Selected Poetry
9 best books like Selected Poetry (Samuel Taylor Coleridge): Venus in Furs, Survival in Auschwitz, The Star of Kazan, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Jacob Have I Loved, The Looking Glass, A Gift of Magic, The Merry-Go-Round, Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling
| Author | Leopold von Sacher-Masoch |
| ISBN | 0140447814 |
'Venus in Furs' describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman. Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. This is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct...
| Author | Primo Levi |
| ISBN | 0684826801 |
The true and harrowing account of Primo Levi’s experience at the German concentration camp of Auschwitz and his miraculous survival; hailed by The Times Literary Supplement as a “true work of art, this edition includes an exclusive conversation between the author and Philip Roth.
In...
| Author | Eva Ibbotson |
| ISBN | 0142405825 |
Annika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a cook to three eccentric Viennese professors found her and took her home. There, Annika has made a happy life in the servants' quarters, surrounded with friends, including the elderly woman next door who regales...
| Author | Anna Akhmatova |
| ISBN | 0939010275 |
Initially published in 1990, when the New York Times Book Review named it one of fourteen "Best Books of the Year," Judith Hemschemeyer's translation of The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova is the definitive edition, and has sold over 13,000 copies, making it one of the most successful poetry titles...
Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise's friends, their parents' love, her dreams for the future.
For...
One particular attribute that I look for in classic novels/stories is a sense of timelessness, an ability to transcend generations and still remain poignant and relevant. The Looking Glass has that, but admittedly, it took me a while to figure out why and how.
Actually, my first impression...
| Author | Lois Duncan |
| ISBN | 0440228476 |
A Gift of Magic wasn't the type of book I'd been expecting, but I'm glad I decided to read it. Written in a mysterious style with an ordinary setting, this book is full of fantasy elements and childhood nostalgia, but it's not a babyish or age-limited book. It's a very timeless story really, one that could...
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| ISBN | 0140185968 |
Somerset Maugham was one of the world's most prolific and popular authors. He wrote with great facility and at one time had four plays running simultaneously in four different London theaters.He was trained as a doctor, and he must have been good: his observations are truthful and free of sentiment....
Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling
Aisling is thirty, flirty and frazzled.
But - just when she should finally be feeling all grown-up - she's floundering.
Because when you're recovering from a broken heart as well as struggling to keep your café as sizzling as your award-winning sausages, it's hard to feel you've...
