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Everyone knows ‘tis the season to be jolly; when you can roast chestnuts on an open fire, treetops glisten and sleigh bells ring alongside the sound of small children’s laughter. However, if you don’t think Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year then reach for Keep Calm at Christmas and...

DISCOVER THE AMAZING POWER OF POETRY TO MAKE EVEN THE MOST F**KED UP TIMES FEEL BETTER A beautiful little book of short, simple, classic and contemporary poems to dip into, to make life feel better. From Shakespeare and Shelley to Lemn Sissay and Kate Tempest, poets have always been...

Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus, reindeer, snow, Christmas trees, egg nog and more. At the same time, it represents Christianity's most important event, the birth of the baby Jesus. Instantly, well known Christmas carols ring in your...

The sixty poems selected for Pocket Book of Poetry span more than four centuries and some rank among the greatest works of literature in the English language. Many are popular favorites and several represent the best works written by their authors, among them William Shakespeare's sonnets, Samuel...

The work here presented to the Public is compiled from the poetical writings of natives of the State of New-York. The chief object in making the collection was to give 'a local habitation and a name' to fugitive pieces, which, though deemed worthy of being thus preserved, have hitherto been circulated...

When a poem is read aloud it is easy to realize that poetry is closely related to music. Like music it awakens vague, mysterious feelings which cannot be expressed in ordinary speech; and the person who fails to catch the subtle melody of a poem gets but little from it even though he understands perfectly...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS THE BROKEN PITCHER DON FERNANDO GOMERSALEZ THE COURTSHIP OF OUR CID AMERICAN BALLADS THE FIGHT WITH THE SNAPPING TURTLE THE LAY OF MR COLT. THE DEATH OF JABEZ DOLLAR THE ALABAMA DUEL THE AMERICAN'S APOSTROPHE TO...

It is unfortunately true that the terms education and culture are not synonymous. Too often we find that the children in our public schools, while possessed of the one, are signally lacking in the other. This is a state of things that cannot be remedied by teaching mere facts. The Greeks, many years...

Rosie was going to buy a new spring suit for George’s birthday. Looking at that sentence again, I see that it could be open to misconstruction. The suit was for herself. But it was to be bought in honour of George’s birthday and flashed before his admiring gaze for the duration of that occasion....

The 15 stories contained in this free eBook have been selected from the books that make up the series “Fairy Tales, Folklore, Myths and Legends from Around the World” Fifteen stories have been selected from the books in the series. So you will find stories from ancient Celtic England, Wales,...

Example in this ebook   "An air is more lasting than the voice of the birds, A word is more lasting than the riches of the world." The truth of this Irish proverb strikes us forcibly as we glance through any such collection of Gaelic poetry as this, and consider how these...

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...

Poems That Will Change Your Life is a book that delivers what its title promises: poems that will inspire you take the ideas they express to heart and change your outlook. It features more than 150 poems by some of the world’s best-loved poets—Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, John Keats, William...