Splendid and surprising prose poems from one of Norway's most imaginative poetsThe sixty-one prose poems collected in The Mountains of Kong find magic in the little absurdities of everyday life and are populated by an unpredictable cast that includes kings and codfish and elephants, a couple looking for a surrogate for their tears, and a lemming on the run.Presented here in both English translations and their original Nynorsk, and with an introduct...

"There isn't a flaw or misstep or a lack of humility on a single page. . . . I invite you to turn to just one page, to any page, and to let what's there wash over you with its beauty, its clarity, its precision, and its delicately balanced emotional weight." -Ted Kooser"Robert Hedin is one of the quietest, most spiritually sensate poets of our time." -Olga Broumas"Every poem is a creation myth," writes poet Robert Hedin. This long overdue retrospective, spanning forty years...

Geïnspireerd door de traditionele folklore uit Engeland en Frankrijk schreef Kate Mosse een sfeervolle, spookachtige verhalenbundel over dolende zielen die op wraak zinnen, vrouwen die zich verliezen in verdriet en mannen die hun onvermijdelijke lot proberen te aanvaarden.In elk verhaal toont Mosse zich een meester in het bespelen van alle facetten van de menselijke emotie en een groot kenner van de decors die ze kiest, zoals de robuuste landschappen van Sussex, Bretagne en de Lang...

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Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize* Poet Laureate of the United States ** A New York Times Notable Book of 2011 and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice ** A New Yorker, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year *New poetry by the award-winning poet Tracy K. Smith, whose "lyric brilliance and political impulses never falter" (Publishers Weekly, starred review...

Remember trying to learn a language at school? Remember trying to get your head around conjugating verbs? Past tense, present tense, present participle, imperfect subjunctive? Yes, that's right, it was all mind numbing. Language is not about perfect grammar. Language is about communication. Why not try our system. Learn to communicate quickly and easily in another language.

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Annie Dillard has spent a lifetime examining the world around her with eyes wide open, drinking in all things intensely and relentlessly. Whether observing a sublime lunar eclipse or a moth consumed in a candle flame, the trembling of lily pads on a pond or hundreds of red-winged blackbirds taking flight, Dillard's awe at the fragility of the natural world rejuvenates and inspires pleasure and heartache. Precise in language and deeply meditative in spirit, this is a landmark collection fro...

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