Poetry
Explore a world of emotions through our Poetry collection at Thryft. Discover works by renowned poets like Rumi, Robert Frost, and Maya Angelou. Our selection also features contemporary voices such as Warsan Shire and Ocean Vuong.
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Maya Angelou
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope and joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evoker her childhood with her grandmother in the American South of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover.
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Will Darbyshire
This Modern Love
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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERThis Modern Love is a unique crowdsourced book of letters, stories, and photographs about the state of modern romance by YouTuber Will Darbyshire.‘Question 1. What would you say to your ex, without judgement?’Seeking closure after a tough break-up, Will Darbyshire was driven to strike up an intimate conversation with his online audience. Posting a series of questions via his YouTube, Twitter and Instagram channels, Will asked his followers to share their innermost thoughts about their relationship experiences, in the form of hand-written letters, poems, photographs, and emails.After 6 months and over 15,000 heartfelt submissions later, from over 100 countries, This Modern Love collects these letters together to form a compendium of 21st century love, structured into the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.Tender, funny and cathartic, This Modern Love is a compelling portrait of individual desires, resentments and fears that reminds us that, whether we're in or out of love, we're not alone.
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Robin Kirkpatrick, Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy : Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
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This book is a must-read for anyone who is intrigued by the concept of redemption and the exploration of the afterlife. Dante's vivid and descriptive storytelling takes readers on a captivating journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, accompanied by his guide, Virgil. You will be enlightened by the allegorical exploration of faith, desire, and enlightenment, and moved by the profound depth of Dante's poetry. This edition, translated by Robin Kirkpatrick, strikes the perfect balance between readability and maintaining the essence of Dante's original work. It's a truly immersive and transformative experience that will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
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Kevin Stanton, Robert S. Miola, William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
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"Much Ado About Nothing is a must-read for anyone who loves witty banter and mischievous scheming. Shakespeare's masterful play is brought to life by Kevin Stanton's enchanting paper-cut illustrations, and Robert Miola's illuminating essays provide a fascinating glimpse into the historical and literary context of the play. Readers will be swept away by the hilarious antics of Beatrice and Benedick as they navigate the treacherous waters of love and deception."
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R.K. Narayan, John Lee, Pankaj Mishra
The Ramayana : A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian Epic
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The Ramayana is, quite simply, the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling 'Almost every individual living in India,' writes R. K. Narayan in the Introduction to this new interpretation, 'is aware of the story of The Ramayana. Everyone of whatever age, outlook, education or station in life knows the essential part of the epic and adores the main figures in it - Rama and Sita. Every child is told the story at bedtime . . . The Ramayana pervades our cultural life.' Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki, probably around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless variant versions in different languages. Here, drawing his inspiration from the work of an eleventh-century Tamil poet called Kamban, Narayan has used the talents of a master novelist to recreate the excitement and joy he has found in the original. It can be enjoyed and appreciated, he suggests, for its psychological insight, its spiritual depth and its practical wisdom - or just as a thrilling tale of abduction, battle and courtship played out in a universe thronged with heroes, deities and demons.
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Will Darbyshire
This Modern Love
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In the tradition of Post Secret and Other People’s Love Letters, a crowdsourced compilation of letters, stories, and art work about the modern state of love and relationships, edited by rising filmmaker and beloved YouTube vlogger Will Darbyshire.“What would you say to your ex, without judgment?”This is the question filmmaker and vlogger Will Darbyshire posed to hundreds of thousands of his closest friends on YouTube. Seeking closure after a tough break-up, Will was driven to strike up an intimate conversation with his online audience, and to get at the heart of one of life’s unknowable yet universal love.Over a period of six months, Will posed a series of questions to his audience and asked them to reveal their innermost feelings about their own romantic experiences in the form of hand-written letters, poems, photographs, and emails.The result is a curated collection of responses that are, at turns, funny, dark, confessional, awkward, comforting, and uplifting. This Modern Love is a compelling portrait of individual desires, fantasies, resentments, and fears that reminds us that, whether we’re in or out of love, we’re not alone.
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Joel Conarroe
Six American Poets - An Anthology
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This anthology is a must-read for anyone interested in American literature. It features 247 poems from some of the most famous poets in the country, including Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Each poet's unique style and perspective is showcased in their works, making this anthology a diverse and comprehensive representation of American poetry.
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C.S. Lewis
Poems
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Poems by C.S. Lewis offers a diverse set of poetry styles that can cater to all poetry lovers. Its rich language and vivid imagery provide readers with an immersive experience, making it a great choice for those who seek inspiration and motivation through poetry.
