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Runny Babbit and Runny Babbit Returns: The Runny Babbit Ebook Collection
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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
by Shel SilversteinRunny Babbit lent to wunch And heard the saitress way, "We have some lovely stabbit rew -- Our Special for today." From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature. Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own. So if you say, "Let's bead a rook That's billy as can se," You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk, Just like mim and he.
Rupert Brooke & Wilfred Owen: Heartbreakingly beautiful poems from the First World War poets (The Great Poets)
by Rupert Brooke Wilfred OwenIf I should die, think only this of me:That there's some corner of a foreign fieldThat is for ever England.From The Soldier to Anthem for Doomed Youth Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are two of the best-loved poets from the heroic lost generation of the First World War. Brooke's work was well-known before the war, with the now iconic lines:'Stands the Church clock at ten to three?And is there honey still for tea?' from The Old Vicarage, Grantchester. And Wilfred Owen, awarded the Military Cross, had been writing poetry since he was ten years old.This superb collection is the perfect introduction to two of our greatest poets.
Rupert Brooke & Wilfred Owen: Heartbreakingly beautiful poems from the First World War poets (The Great Poets)
by Rupert Brooke Wilfred OwenIf I should die, think only this of me:That there's some corner of a foreign fieldThat is for ever England.From The Soldier to Anthem for Doomed Youth Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are two of the best-loved poets from the heroic lost generation of the First World War. Brooke's work was well-known before the war, with the now iconic lines:'Stands the Church clock at ten to three?And is there honey still for tea?' from The Old Vicarage, Grantchester. And Wilfred Owen, awarded the Military Cross, had been writing poetry since he was ten years old.This superb collection is the perfect introduction to two of our greatest poets.
Ruptured
by Joanne Rossmassler FritzThe sensitive, suspenseful story of a family coping with a life-changing tragedy, told in stunning verse.Is it wrong to grieve for someone who is still alive? Claire&’s mom and dad don&’t talk to each other much anymore. And they definitely don&’t laugh or dance the way they used to. Their tense, stilted stand offs leave thirteen-year-old Claire, an only child, caught in the middle. So when the family takes their annual summer vacation, Claire sticks her nose in a book and hopes for the best. Maybe the sunshine and ocean breeze will fix what&’s gone wrong. But while the family is away, Claire&’s mother has a ruptured brain aneurysm—right after she reveals a huge secret to Claire. Though she survives the rupture, it seems like she is an entirely different person. Claire has no idea if her mom meant what she said, or if she even remembers saying it. With the weight of her mom&’s confession on her shoulders, Claire must navigate fear, grief, and prospects for recovery.Will her mom ever be the same? Will her parents stay together? And if the answer to either question is yes, how will Claire learn to live with what she knows? This beautifully written novel speaks to kids&’ fears and credits their strength, and stems from the author&’s incredible experience surviving two ruptured aneurysms.
Rus In Urbe
by James Lawless Anabel López MolinaIntroducciónEn esta colección de poemas, Rus in Urbe, James Lawless explora el mundo a su alrededor tanto en el paisaje rural como citadino. En ocasiones presenta sus vívidas imágenes en inglés (en esta edición en español) y en otras las presenta en irlandés; esta comodidad con los dos lenguajes enriquece la colección como en "La otra mitad" / An Leath Eile- Te escucho sumando / en el lenguaje antiguo... Éistim leat ag comhaireamh / sa tsean teanga ..Palabras que llevan al lector a la magia de la siguiente línea:- la suave luz,...'le gile séimh trathnóna.El poema le da una cálida bienvenida a muchas capas de sentido, música y magia. Esta dualidad ofrece la inmediatez y dispersión del inglés en una sola página, y la melodía y el ritmo del irlandés en la página opuesta. Los poemas son ricos en imagines, como en "Estampas parisinas" donde observamos ecos de Yeats:-líneas de edad en su cara, / trazan la ruta de su vida. que contrasta con...-Los jóvenes en patineta esquivan el viento / navegan las olas de la ciudad.James Lawless presenta breves e inmediatos vistazos a la vida diaria y los transforma en vívidas memorias, con un trasfondo de tensión tan hábilmente capturados como en - ¿Cómo podré saber / si me iré o me quedaré?La frecuente presencia de aves es un símbolo de movimientos entre el ambiente rural y el urbano.Rus in Urbe es una colección de poemas con fuerza en su destreza, escaso en palabras y rico en capas de sentido.
