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Gospel Hymn Book: 795 Hymns

This is a non-denominational words-only collection of 795 hymns designated as "Gospel hymns." You'll find 33 hymns by the blind hymn writer Fanny J. Crosby, 39 hymns by the hymn writer Albert Midlane and 10 hymns of Charles Wesley. All hymns are produced in poetry style. The book is organized into 15 sections with hymns in each section in alphabetical order. Sections of the book include Adoration and Praise, Gospel, Entreaty and Warning, Testimony and Assurance, The Christian Life, Consecration, Prayer, The Scriptures, Resurrection of Christ, The Lord's Coming, and Heaven. The book closes with a complete alphabetical index of all hymns. Hymn titles have no punctuation but names and pronouns referring to God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are capitalized. If you keep this in mind, you should be able to search by name for a hymn you want to sing. With this collection on your paperless Braille device (including the free NLS eReader), you can lead or participate in a hymn sing. In the DAISY format, each section is at level 1 and each hymn is at level 2. As a result, Bookshare software will commence the BRF edition with a full table of contents followed by the text of the hymnal. For other hymn collections on Bookshare see also The United Methodist Hymnal, Glory to God (Presbyterian), Evangelical Lutheran Worship, and Lutheran Servicebook: Psalms and Hymns. For texts of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, see The Church Cantatas of J. S. Bach by Alec Robinson (with commentary), and Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Cantatas in German-English translations by Richard Stokes.

Gospel Night

"Waters's elegant language suggests that there is grace to be found in facing and speaking of our sorrows. . . . His use of humor creates a tension between the profane and the sublime."--Arts & Letters Among the survivors of the DonnerParty--idiom's black sense of humor--Who developed a secret taste for fleshFlaked between the fluted bones of the wrist? In his tenth poetry collection, Michael Waters tackles the dual (and dueling) natures of our humanity: sin and transgression, isolation and atrocity, love and darkness, and the desire for a language that can illuminate such ordinary yet disturbing spaces.

Gospel Night (American Poets Continuum #129)

"Waters's elegant language suggests that there is grace to be found in facing and speaking of our sorrows. . . . His use of humor creates a tension between the profane and the sublime."—Arts & Letters Among the survivors of the DonnerParty—idiom's black sense of humor—Who developed a secret taste for fleshFlaked between the fluted bones of the wrist? In his tenth poetry collection, Michael Waters tackles the dual (and dueling) natures of our humanity: sin and transgression, isolation and atrocity, love and darkness, and the desire for a language that can illuminate such ordinary yet disturbing spaces.

Gossamurmur

A fascinating new work from an internationally renowned poet Acclaimed for her visionary, incantatory verse and her experimental ethos, Anne Waldman's newest book-length poem is an allegory of a radical spirit in lockdown, dominated by "Deciders" and "Imposters" who threaten the future of poetry and its archive. A doppelganger nightmare ensues: the imposter "Anne" is a succubus, and the original Anne has to break free from a metaphorical castle of torture and psychological domination. There are travels through Vedic cosmology and ancient Japan before resolution on a treeless tundra, where fragile life forms struggle to survive. Waldman's oracular poem is a witty meditation on identity theft and a searing plea for the primacy of imagination and for collective sanity in our provocative yet precarious time. .

Gothic Evolutions: Poetry, Tales, Context, Theory

The texts in this unique collection range from the Gothic Revival of the late eighteenth century through to the late Victorian gothic, and from the poetry of Wordsworth and Coleridge to the short fiction of H.G. Wells and Henry James. Genres represented include medievalist poetry, psychological thrillers, dark political dystopias, sinister tales of social corruption, and popular ghost tales.

Gothic Romanticism: Wordsworth, Architecture, Politics, Form (Palgrave Gothic)

Gothic Romanticism: Wordsworth, Architecture, Politics, Form offers a revisionist account of both Wordsworth and the politics of antiquarianism in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As a historically-driven study that develops a significant critique and revision of genre- and theory-based approaches to the Gothic, it covers many key works by Wordsworth and his fellow “Lake Poets” Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. The second edition incorporates new materials that develop the argument in new directions opened up by changes in the field over the last decade. The book also provides a sustained reflection upon Romantic conservatism, including the political thought and lasting influence of Edmund Burke. New material places the book in wider and longer context of the political and historical forms seen developing in Wordsworth, and proposes Gothic Romanticism as the alternative line of cultural development to Victorian Medievalism.

Gottfried Keller – Spielräume der Phantasie (Abhandlungen zur Literaturwissenschaft)

Die in diesem Band versammelten Beiträge zeigen Keller als einzigartigen Erzähler, richten den Blick auf Texte aus dem Nachlass, gehen seinen Träumen und Phantasien nach, verfolgen seine Spuren als Maler, diskutieren seine Theaterprojekte, erläutern seine Beziehung zur Musik und vergegenwärtigen ihn als Politiker. Lektüren, die diesen unterschiedlichen Zusammenhängen Rechnung tragen, bringen pointiert neue Erkenntnisse in die Auseinandersetzung mit Gottfried Keller und seinem Werk ein.

