The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
Utterly unique and beloved around the world, The Prophet is a collection of twenty-six poetic essays by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. Telling the story of the prophet Al-Mustafa and his conversations with various acquaintances as he returns home after a long absence, the boo ...Show more
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
$30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
A stunning new hardcover edition--linen with copper stamping--of one of the world's most beloved and popular spiritual classics, featuring a new foreword by Rupi Kaur, the multimillion-copy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Milk and Honey and The Sun and Her Flowers "This book cracked my hear ...Show more
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Pocket Editions Ser.
One of the most important and impactful works of spiritual fiction ever published in the English language, Kahlil Gibran's masterwork, The Prophet, is rooted in the author's experiences as a traveler and immigrant, providing inspiration to us all and particularly all those of us anxious in today's uncer ...Show more
The Raven (Visions in Poetry) by Edgar Allan Poe
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Visions in Poetry
One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the horror story and science fiction genres and has widespread, timeless appeal. Some of his poems remain among the most popular in American literature, and Poe's tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ag ...Show more
The River in the Sky by Clive James
$35.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
'One of the most important and influential writers of our time' Sunday Times Clive James has been close to death for several years, and he has written about the experience in a series of deeply moving poems. In Sentenced to Life, he was clear-sighted as he faced the end, honest about his regrets. In Inj ...Show more
The Rivered Earth by Vikram Seth
$40.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
The Rivered Earth contains four libretti written by Vikram Seth to be set to music by Alec Roth - together with an account of the pleasures and pains of working with a composer. Entitled 'Songs in Time of War', 'Shared Ground', 'The Traveller' and 'Seven Elements', they take us all over the world - from ...Show more
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald (Translator)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Classics Library
In the renowned translation by Edward FitzGerald, with an introduction by Professor Cedric Watts. Here is Edward FitzGerald's original translation of the Rubáiyát, the collection of poems attributed to the Persian astronomer and mathematician, Omar Khayyám. FitzGerald's distinctive version (1859) ...Show more
The Sonnets: The Pelican Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
$23.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
This legendary Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Updated for the 21st-century by editors Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA, each book includes an essay on the theatrical world o ...Show more
The Toll by Luke Wright
$26.50 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
An escaped lion roams the streets of Essex; a lonely pensioner holds a tower block f te; and the silent majority takes to the streets. Travel the unfashionable A-roads and commuter lines of England -- 'where industry meets marsh' -- with poet Luke Wright. Discover a country riven by inequality and corr ...Show more
The Tower by W. B. Yeats
$24.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Clothbound Poetry Ser.
The Tower was W. B. Yeats's first major collection of poetry as Nobel Laureate after the receiving the Nobel Prize in 1923. It is considered to be one of his most influential collections. The title refers to Thoor Ballylee Castle, a Norman tower that Yeats purchased in 1917 and later restored. The Tower ...Show more
The Uppish Hen & other poems by Robin Hyde
$25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
In 1934, four-year-old Derek Challis found a homemade book in his Christmas stocking. On the typed pages bound with pink ribbon were poems written for him by his mother, the writer Robin Hyde. Derek - known as Derry - treasured the gift and could recite the poems until his death in 2021. Hyde hoped the ...Show more