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Seagull Books London Ltd The Anchor’s Long Chain
Book SynopsisAn experiment with the sonnet form by one of the foremost French poets of his generation. Yves Bonnefoy has wowed the literary world for decades with his diffuse volumes. First published in France in 2008, The Anchor’s Long Chain is an indispensable addition to his oeuvre. Enriching Bonnefoy’s earlier work, the volume, translated by Beverley Bie Brahic, also innovates, including an unprecedented sequence of nineteen sonnets. These sonnets combine the strictness of the form with the freedom to vary line length and create evocative fragments. Compressed, emotionally powerful, and allusive, the poems are also autobiographical—but only in glimpses. Throughout, Bonnefoy conjures up life’s eternal questions with each new poem. Longer, discursive pieces, including the title poem’s meditation on a prehistoric stone circle and a legend about a ship, are also part of this volume, as are a number of poetic prose pieces in which Bonnefoy, like several of his great French predecessors, excels. Long-time fans will find much to praise here, while newer readers will quickly find themselves under the spell of Bonnefoy’s powerful, discursive poetry. Trade Review“There is a folkloric feel to this writing. As if life is a fairytale. The tone is theistic, and there’s always a narrative within the surreal. Yes, all this is Bonnefoy. His prose pieces are sharp and clear while there are transgressions folding dreams within reality.” * Washington Independent Review of Books *Table of ContentsTranslator's Acknowledgements The Disorder The Anchor's Long Chain (Ales Stenar) America Child's Play Child's Play The Long Name The Trees Mouth Agape The Painter Whose Name is the Snow The Divine Names Passerby, Do You Want To Know? Almost Nineteen Sonnets Tomb of L.-B. Alberti Tomb of Charles Baudelaire 'Facesti come quei che va di notte...' The Mocking of Ceres The Tree on Rue Descartes The Invention of the Flute with Seven Pipes Tomb of Giacomo Leopardi Mahler, the Song of the Earth Tomb of Stéphane Mallarmé To the Author of 'The Night' San Giorgio Maggiore On Three Paintings by Poussin Ulysses Sails Past Ithaca San Biagio, at Montepulciano A God A Poet A Stone Tomb of Paul Verlaine One of Wordsworth's Childhood Memories Remarks on the Horizon On Leaving the Garden: A Variation Another Variation
£13.99
Troubador Publishing The Boy with the Old Guitar
Book SynopsisJohn chose the title-poem for its simple, believable story. The rest accrued in the usual way. He found those now grouped in City of Flowers particularly moving to write. John’s visits to Italy, and the many Italian stories he heard in Florence, influenced him permanently.
£9.49
Archaeopress Wroxeter: Ashes under Uricon: A Cultural and
Book SynopsisWroxeter: Ashes under Uricon offers a perspective on how people over time have viewed the abandoned Roman city of Wroxeter in Shropshire. It responds to three main artistic outputs relating to the site: poetry, images and texts. The poets include Wilfred Owen, A.E. Housman and Mary Webb. The writers cover a range of interests relating to the site but include Darwin, Dickens, Rosemary Sutcliff and John Buchan. The artists are perhaps less well-known but include watercolours by Thomas Girtin, archaeological reconstructions by Alan Sorrell and Amedée Forrestier, and paintings by Wroxeter’s own resident artist, Thomas Prytherch. Photographs are represented by the work of Francis Bedford and others more closely associated with aerial archaeology such as J.K. St Joseph and Arnold Baker. While the famous names have their value, The book also investigates what locals and visitors thought of the site over time – how they perceived it and have responded to it. It reflects in particular upon how the public and locals responded to the archaeological discoveries on the site and perceived the narratives that were created by the archaeologists working on it. It contends that archaeologists are just as much story-tellers as the writers, poets or artists, although their work is more filtered or controlled, and through these narratives, they inspire others. A further strand to the book is to explore the increasing focus over the past century on the democratisation of access to and understanding of the site, alongside increasing state intervention in its running. This too has had its impact on who visits and what is understood about the site. A short concluding section offers a vision of how the site might develop in the near-future, and how its cultural side might flourish once again.Trade Review'Roger White's love of the Roman town at Wroxeter in Shropshire shines through the pages of this book. He first worked there as a digger in 1976 and has been involved with it in various capacities almost ever since.' – Neil Holbrook (2023): Current Archaeology Issue 396Table of ContentsMy Wroxeter ; Introduction ; Archaeologists and their stories ; Poetic visions ; Wroxeter depicted ; Writing and visiting Wroxeter ; Archaeology for all ; Wroxeter’s people ; Coda: Wroxeter in the 21st century ; References
£24.70
Luath Press Ltd The Lonely Zoroastrian
Book SynopsisWell-known as a stand up comic and folk musician, Mike Harding is now equally known for his rich and varied poetry.Music, place, landscape, politics, memories and stories have always been Mike Harding’s creative touchstones, never more so than in ‘The Lonely Zoroastrian’, his first collection since the 2020 pandemic and lockdown, both of which feature in some of the earlier poems in this book.Storytelling is the essence of his work whether telling the true story of a lost city buried under the ice cap, the curse an old Ukrainian woman laid on a group of Russian soldiers or stories from his beloved Connemara like Islandman and St Luke’s Little Summer.From his ‘little shed of words’ here is Mike Harding ‘singing about the dark times’.
