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  • The Seashell Anthology of Great Poetry

    Christopher Burns

    Paperback (Seashell Press, The, Jan. 14, 2019)
    The best collection of English and American classics -- new and old. A perfect introduction for those new to poetry, as well as a great selection of old favorites for poetry lovers everywhere. From Geoffrey Chaucer to e.e. cummings, from William Shakespeare to Anne Sexton, here are the great American and British poems of the last 500 years, organized by subject in a new and provocative way. “Great Poetry is personal,” writes Christopher Burns in his introduction to this extraordinary collection. “Like a seashell held to your ear, a poem resonates to the beating of your heart. The poet brings the words, you bring your life, and together you make the song.”Poets as diverse as Tennyson and Teasdale echo the themes of “Western Wind” hundreds of years apart. Maya Angelou and Janet Flanders, like talk show hosts sitting on stools, swap stories about their mothers. Robert Browning and Richard Wilbur, separated by more than a century, talk about the way men look at women. Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg describe the America each has found. Here are the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay and Carl Sandburg, often ignored in the last few years, along with the masterpieces of William Butler Yeats, e. e. cummings, Theodore Roethke, Denise Levertov and Langston Hughes. Some of the poems are funny, others are sad, but all are unforgettable. Great poetry transcends the boundaries of place, time, gender, and race. Although there was no intention to be representative, half the poems were written by Americans and half by English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish and Canadian poets. And this anthology is modern: a third of the poems were written in the last fifty years and a third were written between 1900 and 1945. The poems are organized to follow the contours of life: the loneliness of the artist, the uses of war, the role of nature, the constancy of love, and the coming on of death. And like all great poems, they are about you. As you read them, be prepared to hear your own heart roaring in your ear.Poets represented by more than one poem include: John Ashbery, W. H. Auden, Amiri Baraka, John Berryman, William Blake, Rupert Brooke, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Lewis Carroll. Mary Coleridge, e. e. cummings, Walter de la Mare, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Ernest Dowson, T.S. Eliot, Mari Evans, Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Seamus Heaney, Robert Herrick, Gerard Manley Hopkins, A. E. Housman, Langston Hughes, Randall Jarrell, Robinson Jeffers, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling, Etheridge Knight, D. H. Lawrence, Denise Levertov, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Amy Lowell, Robert Lowell, Archibald MacLeish, John Masefield, Claude McKay, W.S. Merwin, Charlotte Mew, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Mlton, Sharon Olds, Wilfred Owen, Sylvia Plath, Ezra Pound, Charles Reznikoff, Adrienne Rich, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Theodore Roethke, Christina Rossetti, Carl Sandburg, Sigfried Sassoon, Robert Service, Anne Sexton, William Shakespeare, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Gary Snyder, May Swenson, Sara Teasdale, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, Anna Wickham, Richard Wilbur, C. K. Williams, William Carlos Williams, William Wordsworth, James Wright, Elinor Wylie, and William Butler Yeats.
  • Toy Time!: From Hula Hoops to He-Man to Hungry Hungry Hippos: A Look Back at the Most- Beloved Toys of Decades Past

    Christopher Byrne

    eBook (Three Rivers Press, Oct. 8, 2013)
    What was your favorite childhood toy? Do you have fond memories of fighting unseen enemies with your G.I. Joe action figures, demolishing fleets of vehicles with your Tonka Toy Trucks, or Karate-chopping imaginary street thugs with your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? What about carefree summer afternoons counting ticks on your Skip-It, scooting around the neighborhood on your Big Wheel, or soaring down your backyard Slip 'n Slide? Still a little bitter that your parents never let you have a Nerf Super Soaker, or a Barbie Dream House? Did you prefer to unleash your inner artist with your Etch a Sketch, or your inner chef with your Easy-Bake Oven? Did you like to challenge your friends to a rousing game of Mousetrap, or did you prefer to get tied up in knots over a round of Twister? In Toy Time! you’ll be reunited with all these classic toys and more. No matter when you grew up, or what types of play ignited your imagination, Toy Time! will take you on a journey of rediscovery, allowing you to relive those carefree, innocent, and fun-filled days of childhood.Charming, playful, and full of photos of vintage toys, Toy Time! is an exploration and celebration of the toys that roused our imaginations, shaped our memories, and touched our lives.
  • Lateral Moves: A Guide for Partners & Law Firms