Grace Notes

This song has a grace note,a tiny note that's there for embellishmentbut can easily be ignored,not played.Tonight, I add it in -just because.We can all do with an extra noteof grace.Grace Dalfinch is a talented violinist who longs to play contemporary music in bars, but her mum forbids her. James Crux is an aspiring street artist who promised his dad he wouldn't paint in public until he's finished school. When Crux witnesses Grace's impromptu performance on a deserted tram, he's inspired to paint her and her violin; and when Grace stumbles across her portrait in a Melbourne alley by an anonymous street artist, she sets out to find its creator.Grace Notes is a debut YA verse novel, set in one of the most locked-down cities in the world - Melbourne, 2020. For fans of Cath Crowley and Pip Harry.'A classic in the making; Grace Notes is a vital balm of a book, a story to press into everybody's hands.'DANIELLE BINKS'Poetry, music and art, woven together in an uplifting story about endless lockdowns and first love.'NOVA WEETMAN'Comer captures the beats of Melbourne's 2020 and the unique experience of a generation of teens in one of the most locked-down cities in the world.'Books+Publishing'Heart and soul triumph over Covid lockdowns and restrictions . . . Karen has used the verse novel to beguile, dance and demand layers of emotion and depth that only poetry can sustain. A masterful debut!'LORRAINE MARWOOD'Like the grace note of the title, this beautiful story strikes the perfect tone, mixing colour, light and music at a time when we needed it most.'NICOLE HAYES

Grace Notes: Poems about Families

With themes of family, love, kindness, empathy, grief, growing up, and resilience, these one hundred never-before-published poems by the beloved poet, speaker, and teacher Naomi Shihab Nye will resonate with a wide audience.National Book Award finalist and former Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye’s Grace Notes: Poems about Families celebrates family and community. This rich collection of one hundred never-before-published poems is also the poet’s most personal work to date. With poems about her own childhood and school years, her parents and grandparents, and the people who have touched and shaped her life in so many ways, this is an emotional and sparkling collection to savor, share, and read again and again.

Grace, Fallen from (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

In her wry and riveting new collection, Marianne Boruch discovers things often taken for granted and holds them up to deceptively casual light, questioning them both mercilessly and mercifully. Employing a masterly range of tone and form, Boruch makes a sometimes strange but always revealing investigation of world and self, history and memory, resistance and release. Here a woman levitates behind a door as her daughter badly bangs out Mozart. Here God is caught before the moment of creation, before knowledge, before "the invention/ of the question too, the way all/ at heart are rhetorical, each leaf/ suddenly wedded to its shade." It's here raucous boys on their bikes are told—through telepathy—don't go to this war. Here, that a Dutch still life is returned to the small chaos of its making. And Eve, in "stained fascination," stares down the snake of the lost garden. The lyric impulse in these deeply interior poems stops time, even as the world, indifferent to its mystery, keeps happening.Praise for Marianne Boruch:"Her poems are complex rather than simple rooms … they bring the world's strangeness, and their own, home to whatever reader is open to old mysteries, both in dreams and in the waking life they illuminate."—Philip Booth, The Georgia Review"Marianne Boruch's (work) has the wonderful, commanding power of true attention: She sees and considers with intensity. Her poems often give fresh examples of how rare and thrilling it can be to notice."—Robert Pinsky, Book World, The Washington Post"Every detail of image and syntax shines with multiplicity."—Donald Revell, The Ohio Review

Graces: Prayers & Poems for Everyday Meals and Special Occasions

Saying grace at mealtime is a time-honored tradition for many families and a newfound source of spiritual connection for others. Whether you're a master at giving the blessing or fairly new to this sacred art, Graces will bring inspiration to your meals and special gatherings.Seeing the need for such inspiration at her family's table, June Cotner compiled a notebook of poems, prayers, and songs that she solicited from friends, strangers, family members, and ministers. She has turned her family's well-worn notebook into this elegantly packaged edition, which will complement your finest table settings.Arranged by thirteen themes, this beautiful gift book contains poems, prayers, songs, invocations, and salutations by figures as diverse as Leunig and Browning, Emerson and Starhawk, Kahlil Gibran and Schweitzer. Whether you need a Sanskirt Salutation to the Dawn, a Gaelic Blessings, or ancient Chinese Prayer, Graces offers fitting words for every occasion.Having a collection of original, traditional, and multicultural blessings makes it easy to share wisdom and insight with family and friends before meals or at special gatherings. The graces compiled here have been used by people of all religions beliefs, and special attention was given to how easily the words can be spoken by both adults and children.Life if full of occasions when it seems appropriate to say grace. Graces contains 133 prayers, poems, and blessings that span the centuries and draw from many traditions. Bring spiritual focus to your meals by bringing Graces to your table.