Rus In Urbe
by James Lawless Licia BragaIn questa raccolta di poesie, Rus in Urbe, James Lawless esplora il mondo che lo circonda nella sua componente rurale e in quella cittadina. Talvolta i vividi scorci dei suoi paesaggi ci vengono descritti in inglese, talvolta in irlandese. L'armonia data dal combinarsi delle due lingue non può che arricchire la raccolta. In L'altra metà / An Leath Eile - ti sento fare addizioni / in lingua antica ... Éistim leat ag comhaireamh / sa tsean teanga ... le parole accompagnano e introducono il lettore alla magia del verso - la luce morbida, ...'le gile séimh trathnóna. Le poesie accolgono tra le diverse profondità di significato, musicalità e magia. Questo dualismo offre l'immediatezza e l'essenzialismo inglese su una pagina, la melodia e il ritmo irlandese sulla facciata opposta. Sono poesie ricche di immagini. In Vignette Parigine - I segni dell' età sul viso/ a tracciare il percorso della sua vita in contrasto con... - Il giovane sullo skateboard schiva le folate di vento, / cavalcando le onde della città. Si possono riconoscere echi di Yeats. James Lawless offre brevi e immediati sguardi sula vita quotidiana e li trasforma in vividi ricordi, con un sottofondo di tensione così appropriatamente colto nel verso. - Come posso dire / se resterò / o se me ne andrò? La presenza frequente di uccelli è un simbolo di movimenti tra la il paesaggio rurale e la città. Rus in Urbe è una raccolta poetica di incredibile maestria, essenziale nelle parole e ricca di profondità di significato.
Rus In Urbe
by James Lawless Max Gonçalves Leite FerreiraNesta coletânea de poemas, Rus in Urbe, James Lawless explora o mundo à sua volta, em sua paisagem rural e urbana. Às vezes seus vívidos vislumbres são apresentados em inglês e outras vezes em irlandês. Essa facilidade com ambas as línguas enriquece a coleção. Em A outra metade / Leath Eile – Ouço você somando /na língua antiga … Éistim leat ag comhaireamh / sa tsean teanga .. as palavras levam o leitor à magia do verso – a suave luz …‘le gile séimh trathnóna. Os poemas oferecem um bem-vindo acesso às várias camadas de significado, música e magia. Essa dualidade fornece o imediatismo e a dispersão da língua inglesa em uma página e a melodia e o ritmo da língua irlandesa na página oposta. Há uma riqueza de imagens nos poemas. Em Vinhetas parisienses – marcas da idade no rosto,/ mapeando a rota de sua vida. contrasta com... – Os jovens de skate desviam-se do vento,/ surfando nas ondas da cidade. Aqui há ecos de Yeats. James Lawless apresenta breves e imediatos olhares sobre o dia-a-dia e os transforma em uma vívida memória, com correntes de tensão subjacentes tão bem capturadas em – Como posso dizer.../ Fico/ ou vou? A presença frequente dos pássaros é um símbolo da movimentação entre os cenários rural e urbano. Rus in Urbe é uma coletânea de poemas com um forte trabalho artesanal, de poucas palavras e rica em camadas de significados.
Rus in Urbe
by James LawlessDans cette collection de poèmes, Rus in Urbe, James Lawless explore le monde autour de lui, ses paysages ruraux et citadins. Son regard acéré s'expose parfois en anglais, d'autres fois en irlandais. Cette aisance dans les deux langages enrichisit sa collection.
Rush Hour: Bad Boys (A Journal of Contemporary Voices Volume #2)
by Michael CartBold, innovative, and eclectic--that's Rush Hour,the place for thought-provoking stories, essays, art, and poems from today's most distinguished voices, both established and new. "Bad Boys" is the hard-hitting theme of Volume Two. Here are drifters, pranksters, jocks, rebels, monsters, and heroes living life on the edge. In knockout stories by Jackie Woodson and E. R. Frank, artwork by John O'Brien and Chris Gall, essays by Robert Lypsite and Jack Gantos, and much more, bad boys sometimes play by the rules, often misbehave, but always grab our attention. This second issue solidifies the reputation of this unprecedented, pulsating journal, published twice a year and focused on themes today's readers care about most. "Rush Hour is ... a vehicle for sharp, challenging new writing that aims for a discerning and literate young adult audience the way the best literary magazines have long done for older readers."