    Christopher Batz

    eBook
    Of the all service professions, law partners in private practice have a uniqueopportunity afforded to them. Since clients have the right to choose counseland the attorney has the right to change law firms, the phenomenon of lawpartner lateral moves and departures exist. The movement of law partners areonly increasing in the New Normal of the legal industry. Though for many in the legal industry, partner lateral moves are shrouded in mystery. Those who choose to explore their options do not know the steps involvednor realize the pitfalls. This guide will provide both law partners and law firms layers of understandingregarding the risks, rules, steps and perspectives of the lateral move process. In this book you will learn: The steps in the lateral move processHow to be better prepared if you do start the process What is the LPQ What to expect going through due diligence A checklist for departing partners The primary areas of risk in a lateral move How to depart a law firm wisely Questions law partners should be askingQuestions law firms should be asking whether losing or receiving a partnerWhat to know about partners leaving bankrupt or going concern law firms What is the law firm's competitive advantage And much more…
  • A Storm in Tormay: The Complete Tormay Trilogy

    Christopher Bunn

    eBook
    The new trilogy written in the old tradition of epic fantasy.This omnibus edition includes the first three books in the Tormay series and is more than 750 pages of magic, mystery and adventure.THE HAWK AND HIS BOYJute robbed the wrong house. He robbed the wrong wizard. And now the young thief is on the run for his life. Everyone wants to kill him. But he doesn't know why. What's even worse, he's about to find out. In a land of ancient curses and even older magic, nothing is as it seems. Jute befriends a talking hawk, a guilt-ridden assassin, and a strangely forgetful ghost. Maybe they can stay alive long enough to save themselves. And the entire land. But they're about to discover the truth about evil. You can run as fast and as far as you can, but you can never escape the Dark.THE SHADOW AT THE GATEThe servants of the Dark have infiltrated the city of Hearne in search of Jute. Desperate to escape, the boy flees the city and heads into the wilderness of the north. But the ghosts of the past have other plans for him and, soon, Jute and his friends must choose between their own deaths or the destruction of the entire land. All the while, the mysterious lady Levoreth races against time in order to discover who is behind the schemes of the Dark.THE WICKED DAYJute and his companions track the kidnappers of the girl Giverny Farrow, but they soon discover the Dark is raising an army to destroy the realms of men. As the little group of friends journeys across the frozen mountains of the east, they fight shadows and sorcerous creatures as they seek the lost girl in the mysterious city of Ancalon. The land of Tormay teeters on the brink of war, and the duchies look to Jute as their last and best hope. But there is an ancient evil waking that even all the power of the wind cannot hope to defeat.
  • Wonders of the Invisible World

    Christopher Barzak

    eBook (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Sept. 8, 2015)
    The captivating Stonewall Honor-winning novel of love, family, and ghosts of the pastAidan Lockwood lives in a sleepy farming town, day after unremarkable day. But when Jarrod, his former best friend, suddenly moves back home, Aidan begins to see clearly for the first time—not only to feelings that go beyond mere friendship, but to a world that is haunted by the stories of his past. Visions from this invisible world come to him unbidden: a great-grandfather on the field of battle; his own father, stumbling upon an unspeakable tragedy; and a mysterious young boy, whose whispered words may be at the heart of the curse that holds Aidan’s family in its grip. Now, Aidan must find his way between the past and the present to protect those he loves, and to keep the invisible world at bay. Stonewall Honor Winner★ “The unpredictability of curses, magic, and love are inexorably entwined in this gracefully written story.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “The complexity of the pairing of real and the unreal . . . is striking, and rather haunting.” —Tor.com “A wonder itself—a coming-of-age, coming-out, and crossing-into-the-mystic novel all rolled into one.” —Tom McNeal, National Book Award finalist for Far Far Away “Brilliant storytelling that unearths new intersections of love and magic.” —Scott Westerfeld, bestselling author of Uglies and Zeroes “If you don’t want a book with magic, mystery, lying parents, ancient curses, and true, true love (plus wonderful writing), then I’m not sure I care to know you. But if you do, then Wonders of the Invisible World is the book you’ve been waiting for.” —Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
  • Inversion: Book One of the God Complex Series

    Christopher Young

    eBook (, April 5, 2020)
    With his graduation rapidly approaching there is only one thing on Carson Nobles mind: to get as far away as he can from Bishop Bay and the terrible memories the small town holds. The only thing standing in his way is his overbearing mother and the shadow of his father’s legacy. He is counting down the days until the night his grandfather, the famous archaeologist Dr. Robert Aldridge, shows up in his living room with news that he has an invention that he claims will save the planet from its growing energy crisis. His world saving device, known as the God Complex, is a machine designed to create energy rather than harness it. At the unveiling the device seems to be exactly what it was promised it to be. Everything goes according to plan until disaster strikes when it malfunctions, threatening the lives of everyone in attendance.After Carson wakes up from the accident, he slowly discovers that he has developed strange new abilities. Now he is forced to figure out how to control his new powers as he prepares to leave high school forever. With graduation just weeks away and a darkness looming on the horizon, he learns the shocking truth that he wasn’t the only one who woke up with powers. With the fate of the world at stake Carson must learn how to stop running from his past and take a stand.
  • Memorial Day for Kids: A brief History Facts Meaning and More about Memorial Day

