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What is poetry? Poetry is art made with words. The rest of this book is about what that means." Speak Like Rain goes through the artistic tools of poetry: sound elements of language, and images. It covers all of the basics (meter, rhyme, sonnets, metaphor…) while asking of each element, "what does this contribute to the art? Why would a word artist choose to do it this way?" The text includes over 100 full poems, including the full text of "Th...

A low fat cookbook providing delectable dishes with buffalo or bison as the unusual and tasty alternative to beef.Three years later and tofued into oblivion, David and I were in South Dakota, as David was commissioned to do the painting for Mt. Rushmore's fiftieth-anniversary celebration. Numerous local eateries were serving buffalo burgers and other bison specialities--touting this game as a healthy alternative to beef. The claims were accura...

Re-Modeling the Mind: Personality in Balance starts with a challenging proposition: what if human personality is best understood by looking first at nature and animals? We know that nature's systems are self-balancing, and we know that insects, animals, birds, and insects are born knowing things. Like animals, we carry templates of safety and danger that are inborn---hard-wired---in a very rough outline. Unlike animals, our templates of safety...

A unique period in Irish history is conveyed in this authoritative and comprehensive look at the development of Dublin across the medieval period. Previously published as "Dublinia".

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Dublin and the Viking World is a unique blend of the familiar and the unfamiliar, the broad generalisation and the rarefied detail, the well-known historical character and the ordinary Dubliner.

Presents short, lively biographies of more than a dozen brilliant young writers of the Romantic period.

In this guide to the ancient epic poem, readers learn about the famous manuscript and its language, the poem's plot, and the religious and cultural background of the story.

A stunningly illustrated book on cooking America's most prized mushroom

Perhaps the most important work written in Old English, Beowulf grew out of a culture very different from ours, and yet its story of war, violence, and heroism remains relevant to modern readers. Accessible to high school students, general readers, and undergraduates, this companion overviews the poem and its legacy. The initial chapters review the plot of Beowulf, while later chapters discuss its style and language, its cultural and historica...

Excavating English is a curriculum designed for ages 12 and up. It explores the multicultural roots of the English language from 4000 BC to present day. The text provides over 150 pages of information, trivia, word games, activities and Internet links (including a playlist of supplemental videos). The first chapters give an introduction to linguistics, phonetics and phonology. The text then traces English from the shores of the Black Sea (Prot...

The editors celebrate the enormous accomplishments of Lillian H. Smith and her library work with children.

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