Rushing to Red Lights
by Jacinda JacksonNever stop looking at the beauty in ordinary places! How often do you allow yourself to really look at the divine in the world around you? Take some time to connect with your soul, with your loved ones, with the trees and water.Poetry helps us find our place in the world. It lives in our bodies and desires to be expressed. We are all poets once we learn the diverse ways in which we can express ourselves. Today more than ever I believe we need to find our creative outlets to deal with feelings of isolation, disconnection, and rising fears of unrest in our world.This morning, I had to take a little time for self-reflection. This morning my heart was too heavy to hold back my tears. I knew my heart needed grace and balancing in a time that felt overly troublesome. There are times when the information coming in from every place outside my head feels unsafe as a response to social media, TV, the continual stream of angry sad hurting people pointing fingers with no grace in their hearts.
Ruslan and Ludmila
by D. M. ThomasAlexander Pushkin’s epic magic-realist tale is brought vividly to life in this superb translation by D. M. Thomas. Drawing on the Russian folklore of Pushkin’s childhood, the poem recounts the abduction of Princess Ludmila by the evil wizard Chernomor and the attempt by the brave knight Ruslan to rescue his bride. Ruslan must embark on a perilous quest, encountering an intriguing cast of characters – including a hermit, a witch and a pugnacious floating head – before he can be reunited with his love.Ruslan and Ludmila is a vibrantly colourful blend of traditional chivalry, outrageous humour and exciting escapades: a gorgeous display of the poet's astonishing imagination.
Russian Music at Home and Abroad: New Essays
by Richard TaruskinThis new collection views Russian music through the Greek triad of "the Good, the True, and the Beautiful" to investigate how the idea of "nation" embeds itself in the public discourse about music and other arts with results at times invigorating, at times corrupting. In our divided, post–Cold War, and now post–9/11 world, Russian music, formerly a quiet corner on the margins of musicology, has become a site of noisy contention. Richard Taruskin assesses the political and cultural stakes that attach to it in the era of Pussy Riot and renewed international tensions, before turning to individual cases from the nineteenth century to the present. Much of the volume is devoted to the resolutely cosmopolitan but inveterately Russian Igor Stravinsky, one of the major forces in the music of the twentieth century and subject of particular interest to composers and music theorists all over the world. Taruskin here revisits him for the first time since the 1990s, when everything changed for Russia and its cultural products. Other essays are devoted to the cultural and social policies of the Soviet Union and their effect on the music produced there as those policies swung away from Communist internationalism to traditional Russian nationalism; to the musicians of the Russian postrevolutionary diaspora; and to the tension between the compelling artistic quality of works such as Stravinsky’s Sacre du Printemps or Prokofieff’s Zdravitsa and the antihumanistic or totalitarian messages they convey. Russian Music at Home and Abroad addresses these concerns in a personal and critical way, characteristically demonstrating Taruskin’s authority and ability to bring living history out of the shadows.
Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology (Belt City Anthologies)
by Martha Bayne&“A lively grab bag of essays, fiction and poetry that reads at times like a who&’s who of contemporary Chicago writers/residents&”(Chicago Tribune). Chicago is a city built on meat, railroads, and steel, on opportunity and exploitation. But its identity has long involved so much more than manufacturing. Today, the city continues to lure new residents from around the world, and from across a region rocked by recession and deindustrialization.Rust Belt Chicago collects essays, fiction, and poetry from more than fifty writers who speak directly to the concerns the city shares with the Midwest at large, and the elements that set it apart. With contributions from writers like Aleksandar Hemon, Kathleen Rooney, and Zoe Zolbrod, here you&’ll find stories about: Buying Bread on Devon Street The Cantinas of Pilsen Bike commutes through the North Side Adventures on the El. Writing with affection, frustration, anger, and joy, the writers in this collection capture all the harmony and dissonance that define one cacophonous place.
Ruído & Reflexões sobre o Som
by James Lawless Patrícia PintoUma pequena história e um longo poema que abordam o problema do ruído na sociedade. O que é o ruído? O que acontece quando ele permanece na sua cabeça? Na sua hilariante história, marcada com Reflexões piegas sobre o Ruído, o Sr. James Lawless revela-lhe, de uma forma típica bem humorada, alguns dos efeitos dos sons, na sociedade contemporânea, seguido pelo seu poema O Ruído, ascendentemente pesado, que explora o que a devastação descontrolada cacofónica provoca a indivíduais sensíveis.