£9.49
Luath Press Ltd Whit if
Book SynopsisHugh McMillan's first collection in Scots, Whit if? poses the questions that you never thought to ask about Scottish history like Whit if Alexander haed Twitter?', Whit if John Knox haed fawen in luve wi Mary Queen o Scots?' and Whit if Jacques Brel haed jynt the Corries?'As both poet and long-time student of Scotland's strange and undervalued history, McMillan is the ideal guide to all the micht-hiv-bins of Scottish history, as well as all that wis. Humour is guaranteed, but that doesn't mean he won't be digging up many an educational gem along the way!
£7.59
Canelo Shadow of the Eagle: 'A terrific read' Conn
Book SynopsisWill Britain take him in... or mark him as its enemy?'A brilliantly realised world of Imperial ambition and native resistance' Simon Scarrow'Wonderful, distinct characters' Conn IgguldenFaustus Valerianus is the son of a Roman father and a British mother, a captive sold among the spoils after Claudius’s invasion.Now both parents have died within a month of each other, and so he sells the family farm and enlists, joining legendary general Agricola’s campaign to conquer the entirety of the British Isles culminating in a devastating battle amongst Caledonia's dark mountains.But Faustus will have to contend with more than ferocious British warriors and whip-cracking elements. For the bonds of blood can weigh heavy on one’s soul. The call of his mother’s true people. His father’s restless shadow. Faustus must carry them with him…A deeply moving, gripping, epic historical drama, perfect for fans of Rosemary Sutcliff, Ben Kane and Simon Scarrow.Praise for Shadow of the Eagle 'Faustus is a fascinating character and it’s a treat to see how he negotiates the challenges he faces. His duties in the service of Rome comprise a truly Faustian pact!' Simon Scarrow'I adored Faustus and Constantia in particular. Great sense of humour throughout. This is a terrific read' Conn Iggulden'I only need one word to describe this stunning novel: masterful' Anthony Riches, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wounds of Honour‘Blood, steel, honour, and a deep and gripping tale of the Roman army on the frontier of the empire. Hunter has created an instant classic' S J A Turney, author of the Marius' Mules series'A haunting, historical epic' Gordon Doherty, author of Sons of Rome'Enthralling and authentic historical roman fiction, that brings the period alive and keeps you turning the page' Alex Gough, author of Emperor's Sword
£10.44
Olympia Publishers Around the Year in 365 Haikus
Book SynopsisLaura Owen-Onsea is a woman of many talents - a manager at work, a mother, a wife and now an author of this wonderful collection of Haikus that were written, one a day, over the course of an entire year. Through this process we are transported into her world in all its ups and downs throughout a very important year in her life in which she has to deal with relationship problems, friendship dilemmas, and of course figuring out how to be the best mother she can be. Though written from the perspective of one person, this heart-warming and affirming collection of poems has something in it for everyone - in poetry she finds all of the beauty and inspiration that falls around us and shows us that we all have it in us to create something wonderful.
£7.59
Olympia Publishers Thus Says The Bird
Book SynopsisIn a lyrical wonder of deep musings and a conversation with a bird, Kamal Shlbei delves into the recesses of the human mind and perception to see the unseen and to acknowledge what his own being is made of and how beautiful it is to be a moment in the history of beings.
£11.26
Olympia Publishers A Piece of Me
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Olympia Publishers Amavinatone
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Olympia Publishers Diary of a Nobody... Musings and Prose of an Emergency Nurse
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Olympia Publishers The Muse of Manifestations
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Olympia Publishers Past Lives & Present Wounds
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Olympia Publishers Mahlers Cigarettes
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£6.23
Olympia Publishers Language of the Soul
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£999.99
Olympia Publishers Hundred Golden Leaves Collection of Poems
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Olympia Publishers heart based
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Olympia Publishers A Person Abbreviated
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Olympia Publishers Faded Words of Lifelong Stories
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Olympia Publishers Peace of Mind
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£8.54
Olympia Publishers Secrets We Dont Keep
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£10.44
Renard Press Ltd The Golden Threshold
Book SynopsisAlthough her legacy as a politician is certainly more enduring than as a poet, her verse was highly acclaimed upon publication, and when The Golden Threshold, her first collection, came out in 1905, contemporary poets queued up to offer recommendations.
£8.21
Renard Press Ltd Blue Med
Book SynopsisSimon Mundy's Selected Poems is a monumental collection that brings together work published in five collections, across five decades, including the critically acclaimed By Fax to Alice Springs and More for Helen of Troy, as well as the more recent Waiting for Music, which included many of his collaborations with composers.
£9.50
Renard Press Ltd Oh Calm Down
Book Synopsis1999. Lucy is in labour. She's just been handed a document to sign and her sense of self is beginning to deteriorate. 2024. Claire is an art student. Her latest panic attack means her art course could be over. Oh, and she can't stop contemplating her own mortality. Claire and Lucy have OCD. But they don't know that yet. Misdiagnosis, mistreatment and misinformation around OCD were rife in 1999 And still are now.
