Great Tales and Poems, Paperback

Reducere. A new selection for the NEA s Big Read program A compact selection of Poe s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Ar...

This new collection of fifteen short stories, six folk tales and four poems ranging from 1789 to 1933 offers a chilling literary tour of the coasts...

Assembling ten tales and six poems - along with Machen's novella - from the boom years of Pan-centric literature, this new collection revels in the...

Reducere. Clark Ashton Smith could well be considered one of the great poets of the twentieth century, and much of his verse explores the realms of fantasy, ...

"The Queen of Spades" is one of the most famous tales in Russian literature, and inspired the eponymous opera by Tchaikovsky; in "The Stationmaster...

Reducere. The creator of unforgettable tales of horror that remain classics to this day, Edgar Allan Poe may be best-known as a nineteenth-century short-stor...

Reducere. Enter a supernal world of miracles as Swami Darbara Singh elucidates upon the glorious dramas of Hindu mythology and the tales of the Great Bhagats...

Reducere. The result of my researches has been the collection of such a number of magic formulas, tales, and poems as would have exceeded reasonable limits, ...

The modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda inherit the folk and mythic tales of the rift valley region. Here you'll find sto...

Reducere. DescriptionGREEK MYTHOLOGYTales of Greek mythology have been passed down for thousands of years, and have gone on to have a great impact on Western...

Reducere. 'Thy Servant a Dog and other Dog stories' brings together a delightful selection of Kipling short stories and poems. The first three tales, Thy Ser...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the years before his death at age sixty-eight in 1998, Hughes translated several classical works with great energy and ingenuity. His...

Reducere. British Literature, the fourth volume of the Excellence in Literature curriculum, is designed to cultivate not only a love for great literature, bu...

Reducere. Award NameNational Book AwardsAward categoryPoetryDescriptionFinalist for the 1991 National Book AwardIn The Homeplace, the stories of a family bec...

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DescriptionKalevala is the poetic name for Finland: 'the land of heroes'. Here you'll find the cultural essence of a young country but an old land,...

Reducere. Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educa...

Reducere. Spain's great lyric poet, Gustavo Adolfo B cquer (1836-1870), is famed both for his poetry and his fiction. B cquer's celebrated Rhymes consists of...

DescriptionWords have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: bardic poems bought immortality for their subject...

Reducere. The authoritative edition of Troilus and Cressida from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students ...

Erin Osmon presents a detailed, human account of the Rust Belt-born musician Jason Molina--a visionary, prolific, and at times cantankerous singer-...

Us humans have held a fascination with cats since the days of the Pharaohs. Within the breast of even the most domesticated moggy burns the heart o...

Reducere. In this new collection of prose poems, Claudia Serea uses surrealism, irony, and black humor to express her experiences, from growing up behind the...