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Anthony Esolen, Dante Alighieri
Inferno
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This book is a timeless classic that takes you on a poetic journey through the depths of hell, purgatory, and paradise. With extensive notes and reproductions of Dante's sources, it's perfect for those interested in literature, theology, and philosophy. The illustrations by Gustave Doré also add a unique and immersive visual dimension to the experience.
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Alan Brissenden, William Shakespeare
As You Like It: The Oxford Shakespeare
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With its witty heroine Rosalind, who has the longest role of Shakespeare's female characters, As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted and most performed comedy. This edition includes numerous illustrations of productions and reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. It also examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness, and provides detailed annotations investigating the play's allusive and often bawdy language.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales
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The Canterbury Tales is an iconic work of literature that showcases the timeless themes of human nature, love, and morality through a series of entertaining stories. It is a must-read for readers who enjoy medieval tales and wish to delve into one of the major works of English literature. The book's charm lies in its diverse range of stories, which are told by a group of colorful characters, making it an enjoyable and insightful read.
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Shel Silverstein
Where the sidewalk ends 30th Anniversary edition
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This 30th Anniversary Special Edition includes 12 extra poems for an even more fantastic experience.Come in... for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins.Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings stretches the bounds of imagination and will be cherished by readers of all ages.
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Carol T. Christ, M.H. Abrams, Stephen Greenblatt
The Norton Anthology of English Literature
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This book would be a great read for anyone studying English literature, from high school to university level. The Norton Anthology offers a comprehensive compilation of British literature from the medieval period to contemporary works, accompanied by insightful commentaries and annotations. With its wide range of works and teachable groupings, this book is an unmatched value for anyone looking to dive deeper into the English literary canon.
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William Shakespeare
MERCHANT OF VENICE
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The Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps the reader to understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. Each play in the series contains the complete text with an extensive range of notes, background information on Shakespeare's England, suggestions for further reading,a brief biograohy of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays.
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N.W. Bawcutt, William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure: The Oxford Shakespeare
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When Claudio breaks the new laws against vice in Vienna by getting his financee, Julietta, pregnant, a series of ethical issues is brought under scrutiny. His sister's virtue is held to ransom by the deputy rule of the city until justice is done, mercy shown, and order restored. This is among Shakespeare's most vivid dramatic projections of moral duplicity. The introduction discusses the origins of his treatment of the well-known story and examines his sources. The editor also sets the play in its historical context and offers the most comprehensive available account of the text's theatrical life from Restoration adaptations to present-day productions.
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Jeanette Winterson, Carol Ann Duffy
The World's Wife
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With an introduction by Jeanette WintersonThis unique collection of poems from the Poet Laureate, filled with her characteristic wit, is a feminist classic and a modern take on age-old mythology.Who? Him. The Husband. Hero. Hunk.The Boy Next Door. The Paramour. The Je t'adore.Behind every famous man is a great woman - and from the quick-tongued Mrs Darwin to the lascivious Frau Freud, from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself, each one steps from her counterpart's shadow to tell her side of the story in this irresistible collection.Original, subversive, full of imagination and quicksilver wit, The World's Wife is Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy at her beguiling best.
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Alden T. Vaughan, William Shakespeare
Tempest
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Recommended for Shakespeare enthusiasts and those who appreciate themes of power dynamics and redemption. The Tempest's unique feature is its blend of fantastical elements with human emotions and relationships, making it a timeless classic in literature.
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Neil Gaiman
Fragile Things : includes How to Talk to Girls at Parties
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Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author Neil Gaiman's collection of extraordinary short stories featuring How to Talk to Girls at Parties, soon to be a major film release starring Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning and Alex Sharp. From the author American Gods, now a major TV series for Amazon Prime Video, Fragile Things shows one of the world's most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers.Let me tell you stories of the months of the year, of ghosts and heartbreak, of dread and desire. Or after-hours drinking and unanswered phones, of good deeds and bad days, of trusting wolves and how to talk to girls at parties.There are stories within stories, whispered in the quiet of the night, shouted above the roar of the day, and played out between lovers and enemies, strangers and friends. But all, all are fragile things made of just 26 letters arranged and rearranged to form tales and imaginings which will dazzle your senses, haunt your imagination and move you to the very depths of your soul.
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Euripides, John Davie, Richard Rutherford
The Bacchae And Other Plays
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Euripides (c.484-406 B.C.) was the most controversial of the three great Greek tragedians and the most modern. His major themes- religious scepticism, the injustices suffered by women and the destructive folly of war-are issues still vitally important today.
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William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
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Recommended for those who enjoy classic tragedies with themes of love and conflict. This book is known for its timeless story that still resonates with audiences today, as well as its poetic language, memorable characters, and exploration of the dangers of intense emotion.