S O S: Poems 1961–2013
by Amiri BarakaA New York Times Editors' Choice Fusing the personal and the political in high-voltage verse, Amiri Baraka whose long illumination of the black experience in America was called incandescent in some quarters and incendiary in others (New York Times) was one of the preeminent literary innovators of the past century. Selected by Paul Vangelisti, this volume comprises the fullest spectrum of Baraka's rousing, revolutionary poems, from his first collection to previously unpublished pieces composed during his final years. Throughout Baraka’s career as a prolific writer (also published as LeRoi Jones), he was vehemently outspoken against oppression of African American citizens, and he radically altered the discourse surrounding racial inequality. The environments and social values that inspired his poetics changed during the course of his life, a trajectory that can be traced in this retrospective spanning more than five decades of profoundly evolving subjects and techniques. Praised for its lyricism and introspection, his early poetry emerged from the Beat generation, while his later writing is marked by intensely rebellious fervor and subversive ideology. All along, his primary focus was on how to live and love in the present moment despite the enduring difficulties of human history.
SCAR/CITY (Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series)
by Daniela ElzaWhen the trees came down no one knew how / to interpret the light. homeless / it bounces off glass surfaces / pierces the wandering eye–These poems walk streets and take snapshots of the impact financialization of our homes has on our sense of community and belonging.Meandering through physical and philosophical materials – cement, memory, water, narrative, history, sand, light, concrete, and others’ voices – Daniela Elza documents this urgent moment. The reader winds through fragments amidst urban fragmentation. A sequence of triptych poems hearkens to silos, skyscrapers, and streets. Readers here have a choice: they can read across the page or down. She channels Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni, who says, “The fabric of our cities is reflected in the fabric of our souls.” SCAR/CITY emerges from the Vancouver context to take on global issues of predatory finance and a market that mines homes for profit. It steps outside of binary conversations in favour of poetic reflection and interrogates a system that results in perceptible depravity and scarcity, which leaves us homeless, metaphorically and literally.French philosopher Gaston Bachelard says, “The space we love is unwilling to remain permanently enclosed … Space calls for action, and before action, the imagination is at work.” Amidst negotiations and advocacy in the fight for security of tenure and lease renewal, SCAR/CITY is a poetic call to action.
SENZA RISPOSTA
by CAPT KUNAL NARAYAN UNIYAL Roberto FellettiSenza Risposta. Mi rendo conto che sia un titolo alquanto insolito per un libro di poesie, fatta eccezione per qualche prosa. Prima di aggiungere qualsiasi altra cosa sul mio libro, vorrei dire qualcosa su di me e sui miei processi mentali. Nato e cresciuto a Dehradun (India settentrionale), ho sempre condiviso una stretta affinità con la natura. Ero solito amare, e lo sono ancora, osservare la natura e riflettere su quanto possa essere amorevole e crudele allo stesso tempo. Sono cresciuto con i miei pensieri e ho iniziato a navigare, un lavoro perfetto per me. La mia mente errabonda aveva così la possibilità di riflettere ulteriormente. Spesso me ne stavo tutto solo, sul ponte della mia nave, a sentire le vibrazioni dell'impetuoso oceano sotto di me, mentre il cielo cambiava colore e umore da un momento all'altro. Talvolta mi sono spaventato... sono rimasto sconcertato... ipnotizzato, contemporaneamente. Rispetto la natura in tutte le sue forme... la sua benevolenza... la sua furia... i suoi colori... la sua imperturbabilità... la sua imprevedibilità... tutto quanto! Poi osservo noi... intendo noi, esseri umani, così superiori, i più intelligenti... le creature viventi più progredite ma anche le più miserevoli di tutte, finché saremo preda del falso ego e dell'ignoranza. La natura ha le sue leggi, rigide, e non fa distinzioni. Siamo noi che creiamo quella che definiamo sfortuna. Cito Cassio dal Giulio Cesare: “La colpa, caro Bruto, non è delle stelle, ma nostra, se siamo sottomessi...”. Tutto ciò di cui abbiamo bisogno è scrutare dentro noi stessi e confidare nella divina provvidenza. Questo è il punto cruciale del mio libro “Senza risposta”. “Senza risposta” spiega come trovare le risposte che giacciono sepolte in fondo ai nostri cuori, ma che non riusciamo a trovare perché siamo accecati dalla nebbia dell'ego e dei desideri. “Senza risposta” si prefigge lo scopo di svelare quelle risposte. Le prose e
SHOUT: The True Story Of A Survivor Who Refused To Be Silenced
