections The Apple That Astonished Paris, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning. These poems show Collins at his best, performing...
A professor invites a colleague from the art department to his home to view a painting he has kept secret for decades in Susan Vreeland's powerful historical novel, Girl in Hyacinth Blue. The professor swears it's a Vermeer -- but why exactly has he kept it hidden so long? The reasons unfold in a gripping...
| Author | Lisa Rogak |
| ISBN | 1250009464 |
Military working dogs gained widespread attention after Cairo participated in the SEAL Team 6 mission that led to Osama bin Laden's death. Before that, few civilians realized that dogs served in combat, let alone that they could parachute from thirty thousand feet up.
The Dogs of War reveals...
| Author | Robert Frost |
| ISBN | 0517072459 |
John F. Kennedy said of Robert Frost: "He has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding." A four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Frost created a new poetic language that has a deep and timeless resonance.
In addition...
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 1941529860 |
Learn how to relax the bonds of anger, attachment, and delusion through mindfulness and kindness toward ourselves and others.
The Mindfulness Essentials series introduces beginners and reminds seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. This time Nhat Hanh brings...
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| ISBN | 0807014192 |
Read for my Nature Writing class. When either Ralph Waldo or Henry David actually describe nature, they both write beautiful descriptions. And I can't deny their talents for observation.
As a modern, Pagan reader, though, it's hard to get over the (Ralph Waldo's especially) Transcendentalist...
