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With What's So Great About America, Dinesh D'Souza is not asking a question, but making a statement. The former White House policy analyst and author argues that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, American ideals and patriotism should not be things we shy away from. Instead he offers the grounds for a solid, well-considered pride in the Western pillars of "science, democracy and capitalism," while deconstructing arguments from both the political...
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"American artist, poet, and novelist Barbara Chase-Riboud (b. 1939), has had an unusually varied and highly successful career across genres and media. As a poet, her work was edited by Toni Morrison and she is a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Prize. As afiction writer, she was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis, and her first historical novel, Sally Hemmings (1979) was a bestseller. But Chase-Riboud trained as a visual artist, primarily as a sculptor,...
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Curious Moment is a delightful and diversified present that boasts twenty- five rousing and rare short stories with a variety of genres, shades, sizes, themes and tones parceled out with precision and power. The assortment covers such timeless themes as development, hope, betrayal, motherhood, relationships, love, justice, good versus bad, rich versus poor, grace, courage and grit with a measure of honesty, beauty and bloom. It is a lovely and rich...
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As you enter your journey in the process of reading this book, you will experience in an in-depth and joyful Journey as you glance and reflect on all areas of life. Embrace your travels with an open mind to absorb and appreciate the valuable lessons you will find. TO LIVE A THOUSAND LIVES PLUS 64 DAYS provides many sources of wisdom extracted from multiple life experiences, and possesses hidden treasures to apply to our daily lives.
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One of the finest poets writing today, Grace Schulman finds order in art and nature that enables her to stand fast in a threatened world. The title refers to Itzhak Perlman's performance of a violin concerto with a snapped string, which inspires a celebration of life despite limitations. For her, song imparts endurance: Thelonious Monk evokes Creation; John Coltrane's improvisations embody her own heart's desire to "get it right on the first take";...
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In this collection of poems completed shortly before his death, William Matthews seems to be looking his last on all things lovely: music, food and wine, love. In the stunning central poem, "Dire Cure," which forms a kind of spine to the book, he describes the remarkable implications of the "heroic measures" that saved the life and restored the health of his wife from "a children's cancer (doesn't that possessive break your heart?)." He evokes the...
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The Other Side of Me was inspired by the authors recognition of the realities of the ups and downs of life and the pursuit of the heart that so often go unrecognized or ignored. This book is his pursuit of a level of emotional and spiritual integrity through what Is hoped to be an honest self evaluation of what "truly matters". Although my initial inclination was to achieve a sense of order through dividing the book into two sections, 1. Thoughts...
14) Poems
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The following book is a collection of poems written by Clarence Cook, a 19th-century American author and art critic. Featured titles include 'The Maple Tree', 'An Apple's Violet', 'Ulysses and the Siren', and 'On One Who Died in May'.
17) Collected Poems
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The life's work of "one of the true master poets of his generation,"* whose poetry helped shape the consciousness of an age For Galway Kinnell, it was "the poet's job to figure out what's happening within oneself, to figure out the connection between the self and the world, and to get it down in words that have a lasting shape, that have a chance of lasting." This comprehensive volume includes "The Avenue Bearing the Initial of Christ into the New...
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A wise old preacher once told his congregation to prove him. In other words, think and decide for yourself. Miss Mary's twin volumes beg her readers to do the same.
A Shack, based on the author's personal experiences, grips the handle of the wringer and runs your heart right through it.
Come, Sit: Let's Solve the World's Problems invites the reader to join chatty West Texan MeMaw, Tomasa, and her silent friend DeAngelic to come over and solve the...
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Like prints rushed to the screening room, the poems of Kinsolving's debut hit simultaneous notes of specificity and vagueness, as if the rest of the story remains to be shot. In a familiar, no longer New York School blend of the quotidian and the quixotic, she takes on international politics, the violent death of a relative and the classic urgency of losing and finding love; and yet it is the occasional searing private moment, and not the thematic...
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Grasshopper Dreams is a collection of poetry for our times--times of change, uncertainty, and social confusion. It explores what confronts and eludes us. It takes on the unchanging uniqueness of the Deep South, family dramas, social tides, and our wandering spirituality. It is composed of equal parts contentment, humor, and confounding confusion. Grasshopper Dreams is inspired by historical artifacts, societal struggles, spirituality, genealogy, and...
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