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  The Prophet

  Kahlil Gibran

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  "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran is a profoundly spiritual and philosophical collection of poetic essays that has captivated readers worldwide with its timeless insights into the human condition. Set against the backdrop of a fictional Middle Eastern village, the narrative unfolds through the character of Almustafa, the titular prophet, who, on the eve of his departure after twelve years of exile, shares his deep reflections on life, love, sorrow, joy, and mortality with the townspeople. Each essay addresses essential aspects of life—from marriage and parenting to work and freedom—offering wisdom that seeks to uplift the spirit and enrich the soul. Gibran's eloquent prose is both lyrical and accessible, making profound philosophical concepts resonate with readers of all backgrounds. The book not only explores the trials and tribulations of individual existence but also delves into the communal and universal truths that bind humanity together, making "The Prophet" a cherished classic in modern literature.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Sunset - 12...

  HP Lovecraft, Dante Gabriel...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
   
  01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Sunset - An Introduction 
  02 - At Sunset Time by Paul Laurence Dunbar 
  03 - Sunset in the City by Richard Le Gallienne 
  04 - After Sunset by William Allingham 
  05 - Sunset by H P Lovecraft 
  06 - From Sunset to Star Rise by Christina Georgina Rossetti 
  07 - Sunset by Israel Zangwill 
  08 - Winter Sunset by Katharine Tynan 
  09 - Sunset by Ann Radcliffe 
  10 - How The Old Mountains Drip With Sunset by Emily Dickinson 
  11 - Sunset Wings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 
  12 - An Autumn Sunset by Edith Wharton 
  13 - The Red Sunsets by Mathilde Blind

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  Small Moon Curve

  Roz Goddard

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  Small Moon Curve by Roz Goddard is an intimate poetry memoir exploring what it means to ease open to the restorative powers of love, faith and beauty following diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer. In this compelling, tender and deeply moving testimony, the narrator discovers a surprising and powerful affinity with Tess of the D'Urbervilles – as spiritual companion and guide through the challenging currents of illness, trauma and transformation.
  This collection considers the stories we inherit, those we tell ourselves – and power of stories to rescue and renew us in a moment where "the world outside, the coming dawn, can only be reached by crossing a terrible sea". From a Buddhist retreat, to the nighttime depths of a maternity suite and the dark waters of a South Wales reservoir, Goddard's beautiful and sensitive poems study what it means to step into the wild river of ourselves – and feel alive. Here, poetry is way to hold and examine the things we are fearful of, and to find compassion and resolve in order to make peace with our past and live fully in our present.

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  14 Days & 40 Years - The Little...

  Natalie Anderson

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  Not all love is the same, which is one of the most peculiar truths in life. Your Love is as unique as the individual you feel it for. I think that’s one of the greatest paradoxes we will live through. It seems to me, there is little choice in how big it is, or how hard it hits. There’s no telling what it will do to you when you enter the arena, and that is why it can be a force we sometimes fight; because it has felt like a battle we’ve lost before. 
  Although it feels like you are powerless in Love, you aren’t powerless at the end of Love. You choose whether or not big Love crushes you, or if it shrinks for you to carry it in your pocket as a reminder of the greatness it once was. The desire to not be destroyed by Love is where I am. 
  This is a story of 14 days that coincided with my 40th birthday and a time I fell in Love. It was through a difficult turn of events that I got to step away from my uncomfortable life to experience turning 40 in Mexico; with someone I didn’t just love, but who I liked. So this is also a story about the importance of falling in Like. 
  For a long time I said if I ever shared this story, I’d have to call it fiction because it feels so personal. But eventually I realized it made more sense to just admit: it’s me. I’m the quiet naive girl in these pages who had barely begun to know herself and didn’t know how to communicate as well as she thought she did. I’m the one who was learning that Love can be complicated; while seeming simple to me. 
  One of the greatest lessons anyone learns, is knowing what it feels like to fall in love and experience connection. That was my greatest benefit; because I have been able to use that measure of connection ever since. One can break and fall apart in many ways, but it’s my opinion that until big love breaks you, a level of innocence remains. After that, you decide whether or not big love heals you. For me, it took this little trip of 14 days to finally benefit from the long journey of 40 years.

