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Леся Українка (Лариса Петрівна Косач) — українська письменниця, перекладач, культурний діяч. Писала у жанрі поезії, лірики, епосу, драми, прозі, публіцистики. Також працювала на ниві фольклористики (220 народних мелодій записано з її голосу). Бояриня — драматична поема, написана впродовж трьох днів у Хельвані (біля Каїра, Єгипет-Міср). Це єдиний твір письменниці, який базується на українській історії. Події в поемі розгортаються в часи Руїни (60-ті роки XVII ст.) на Лівобережній Україні та у Москві.

Un incendio en la catedral de Turín, donde se venera la Sábana Santa, y la muerte en él de un hombre al que habían cortado la lengua, son los detonantes de una trepidante investigación policial del Departamento del Arte, capitaneado por el detective Marco Valoni. Junto a la perspicaz y atractiva historiadora Sofia Galloni y una periodista ávida de preguntas, el grupo de Valoni deberá resolver un enigma que arranca de los templarios y llega hasta la actualidad.

The Truth About Magic builds on the pains and joys of romance explored in Love Her Wild and the New York Times best seller, The Dark Between Stars - heartbreaks and falling in love, looking back and looking inwards - by taking a fresh, awakened journey outward. An adventure into the great unknown. It’s about finding ourselves, our purpose, and the simple joys of life.

In the beginning of Paradise Lost, Satan has ben banished to Hell and is working to organize the angels who fell with him and create his new kingdom. While a constant angelic war rages, Satan begins to wield his influence on the first humans created on Earth, and soon tempts them into defying God by using wit and logic to tempt Eve. The actions get Adam and Eve banished from paradise, and in the aftermath of their sin they get to glimpse the future of humanity based on their actions.

"Whispers of the Heart" is a captivating anthology that explores the multifaceted dimensions of love. Through poignant verses and lyrical imagery, the book delves into the intricacies of passion, longing, and intimacy.

Si alguna vez sentiste que no podías más, si te rompieron el corazón, si confiaste a ciegas y te apuñalaron por la espalda, si creíste que después del dolor no había nada más, este libro es para ti. En Valentía II encontramos el reflejo de alguien que supo abrazar el dolor y convertirlo en vuelo, como un colibrí renaciendo después de una noche fría de invierno. Kelbin Torres, una vez más, abre las puertas de su alma para mostrarnos que cada caída no es más que un impulso para ser valientes y continuar.

Rese Barrett and Lance Michelli have agreed to run her Sonoma B&B as partners. But Lance is still driven to unravel the mystery behind papers he found buried in the basement there: papers left by his grandfather, who built this house two generations ago. Now they have gone to Lance's family in New York to find some answers.

Did you know that construction of the bridges was historically fiercely opposed by watermen who demanded compensation for inconvenience? Or that the first London Bridge dates back to the Romans? In a one of a kind guide to secrets of London famous famous bridges, viaducts, highwalks and footbridges, written in original elegantly composed narrative verse, one finds these any more answers!

In the gentle world of one of England’s beautiful old cathedral towns, crisis looms: Funds are short, and the cathedral is in need of major repair. One faction of the community argues that the obvious solution is to abolish the expensive, and nowadays rather irrelevant, boys’ choir. But of course, there are those who disagree: the choir school’s headmaster, a conscientious scholar somewhat out of his depth with his elusive, poetical wife; the cathedral organist and choirmaster, brilliant, wayward, and in love with the lead chorister’s married mother; the former lead chorister, now twenty-three and directionless....

From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, Slug is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose. Slug is about the human condition: of birth and death and how we manage the possibilities in between.

Сколько слов, стихов, песен сложено о любви! Чувстве, которое близко людям всех поколений, чувстве, которое будоражит кровь и разум, чувстве, которое рождает потрясающие по своей силе строки и метафоры... Любовная лирика – пожалуй, один из самых красивых жанров, по сути это сама жизнь, переданная автором в образах и строфах. Именно со стихотворений о любви чаще всего начинается творческий путь поэта, становление его рифмы и слога. XIX–XX вв. подарил нам прекрасные образцы любовной лирики: стихотворения М. Лермонтова и Ф. Тютчева, А. Блока и К. Бальмонта, М. Цветаевой и А. Ахматовой и многих других.

Dante’s conception of Purgatory involves principles of comparative awareness and the possibility of change. To course over better waters the little boat / of my imagination raises her sails, / and leaves behind her that sea so cruel. The process of listening to Dante’s Comedy is a journey into not just literature but into the mysteries of human nature and its capacity for unhappiness and happiness, folly and wisdom, rejection and wonder over the miracles of creation and existence.

It is the year 778. The mighty French army, led by Emperor Charlemagne, confronts Saracen forces in the bloody Battle of Roncevaux Pass. In the course of this thrilling epic poem we follow the emperor’s hot-headed nephew Roland into battle. We are privy to the deal struck between the Saracen king Marsilie and Roland’s conniving stepfather Guene.

Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new audiences. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, race, and gender into an unforgettable whole.

Originally published in 1923, the book begins with a man named Almustafa living on an island called Orphalese. Locals consider him something of a sage, but he is from elsewhere and has waited twelve years for the right ship to take him home. From a hill above the town, he sees his ship coming into the harbor, and realizes his sadness at leaving the people he has come to know. The elders of the city ask him not to leave. He is asked to tell of his philosophy of life before he goes, to speak his truth to the crowds gathered. What he has to say forms the basis of the book.

Annie Zook struggles to keep her promise to her preacher father to abandon her art and prove her worthiness to "join church". At the same time she is dangerously close to succumbing to another forbidden desire - a relationship with the handsome Englisher whose interest in her is more than mere curiosity. Yet Ben Martin has secrets of his own.

Poetry Rx presents 50 great poems as seen through the eyes of a renowned psychiatrist and New York Times best seller. In this book, you will find insights into love, sorrow, ecstasy, and everything in between: love in the moment or for a lifetime; love that is fulfilling or addictive; when to break up and how to survive when someone breaks up with you.

From the author of Musings, Woolgathering, & Ghosts comes a second volume of poetic prose and her own blend of Haiku and imagery, that will bring extraordinary insight into everyday life for everyone.

The Golden Key is a beautiful allegory of life, death, and the afterlife. This story follows a young boy and girl as they embark on strange adventures that help them to better understand the circumstances of their own lives as well as those surrounding life itself. Their wanderings and discoveries bring them hope for life after death.

I present thee with the life and death of Mr. Badman indeed: Yea, I do trace him in his life, from his childhood to his death; that thou mayest, as in a glass, behold with thine own eyes, the steps that take hold of Hell; and also discern, while thou art hearing of Mr. Badman's death, whether thou thy self art treading in his path thereto.