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  The Museum of Clear Ideas - Poems

  Donald Hall

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  “With The One Day, this is his best work, a modest, skeptical, and brave poetry that embodies something essential about this late American century.” —Harvard Review 
   
  This is Donald Hall’s most advanced work, extending his poetic reach even beyond his recent volumes. Conflict dominates this book, and conflict unites it. Hall takes poetry as an instrument for revelation, whether in an elegy for a (fictional) contemporary poet, or in the title series of poems, whose form imitates the first book of the Odes of Horace. The book’s final section, “Extra Innings,” moves with poignancy to questions about the end of the game. 
   
  “A stunning volume of testamentary verse . . . an often perfect American blend of rue and buoyancy, narrative verve and grace.” —The New Yorker 
   
  “Donald Hall is our finest elegist. The Museum of Clear Ideas is as original, idiosyncratic, and un-museumlike a poetic work as we are likely to see for a long time to come.” —Richard Tillinghast, The New Criterion 
   
  “Hall’s poems make ‘durable relics’ of late twentieth-century life in much the same way that Byron’s Don Juan does for the early nineteenth. The ‘clear ideas,’ however, are timeless.” —Beloit Poetry Journal 
   
  “These are some of the darkest lines Donald Hall has ever composed. They move through aching poignancy through illness diagnosed, sorrow, and poignant revelation, yet the final chord is not one of despair.” —Robert Taylor, Boston Globe 
   
  “A collection of powerful new poems . . . Hall’s voice is more mature and classically spare than ever, offering revelatory glimpses of wisdom.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “A brilliantly inventive tour de force . . . A significant and engaging book.” —Library Journal

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  Mary Barton (NHB Modern Plays) -...

  Elizabeth Gaskell

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  Elizabeth Gaskell's panoramic novel of Victorian England, adapted for the stage by the author of Iron. Premiered at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, in 2006.
  Manchester in the 1840s. By day, Mary Barton works in a dress shop making gowns for the daughters of the newly moneyed mill owners. By night, Mary aspires to join their class. As she strives to better herself, murder, intrigue and romance take over her life and the lives of those she loves.
  Fast-paced, epic and exciting, Mary Barton presents a panorama of Manchester life from the mill owners' new prosperity to the thousands of ordinary people living and dying in their factories.
  'full of heat and passion, Munro's filleted version retains both Gaskell's beady eye for detail and her compassion for all humanity' - Guardian
  'powerful... Manchester's dark history in riveting microcosm' - The Times

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  The Aerospace Professor - The...

  Jeffery Battle

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  "We Cannot Rise Above, Until We Begin to Look Above" - Jeffery Battle, The Aerospace Professor 
  Experienced the life of the author Jeffery Battle, also known as The Aerospace Professor: The Man and The Brand. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Battle Enterprises, LLC and its subsidiary The Aerospace Professor Company. With a small amount of imagination, the sheer continuation of true-life experiences of The Aerospace Professor is similar to what a Tom Hanks character like Forrest Gump might go through. His autobiography and experiences from childhood to maturity, detail an incredible number of adverse circumstances and perceived setbacks while uncovering unlikely success stories despite the gravity of the events individually. 
  Witness the emotional, dynamic, and riveting journey throughout the development of his flagship aerospace advocacy business with philanthropic values. His direct and indirect associations served as sources of strength. Read more about The Aerospace Professor and Taraji P. Henson, Tuskegee Airman General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Golden Frinks, The U.S. Air Force, The Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, Brooke Simpson (The Voice), Representative John D. Hall, William Earl “Bootsy” Collins, Oprah Winfrey, John Mellencamp, and Charlie Wilson. Remember to always “Look Above.” 
  The mantra of The Aerospace Professor’s brand is “Look Above” which means that each day, we should continuously strive to perform at least a level higher than we originally intended. Be excited about every day in your life! Seek strength in all that motivates you and work towards not only doing your best, but doing your very best! Challenge yourself by questioning what “Look Above” means for you each day. Be flexible and adapt, seeking to eliminate failure as an option, and remember to always "Look Above". For more information, please visit our company website. 

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  Notes on Falling Leaves

  Ayub Khan Din

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  A poignant, elegiac short play from the author of East is East.
  As his mother fades away, a son returns to the house where he grew up. It is empty, but full of reminders of how she once was. She, meanwhile, has her own foggy memories and feelings about why they try to communicate, but just can't.
  'wonderful, Beckettian evocation of a mind struggling to comprehend the loss of its own faculties and the running down of the self' - Evening Standard
  'Ab Khan Din's deeply moving new play lasts only 50 minutes, but it conjures up a world of loss, love and grief. At times the writing is as spare as Samuel Beckett's, but there is also a warmth, and a vivid eye for detail, that make the piece overwhelming in its emotional impact' - Daily Telegraph

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  A Waiter Made of Glass - Stories...

  Verlyn Flieger

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  Award-winning author Verlyn Flieger takes readers through a series of insightful short stories exploring tragic aspects of human nature. A few of the tales are dark, others a bit lighter, but all celebrate the creativity of storytelling. The second part of the book is a collection of new poetry unearthing the wonders of language, the mundane, and grief and mourning as part of life—the dark spot within the light. Death is the inevitable, inescapable result of mortality, and grief is the price the living pay for that condition. Readers are invited to join in the journey, take some comfort in the knowledge of shared darkness, and know that even within the dark moments, there is always at least a speck of splintered light.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Paintings - 12...

  Edith Wharton, Ford Madox, Anne...

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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 - Paintings - An Introduction 
  02 - Portrait d'une Femme by Ezra Pound 
  03 - Botticlelli’s Madonna in the Louvre by Edith Wharton 
  04 - To a Beautiful Female Portrait by Henry Alford 
  05 - Before a Painting by James Weldon Johnson 
  06 - The Portrait by Ford Madox Ford 
  07 - Her Portrait Immortal by Richard Le Gallienne 
  08 - On a Portrait of Dante by Giotto by James Russell Lowell 
  09 - Sonnet 83 - I Never Saw That You Did Painting Need by William Shakespeare 
  10 - An Inscription for Zheng Shujin's Painting by Qiu Jin 
  11 - I Would Not Paint a Picture by Emily Dickinson 
  12 - To the Painter, To Draw Him a Picture by Robert Herrick 
  13 - To the Painter of an Ill Drawn Picture of Cleone by Anne Kingsmill-Finch

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