£9.71
Signature Book Representation Sensitise
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Troubador Publishing Rainbow Splinters
Book SynopsisAfter leaving school at 15 with a CDB (Could Do Better) after his name, Paul Palmer decided he in fact could do better and wrote down his many takes on life. This book is packed full of nostalgic observations on life, play on words and sometimes borders on the realms of fantasy. From flowers to famine and beyond. An eclectic mix from social history, incorporating all the genres throughout the years and with a twist of a comedic view on life in the 50’s and 60’s. More serious aspects of war, peace and politics with some love poems to lighten the mood. Paul turns words into poetic verse which will give the reader a stirring cocktail of emotions and food for thought, with a finish of calm.
£8.54
Troubador Publishing Forms from Chaos
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of forty-one sonnets together with twenty examples of villanelles, pantoum, Spenserian stanza, various ballad and rhyming couplet verses alongside âœfree verseâ but the abiding focus is the sonnet both in Petrarchan and Elizabethan form.
£9.50
Troubador Publishing Ltd Go With The Flow
Book SynopsisGo with The Flow is a collection of exciting and varied poems with timeless themes. Whatever your interests and whatever your attention span there is something here for you. The poems will you make you laugh, smile and consider the meaning of life every once in a while. The collection includes poems about cats and dogs, teachers, friends, sports, our world and so much more.The poems follow on from Andy's previous poetry collections, The Poetry Bug, The Poetry Bug Strikes Again, and Green Shoots Rising. Life keeps on rolling along and poems are always needed to try and make sense of it all and to sometimes just laugh at the adversity and absurdity of it all. While aimed primarily at primary age children Go With The Flow is for everyone, so adults and children alike can enjoy these poems with one another.With striking and inventive illustrations by Martin Olsson to make it an enriching visual experience in addition to the joy of the poems themselves, Go With The Flow is a fabulous addition to the world of poetry for 2024 and beyond.
£8.54
Jenny Hu Gloaming Reveries: Poetry Collection
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£12.00
Olympia Publishers Becoming
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£8.50
Olympia Publishers One Hundred Plus Musings of Pride Peace Pain
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£8.54
Olympia Publishers The Whisper of Nature in Lifes Dream
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£5.99
Olympia Publishers In Pursuit of Me Exploring Self Reflection
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£5.99
Olympia Publishers Life Through Her Eyes
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£6.99
Olympia Publishers A Collection
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£6.99
Olympia Publishers How to Keep the Candle Burning Through the Storm
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£9.71
Olympia Publishers The Musings of Stars and Dust
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£999.99
Olympia Publishers Inside the Belly of the Primordial Walking Whale
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£10.99
Olympia Publishers Loves Bittersweet Symphony
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£10.44
Olympia Publishers Meditations and Manifestations An Anthology of
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£999.99
Olympia Publishers All Four Seasons
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£6.99
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Malady of Reverie
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University of Wales Press The Modern Spanish Sonnet
Book SynopsisThe fine tradition of the Spanish sonnet, developed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the subject of Rutherford’s The Spanish Golden Age Sonnet (2016), has been extended and developed during the subsequent centuries. This book presents one hundred of the best sonnets of the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including sonnets written in the Catalan and Galician languages, together with their translations into modern English sonnets and a critical commentary on each. There is a general introduction to the genre, followed by summaries of the historical and literary backgrounds and a discussion of the problems facing the translator of sonnets. The life and works of each poet are summarised and a select bibliography of further reading concludes the volume. The translations bring these sonnets to new life in the modern English language, and they can be read both as interesting and lively poems in their own right and as leads into the originals.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Diego de Torres Villarroel Nicolás Fernández de Moratín José Cadalso Tomás de Iriarte Juan Meléndez Valdés José de Espronceda Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda Carolina Coronado Adelardo López de Ayala José Echegaray Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Gaspar Núñez de Arce Gustavo Alonso Bécquer Leopoldo Cano y Masas Manuel Curros Enríquez Joan Alcover Salvador Rueda Miguel de Unamuno Rubén Darío Manuel Machado Antonio Machado Ramón Cabanillas Juan Ramón Jiménez Josep Carner Tomás Morales J. V. Foix Jorge Guillén Carles Riba Xosé Crecente Vega Gerardo Diego Avelino Díaz Federico García Lorca Rosa Chacel Dámaso Alonso Rafael Alberti Miguel Hernández Xosé María Díaz Castro Blas de Otero Joan Brossa Rafael Morales Luz Pozo Garza José María Valverde Ramón García González Antonio Gamoneda Francisco Brines Antonio Carvajal Jesús Royo Arpón Luis Alberto de Cuenca Darío Xohán Cabana Ramiro Fonte Acknowledgements Select Bibliography Index of first lines of Spanish sonnets Index
£68.00
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers The Magic of the Mind
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£7.59
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Thinking of You
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£5.99
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers An Ode to Life in Poetry
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£8.54
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers All the Words I Wish You Said
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£7.59
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers A Mans Eye View
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