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William Shakespeare
"Love's Labour's Lost"
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This edition of Love''s Labour''s lost provide s a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and comment ary on the same pages as the text and an in-depth survey of critical approaches to the play. '
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Peter Green, C. Ovid
The Poems of Exile : Tristia and the Black Sea Letters
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In the year A.D. 8, Emperor Augustus sentenced the elegant, brilliant, and sophisticated Roman poet Ovid to exile—permanently, as it turned out—at Tomis, modern Constantza, on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea. The real reason for the emperor's action has never come to light, and all of Ovid's subsequent efforts to secure either a reprieve or, at the very least, a transfer to a less dangerous place of exile failed. Two millennia later, the agonized, witty, vivid, nostalgic, and often slyly malicious poems he wrote at Tomis remain as fresh as the day they were written, a testament for exiles everywhere, in all ages.The two books of the Poems of Exile, the Lamentations (Tristia) and the Black Sea Letters (Epistulae ex Ponto), chronicle Ovid's impressions of Tomis—its appalling winters, bleak terrain, and sporadic raids by barbarous nomads—as well as his aching memories and ongoing appeals to his friends and his patient wife to intercede on his behalf. While pretending to have lost his old literary skills and even to be forgetting his Latin, in the Poems of Exile Ovid in fact displays all his virtuoso poetic talent, now concentrated on one objective: ending the exile. But his rhetorical message falls on obdurately deaf ears, and his appeals slowly lose hope. A superb literary artist to the end, Ovid offers an authentic, unforgettable panorama of the death-in-life he endured at Tomis.
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Elizabeth Seely, John Seely, Stuart McKeown
The Merchant of Venice (new edition)
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The Merchant of Venice (new edition) (Heinemann Shakespeare) [Hardcover] Seely, John; Seely, Elizabeth and McKeown, Stuart
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Jill L. Levenson, William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet: The Oxford Shakespeare
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Recommended for those who appreciate timeless romance. Shakespeare's thematic mastery shines in this iconic play.
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ladybookmad, Amanda Lovelace
the witch doesn't burn in this one
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The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, relatable poems encourage resilience and embolden women to take control of their own stories. Enemies try to judge, oppress, and marginalize her, but the witch doesn’t burn in this one.
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Charles Bukowski
Love is a Dog From Hell
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This collection of poetry by Charles Bukowski delves deep into the complexities of love, stripping away the rose-tinted glasses and exposing its raw and sometimes heartbreakingly real nature. With his signature grit and honesty, Bukowski captures the essence of love's highs and lows, making this book a must-read for those who want a true and unfiltered representation of this universal emotion.
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Ben Marcus
The Age Of Wire And String
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This book is a collection of surreal and experimental short stories that challenge traditional narrative form. It is not for those who seek a straightforward plot or character development, but rather for those who enjoy innovative language and unconventional storytelling. The visual interpretations add another layer to this already fascinating work. Readers may come away feeling stimulated and inspired by the author's fearless approach to writing.
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William Shakespeare
Macbeth
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Recommended for fans of historical tragedies. The play explores the consequences of unchecked ambition and guilt on the human psyche. Shakespeare's poetry and language elevates the dramatic and intimate story of Macbeth to new heights.
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Unknown, Katrina C. Attwood
The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue
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Recommended for lovers of Viking folklore. The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue is a classic Icelandic Saga that features an intense love triangle and a poetic rivalry, with a fatal conclusion. The story is both savage and lyrical and presents unique insights into Viking-age culture. Fans of Norse mythology or historical fiction will appreciate this richly-detailed story.
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National Library Singapore
Tenacity: Stories Built to Last : A Literature Anthology
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Tenacity: Stories Built to Last is a must-read book for those who enjoy short stories and poems that celebrate Singapore's diverse cultural and linguistic heritage. This anthology contains well-loved works from local and international writers, all of which are written in English or translated from Chinese, Malay, and Tamil literature. As the title suggests, the book commemorates the 10th anniversary of the National Library Board's Read! Singapore campaign, showcasing the power and endurance of great writing that will inspire readers for years to come.