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  The Cherry Orchard

  Anton Chekhov, Julius West

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  The highly acclaimed Russian classic of twentieth-century theatre about a wealthy family unable to let go of the past or face the future. At the turn of the century, Russia is undergoing massive changes. Feudalism has ended, the middle class is growing, and the aristocracy are uncertain of their future . . .  The cherry orchard on the Ranevskaya grounds is known throughout the country for its beauty, but it now sits on the brink of ruin. The entire estate is headed for auction if the family cannot pay off their debts. The land’s fate lies in the hands of the family’s matriarch, Madame Ranevskaya, recently returned from five years in Paris where she wasted away much of her fortunes.  Neither Ranevskaya nor anyone else in her household can fathom the gravity of the situation. But a merchant, the son of a former serf on the land, has an idea . . .  Written in 1903, The Cherry Orchard premiered in Moscow in 1904. It was Chekhov’s last play before his death that same year. Since then, the work has been translated and adapted into numerous languages and performed around the world.

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  The Poetry of Trains - A wide...

  Damon Runyon, Amy Lowell,...

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  The mythology of the Train, the Railroad, those two shiny tracks running off into the far distance is a powerful symbol of the industrial age. 
   
  The train was the first mass transit system to network the land and to carry people and materials of every class and of every shape.  A sort of democracy with the only requirement of use being the price of a ticket. 
   
  Poets who grew up with this pulsating leviathan of industry were quick to see its merits for their own lines and verse.   
   
  Across these poems comes both an individual eye across a wide range of feelings, thoughts and ideas as well as, occasionally, the trainspotter’s delight for form and detail from poets such as Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy, Edward Thomas, Edna St Vincent Millay, Damon Runyon and a host of others. 
   
  1 - The Poetry of Trains - An Introduction 
  2 - A Song of the Rails by Damon Runyon 
  3 - Song of a Train by John Davidson 
  4 - Song of the Rail by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 
  5 - Rhyme of the Rail by John Godfrey Saxe 
  6 - Up the Line by Will Carleton 
  7 - From a Railway Carriage by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  8 - An Incident in a Railroad Car by Jamers Russell Lowell 
  9 - Railway Times by Martin Faraquar Tupper 
  10 - On the Engine by Night by Alexander Anderson 
  11 - The Night Journey by Rupert Brooke 
  12 - Travel by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  13 - Train Ride by Federico Garcia Lorca 
  14 - The Train by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 
  15 - Homeward Ho! by Ada A Mosher 
  16 - The Rail Road by James Very 
  17 - The Railway Train by Emily Dickinson 
  18 - In the Train by James Thomson 
  19 - The Division Superintendent by Ambrose Bierce 
  20 - The Word of an Engineer by James Weldon Johnson 
  21 - The Train Among the Hills by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts 
  22 - The Gospel Train. Transcribed by Christine Rutledge of the Carolina Singers 1873 
  23 - The Jaffa and Jerusalem Railway by Eugene Field 
  24 - In the Train and At Versailles by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 
  25 - The Ledbury Train by Radclyffe Hall 
  26 - Adlestrop by Edward Thomas 
  27 - The Ancient Arteries of America by Daniel Sheehan 
  28 - Subway Wind by Claude McKay 
  29 - In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound 
  30 - Railway Rhymes by C L Graves 
  31 - What's the Railroad to Me by Henry David Thoreau 
  32 - The Railway Station by Archibald Lampman 
  33 - Thompson's Lunch Room, Grand Central Station by Amy Lowell 
  34 - Faintheart in a Railway Train by Thomas Hardy 
  35 - Song O' the Lost Trains by Damon Runyon 
  36 - The Phantom Train by Tom Hood 
  37 - One of the Unfair Sex by Ambrose Bierce 
  38 - September 1st. 1802 by William Wordsworth 
  39 - Autumn in the Garden by Fredegond Shove 
  40 - A Winter Day - Noon and Afternoon by Thomas Aird 
  41 - In the Train by Sara Teasdale 
  42 - To a Locomotive in Winter by Walt Whitman 
  43 - On the Departure Platform by Thomas Hardy 
  44 - Guild Signal by Bret Harte 
  45 - The Send Off by Wilfred Owen

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