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Selected for his readings on public radio's "The Writer's Almanac, " the 185 poems in this follow-up to his acclaimed anthology "Good Poems" are perfect for today's troubled...
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The largest and richest volume of poetry by Pessoa available in English...
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This unique anthology offers a more comprehensive look at the poems of Christopher Marlowe, England's first great poet and playwright...
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This classic work from the influential 18th century economist is new to Penguin Classics. Introduction by Amartya Sen...
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In his charmingly down-to-earth voice, the late astronomer Carl Sagan discusses the relationship between religion and science and describes his own personal search to understand the...
Offering a cross section of hidden infrastructure, this title uses innovative graphic images and clear text explanations to answer questions about the way things work in a modern c...
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Part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, and part chapbook, this compilation of Kalman's "New York Times" columns form an intricately interconnected world view...
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In this succinct and accessible summary of the facts supporting the theory of natural selection, Coyne dispels common misunderstandings and fears about evolution and clearly confirms...
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Following the phenomenal success of his own version of the "Tao Te Ching, " a renowned scholar and translator delivers a 21st-century form of ancient wisdom into the modern world...
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The final book in Evan's three-volume history of Hitler's Germany, hailed a masterpiece by "The New York Times, The Third Reich at War" lays bare the most momentous and tragic...
With a scholar's insight and a storyteller's flair, Hale takes readers on an illustrated tour of the heroes and their turbulent, far-flung expeditions, and brings back to...
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A collection of beautiful anedotes, delicious recipes, and memorable scenes from the Mitford books by #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon. Millions of readers have discovered...
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One of America's brightest stars in the field explains the meaning of poetry in everyday life, shows how to read it, and tells readers why poetry is important...
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Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz selects and introduces 300 of his favorite poems in this "magnificent collection" that ranges "widely across time and continents, from eighth century China...
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The last major verse written by the Nobel laureate, including "Burnt Norton, " "East Coker, " "The Dry Salvages, " and "Little Gidding. "...
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Eliot's famous collection of nonsense verse about cats-the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. This edition features pen-and-ink drolleries by Edward Gorey t...
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With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built--meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. Drawing on poems...
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