The Celtic World

8 best books like The Celtic World (Miranda Aldhouse-Green): Eugene Onegin, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore, The Ancient Celts, The Celts, A Fire in My Hands, Collected Poems, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

Eugene Onegin

Author	Alexander Pushkin
ISBN	0192838997

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in imperial Russia during the 1820s, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of three men - Onegin the bored fop, Lensky the minor elegiast, and a stylized Pushkin himself...

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Author	Jon Kabat-Zinn
ISBN	1401307787

Dear Brother,

When you first asked me about how to practice meditation (was it last week?), I gave you a few vague answers and then dismissed it from my mind, thinking that while it is impressive that you consider it seriously, it is not really vital to you right now. But, yesterday when you...

The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore

Author	W.B. Yeats
ISBN	0486436578

Best known for his poetry, William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was also a dedicated exponent of Irish folklore. Yeats took a particular interest in the tales' mythic and magical roots. The Celtic Twilight ventures into the eerie and puckish world of fairies, ghosts, and spirits. "This handful of dreams,"...

The Ancient Celts

Author	Barry W. Cunliffe
ISBN	0140254226

The archetypal `barbarians from the north', the Celts were feared for their ferocity in battle and admired as skilled craftsmen. For two and half thousand years the Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. THE ANCIENT CELTS presents an absorbing account of the tribes...

The Celts

Author	Nora Kershaw Chadwick
ISBN	0140250743

A history of Celtic culture in Britain from its origins to its transformation under the Romans and Saxons.

The Celts possessed a self-contained and remarkable culture whose influence is by no means restricted to those parts of Britain traditionally regarded as 'Celtic'. A proud and independent...

A Fire in My Hands

Author	Gary Soto
ISBN	0152055649

Few writers capture the everyday moments of life like Gary Soto. In direct and vivid poems, he draws from his own youth in California's Central Valley to portray the joys and sorrows of young people. His writing focuses on Latino characters, yet speaks to readers of all ethnicities.     Acclaimed...

Collected Poems

Author	Thom Gunn
ISBN	0374524335

The first of the poems in Thom Gunn’s Collected to really knock me out appears half way through his second book, The Sense of Movement (1957). In the poem, “To Yvor Winters, 1955,” Gunn pays homage to his former teacher with a portrait of the Stanford professor that compares his training of Airedale...

Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

Author

John O'Donohue

Discover the Celtic Circle of Belonging John O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you through the spiritual landscape of the Irish imagination. In Anam Cara, Gaelic for soul friend, the ancient teachings, stories, and blessings of Celtic wisdom provide such profound insights on the...