by Laurie Halse AndersonA searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson! <P><P>Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. <P><P>Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. <P><P>In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. <P><P>Searing and soul-searching, this important memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts. Shout speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
SIN RESPUESTA
by Natalie Kunal Narayan UniyalSin respuesta, sé que es un tipo bastante inusual de título para un libro de poemas, salvo algunos artículos. Antes de decir algo más sobre mi libro, me gustaría decir algo sobre mí y mi proceso de pensamiento. Nacido y criado en Dehradun, siempre he compartido una estrecha afinidad con la naturaleza. Solía amar, todavía lo hago, observando la naturaleza y reflexionando sobre cómo puede ser amorosa y cruel al mismo tiempo. Crecí con mis pensamientos y tomé la vela, un trabajo que me encajaba perfectamente. Mi mente errante ahora tenía más por qué reflexionar. A menudo he estado solo en la cubierta de mi barco, sintiendo las vibraciones de un océano subiendo por debajo y viendo el cielo cambiar sus colores y su estado de ánimo sin ninguna indicación. A veces me he asustado .... Desconcertado ... hipnotizado ... de una vez. Respeto la naturaleza en todos sus aspectos ... su benevolencia ... su furia ... sus colores ... su quietud ... su brusquedad ... su imprevisibilidad ... todo! Entonces yo nos miro ... me refiero a los seres humanos ... somos los más superiores ... los más inteligentes ... el más progresivo de todos los seres vivos y sin embargo, el más miserable de todas las criaturas vivas, siempre y cuando estamos envueltos en el falso ego y la ignorancia. La naturaleza tiene sus leyes fijadas y no discrimina. Somos nosotros quienes dibujamos lo que llamamos mala suerte. Cito a Cassius de Julius Ceaser "culpa, querido Brutus no está en nuestras estrellas, sino en nosotros mismos, que somos subordinados ..." Todo lo que se requiere es una visión de nosotros mismos y la fe en la providencia divina. Aquí está el quid de mi libro "sin respuesta". Sin respuesta se trata de encontrar las respuestas que estaban profundamente ocultas en el corazón de nuestros corazones, pero no lo descubrimos a medida que estamos cubiertos de niebla de ego y deseos. Sin respuesta se trata de revelar esas respuestas. No ficción novela poética cum se b
SKY WRI TEI NGS
by Nasser HussainThink Kierkegaard in a spacesuit, Kubrik in a Left Bank café.Like the neutrino observatory of its title, Midday at the Super-Kamiokande seeks "glimpses of the obscure" to carve out meaning, alternately a resistance to rationalism and its champion. It aims to tear through abstraction with the concrete, either catastrophic -- road accidents, nuclear explosions, floods, extinction, eviction, suicide -- or quotidian, finding threads of love, empathy, and belief within the fray. These poems delight in aphorism, paradox, puns, and wit, each stanza a closure that moves tangentially to the next, each poem more bricolage than narrative, more shuffle than playlist. These are poems with no middle. These are poems of beginnings, and of ends.
Sacrament of Bodies (African Poetry Book)
by Romeo OriogunIn this groundbreaking collection of poems, Sacrament of Bodies, Romeo Oriogun fearlessly interrogates how a queer man in Nigeria can heal in a society where everything is designed to prevent such restoration. With honesty, precision, tenderness of detail, and a light touch, Oriogun explores grief and how the body finds survival through migration.
Sacred Jewels of Yoga: Wisdom from India's Beloved Scriptures, Teachers, Masters, and Monks
by Dave DeLucaMillions of Americans today practice the asanas, or postures, of yoga, but many are unaware of the profound spiritual teachings at the heart of yoga’s ancient source scriptures. In this remarkable anthology, acclaimed Vedanta teacher Dave DeLuca presents 166 sacred passages from some of India’s most revered yoga scriptures — the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras, the Bhakti Sutras, the Astavakra Samhita, and the Srimad Bhagavatam — along with teachings by two of the most beloved yoga masters of the modern era, Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda. This combination of ancient wisdom and modern commentary makes Sacred Jewels of Yoga an invaluable introduction to the scriptural treasures of ancient India and a priceless resource for inspiration, illumination, and guidance.
Sacrifice as a Narrative Strategy in May Sinclair, Mary Butts, and H. D.
by Sanna Melin SchyllertThis book explores sacrifice as a narrative theme and a stylistic strategy in works by May Sinclair, Mary Butts and H. D. It argues that the modernist experiment with pronoun use informs the treatment of acts of sacrifice in the texts, understood both as acts of self-renunciation and as ritual performance. It also suggests that sacrifice, if the conditions are right, can serve as the structure upon which a cohesive community might be built. The book offers in-depth analyses of the three authors and their works, deftly dissecting the modernist narrative experiment to show that it was by no means limited — it was a means by which to approach a wide range of stories and materials.