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Songs of Action
Doyle, Arthur ConanSaga EgmontBetter known as the creator of the eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also the author of a number of poems during his literary career. ‘Songs of Action...
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Verses
Wharton, EdithSaga EgmontWhile Wharton is best known for her searing autopsies on American aristocracy, ‘Verses’ reveals a more introspective side of the author. This was her first work, published by her p...
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Poems
Wilde, OscarSaga Egmont‘Poems’ was published at Wilde’s expense less than 10 years before he wrote his acclaimed novel, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray.’ It contains some of his best-loved poetry, including...
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Poems in Prose
Wilde, OscarSaga EgmontA masterclass in the manipulation of the English language ‘Poems in Prose’ is a collection of six poems, from the pen of one of the world’s most celebrated writers. Delving into th...
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Ravenna
Wilde, OscarSaga Egmont‘Ravenna’ is one of Wilde’s earliest poems, written while he was a student at Oxford in the 1870s. He submitted it as an entry for the Newdigate Prize, in which the subject for a p...
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Songs of the Road
Doyle, Arthur ConanSaga EgmontFirst published in 1911 ‘Songs of the Road’ is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s foray into poetry. This is a collection of his work and is split into three sections: Narrative Verses and S...
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The Early Poems of Alfred Tennyson
Tennyson, AlfredSaga EgmontDive into Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson’s ‘The Early Poems’ collection with this fantastic anthology. Featuring his Chancellor’s Gold Medal awarded ‘Timbuktu’ and the sentimental ‘...
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The True-Born Englishman
Defoe, DanielSaga Egmont‘A bloody nation, barbarous and rude’ is how Daniel Defoe describes England in his hilarious poem ‘The True-Born Englishman’. The poem is a satire about the stupidity of xenophobia...
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Religious Poems
Stowe, Harriet BeecherSaga Egmont"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone" Poems such as "The Other World" "Mary at the Cross" and "The Secret" are spread across the pa...
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Poems of Dark and Light: Hope for Everything Expect Nothing
Perkiö, TommiBooks on DemandThis is my first book with my poems. I write in english because I enjoy the english languange Even though I live in Sweden and have Swedish as my first languange. My Poems are abo...
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Charmides and Other Poems
Wilde, OscarSaga Egmont"And holding wave and wind in boy’s despite Peered from his dripping seat across the wet and stormy night." Charmides is a beautiful and epic poem rooted in Greek mythology. Whethe...
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Teenage thoughts
Fischer, MikaelBooks on DemandStory in prose. The main character of the book is teenager who is on the verge of madness. When he turns ten, he loses his beloved mother. His first steps into adulthood, he discov...
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Donegal Suite
McNamee, John P.Dufour EditionsA collection of poems by an inner-city priest reflecting time spent in Ireland.
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The Blind Kingdom
Tadjo, VéroniqueAyebia Clarke PublishingA multi-layered narrative comprising a series of interwoven short stories and poetic texts which can be read within continental Africa, the African Diaspora and beyond. Tadjo imagi...
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Tumult & Tears
Newman, VivienPen and SwordDuring the First World War and its immediate aftermath, hundreds of women wrote thousands of poems on multiple themes and for many different purposes. Women’s poetry was published,...
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1912 Facts about the Titanic
Meredith, LeeHistorical IndexesFascinating, lesser-known facts about the Titanic and details on the ship, the passengers, and the sinking. The book also explores aspects of the wreck today and salvage operations...
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First World War Poems from the Front
Imperial War MuseumFrom the worst horrors of modern trench warfare a small handful of soldiers and nurses created a body of poetry that is so vivid and intense that one hundred years later it has eng...
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Traditions and Continuities
Adalsteinsson, Ragnar IngiIceland University PressTraditions and Continuities - Alliteration in Old and Modern Icelandic Verse, is a lucid and authorative treatment of Old Icelandic alliterative metre, and of the subtle changes it...
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Derrybeg and Back
McNamee, John P.Dufour EditionsDerrybeg and Back offers us a splendid poetic journey from the riven shores of County Donegal to the grit of inner-city America. Along the way we visit churches, airports, schools,...
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A Journey through Mourning: A suite in prose and poetry
Gaffney, SeánLars Berg Egenart / Freedom XpressIn Seán Gaffney's fifth suite of poems he is presenting a mixture of prose and poetry in a strong and touching celebration of his son, Dara Gaffney, who at the age of fourteen was...