Horoscopes for the Dead

Horoscopes for the Dead
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 129
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ISBN-10 : 9780679604501
ISBN-13 : 0679604502
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Horoscopes for the Dead by : Billy Collins

WINNER—BEST POETRY—GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSWEEK/THE DAILY BEAST NATIONAL BESTSELLER Billy Collins is widely acknowledged as a prominent player at the table of modern American poetry. And in this smart, lyrical, and mischievous collection of poetry, which covers the everlasting themes of love and loss, youth and aging, solitude and union, Collins’s verbal gifts are on full display. Note to Readers: adjusting the size of the type on your e-reading device may affect the line formatting of this eBook. We have formatted the eBook so that any words that get bumped to a new line in a poem will be noticeably indented.

Death by Horoscope

Death by Horoscope
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Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0786711531
ISBN-13 : 9780786711536
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Death by Horoscope by : Anne Perry

A collection of stories combining mystery with astrology delves into the mystical omens and lethal reckonings that exist in the astral plane and profoundly impact the human heart.

Aimless Love

Aimless Love
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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages : 289
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780812982671
ISBN-13 : 0812982673
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Aimless Love by : Billy Collins

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “America’s favorite poet.”—The Wall Street Journal From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first volume of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines fifty new poems with generous selections from his four most recent books—Nine Horses, The Trouble with Poetry, Ballistics, and Horoscopes for the Dead. Collins’s unmistakable voice, which brings together plain speech with imaginative surprise, is clearly heard on every page, reminding us how he has managed to enrich the tapestry of contemporary poetry and greatly expand its audience. His work is featured in top literary magazines such as The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Atlantic, and he sells out reading venues all across the country. Appearing regularly in The Best American Poetry series, his poems appeal to readers and live audiences far and wide and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. By turns playful, ironic, and serious, Collins’s poetry captures the nuances of everyday life while leading the reader into zones of inspired wonder. In the poet’s own words, he hopes that his poems “begin in Kansas and end in Oz.” Touching on the themes of love, loss, joy, and poetry itself, these poems showcase the best work of this “poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustan grace” (The New Yorker). Envoy Go, little book, out of this house and into the world, carriage made of paper rolling toward town bearing a single passenger beyond the reach of this jittery pen and far from the desk and the nosy gooseneck lamp. It is time to decamp, put on a jacket and venture outside, time to be regarded by other eyes, bound to be held in foreign hands. So off you go, infants of the brain, with a wave and some bits of fatherly advice: stay out as late as you like, don’t bother to call or write, and talk to as many strangers as you can. Praise for Aimless Love “[Billy Collins] is able, with precious few words, to make me cry. Or laugh out loud. He is a remarkable artist. To have such power in such an abbreviated form is deeply inspiring.”—J. J. Abrams, The New York Times Book Review “His work is poignant, straightforward, usually funny and imaginative, also nuanced and surprising. It bears repeated reading and reading aloud.”—The Plain Dealer “Collins has earned almost rock-star status. . . . He knows how to write layered, subtly witty poems that anyone can understand and appreciate—even those who don’t normally like poetry. . . . The Collins in these pages is distinctive, evocative, and knows how to make the genre fresh and relevant.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Collins’s new poems contain everything you've come to expect from a Billy Collins poem. They stand solidly on even ground, chiseled and unbreakable. Their phrasing is elegant, the humor is alive, and the speaker continues to stroll at his own pace through the plainness of American life.”—The Daily Beast “[Collins’s] poetry presents simple observations, which create a shared experience between Collins and his readers, while further revealing how he takes life’s everyday humdrum experiences and makes them vibrant.”—The Times Leader

Nine Horses

Nine Horses
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 124
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781588362780
ISBN-13 : 1588362787
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Nine Horses by : Billy Collins

Nine Horses, Billy Collins’s first book of new poems since Picnic, Lightning in 1998, is the latest curve in the phenomenal trajectory of this poet’s career. Already in his forties when he debuted with a full-length book, The Apple That Astonished Paris, Collins has become the first poet since Robert Frost to combine high critical acclaim with broad popular appeal. And, as if to crown this success, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001–2002, and reappointed for 2002–2003. What accounts for this remarkable achievement is the poems themselves, quiet meditations grounded in everyday life that ascend effortlessly into eye-opening imaginative realms. These new poems, in which Collins continues his delicate negotiations between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac, are sure to sustain and increase his audience of avid readers.

