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Winter: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons

10 best books like Winter: An Anthology for the Changing Seasons (Melissa Harrison): The Undressing: Poems, Shadows Before Dawn: Finding the Light of Self-Love Through Your Darkest Times, The Forest in Folklore and Mythology, The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime, The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales, Once in the West: Poems, How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence, Codependency for Dummies, 21 Days to Master Affirmations, 21 Days to Master Success and Inner Peace

The Undressing: Poems
AuthorLi-Young Lee
The Undressing is a tonic for spiritual anemia; it attempts to uncover things hidden since the dawn of the world. Short of achieving that end, these mysterious, unassuming poems investigate the human violence and dispossession increasingly prevalent around the world, as well as the horrors the poet...
Shadows Before Dawn: Finding the Light of Self-Love Through Your Darkest Times
AuthorTeal Swan
ISBN1401947190
     Growing up in a tranquil wilderness, Teal Swan had a childhood that was anything but serene. Horrors lurked behind the façade of the perfect houses and pious community of the surrounding towns, and Teal attracted undue attention because of her unusually powerful extrasensory abilities....
The Forest in Folklore and Mythology
AuthorAlexander Porteous
ISBN0486420108
"If you have a feeling for the mystery and enchantment of the woods, you will want to own this book." — Outlook.
Assembled from an enormous range of sources, this fascinating book is a mind-expanding compendium of facts, folklore, superstitions, myths, and anecdotes about trees and the forest....
The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
AuthorMichael Sims
ISBN0143105663
Take a trip back to a time when criminals armed themselves with wit rather than with guns, and the pinnacle of crime-fighting technology was represented by Sherlock Holmes's magnifying glass. Edited by award-winning author and editor Michael Sims, The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime presents, for...
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
AuthorChris Baldick
ISBN0192862197
The Gothic tale has been with us for over two hundred years, but this collection is the first to illustrate the continuing strength of this special fictional tradition from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Gothic fiction is generally identified with Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto...
Once in the West: Poems
AuthorChristian Wiman
ISBN0374227012
One of The New York Times' 10 Favorite Poetry Books of 2014

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

Winner of the 2015 Philosophical Society of Texas Award of Merit in Poetry


A searing new collection from one of our country's most important poets

Memories...
How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence
AuthorNathaniel Branden
ISBN0553266462
Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between low self-esteem and high self-esteem is the difference between passivity and action, between failure and success. Now, one of America's foremost psychologists and a pioneer in self-esteem...
Codependency for Dummies
AuthorDarlene Lancer
Codependency is much more widespread than originally thought. You don't even have to be in a relationship. Codependents have trouble accepting themselves, so they hide who they are to be accepted by someone else."Codependency for Dummies" is the most comprehensive book on the topic to date. It describes...
21 Days to Master Affirmations
AuthorLouise L. Hay
Studies have shown it takes only 21 days for a new habit to take root. If there's a skill you've always wanted to take advantage of, the answer is just 21 days away with the Hay House 21 Days Series.Louise Hay's teaching on affirmations have sold over 39 million copies worldwide and provided a healing technique...
21 Days to Master Success and Inner Peace
AuthorWayne W. Dyer
Studies have shown it takes only 21 days for a new habit to take root. If there's an interest you've always wanted to take advantage of, the answer is just 21 days away with the 21 Days Series. Dr Wayne W. Dyer is considered to be one of today's top spiritual teachers, known worldwide for his warm, insightful...
Beechcombings: The narratives of trees
AuthorRichard Mabey
ISBN1844139204
In 1987, the greatest English storm for three centuries laid flat fifteen million trees across southern England and devastated a nation of tree-lovers. The storm marked a turning point in our perception of trees and a dawning realisation that they have lives of their own, beyond the roles and images...
The Looking Glass
AuthorAnton Chekhov
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...
A Writer's Workbook: Daily Exercises for the Writing Life
AuthorCaroline Sharp
Aspiring doctors have medical school. Karate students have belts of different colors. Pianists have scales and arpeggios. But what system do writers have for getting and staying "in shape," to help them focus, practice, and make progress?

A Writer's Workbook is Caroline Sharp's ingenious...
Get Started in Creative Writing
AuthorStephen May
ISBN1471801780
Get Started in Creative Writing will help writers at the very beginning of their creative journey to gain confidence and find inspiration, and then support you in the completion of your first pieces of creative writing - a short story, a poem, a draft of a novel or screenplay. Each chapter includes a central...
Crow Country
AuthorMark Cocker
ISBN0224076019
One night Mark Cocker followed the roiling, deafening flock of rooks and jackdaws which regularly passed over his Norfolk home on their way to roost in the Yare valley. From the moment he watched the multitudes blossom as a mysterious dark flower above the night woods, these gloriously commonplace...
The Man Who Laughs
AuthorDavid Hine
ISBN1906838585
The Man Who Laughs (first published in 1869) is Victor Hugo’s scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain’s political system. It is the story of Gwynplaine, the two-year-old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, and whose face is mutilated...
The Steampunk Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Steampunk Stories
AuthorJay Lake
The Steampunk Megapack collects 26 tales of high adventure through Victorian and Edwardian eras--past, present, and future! Included are:


MIDNIGHT AT VALDOSTA'S, by Jay Lake

THE CASE OF THE PECULIAR SAFECRACKER, by G. D. Falksen

THE ACQUISITION OF MANDRAKES AND...
Fascination: Stories
AuthorWilliam Boyd
ISBN1400043204
A new collection of stories by the internationally acclaimed author of "Any Human Heart" ("the finest storyteller of his generation" -"Chicago Tribune").
In "Notebook No. 9," a film director's journal becomes an unintentional record of his obsessive love for his leading lady and the slow destruction...
The Last Night of the World
AuthorRay Bradbury
It´s a sad short story about the last night on Earth to be honest its not that interesting. .
The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays
AuthorMary Oliver
ISBN0807068845
From a poet who teaches us the beauty and magic of the natural world comes a reminder that this world includes "the creatures, with their / thick fur, their shy and wordless gaze. Their / infallible sense of what their lives / are meant to be."

In The Truro Bear and Other Adventures, Mary Oliver...
Scriptorium: Poems
AuthorMelissa Range
ISBN0807094447
A collection of poems exploring questions of religious and linguistic authority, from medieval England to contemporary Appalachia

A National Poetry Series winner, selected and with a foreword by Tracy K. Smith

The poems in Scriptorium are primarily concerned with questions...
The American Lover
AuthorRose Tremain
Rose Tremain awakens the senses in this magnificent and diverse collection of short stories.

Trapped in a London apartment, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow....
Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen
AuthorCarol J. Adams
ISBN0826429335
Whether you've read Jane Austen once or read her yearly, or if you simply yearn to be Elizabeth or Mr. Darcy, this new Bedside companion will be a perfect match. Janeite and newcomer alike will revel in the entertaining capsules of each of Austen's beloved novels, along with information on such important...
Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy
AuthorBret Contreras
ISBN1450429297
Increase strength, build mass, burn fat, and define your muscles. With full-color anatomical illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and training advice, Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy is the authoritative resource for sculpting your physique without free weights, machines, or...
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