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By Donato Mancini. 2017
Influenced by documentary cinema, Dada poets, montage techniques, and a range of poets who are still writing, "Same Diff" explores…
the way social and economic histories become imprinted within language itself. The political and poetic melancholy of our moment is revealed in a long poem on climate change, particularly the disappearance of snow, while the real-life effects of fiscal austerity and poverty are voiced in fragments conveying social neuroses that stem from amplified, unfair competition for basic necessities. Each poem introduces a dominant motif that develops through repetition and incremental variations, sourcing language from newspapers, web sources, and overheard conversations to create an emotive effect, as felt in music. Bringing together research that spans the 15th century to the present day, Mancini searches for symbols that stand in for major social issues to articulate the nuances of living in a precarious time. 2017. Uniform title: Poems.By John Milton. 1970
This dramatic poem deals with the last phase in the life of the Samson mentioned in the Book of Judges;…
he is blind and a prisoner of the Philistines. In prison he is visited by various people, including his scheming wife, Delilah. He is finally summoned to provide amusement by feats of strength for the Philistine lords with disastrous consequences for all. 1970.By Samuel Archibald. 2016
Ça fait deux jours qu'il mouille et les bêtes à l'étable s'ébrouent comme à l'approche d'un grand cataclysme. À Saint-André,…
des gens attendent au bar-salon Le Cristal que le temps se répare un peu. Au début, il n'y a que Loulou, la barmaid primordiale. Puis apparaît Rénald, très agité, nerveux comme un enfant qui a peur. Il y a un silence. Avec grand fracas entrent Martial, Mario et un inconnu, tous les trois détrempés. Prisonniers de la tempête, ils vont tour à tour raconter leur histoire et se confier leur peur la plus étrange, jusqu'à ce que chacun comprenne qu'il a un rôle à jouer dans une histoire plus terrible encore, et qui est toujours en train de s'écrire. 2016.By Nicolas Dickner, Dominique Fortier. 2014
Les révolutionnaires français ne se contentèrent pas de guillotiner le roi, de prendre la Bastille et de raccourcir bonne quantité…
d'aristocrates : ils renversèrent aussi le calendrier, créant douze nouveaux mois dont les noms étaient censés évoquer les divers moments de l'année. Deux siècles plus tard, Dominique Fortier et Nicolas Dickner, ont chargé un certain Reginald Jeeves, ingénieux majordome informatique, de leur envoyer quotidiennement le mot du jour qu'ils revisiteraient jusqu'à combler les 366 cases du calendrier. c2014.The man thought of today as Santa Claus was born in the small town of Patara on the coast of…
what was then the Roman province of Lycia, now Turkey, in the year 275. In his time, Saint Nicholas was a staunch protector of his people and a vocal advocate for justice, persecuted and imprisoned with thousands of other Christians in a struggle against Rome. Not only was there a real 'Saint Nick', but he lived an heroic and holy life at a revolutionary moment in history. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.By Félix Leclerc. 1984
By Moïse Blatrix. 1982
By Richard Wagamese. 2011
Novelist Wagamese presents a collection of poems, including descriptions of his life on the road when he repeatedly ran away…
at an early age, and the abuse he received when the authorities tried “to beat the Indian right out of me.” Yet even in the most desperate situations, Wagamese shows us Canada as seen through the eyes and soul of a well-worn traveller, with his love of country and his love of people. c2011.By James Pollock. 2012
Poems of exploration and discovery from the pen of James Pollock. Here is a schoolboy’s fascination with the English teacher;…
the grandmother's old Bible; a Dantean-style extended account of a hiking adventure with a young son. Further out in time and geography, Pollock muses on figures from Canadian history, including explorer Henry Hudson, literary theorist Northrop Frye and pianist Glenn Gould. 2012.By Rosemary Rogers, Sean Kelly. 1993
Designed to help you determine your patron saints, this book provides a biographical listing of saints arranged alphabetically, a calendar…
of saints by day of the year, and a list of patron saints for such categories as ethnicity, occupation, illness, and lifestyle. 1993.By Ruth Shick Montgomery, Joanne Garland. 1986
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1997
Written by a popular crime novelist -- a family friend -- this account of the wife of evangelist Billy Graham…
begins with Ruth Bell's early life in China as a child of missionaries. Because she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps, it took persuasion on Graham's part to convince her to marry him and become his helpmate. 1997.By Lynne Sharon Schwartz. 1996
A personal study of the role of books and literature in our lives. The author interweaves the story of her…
Brooklyn childhood with memories of special books and thoughts about how books shaped her world. 1996.By William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2006
The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet,…
a Capulet, fall in love they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune. For senior high readers. 2006.By Marilyn Butler. 1981
This text sets the romantic literary movement back into its context of the nineteenth century. Marilyn Butler successfully divorces the…
works of writers such as Byron, Keats and Austen from their usual setting of the author's self-image, and places them against the wider background of Europe in the nineteenth century. A refreshing account of an era rich in English literature. 1981.By Robert Frost. 1992
By Rudy Wiebe. 1995
These twenty-two pieces by the Governor General's Award winning author Rudy Wiebe include fictional short stories often set in the…
West or the Arctic, as well as memories of his Mennonite childhood and his conflict with the community. c1995.By Michael D. C Drout. 2006
In this course, Wheaton College professor Michael D.C. Drout examines the roots of fantasy and the works that have defined…
the genre, providing insight into beloved works and a better understanding of why fantasy is such a pervasive force in modern culture. 2006.By Philip Marchand. 1998
By Robert T Kiyosaki, Sharon L Lechter. 1998
A look at the difference between the rich and the not-so-rich, and why the rich have so much more money.…
Includes a look at the myth that you need a high income to be rich; what assets and liabilities really are; and how to make money work for you, not the other way around. 1997.