    Christopher G.I.

    language (, May 23, 2019)
    Do your kids know What Memorial Day is? and Why do we celebrate it? What is the meaning of Memorial Day in USA? And when is Memorial Day?Let’s celebrate this holiday, a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country and Learn all about Memorial Day including a meaning and history of this day. This book also includes below features.HistoryWhen is Memorial Day?What is Memorial Day?Memorial Day and Veterans DayAmerican Deaths in Major Wars throughout HistoryA symbol of Memorial DayFascinating Facts of Memorial DayDownload Now and Enjoy Reading!!
  • 5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based 2021

    Christopher Bruhn

    Paperback (McGraw-Hill Education, Oct. 2, 2020)
    Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Get ready to ace your AP Physics 2 Exam with this easy-to-follow study guide!Teacher-recommended and expert-reviewedAP Physics 2: Algebra-Based 2021 introduces an easy to follow, effective five-step study plan to help you build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence you need to achieve a high score on the exam. This essential guide reflects the latest course syllabus and includes three full-length practice exams, plus the most up-to-date scoring information. 5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics 2 2021 features: • 3 Practice Exams • Comprehensive overview of the AP Physics 2 Exam format • Hundreds of exercises with thorough explanations• Challenging multiple-choice and free-response questions, just like the ones on the AP Physics 2 exam, including extensive free-response scoring rubrics• The only book that helps you evaluate your strengths and weaknesses in two ways:- Fundamentals self-assessment that measures your general breadth and depth of content knowledge- Question-type self-assessment that measure your skill level with AP Physics 2-style questions• Tips and strategies for addressing the unique Physics 2 questions• Nearly 200 revised illustrations to better reflect the curriculum
  • 5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP Physics 2 Questions to Know by Test Day

    Christopher Bruhn

    Paperback (McGraw-Hill Education, Aug. 7, 2017)
    Your essential study guide to preparing for the AP Physics 2 Exam― organized for easy reference and crucial practice5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP Physics 2 Questions to Know by Test Day is tailored to meet your study needs―whether you’ve left it to the last minute to prepare or you have been studying for months. You will benefit from going over the questions written to parallel the topic, format, and degree of difficulty of the questions contained in the AP exam, accompanied by answers with comprehensive explanations.This valuable study guide features:• Material that reflects the AP Physics 2 Exam• 500 AP-style questions and answers referenced to core AP materials• Detailed review explanations for right and wrong answers• Close simulations of the real AP exam
  • Lady's Not for Burning, a Phoenix Too Frequent and an Essay an Experience of a Critic

    Christopher Fry

    Paperback (Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 1977)
    Fry demonstrates the vitality, flexibility, and comprehensive range of modern verse drama in two popular plays, and offers a critical assessment of his own work
  • 5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based

    Christopher Bruhn

    Paperback (McGraw-Hill Education, July 27, 2017)
    Get ready to ace your AP Physics 2 Exam with this easy-to-follow study guide5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics 2 introduces an easy to follow, effective 5-step study plan to help you build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence you need to achieve a high score on the exam. This wildly popular test prep guide matches the latest course syllabus and the latest exam. You'll get two full-length practice tests, detailed answers to each question, study tips, information on how the exam is scores, and much more. 5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics 2 2018 features: • 2 Practice Exams • An interactive, customizable AP Planner app to help you organize your time • Powerful analytics you can use to assess your test readiness
  • Marlo

    Christopher Browne

    Hardcover (Balzer + Bray, March 21, 2017)
    A glorious, mostly wordless picture book about a dog who needs a bath—and finds much more than that—by phenomenal debut author/illustrator Christopher Browne, who was inspired by his own rescue dog. Perfect for fans of Aaron Becker's Caldecott Honor Book Journey and Erin and Philip Stead’s books.This lush picture book launches readers into a world of imagination: a glorious underwater adventure with seas of brilliantly colored fish, shadowy predators, and two friends who long to be reunited. With a clever seek-and-find element on each spread, there are treasures to be pored over again and again.
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