Gracias • Thanks

Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)In a series of poetic sentences, a young boy (biracial Mexican/Caucasian) tells about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.There are so many things to be thankful for. For one young boy, it'sflying ladybugs,splashing ocean waves,a best friend,Dad's thick chocolate syrup,and much more. Straight from the heart of a child flows this lighthearted bilingual celebration of family, friendship, and fun. Come share the joy, and think about all the things for which you can say, "¡Gracias! Thanks!"

Graffiti

To create this inaugural anthology from artist collective POC United, the editors of Graffiti gave the contributors a special challenge: to write in a way that centers neither "whiteness" nor "anti-whiteness” and that is not limited by their struggle, their oppression, or how their characters will be received by the white imagination. The results are joyous and mind-expanding. Through poetry, short stories, and essays, the works in Graffiti expose lives that move in unexpected ways, rendering characters who don’t fit the cultural tropes we cling to. Graffiti shows what writers of color do when they are invited to scribble, scrawl, romanticize, and speculate without being politicized or exoticized.

Grammar Of Poetry: Student Edition

This is the ideal introductory text for students and teachers discovering the art of poetry. As a "grammar," it teaches the fundamentals of poetry from scansion and rhyme to more advanced concepts like spatial poetry and synecdoche. Using the classical methodology of imitation (advocated by educators like Quintilian and Benjamin Franklin), this text makes students become active participants as they learn the craft of writing poems. It also offers practical tips and helps, including how to use a rhyming dictionary, how great writers use figures of speech effectively, and even when to break the rules of poetry. Its goal is to show students how to capably interact not just with poems, but with language in any situation. Developed and used at Logos School with great success, the thirty lessons in Grammar of Poetry contain instruction on ten powerful tropes, student activities for every chapter, riddles to solve, a glossary of terms, a list of over 150 quality poems to integrate, and real-life examples from Shakespeare to traditional tongue twisters. It is designed for a semester at the 6-9th grade level, but is perfectly appropriate for anyone with basic writing skills and the desire to learn poetry.

Grammars of Approach: Landscape, Narrative, and the Linguistic Picturesque

In Grammars of Approach, Cynthia Wall offers a close look at changes in perspective in spatial design, language, and narrative across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries that involve, literally and psychologically, the concept of “approach.” In architecture, the term “approach” changed in that period from a verb to a noun, coming to denote the drive from the lodge at the entrance of an estate “through the most interesting part of the grounds,” as landscape designer Humphrey Repton put it. The shift from the long straight avenue to the winding approach, Wall shows, swung the perceptual balance away from the great house onto the personal experience of the visitor. At the same time, the grammatical and typographical landscape was shifting in tandem, away from objects and Things (and capitalized common Nouns) to the spaces in between, like punctuation and the “lesser parts of speech”. The implications for narrative included new patterns of syntactical architecture and the phenomenon of free indirect discourse. Wall examines the work of landscape theorists such as Repton, John Claudius Loudon, and Thomas Whately alongside travel narratives, topographical views, printers’ manuals, dictionaries, encyclopedias, grammars, and the novels of Defoe, Richardson, Burney, Radcliffe, and Austen to reveal a new landscaping across disciplines—new grammars of approach in ways of perceiving and representing the world in both word and image.

Gran Elefante Blanco

¿Habéis visto pasar al Gran elefante blanco? Un elefante blanco es un tipo poco común de elefante. Aunque a veces se describe como blanco níveo, su piel es normalmente marrón-rojiza, volviéndose rosa cuando está mojada. Además, tienen pestañas rubias. En la antigua Siam, ahora llamada Tailandia, los elefantes blancos son sagrados, siendo un símbolo de poder real, por lo que cuantos más elefantes tenga el rey, mayor será su estatus. La expresión «elefante blanco» es atribuida a posesiones que tienen un costo de manutención mayor que los beneficios que aportan, o a aquellas que proporcionan beneficio a otros, pero que únicamente ocasionan problemas a su propietario.

Grand Tour: Poems

Elisa Gonzalez's thrilling debut makes one "feel as if poems have never before been written" (Louise Glück). Grand Tour, the debut collection of poetry by Elisa Gonzalez, dramatizes the mind in motion as it grapples with something more than an event: she writes of a whole life, to transcendent effect. By the end, we feel we have been witness to a poet remaking herself.Gonzalez’s poetry depicts the fullness of living. There are the small moments: “white wine greening in a glass,” trumpet blossoms “panicking across the garden.” Some poems adopt the oracular quality of a parable but invariably refuse a clear moral. The poet moves through elegy, romantic and sexual encounters, family history, and place—Cyprus, Puerto Rico, Poland, Ohio—all constellated in “a chaos of faraway.” The collection is held together less by answers than by a persistent question: How doe you reconcile a hatred for the world’s pain with a love for that same world, which is indivisible from its worst aspects? Gonzalez’s poems draw us nearer to our own aliveness, its fragility and sustaining questions. “Since I do love the world,” she says, she keeps writing, inviting us to accompany her as she searches.