The Rain in Portugal

The Rain in Portugal
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 129
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780399588303
ISBN-13 : 0399588302
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Rain in Portugal by : Billy Collins

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the generosity, wit, and imaginative play that prompted The Wall Street Journal to call him “America’s favorite poet.” The Rain in Portugal—a title that admits he’s not much of a rhymer—sheds Collins’s ironic light on such subjects as travel and art, cats and dogs, loneliness and love, beauty and death. His tones range from the whimsical—“the dogs of Minneapolis . . . / have no idea they’re in Minneapolis”—to the elegiac in a reaction to the death of Seamus Heaney. A student of the everyday, Collins here contemplates a weather vane, a still life painting, the calendar, and a child lost at a beach. His imaginative fabrications have Shakespeare flying comfortably in first class and Keith Richards supporting the globe on his head. By turns entertaining, engaging, and enlightening, The Rain in Portugal amounts to another chorus of poems from one of the most respected and familiar voices in the world of American poetry. Praise for The Rain in Portugal “Nothing in Billy Collins’s twelfth book . . . is exactly what readers might expect, and that’s the charm of this collection.”—The Washington Post “This new collection shows [Collins] at his finest. . . . Certain to please his large readership and a good place for readers new to Collins to begin.”—Library Journal “Disarmingly playful and wistfully candid.”—Booklist

The Art of Drowning

The Art of Drowning
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Publisher : Pitt Poetry
Total Pages : 112
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0822955679
ISBN-13 : 9780822955672
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Art of Drowning by : Billy Collins

This collection of poems has a subject matter ranging from the gustatory pleasures of osso buco to an analysis of the handwriting of Keats; from the art form of the calendar pinup to blues music.

Llewellyn's Little Book of the Day of the Dead

Llewellyn's Little Book of the Day of the Dead
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Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages : 141
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780738762852
ISBN-13 : 0738762857
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Llewellyn's Little Book of the Day of the Dead by : Jaime Gironés

Celebrate the revered Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos with this beautiful little book. Packed with activities, recipes, spells, and rituals, this pocket-sized guide is a must-have tool for honoring the sacred dead. Author Jaime Gironés shares authentic ways to respectfully enjoy this holiday, from creating an altar to baking pan de muerto (bread of the dead). Sharing his personal experiences and recommendations, Jaime guides you through the Day of the Dead's origins, history, and modern celebrations. Discover how to build an altar, set out your ancestors' favorite foods, and invite the spirits to a feast. Explore the significance of marigolds, sugar skulls, and monarch butterflies. You'll also learn how to say goodbye when celebrations are over. This book provides everything needed to honor the dead and share your love and abundance with them.

The Luminaries

The Luminaries
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Publisher : Little, Brown
Total Pages : 860
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ISBN-10 : 9780316126953
ISBN-13 : 0316126950
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Luminaries by : Eleanor Catton

The winner of the Man Booker Prize, this "expertly written, perfectly constructed" bestseller (The Guardian) is now a Starz miniseries. It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to stake his claim in New Zealand's booming gold rush. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: a wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous cache of gold has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, The Luminaries is at once a fiendishly clever ghost story, a gripping page-turner, and a thrilling novelistic achievement. It richly confirms that Eleanor Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international literary firmament.

180 More

180 More
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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages : 408
Release :
ISBN-10 : UOM:39015060617993
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis 180 More by : Billy Collins

"180 More" continues Collins's program in conjunction with the Library of Congress to gather poems by the most exciting poets at work today and make them available to students, teachers, and poetry readers everywhere. High school & older.

Wedding Feng Shui

Wedding Feng Shui
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 338
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062036704
ISBN-13 : 006203670X
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Wedding Feng Shui by : Laura Lau

A wedding planning book like no other, Wedding Feng Shui can help any prospective bride and groom plan the perfect nuptials, with advice on everything from finding the luckiest day to get married to choosing the perfect flowers. In Wedding Feng Shui, renowned Chinese astrologers Laura Lau and Theodora Lau, co-authors of The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes, explain how anyone of any culture can use Eastern wisdom to create a personalized, meaningful, and beautiful wedding.