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Kae Tempest
Hold Your Own
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Kate Tempest, winner of the Ted Hughes Prize for Brand New Ancients and widely regarded as the UK's leading spoken word poet, has produced a new poem-sequence of electrifying power. Based on the myth of the blind prophet Tiresias, Hold Your Own is a riveting tale of youth and experience, sex and love, wealth and poverty, community and alienation. Walking in the forest one morning, a young man disturbs two copulating snakes - and is punished by the goddess Hera, who turns him into a woman. This is only the beginning of his journey . . . Weaving elements of classical myth, autobiography and social commentary, Tempest uses the story of the gender-switching, clairvoyant Tiresias to create four sequences of poems: 'childhood', 'manhood', 'womanhood' and 'blind profit'. The result is a rhythmically hypnotic tour de force - and a hugely ambitious leap forward for one of the UK's most talented and compelling young writers.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Greatest Works of Rabindranath Tagore (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
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The Greatest Works of Rabindranath Tagore is a captivating hardbound edition that includes a collection of twenty-five classic short stories, Gitanjali, his celebrated poetry, his memoir, and the well-known novel, The Home and the World. This meticulous compilation showcases Tagore's versatility as a writer and his ability to present thought-provoking stories with nuances of philosophy. With its exquisitely designed leather-bound format and small editorial notes preceding each work, this book is perfect for lovers of literature who want to indulge in stories that inspire and provoke reflection.
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Virgil, Bernard Knox, Robert Fagles
The Aeneid
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"The Fagles translation is destined to be the English Aeneid of the new century." -The Wall Street Journal Robert Fagles's award-winning translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey have sold more than a million copies and become classics in their own right. With this modern verse translation of Virgil's Aeneid, Fagles completes the classic triptych at the heart of Western civilization. Retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original, yet vibrant and contemporary, this seminal literary achievement of the ancient world is an unsparing portrait of a man caught between love, duty, and fate.
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Lewis Hyde, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth
Letters to a Young Poet
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In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), replied to the novice in this series of letters—an amazing archive of remarkable insights into the ideas behind Rilke's greatest poetry. The ten letters reproduced here were written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic development, and they contain many of the themes that later appeared in his best works. The poet himself afterwards stated that his letters contained part of his creative genius, making this volume essential reading for scholars, poetry lovers, and anyone with an interest in Rilke, German poetry, or the creative impulse.
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Kamila Shamsie
Broken Verses
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"Broken Verses" is a captivating story of love, loss, and the yearning for closure. The author, Kamila Shamsie, weaves together multiple narratives and timelines to create a tapestry of characters bound by a common thread of grief. With lyrical prose and intricate plot twists, "Broken Verses" keeps the reader engaged till the very end. The exploration of complex relationships, particularly between mother and daughter, is a standout feature of the book. Highly recommended for those who enjoy literary fiction with a touch of mystery.
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Juan Mascaró, Anonymous
The Dhammapada
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The Dhammapada is a must-read for those interested in Buddhist philosophy and morals. The book is filled with short, yet thought-provoking aphorisms that offer insight into the human condition and ways to achieve inner peace. The book's most distinctive feature is its ability to provide practical wisdom through concise and relatable stories. Readers will find this book to be both inspirational and enlightening as it offers guidance on how to better navigate the complexities of life.
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William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
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For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night'Though not actually a tragedy, the story of the two 'star-crossed lovers' bears witness to Shakespeare's growing skill in shaping tragic drama.As Romeo and Juliet come from opposing families, their love must be concealed until after their marriage. But Romeo has been banished for avenging the death of Mercutio and, despite the well-meaning intervention of Friar Laurence, fate ensures that theirs is a wedding that will never take place.This edition of the text contains notes, a glossary and an introduction.
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Paul Verlaine
Poems
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This book of poetry by Paul Verlaine is a must-read for anyone who loves to be swept away by the emotional power of verse. Verlaine's writing is raw and evocative, capturing the essence of the human experience in beautifully crafted stanzas. A true gem for all lovers of poetry.
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Mark Z. Danielewski
The Whalestoe Letters : From House of Leaves
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Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Lièvre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love.Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves , this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.
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Katherine Duncan-Jones, William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets
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The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography.
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Stephen Orgel, A.R. Braunmuller, William Shakespeare
Macbeth
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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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William Shakespeare
"Troilus and Cressida"
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Richmond Lattimore, David Grene, Sophocles
The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles, Pt.1 v. 8
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"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."—Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase."— Times Education Supplement"These translations belong to our time. A keen poetic sensibility repeatedly quickens them; and without this inner fire the most academically flawless rendering is dead."—Warren D. Anderson, American Oxonian"The critical commentaries and the versions themselves...are fresh, unpretentious, above all, functional."— Commonweal"Grene is one of the great translators."—Conor Cruise O'Brien, London Sunday Times"Richmond Lattimore is that rara avis in our age, the classical scholar who is at the same time an accomplished poet."—Dudley Fitts, New York Times Book Review
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Michael Faudet
Smoke & Mirrors
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Recommendation: Smoke & Mirrors is a captivating collection of poetry, prose, and short stories that delves into the depths of love and heartbreak. Michael Faudet's sensual and whimsical writing style immerses the reader into a world of raw emotions, where they can experience the joy of falling in love and the ache of a broken heart. Whether you're a fan of poetry or simply looking for a book that will tug at your heartstrings, Smoke & Mirrors is a must-read.
