Penguin book of the prose poem

Penguin Book of the Prose Poem

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One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each

A prize-winning translation of the most widely known and popular collection of Japanese poetryHyakunin Isshu is the most famous and popular collection of Japanese poetry, and the first work of Japanese literature ever to be translated into English. Compiled in the fourteenth century, the book is a collection of one hundred waka poems (a precursor of haiku), dating back to...

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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe - McCullers Carson

Anotace: Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterrane...

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Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control - Russell Stuart

Anotace: FROM THE BBC REITH LECTURER 2021`The most important book I have read in quite some time` Daniel Kahneman; `A must-read` Max Tegmark; `The book we`ve all been waiting for` Sam HarrisHumans dream of super-intelligent machines. But what happens if we actually succeed?Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, accordin...

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The Retreat - Pearse Sarah

Anotace: Most are here to recharge and refresh.But someone`s here for revenge . . .The new atmospheric locked-room thriller from the author of The Sanatorium, the bestselling crime thriller debut of 2021.___________________________________This is a warning for all our guests at the wellness retreat.A woman`s body has been found at the bottom of the cliff beneath the yoga...

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The Familiar: Limited Exclusive Edition - Bardugo Leigh

Anotace: FATE CAN BE CHANGED.CURSES CAN BE BROKEN.In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court.Determined to seize this chance to better he...

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Liberation Day : Stories - Saunders George, Saunders George

Anotace: The "best short-story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose-wickedly funny, unsentimental, and exquisitely tuned-Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: Here is a collect...

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To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods - Chang Molly X.

Anotace: Red Queen meets These Violent Delights and Iron Widow in an epic anti-colonial YA fantasy from debut author Molly X. Chang.`A thrilling tale of magic and murder, intrigue and betrayal.` Cassandra Clare`Hauntingly poetic prose` Xiran Jay Zhao`A tender and brutal fantasy that will leave readers breathless and eager for more` Rebecca RossKnown as The Girl Blessed B...

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Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control - Stuart Russell

<p>FROM THE BBC REITH LECTURER 2021'The most important book I have read in quite some time' Daniel Kahneman; 'A must-read' Max Tegmark; 'The book we've all been waiting for' Sam HarrisHumans dream of super-intelligent machines. But what happens if we actually succeed?Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, according...

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Sense of Style

What is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? This book tells about the modern a

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On the Road, 1. vydání - Jack Kerouac

<p>On the Road by Jack Kerouac is the exhilarating novel that defined the Beat Generation and is a 2012 major motion picture starring Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. 'What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody ...

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In Memoriam: THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - Alice Winn

<p>It was only because Gaunt knew he might die, that he could be so reckless as to kiss him.In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him, always...

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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences (0141182571)

Kniha - autor Truman Capote, 352 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Controversial and compelling, In Cold Blood reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. Truman Capote's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had o...

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Madame Bovary, 1. vydání - Gustave Flaubert

<p>The must-have deluxe edition of one of the world's most celebrated novels, in a critically acclaimed translation by Lydia Davis Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, she spends lavishly on clothes and on her home and embarks on two disappointing affairs in an effort to make her life everything she believes it should be. Soon hear...

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Poet in New York

Features a poem expressing tortured feelings of alienation and dislocation. This book also offers translations of the poet's letters as well as a lect

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As Far as I Know

A book of poems that includes a series of haiku inspired by a London tube strike and a striking reworking of the author's famous 1960s poem 'Let Me Di

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Lonesome Traveler

The author roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records, in prose of pure poetry, life on the road. In this book, he reveals both

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Celtic Miscellany

Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this book offers a blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the n

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Lonesome Traveller - Jack Kerouac

<p>The author roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records, in prose of pure poetry, life on the road. In this book, he reveals both the endless diversity of human life and his own high-spirited philosophy of self-fulfilment.</p>

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Goblin Market and Other Poems - Christina G. Rossetti

<p>A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set, these slim, A format volumes are the ultimate gift editions for poetry lovers. Goblin Market and Other Poems was ...

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Ada or Ardor - Vladimir Nabokov

<p>'A great work of art, radiant and rapturous, affirming the power of love and imagination' The New York Times Book Review Ada or Ardor is a romance that follows Ada from her first childhood meeting with Van Veen on his uncle's country estate, in a 'dream-bright' America, through eighty years of rapture, as they cross continents, are continually parted and reunite...

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Tomas Nevinson - Javier Marias

<p>BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half century'No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Marias . . . If you're already a fan, you'll know what to expect and rejoice. If you're not, what a treat you have in store' The HeraldTomas Nevinson, a retired MI6 agent, is working for t...

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Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect - Benjamin Stevenson

<p>THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR PICK, EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE*'Clever, satisfying, impossible to put down and gloriously inventive. It's fantastic' STUART TURTONSIX WRITERS. FIVE DETECTIVES. FOUR DAYS. THREE WEAPONS. TWO MURDERS. ONE TRAIN . . .When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their ...

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The Philosophy of Modern Song - Dylan Bob

Anotace: The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan`s first book of new writing since 2004`s Chronicles: Volume One - and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a masterclass on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over 60 essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to E...

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The Philosophy of Modern Song - Bob Dylan

<p>The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One — and since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over 60 essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen F...

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The Iliad - Homér

Anotace: A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer`s great epic, in E. V. Rieu`s classic translation.The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization - an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and the cornerstone of Western culture. The story centres on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which ...

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Afternoon Raag

Winner of the Encore Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for FictionA beguiling, short and yet sweeping prose-poem, Afternoon Raag is the accou

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Turtlemen

Turtlemen... a myth born from the loss of myth. A book of prose, poem and play arising from generations of a people who were isolated on the mid-Atla

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Little Birds - Nin Anais

Anotace: Anais Nin`s second volume of erotic short stories after Delta of Venus, Little Birds is broader in scope, encompassing the entire breadth of human sensuality. Each of the 13 stories captures a moment of pure desire, in all its complexity and paradoxical simplicity. Anais Nin (1903-77), born in Paris, was the daughter of a Franco-Danish singer and a Cuban pianist...

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You Caught Me Kissing

Dorothy is delicious-her poems are like her. . . warm, funny, sexy, deep and very loving. How lucky her children are-to have learned how to love. . .I love you, Dorothy. -Barbra StreisandDorothy Bridges celebrates life and love in all its permutations and we are invited along to share in the festivities. You Caught Me Kissing" is full of love, humor, hope and inspiration....

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