The Briar King

The Briar King PDF Author: Greg Keyes
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307565637
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 610

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“A wonderful tale . . . It crackles with suspense and excitement from start to finish.”—Terry Brooks Two thousand years ago, the Born Queen defeated the Skasloi lords, freeing humans from the bitter yoke of slavery. But now monstrous creatures roam the land—and destinies become inextricably entangled in a drama of power and seduction. The king’s woodsman, a rebellious girl, a young priest, a roguish adventurer, and a young man made suddenly into a knight—all face malevolent forces that shake the foundations of the kingdom, even as the Briar King, legendary harbinger of death, awakens from his slumber. At the heart of this many-layered tale is Anne Dare, youngest daughter of the royal family . . . upon whom the fate of her world may depend. Praise for The Briar King “Starts off with a bang, spinning a snare of terse imagery and compelling characters that grips tightly and never lets up. . . . A graceful, artful tale from a master storyteller.”—Elizabeth Haydon, bestselling author of Prophecy: Child of Earth “The characters in The Briar King absolutely brim with life. . . . Keyes hooked me from the first page,and I’ll now be eagerly anticipating sitting down with each future volume of the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series.”—Charles de Lint, award-winning author of Forests of the Heartand The Onion Girl “A thrill ride to the end, with plenty of treachery, revelation, and even a few bombshell surprises.”—Monroe News-Star (LA)

Short

Short PDF Author: Alan Ziegler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780892554324
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Short offers the tradition and glorious present of these popular forms that stretch and defy genre. From 1500 to present, hundreds of pieces. Inventive, entertaining, and addictive.

Illuminations, and Other Prose Poems

Illuminations, and Other Prose Poems PDF Author: Arthur Rimbaud
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811201841
Category : Bilingual books
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Rimbaud, born in 1854, started to write at an early age. By 17 he had written his most famous poem, 'The Drunken Boat'. He then embarked on a turbulent homosexual relationship with the poet Verlaine, from which came some of their most original work, including A Season in Hell and Illuminations. Rimbaud rejected writing at the age of 20. After years of travelling and gun-running in Africa, he died in 1891, aged 37.

Bitter Steel

Bitter Steel PDF Author: Charles Allen Gramlich
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434457893
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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"Gilgamesh, Odysseus, Achilles, Beowulf! Kull, Conan, Kane! The stories of heroes are born, but they never die. They become legends; they become myths. Bitter Steel is a collection of new myths, new heroic adventures told in the ancient tradition. So come! Gather with me around the fire where the smoke stings our eyes. We'll listen to the drums beat in time with our hearts. We'll drink from the common bowl as it passes among us. The darkness whispers outside our camp, but we have no fear. There are heroes among us. Let us hear their tales"--Page 4 of cover.

Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency PDF Author: Frank O'Hara
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802134523
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Originally published: New York: Grove Press, 1957.

Twenty Prose Poems

Twenty Prose Poems PDF Author: Charles Baudelaire
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
ISBN: 9780872862166
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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From the introduction by Michael Hamburger: "Baudelaire's prose poems were written at long intervals during the last twelve or thirteen years of his life. The prose poem was a medium much suited to his habits and character. Being pre-eminently a...

The Best American Poetry 2014

The Best American Poetry 2014 PDF Author: David Lehman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476708185
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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National Book Award–winning poet Terrance Hayes selects the poems for the 2014 edition of The Best American Poetry, “a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune). The first book of poetry that Terrance Hayes ever bought was the 1990 edition of The Best American Poetry, edited by Jorie Graham. Hayes was then an undergrad at a small South Carolina college. He has since published four highly honored books of poetry, is a professor of poetry at the University of Pittsburgh, has appeared multiple times in the series, and is one of today’s most decorated poets. His brazen, restless poems capture the diversity of American culture with singular artistry, grappling with facile assumptions about identity and the complex repercussions of race history in this country. Always eagerly anticipated, the 2014 volume of The Best American Poetry begins with David Lehman’s “state-of-the-art” foreword followed by an inspired introduction from Terrance Hayes on his picks for the best American poems of the past year. Following the poems is the apparatus for which the series has won acclaim: notes from the poets about the writing of their poems.

To My Husband and Other Poems

To My Husband and Other Poems PDF Author: Anne Bradstreet
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486159000
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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DIVFrom America’s first poet, a splendid selection of poems whose themes encompass love, home life, religious meditations, dialogues and lamentations, and formal elegies. /div

Winter Hours

Winter Hours PDF Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395850879
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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What good company Mary Oliver is the Los Angeles Times has remarked. And never more so than in this extraordinary and engaging gathering of nine essays, accompanied by a brief selection of new prose poems and poems. (One of the essays has been chosen as among the best of the year by The Best Amer

A Peep Into the Past, and Other Prose Pieces

A Peep Into the Past, and Other Prose Pieces PDF Author: Sir Max Beerbohm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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