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Richard Janko, Aristotle
Poetics (Janko Edition)
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Richard Janko's acclaimed translation of Aristotle's Poetics is accompanied by the most comprehensive commentary available in English that does not presume knowledge of the original Greek. Two other unique features are Janko's translations with notes of both the Tractatus Coislinianus, which is argued to be a summary of the lost second book of the Poetics, and fragments of Aristotle’s dialogue On Poets, including recently discovered texts about catharsis, which appear in English for the first time.
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Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice
Selected Poems
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This book is a must-read for poetry lovers seeking an immersive experience in the beauty of Rabindranath Tagore's words. With a collection of selected poems, this book offers a glimpse into Tagore's profound insights into life, love, and spirituality. Each poem, thoughtfully translated, carries the essence of Tagore's original work, leaving readers captivated by the power of his words that transcend language and cultural boundaries. Allow yourself to be immersed in the timeless beauty of Tagore's poetry with this enlightening collection.
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Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad
the princess saves herself in this one
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"Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wishing ourselves into the pages of our favorite fairy tales."A poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. Explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations.
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Dante Alighieri, Robert Pinsky
The Inferno of Dante
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"The Inferno of Dante" is a great read for those who enjoy epic journeys and tales of hell. Dante's poetic language takes readers on a thrilling adventure through different levels of the underworld, with vivid descriptions of punishments for various sins, while also showcasing his moral and political views. This particular translation by Robert Pinsky is very accessible and captures the essence of the original work accurately, making it perfect for students and general readers who want to experience the thrill of Dante's journey in a more comprehensible form.
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Nina MacLaughlin
Wake, Siren - Ovid Resung
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In fierce, textured voices, the women of Ovid's Metamorphoses claim their stories and challenge the power of mythI am the home of this story. After thousands of years of other people's tellings, of all these different bridges, of words gotten wrong, I'll tell it myself.Seductresses and she-monsters, nymphs and demi-goddesses, populate the famous myths of Ovid's Metamorphoses. But what happens when the story of the chase comes in the voice of the woman fleeing her rape? When the beloved coolly returns the seducer's gaze? When tales of monstrous transfiguration are sung by those transformed? In voices both mythic and modern, Wake, Siren revisits each account of love, loss, rape, revenge, and change. It lays bare the violence that undergirds and lurks in the heart of Ovid's narratives, stories that helped build and perpetuate the distorted portrayal of women across centuries of art and literature.Drawing on the rhythms of epic poetry and alt rock, of everyday speech and folk song, of fireside whisperings and therapy sessions, Nina MacLaughlin, the acclaimed author of Hammer Head, recovers what is lost when the stories of women are told and translated by men. She breathes new life into these fraught and well-loved myths.
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Angie Manfredi
Other F Word - A Celebration Of The Fat & Fierce
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The (Other) F Word would be a great read for someone struggling with body image and looking for relatable and diverse stories. The book offers a collection of personal essays, prose, poetry, fashion tips and art, all created by fat writers, influencers and creators. What makes this book unique is that it emphasizes that fat people telling their own stories, with no judgement. The (Other) F Word is an inspiring and empowering read that promotes body acceptance and self-love.
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Immerse yourself in the world of Poetry
At Thryft, we value the power of words. Poetry can encapsulate feelings that are hard to express, offering solace and clarity. Our collection includes timeless classics, vibrant modern works, and significant contributions from local poets. Delve into these verses to enrich your mind and soul. Whether you're a poetry novice or a seasoned reader, find the perfect piece that speaks to you.
If you're new to poetry, consider starting with accessible poets like Rupi Kaur for modern emotional expressions, or explore classics by Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, known for their timeless appeal.
Absolutely! Thryft proudly features works by Asian poets including acclaimed authors like Ocean Vuong and Rizal Varma, highlighting diverse voices from the region.
Certainly! Our collection features nature-themed poetry, celebrating the beauty of the natural world. Discover authors like Mary Oliver whose works you can find in our Nature section.
Yes, we have a variety of poetry books suitable for young adults. Young readers might enjoy the modern style of poets like Amanda Lovelace. Explore more options in our Young Adult section.
Contemporary poetry has expanded to incorporate diverse voices and styles, reflecting current societal issues and emotions. Authors like Warsan Shire and Claudia Rankine have broken new ground, resonating with today's readers.