The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems

10 best books like The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems (Aldous Huxley): River in the Sea, The Other Side of Life, Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks, Untitled, The Vanishing, What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War, Poésies, Selected Poems, 7 Folds of Winter, The Man

River in the Sea

Author	Tina Boscha
ISBN	1466292075

At fifteen, Leen De Graaf likes everything she shouldn't: smoking cigarettes, wearing red lipstick, driving illegally, and working in the fields. It seems the only thing she shares with her fellow Dutchmen is a fear of the German soldiers stationed nearby and a frantic wish for the war to end. When a...

The Other Side of Life

Author	Jess C. Scott
ISBN	1456529048

SUMMARY: A thieving duo’s world turns upside down when an Elven rogue uncovers the heinous dealings of a megacorporation.

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SYNOPSIS: Anya and Leticia are partners-in-crime who steal for a living. Their world turns upside down after a chance encounter with fellow rogue, Ithilnin—the...

Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

Author

William Elliot Griffis

William Elliot Griffis, D.D., L.H. D. (1843-1928) was an American orientalist, author and Congregational preacher. In September 1870 Griffis was invited to Japan for the purpose of organizing schools along Western lines. He prepared the New Japan Series of reading and spelling books and primers...

Untitled

Author	Jackie Chanel
ISBN	1460934156

For some, music is an escape from the everyday norm. For Aiden, it's his life's blood.
From the moment he played his first guitar chord, Aiden see life for what it really is all about...the possibilities. Consumed by his belief that his God-given talent will take further than the "right thing" ever...

The Vanishing

Author

Ruth Ann Nordin

In one moment, aliens make their presence known. In one moment, millions disappear. Autumn Daniel's sister is one of those who vanishes. Unable to rest, she joins Alex Cameron to find her. But she's about to find out that things are more sinister than she believes. This science fiction thriller is the...

What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War

Author

H.G. Wells

H G Wells, the prominent British writer of early 20th Century, turns out to become a prophet in this book, prophesying and forecasting the future of Great Britain and other countries that are just about to enter into the Second World War.
This book comes out just at the time when the Allied Forces of...

Poésies

Author	Arthur Rimbaud
ISBN	2743432020

Arthur Rimbaud's meteoric career was crammed into four teenage years in which he wrote two masterpieces, The Illuminations and A Season in Hell, and some wonderful short poems. At nineteen he then rejected the literary life and left France. Oliver Bernard, poet and translator of Guillaume Apollinaire,...

Selected Poems

Author	Paul Éluard
ISBN	0714539953

De Primeiro em Primeiro de Maio


Como da mesma árvore sendo as folhas
Nós somos reunidos por vento sufocante
Miséria é a noite e a guerra dilúvio
Do espelho que nos estendem apenas resta o chumbo

E não é só de ontem mas de sempre que ousam
Votarem-nos ao nada...

7 Folds of Winter

Author

Carolyn McCray

7 Folds of Winter is a Young Adult Fantasy Fiction Novel and if you are looking for fantasy and an out of this world story to read, this is it.

The author, Carolyn McCray, puts a spin on creativity that knows no bounds. From the inventive names of the characters down to the imaginative plot, Ms. McCray’s...

The Man

Author	Bram Stoker
ISBN	1847022987

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references,...

Seranfyll

Author

Christina Daley

Rain has never chosen her own name. Nor has she met a polite apple tree, been caught in a house’s security spell, or ridden a horse . . . winged or not. What she does know is that, after having been a slave for all thirteen years of her common life, she’s free and has nowhere to go.

That all changes...

Demonology

Author	James VI, King of Scots
ISBN	1599869462

In 1597, King James VI of Scotland and I of England, who commissioned the King James bible, wrote Demonology, setting out his beliefs on satan and witches. A historical work and important read for scholars of religion, this book allows readers to study the beliefs and ideas and King James. Demonology...

Farewell to the Master

Author

Harry Bates

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The famous 1940 short story by Harry Bates that inspired the two movies "The Day the Earth Stood Still." The humanoid alien Klaatu and the giant robot Gnut suddenly materialize in Washington, D.C.,...

White Stains

Author	Aleister Crowley
ISBN	0715606808

Limited Edition of 418 copies

Edited, with an introduction, by William Breeze. Illustrated with six color plates by Fredrik Söderberg.

English poet-magician Aleister Crowley published White Stains in 1898, an era of intense creativity for the budding magus-to-be.

The...

Halfskin

Author

Tony Bertauski

Biomites are artificial stem cells that can replace any cell in your body. No more kidney failure, no severed spines or blood disease. No cancer. Pharmaceuticals become obsolete. With each dose of biomites, we become stronger, we become smarter and prettier.

We become better.

At...

The Eve of St. Agnes

Author	John Keats
ISBN	0141398299

This poem has a real good story to it; it wasn’t a conveyance of metaphor, but a story of love and longing. It’s a narrative poem, which means it’s fairly long and plot driven. It’s really quite imaginative in this because it explores different types of dreams and wishes through a few different...

The Awkward Owl

Author

Shawnda Blake

The Awkward Owl is about an owl who is, well, awkward. He doesn't fly as well as the other owls, so people point and stare. Luckily for him, he makes friends with a little girl who takes care of him like a pet. Her love for the owl eventually makes him want to fly properly, so he just does.

I didn't love...