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  Summer in Kentbury

  Claudia Burgoa

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  When life is too much, and you can’t hack it, what do you do?
   
  Go back home, right?
   
  It’s just the logical thing to do.
   
  At a young age, I learned that Kentbury is kind of magical—and great at maple syrup.
   
  I packed my things, drove to my parent’s house and …
   
  I found Sinclair McFolley— irresistibly brooding, and dangerously handsome.
   
  He and his siblings took possession of my childhood home.
   
  What the f. . . obviously it’s a mistake.
   
  It wasn’t.
   
  So now my plans are to either go back home or stay in Kentbury helping the McFolleys with their summer camp.
   
  It's all fun and games until feelings start getting in the way.
   
  Challenges turn into opportunities.
   
  And suddenly the summer fling I never planned on might become the romance of a lifetime.
   
  Maybe Kentbury isn’t just a place to escape to—it’s where I was meant to find myself all along.
   
  From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa pens a summer romance novella set up in Kentbury.
   
  Featuring:
   
  Billionaire
   
  Friends to Lovers
   
  Forced Proximity Romance
   
  Vacation / Time Limit Romance
   
  Small Town Romance

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  Emaux et Camees

  Théophile Gauthier

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  Emaux et Camées by Théophile Gautier is a celebrated collection of poetry that stands as a defining work of the nineteenth-century aesthetic movement. Renowned for its precision, elegance, and devotion to artistic beauty, this volume reflects Gautier's belief in "art for art's sake"—the idea that art exists not to moralize or instruct, but to embody pure form and refined expression.
  
  The title, which translates to Enamels and Cameos, evokes miniature works of art—carefully crafted, polished, and enduring. In the same spirit, each poem in this collection is meticulously shaped, displaying Gautier's mastery of rhythm, imagery, and structure. His verses are vivid and sculptural, transforming fleeting moments into lasting artistic impressions. Like finely carved cameos, the poems capture scenes, emotions, and reflections with delicate precision.
  
  Throughout the collection, Gautier explores themes of beauty, mythology, love, mortality, art, and memory. Classical influences blend seamlessly with romantic sensibilities, creating a body of work that feels both timeless and deeply personal. Statues, paintings, landscapes, and historical figures come alive through his lyrical craftsmanship, revealing a poet deeply attuned to visual and sensory detail.
  
  Unlike more overtly emotional or political poetry of his era, Gautier's work often maintains a controlled and polished tone. His language is exacting and musical, emphasizing balance and harmony. Yet beneath the surface refinement lies profound contemplation—meditations on the permanence of art compared to the fragility of human life, and on the enduring power of beauty in a changing world.
  
  Emaux et Camées is widely regarded as one of Gautier's finest achievements and a cornerstone of French poetic tradition. Its influence extended beyond literature, shaping later movements that valued aesthetic purity and stylistic perfection. Readers encountering this collection will discover poetry that invites careful appreciation—verses that shimmer with clarity, artistry, and enduring grace.
  
  Elegant, reflective, and masterfully composed, Emaux et Camées remains a timeless tribute to the transformative power of artistic expression.

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  Birds Knit My Ribs Together

  Phil Barnett

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  what if / I actually – am – a bird / my cupped hands / opening to release me... Phil Barnett's relationship with birds is so close that his poetry blurs the distinctions between himself and the birds - a kind of ornimorphology where rather than giving the birds human characteristics, the reverse happens, and he imagines himself as a bird. Phil Barnett is a photographer, writer, musician, artist and naturalist, who has a passion for the birds that kept him company through a long hard illness. His photography and poetry have quite a following on social media, which is where we found him, on The Daily Haiku. His skill as a photographer leads to an acute visual sensibility, and his slow recovery moves from a tick sheet his mother had to fill in for him, to extraordinary poetry - full of wit and wonder and spectacular language.

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  The Matter of Little Losses -...

  Rachel Marie Kang, K.J. Ramsey

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  Life is full of love, but it is also full of loss. Like paper cuts to the heart, every big and seemingly insignificant loss—the loss of friendships, faith, dreams, health, community, and everything in between—grieves us more than we think it will, and often more than we let on. Why? Because they matter. 
   
   
   
  In this compassionate and deeply personal book, Rachel Marie Kang invites you to see and be seen in the midst of your sorrow, your suffering—your story. Through prose and poetry that gives voice to all the things we lose along the way, this gracious book will help you 
   
   
   
  ● ponder your loss without judgment 
   
   
   
  ● remember what was and make meaning of your memories 
   
   
   
  ● reflect on what is yet to be as you heal with hope 
   
   
   
  You don't have to bury your pain, and you don't have to pretend you're over it just because the world thinks you should be. Let Rachel walk hand in hand with you, giving space for sorrow and welcoming you as you find your way along the path to healing.

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  Sherlock Holmes

  Joel Horwood

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  'Solve this, Sherlock. It may be a game to you; it isn't to me.'
  London, 1890. Fresh from the success of his first big case, Sherlock Holmes misuses his time, until an unknown woman and a mysterious jewel arrive at 221B Baker Street.
  As the chase begins, and with lives on the line, can the consulting detective – and his loyal confidant, Dr John Watson – pull back the curtain on the big show and reveal the mastermind behind this deadly conspiracy?
  A thrilling new adventure based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal characters, Joel Horwood's Sherlock Holmes premiered at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Sean Holmes.
  With more than forty memorable characters, it offers exciting opportunities for any drama group or theatre company looking for a new case to solve.

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  A Spring Harvest - Edited by JRR...

  Geoffrey Bache Smith, Charles...

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  The poems of this book were written at very various times, one (“Wind over the Sea”) I believe even as early as 1910, but the order in which they are here given is not chronological beyond the fact that the third part contains only poems written after the outbreak of the war. Of these some were written in England (at Oxford in particular), some in Wales and very many during a year in France from November 1915 to December 1916, which was broken by one leave in the middle of May. “The Burial of Sophocles,” which is here placed at the end, was begun before the war and continued at odd times and in various circumstances afterwards; the final version was sent me from the trenches. Beyond these few facts no prelude and no envoi is needed other than those here printed as their author left them. J. R. R. T.

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