Grandma's Blessing

This adorable picture book celebrates one of God's greatest gifts—the love Grandmothers have for their grandchildren. Whether she goes by Grandma, Mimi, Gigi, or Nana—she wears that name proudly. To be a Grandma is a gift, and the love she has for her grandchildren is unconditional and never-ending. In this sweet picture book, grandmother animals tell their grandchildren all the ways they are a blessing in their lives. From celebrating their birth, to watching them grow, to sharing a giggle, to looking for cloud pictures . . . every endearing illustration shows the power of a grandmother&’s love and beauty of that special relationship she shares with her grandkids. Written in easy-to-read, sweet, rhyming text, this book is sure to become a favorite and the perfect addition to every family&’s library. It's sure to be a favorite at bedtime or anytime!

Grandmas Are Lovely

A companion to Mommies Are Amazing and Daddies Are Awesome that's all about grandmas and what makes them so wonderful!Grandmas are lovely, they’re joyful and sweet, and when you are with them, each day is a treat. Baby animals of all shapes and sizes cuddle with their grandmas in this gentle, rhyming picture book. There's no bond like the one between grandmother and grandchild!Godwin Books

Grandpa's Blessing

This adorable picture book celebrates one of God's greatest gifts—the love Grandfathers have for their grandchildren. Whether he goes by Grandpa, Pops, Papaw, or Grandad—he wears that name proudly. To be a Grandpa is a gift, and the love he has for his grandchildren is fierce and unwavering. Through this adorable book, children, parents, and grandparents are reminded that nobody loves you like a grandparent. From singing songs, to sharing snacks, to skipping rocks, to just hanging out together . . . every page celebrates the special bond a Grandpa shares with his grandkids. The sweet and endearing illustrations and easy-to-read rhyming text are sure to make this book a family favorite and the perfect addition to any library. Inspires family reading timeBrings calm and comfort to kids at bedtimeDestined to become a family keepsake

Grandparents Day! (Step into Reading)

Celebrate grandparents with this Step 1 reader featuring the kids from Pumpkin Day!, Apple Picking Day!, Garden Day!, and Snow Day! and their family.What could be more fun than spending a whole day with Grandma and Grandpa? Brother and sister get to visit a museum, do crafts, feast on homemade brownies and watch old home movies with their very special grandparents! It's a memorable day full of laughter, good food, and love. Easy-to-follow rhyme ensures a successful reading experience, while bright, lively art brings this intergenerational story to life.Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story. For children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading.

Granny Doodle Day

Doodle Dog, King, and Bear set aside their artwork for the day to visit Granny Doodle. Once there, they get to eat Doodle Noodles, play, and give Granny a pretty present. Days with Granny are doggone fun!

Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math

Learn about seven groundbreaking women in math and science in this gorgeously written biographical novel-in-verse, a companion to the &“original and memorable&” (Booklist, starred review) Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science.After a childhood spent looking up at the stars, Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and to earn a salary for scientific research. Florence Nightingale was a trailblazing nurse whose work reformed hospitals and one of the founders of the field of medical statistics. The first female electrical engineer, Hertha Marks Ayrton registered twenty-six patents for her inventions. Marie Tharp helped create the first map of the entire ocean floor, which helped scientists understand our subaquatic world and suggested how the continents shifted. A mathematical prodigy, Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories and launch windows for many NASA projects including the Apollo 11 mission. Edna Lee Paisano, a citizen of the Nez Perce Nation, was the first Native American to work full time for the Census Bureau, overseeing a large increase in American Indian and Alaskan Native representation. And Vera Rubin studied more than two hundred galaxies and found the first strong evidence for dark matter. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates seven remarkable women who used math as their key to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovative work that changed the world.

Grass of Parnassus

Grass of Parnassus

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the ablest and most versatile writers of the day. Lang was one of the founders of the study of "Psychical Research," and his other writings on anthropology include The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897), Magic and Religion (1901) and The Secret of the Totem (1905). He was a Homeric scholar of conservative views. Other works include Homer and the Epic (1893); a prose translation of The Homeric Hymns (1899), with literary and mythological essays in which he draws parallels between Greek myths and other mythologies; and Homer and his Age (1906). He also wrote Ballades in Blue China (1880) and Rhymes la Mode (1884).