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William Blake's Poetry by Jonathan Roberts 9780826488602
RRP: £21.99£21.89"Reader's Guides" provide a comprehensive starting point for any advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh critical insights and provides a practical... -
Celtic Twilight by William Butler Yeats 9781513220567
RRP: £9.99£7.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513220567Author William Butler YeatsFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Mint EdPublisher Mint EdWeight(grams) 127g -
The Language of Food: "A recipe can be as beautiful as a poem" by Annabel Abbs
RRP: £14.99£9.36'A sensual feast of a novel, written with elegance, beauty, charm and skill in a voice that is both lyrical and unique. The Language of Food is an intriguing story with characters that leap off the page and live, but what sets it apart from it's... -
The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine by Jean de La Fontaine
£25.35Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulistsTold in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express... -
Rumi: Hidden Music by Maryam Mafi
RRP: £9.99£6.64A breathtaking new collection of translations of poems by Rumi, one of the world's most loved mystical teachers and bestselling poets. Beautifully packaged and illustrated with paintings and Persian calligraphy, this is an ideal gift. ... -
The Odyssey by Homer 9780198736479
RRP: £8.99£6.61'Tell me, Muse, of the man of many turns, who was driven far and wide after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy' Twenty years after setting out to fight in the Trojan War, Odysseus is yet to return home to Ithaca. His household is in disarray: a... -
Kalevala: The Epic of the Finnish People by Elias Loennrot
RRP: £12.99£9.80'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York TimesSharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of its people, a work rich in magic and myth which tells the story of a nation... -
Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-text by William Langland
RRP: £10.99£7.77This is a new translation into contemporary English of one of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages. Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society, for its deeply imaginative religious... -
Ten Poems About Dogs by Jenni Murray 9781907598098
RRP: £5.95£4.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598098Author Jenni MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 137mm * 3mm -
Vertigo & Ghost by Fiona Benson
RRP: £12.99£9.09**WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2019****WINNER OF THE ROEHAMPTON PRIZE FOR BEST POETRY COLLECTION 2019**Violence hangs over this book like an electric storm. Beginning with a poem about the teenage dawning of sexuality, Vertigo & Ghost... -
Three Poets of the First World War by Wilfred Owen
RRP: £10.99£7.77This new selection brings together the poetry of three of the most distinctive and moving voices to emerge from the First World War. Here are the controlled passion and rich metaphors of Wilfred Owen's celebrated verses such as 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'... -
Mama Amazonica by Pascale Petit
RRP: £12.00£8.00Mama Amazonica is set in a psychiatric ward and in the Amazon rainforest, an asylum for animals on the brink of extinction. It reveals the story of Pascale Petit's mentally ill mother and the consequences of abuse. The mother transforms into a giant... -
Edge of Wonder: Notes from the Wildness of Being by Victoria Erickson 9780994784315
RRP: £21.00£13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994784315Author Victoria EricksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Enrealment PressPublisher Enrealment Press -
Cyfres Clasuron: Dail Pren by Waldo Williams
£8.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848512931Author Waldo WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press -
Flux by Orion Carloto
RRP: £11.99£7.59"YouTube Mastermind" Orion Carloto turns raw emotion into powerful, digestible verse in her debut collection of poetry.Flux is a somber narrative, an ode to change, a collection of poetry and prose written from the many states of grief over a broken... -
Paper Aeroplane: Selected Poems 1989-2014 by Simon Armitage 9780571353392
RRP: £14.99£9.80When Simon Armitage burst on to the poetry scene in 1989 with his spectacular debut Zoom!, readers were introduced to an exceptional new talent who would reshape the landscape of contemporary poetry in the years to come. Now, Armitage's reputation as one... -
You Were Never Broken: Poems to Save Your Life by Jeff Foster
RRP: £13.99£9.20At one time, Jeff Foster wanted to die. After a lifetime of self-loathing, crippling fear, and attempts to numb his own feelings, he was left on the verge of suicide. It was only when he opened himself completely to his emotions - both the unbearable and... -
The Prelude: The Four Texts (1798, 1799, 1805, 1850) by William Wordsworth
RRP: £16.99£12.28First published in July 1850, shortly after Wordsworth's death, The Prelude was the culmination of over fifty years of creative work. The great Romantic poem of human consciousness, it takes as its theme 'the growth of a poet's mind': leading the reader... -
Forty Names by Parwana Fayyaz 9781800171077
RRP: £10.99£7.64A New Statesman Book of the Year 2021. A White Review Book of the Year 2021. In this remarkable first collection, Parwana Fayyaz evokes events in the lives of Afghan women, past and present - their endurance and achievements, told from their points... -
She Will Soar: Bright, Brave Poems about Freedom by Women by Ana Sampson
RRP: £14.99£11.35A stunning gift book featuring 130 poems about wanderlust, freedom and escape written by women. With poems from classic, well loved poets as well as innovative and bold modern voices, She Will Soar is a stunning collection and an essential addition to... -
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud...: and other poems you half-remember from school by Ana Sampson
RRP: £7.99£5.60'A collection of favourite half-remembered lines and phrases from school days' - The Times____________________You may remember the famous opening lines, 'Tyger tyger, burning bright'? and 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' but would you be able to... -
