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Arguably the greatest of all the English Romantic poets, John Keats left behind him an astonishingly large body of work almost as remarkable for its maturity as for its beauty. Whether in longer narrative works like ‘The Eve of St Agnes’, or in such sonnets as ‘On First Looking Into Chapman’s...

A powerful collection of stories that is at once heart-warming and heart-wrenching as writers offer stories of love in its many forms set against the challenges of modern life. Over the years Reader’s Digest has published stories of couples, families, friends, and even strangers that touch...

So there I was, roysh, putting the 'in' in 'in crowd', hanging out, pick of the babes, bills from the old pair to fund the lifestyle I, like, totally deserve. But being a schools rugby legend has its downsides, roysh, like all the total knobs wanting to chill in your, like, reflected glory, and the...

So there I was, roysh, class legend, schools rugby legend, basically all-round legend, when someone decides you can't, like, sit the Leaving Cert four times. Well that put a focking spanner in the works. But joining the goys at college wasn't the mare I thought it would be, basically for, like,...

So there I was, roysh, enjoying college life, college birds and, like, a major amount of socialising. Then, roysh, the old pair decide to mess everything up for me. And we're talking totally here. Don't ask me what they were thinking. I hadn't, like, changed or treated them any differently,...

The points of view and perspectives in The Best Travel Writing 2009 are global, and the themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity, misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. Reading these stories is like sitting in a cafe filled with fellow travelers...

Au moment où la Grande Dépression secoue le Québec, frappant autant la campagne que la ville, le malheur semble vouloir s'acharner sur Héléna et sa famille grandissante. Heureusement, l'amour naissant éclaire ce sombre tableau et agit comme un baume sur les vies du trécarré. Marianne, l'aînée,...

L'auteur prend le prétexte d'une photographie pour nous entraîner dans un récit poétique. C’est le récit d’une photographie et de l’invraisemblance qu’elle expose, le récit d’un cheminement du présent de l’image au présent du regard. Une fête d’enfants, des ballons gonflés...

C’était pourtant une jolie promenade… L’Homme a marché depuis la Côte d’Azur jusqu’à un village, là-bas, loin dans la montagne bien au-delà du Plateau de Valensole. Sans céder à la fatigue. Tendu vers son but. Oh, bien sûr, il s’est accordé des pauses, des moments de...

The Women’s Media Center—founded by Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Robin Morgan—presents its first comprehensive guide to using accurate, inclusive, creative, and clear language. At a time when language is too often used to “spin” instead of communicate, Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s...

So there I was, roysh, twenty-three years of age, still, like, gorgeous and rich, living off my legend as a schools rugby player, scoring the birds, being the man, when all of a sudden, roysh, life becomes a total mare. I don't have a Betty Blue what's wrong, but I can't eat, can't sleep, I don't...

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. From the picturesque beaches of Rio de Janeiro to the majestic Iguaçu Falls to the wonders of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil offers something for every type of traveler--and Fodor's...

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. There's history and culture around every bend in Boston--skyscrapers nestle next to historic hotels while modern marketplaces line the antique cobblestone streets. The city that...

In his short life, Robert Burns forged for himself a reputation as a poet and songwriter that has never been eclipsed. Today, more than 200 years after his death, his verse remains among the most popular in the world. Best known for his dialect lyrical verse on nature, love, patriotism and rural life,...