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  An Incremental Life - Poems

  Luci Shaw

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  "Luci Shaw is a legend" —Christianity Today
  This captivating collection of poems by beloved author Luci Shaw, reflects on daily ideas and activities as they arrive, bit by bit, to illuminate us with their wisdom and enlarge on the meanings of human experience. Like small messages from beyond, these incidents call us to pay attention.
  In An Incremental Life, Shaw breathes life into the simpleness of the every-day and finds God in the memory of the mundane. Through her verses, she explores the intricate tapestry of existence, from the tender memories of childhood to the profound questions of mortality. Her poems are like windows opening to the soul, inviting readers to pause, reflect, and savor the beauty of the world around them.
  
  
  INCREMENTS
  
  
  I live by increments, single
  
  
  breaths of an ambient air,
  
  
  marking off hours, days.
  
  
   
  
  
  Apprenticed to grace, I tread statio
  in sequentiae, edging every step
  
  
  forward before venturing the next.
  
  
   
  
  
  Staggering up towards the stony
  
  
  crests of the foothills, dusty, I am
  
  
  almost undone with weariness, only half
  
  
  believing that the view will widen.
  
  
   
  
  
  In my falling upward into your home,
  
  
  O Faithful One, stay with me,
  
  
  your wind music playing the ear of
  
  
  my mind like an instrument.
  
  
   
  
  "This is how life happens, one day at a time, in increments! And God is in each of them for us," Luci Shaw
  
   

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  The Odyssey - Books 13 & 14

  Homer

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  Home at last—but not yet safe. In Samuel Butler’s classic prose rendering, Odysseus (Ulysses) is borne sleeping to Ithaca by the generous Phaeacians, while Poseidon exacts a terrible price. Shrouded in Athena’s mist, he awakens on unknown shores, hides his treasure in the Naiads’ cave, and receives the goddess’s counsel: endure, disguise, and strike when the hour comes. Transformed into a weathered beggar, Odysseus seeks refuge with the steadfast swineherd Eumaeus. Around the humble hearth, tales are traded, loyalty is tested, and news of the wasteful suitors and imperiled Telemachus sharpens the resolve for justice to come. William Johnston’s vivid narration captures the hushed conspiracies, the warmth of xenia, and the simmering promise of revenge, making these pivotal Books 13 and 14 an intimate, suspenseful passage between wandering and homecoming. Perfect for first-time listeners and lifelong lovers of the classics, this installment showcases the Odyssey’s enduring themes of identity, hospitality, and divine intervention as the hero steps quietly onto his own soil and prepares to reclaim it.

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  William Shakespeare: Romeo and...

  William Shakespeare, Jürgen...

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  Unabridged version with stage directions! Romeo and Juliet is one of the most celebrated love stories ever written and a timeless masterpiece of world literature. This complete unabridged audiobook presents William Shakespeare's immortal tragedy in its original English, performed by a single narrator. All stage directions are included, and every character is clearly announced before speaking, allowing listeners to experience the play exactly as it unfolds on stage. n the city of Verona, two young lovers meet despite the bitter feud between their families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Their secret love blossoms with extraordinary intensity, but hatred, misunderstanding, and fate conspire against them. As violence escalates and hope fades, Romeo and Juliet are drawn toward one of the most moving and unforgettable endings in literary history. More than a tragic romance, Romeo and Juliet explores the conflict between love and duty, youth and tradition, passion and prejudice. Shakespeare's poetic language and profound understanding of human emotion have made the play a universal symbol of love's beauty and fragility. The inclusion of stage directions enriches the listening experience by preserving the dramatic movement of the original performance, while the clear announcement of each character before speaking makes the dialogue easy to follow, even with a single narrator. William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and became the most influential playwright and poet in the English language. As an actor, theatre shareholder, and dramatist, he created tragedies, comedies, and histories that continue to shape literature, theatre, and culture around the world. His works have been translated into countless languages and remain among the most frequently performed plays ever written. This unabridged audiobook of Romeo and Juliet offers an authentic encounter with Shakespeare's original text—complete, atmospheric, and faithful to the stage. A captivating listening experience for lovers of classic literature, students of English, and anyone wishing to discover one of the greatest tragedies ever written.

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  Life expectancy begins to fall

  Tom Sastry

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  Is your retirement plan dying in the climate wars? Are you getting on with things in the meantime? In Life expectancy begins to fall, Tom Sastry asks how we normalise an apocalypse, taking us on a tour of bad coping strategies, unwelcome epiphanies, and striking reminders of what we still have.
  Part-elegy and part-satire, these poems do not show you what to do in a crisis, nor do they promote the cliches of positive thinking that tell you how to be a good worker, an effective activist or a spiritual person. Instead, quietly and persuasively, Sastry develops a subtle meditation on hope. The poetry shows us as we mostly are, lost in the enormity of it all and busy with other things. Explore a world where 'pessimism is complicated by love' and optimism is found hiding in moments where 'nothing happens, in the most lavish way'.

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  The Columbiad

  Joel Barlow

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  The Columbiad is an epic poem that celebrates America. It opens with Christopher Columbus in prison, despondent and feeling poorly rewarded for his great achievements. He is visited by Hesper, represented as the guardian genius of the lands to the west of Europe. He leads Columbus in a vision of the western hemisphere: its physical description, its native people, and the history of North and South America. They see the Aztec and Inca empires, the settling of America by Europeans, and the development of the British colonies up through the Revolutionary War and the founding of the United States. The poem had its origin in an earlier work, The Vision of Columbus , which Barlow started during the Revolutionary War and expanded in the following years. First printed as The Columbiad in 1807, it's filled with Barlow's political views: he believed that the United States, as a haven of liberty, would demonstrate to other nations how to be free and prosperous. He also hoped that all peoples would learn to speak the same language and pursue knowledge, commerce, the arts, and peace. Joel Barlow (died 1812) was a celebrated writer of the Romantic era. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. Poetry has always been the most concentrated and powerful form of literary expression. The verse collected in The Columbiad represents a high point of the poetic tradition, offering language of beauty and precision that speaks to the deepest levels of human experience.

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  Word Meal - Poetry Entrée with a...

  Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon

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  From being a resident physician during the COVID-19 pandemic to living passionately in travel, romance, and heartache, Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon is a literary chef to an audience who did not realize their hunger—until served his Word Meal. It is a two-part course: first, 99 poems, and second, an 82-page short story (novella). 
  The poetry is organized around the three abstractions that connect us all—Love, Time, and Death. Love of lovers, of dogs, and of self; the Death of body, our past, and who we once were; the Time within which this all transpires—the Time of your life. You are invited to explore each abstraction and their combinations. Buffet style. 
  In the drama that is a healthcare encounter, the patient is—and always will be—the protagonist. Get Well Soon! is a novella revolving around a patient admitted to the hospital. The patient narrator reflects on the experiences of being well and ill, as well as the subtle and comical workings of an academic hospital team and hospital stay.

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