Poems for Happiness by Various
RRP: £10.99£7.00Poetry is the perfect medium to capture the elusive nature of happiness and this beautiful anthology explores happiness in all its forms - whether it be a fleeting moment, the promise of freedom and adventure, surviving adversity or the comfort of nature... -
Poems (1930) by W. H. Auden
RRP: £12.99£8.56Auden's electrifying, enigmatic and extraordinarily influential debut collection was published by Faber in 1930, and simply entitled Poems. For the second edition (1933) he omitted seven items and added new poems in their place. Available again for... -
Aspects of Edinburgh: Poems by Stewart Conn Drawings by John Knight by Stewart Conn 9781910895283
RRP: £9.99£6.99'North-east the Firth, a bracelet merging with mist; south-west the Pentlands, sharply defined. Directly opposite, the Castle. A sudden gust makes me lose my footing. Gulls slip past, eyeing us disdainfully.' - from From Arthur's Seat The... -
Ten Poems about Art by Geoff Dyer 9781907598777
RRP: £5.95£4.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598777Author Geoff DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press -
Shakespeare's Sonnets: An Original-Spelling Text by Paul Hammond 9780198728016
£32.00This book is at once an edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and a guide to how to read these exquisite and complex poems. It is designed both for readers new to the poems and for those who are familiar with the Sonnets but are ready to engage with them... -
La Vita Nuova: Love Poems by Dante Alighieri
RRP: £10.99£7.51In La Vita Nuova, Italy's greatest poet recounts the famous story of his passionate love for Beatrice. The drama of their relationship unravels through stunning poetry and prose in this, one of the most celebrated love stories in history.Part of the... -
Works by Sir Thomas Malory
RRP: £16.99£12.68This single-volume edition of the complete works of Sirhe Thomas Malory retains his 15th-century English while providing an introduction, glossary, and fifty pages of explanatory notes on each romance.Reviews` ... the general introduction and... -
The Book of Clouds by Juris Kronbergs 9781910139141
RRP: £12.00£8.30It's time to let your imagination fly...If you look up on a cloudy day, you'll see a whole new surprising world above you - the world of clouds! The Book of Clouds is an introduction to this world - and the guide you'll want by your side to help you... -
The Song of Kieu: A New Lament by Nguyen Du
RRP: £9.99£7.11'An essential book for anyone invested, not only in Vietnamese literature, but the historic power of the national epic . . . and its perennial place in our species' efforts toward self-knowledge. Tim Allen's new translation offers clean fluidity while... -
The Loki Variations: The Man, The Myth, The Mischief by Karl Johnson 9781912489688
RRP: £7.50£4.94Loki, ever the shapeshifter, has never been more adaptable across pop culture. Whether it's deep in the stories from Norse mythology, the countless offshoots and intepretations across media, or even the prolific Loki that has come to dominate our screens... -
The Forward Book of Poetry 2023 by Various Poets
RRP: £9.99£6.70The Forward Book of Poetry is the indispensable annual guide to contemporary poetry. In bringing together the best new work published in the UK and Ireland, as chosen by the jury of the annual Forward Prizes, this anthology offers vital overview of the... -
Green Shades: An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners by Elizabeth Jane Howard
RRP: £10.99£7.51From the acclaimed author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Green Shades: An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners brings together a diverse and fascinating selection of garden writing that spans the centuries, the seasons and the... -
Selected Poems by John Keats 9781857157062
RRP: £12.00£8.44Keats is celebrated as a writer in three forms: lyric verse, narrative verse and letters. All three are represented here in a volume which reprints all the famous odes, a selection os sonnets and other short poems, both versions of HYPERION, extentsive... -
The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine by Kaveh Akbar
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A profoundly valuable collection, full of fresh perspective, and opening doors into all kinds of material that has been routinely neglected or patronized' Rowan Williams, TLSThis rich and surprising anthology is a holistic, global survey of a lyric... -
Parable and Paradox: Sonnets on the sayings of Jesus and other poems by Malcolm Guite
RRP: £10.99£8.94Since the publication of the bestselling Sounding the Seasons, Malcolm Guite has repeatedly been asked for more sonnets. This new collection offers a sequence of 50 sonnets that focus on many passages in the Gospels: the Beatitudes, parables and... -
Keats's Poetry and Prose by John Keats 9780393924916
£18.13For this reason, this volume presents the writings in the order of publication rather than composition. Readers can trace the poems through letters, reviews, and related material chronologically interleaved with the texts themselves. This edition offers... -
Poems and Exiles by James Joyce
RRP: £12.99£9.09It is only James Joyce's towering genius as a novelist that has led to the comparative neglect of his poetry and sole surviving play. And yet, argues Mays in his stimulating and informative introduction, several of these works not only occupy a pivotal... -
Poetry 1900-2000 by Meic Stephens 9781902638881
RRP: £20.00£14.69The most legendary names in poetry from Wales - David Jones, Idris Davies, Vernon Watkins, RS Thomas, Dylan Thomas and Alun Lewis - are featured here alongside many living greats such as Dannie Abse, Tony Conran, Gillian Carke, Tony Curtis, Robert... -
The Last Days of Troy by Simon Armitage
RRP: £10.99£7.32Simon Armitage is rightly celebrated as one of the country's most original and engaging poets; but he is also an adaptor and translator of some of our most important epics, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Death of King Arthur and Homer's...