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  Transfer

  Naomi Shihab Nye

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  "In the current literary scene, one of the most heartening influences is the work of Naomi Shihab Nye. Her poems combine transcendent liveliness and sparkle along with warmth and human insight. She is a champion of the literature of encouragement and heart. Reading her work enhances life."— William Stafford 
    
  Dusk  
  where is the name no one answered to  
  gone off to live by itself  
  beneath the pine trees separating the houses  
  without a friend or a bed  
  without a father to tell it stories  
  how hard was the path it walked on  
  all those years belonging to none  
  of our struggles drifting under  
  the calendar page elusive as  
  residue when someone said  
  how have you been it was  
  strangely that name that tried  
  to answer 
    
  Naomi Shihab Nye has spent thirty-five years traveling the world to lead writing workshops and inspire students of all ages. In her newest collection Transfer she draws on her Palestinian American heritage, the cultural diversity of her home in Texas, and her extensive travel experiences to create a poetry collection that attests to our shared humanity. 
  This audiobook is narrated by the author. 
    
  Among her awards, Naomi Shihab Nye has been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Witter Bynner Fellow. She has received a Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, and four Pushcart prizes. In January 2010, she was elected to the board of chancellors of the Academy of American Poets.

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  Ties

  Roberta Mezzabarba

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  Ties, strings made up with screams (Apollinaire). 
  At the striking of midnight into the new millenium, a new threat comes from the darkness. A baby was rescued but now a young boy is in danger. 
  Three women are fighting. Nobody is safe. The year 1000 is no more. The year 2000 and Death. An engaging novel that blends thriller ,suspense and esothericism. 
  A novel about strong connections between past and present. 
  New Year`s Eve 1999. 
  Guglielmo has an apparently quiet life, without any shadows. 
  Gemma, his girlfriend, is the only girl he felt something well beyond physical attraction. Angelica, a loving and thoughtful mother. 
  Filiberto, a detached and insensitive father. 
  Finally Luana and Lucio, the two antagonists of the story, those who will try to destroy Guglielmo`s life, to take him away from his loved ones in order to fulfil a wicked and crazy plan put it together by a sick and evil mind. 
  However, life entails choices as well. Will Guglielmo manage to untie the strings that are trapping him and get his life back? 
  The plot of this novel is articulated and dramatic; a novel that captures your attention so much that you will read it in one sitting because it is full of suspense that will keep your attention high. 
  You can see the exciting booktrailer here 
  https://youtu.be/2Jh6yANr-DY

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  Arabian Nights (RSC Version)

  Dominic Cooke

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  A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights. This revised edition was published alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company's production in 2009.
  It is wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar. By morning, the new Queen Shahrazad is to be put to death like all the young brides before her. But she has one gift that could save her - the gift of storytelling.
  With her mischievous imagination, the young Queen spins her dazzling array of tales and characters. On her side are Ali Baba, Es-Sindibad the Sailor and Princess Parizade - adventurers in strange and magical worlds populated by giant beasts, talking birds, devilish ghouls and crafty thieves. But will her silver-tongued stories be enough to enchant her husband and save her life?
  'Superb... weaves a potent spell of enchantment as it moves from cruelty to happiness and from the blissfully ribald to the deeply affecting' Telegraph
  'A masterful piece of storytelling... a truly magical piece of theatre that delights the senses' Whatsonstage.com
  'The family show to see this le' Guardian

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  The Classic Fifty Poems

  William Harmon

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  Imagine if Billboard compiled a list of the top 100 poems, chosen not by critics or professors but by the people themselves.  That's the concept behind The Classic Fifty Poems, and it works brilliantly. 
  William Harmon found the 100 most anthologized poems in English, based on the ninth edition of The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry—the most objective measurement of greatness available, representing consensus among the editors of some 400 anthologies. Then he put them in order and prefaced each one with concise, erudite, often humorous commentary. The range of poets, subjects and forms—from Shakespeare to Frost, from love and death to crime and punishment, from sonnets to odes—makes this an entertaining, enlightening, and indispensable aural guide to the finest verse in the English language.

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  Edna the Inebriate Woman

  Jeremy Sandford

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  Edna the Inebriate Woman was written when Jeremy Sandford, whose documentary Cathy Come Home had focused public attention on the plight of homeless families, decided to study the equally grave problems faced by Britain's thousands of single homeless people. The author follows Edna on her continuous journey through town and country and shows us at first hand the shortcomings and sheer absurdities of a society whose response to Edna's predicament is insensitive, inappropriate and expensive. Sandford's own anger and impatience with our reluctance to help those who wander through the twilight world at the bottom of society is infectious.

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  The Perfectionist

  Joyce Carol Oates

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  Prize-winning author Joyce Carol Oates turns her satiric eye to Tobias Harte, a man obsessed with perfection in everything from ethics to egg salad. Rollicking comedy ensues as Harte struggles with his highly imperfect family and friends. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bosson, Annabeth Gish, Harold Gould, Valerie Landsburg, David Schwimmer and David Selby.

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