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The Song of Roland
Par David Staines, John Duval. 2012
Swift yet resonant, this masterful new verse translation conveys the immediacy, intimacy, and power of this greatest of Old French…
epic poems. John DuVal approaches the unadorned syntax of The Song of Roland in straightforward modern English, attuned to the nuance and detail of the narrative and the poetry of the original text.In his concise but thorough general Introduction, David Staines traces the origins of the poem and its reception in medieval society, discusses its content and its themes, and in clear, accessible prose illuminates the epic poem's chivalric spirit.Footnotes provide glosses on events, characters, and medieval terms. Endnotes discuss editorial and translational issues. This edition also includes a selected bibliography, a map, and a glossary and index. An appendix provides the entire text of the Old French original.Beautiful Now
Par Stasi Eldredge. 2016
Do you sometimes look at your circumstances or the disappointments you've had in life and wonder if your dreams will…
ever be realized? This gentle devotional takes you deep into the truth that you are whole and beautiful in God's eyes. Drawing from the insights she shares in Becoming Myself, Stasi Eldredge offers reflections, Scriptures, and prayers celebrating how God delights in seeing you become who you truly are.The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath
Par David Klinghoffer, Joseph I. Lieberman. 2011
Now in paperback, Senator Joe Lieberman shows how ceasing all activity for a weekly Sabbath observance has profound benefit--including health,…
relationships, and even career advancement--for people of all religions.Rediscovering the Beauty of Sabbath Rest Our bodies and souls were created to rest--regularly--and when they do, we experience heightened productivity, improved health, and more meaningful relationships. In these pages you'll find wonderful stories of the senator's spiritual journey, as well as special Sabbath experiences with political colleagues such as Bill Clinton, Al and Tipper Gore, John McCain, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Bob Dole, and others. Senator Joe Lieberman shows how his observance of the Sabbath has not only enriched his personal and spiritual life but enhanced his career and enabled him to serve his country to his greatest capacity.The Canterbury Tales in Modern Verse
Par Geoffrey Chaucer, Joseph Glaser. 2005
Readers of this witty and fluent new translation of The Canterbury Tales should find themselves turning page after page: by…
recasting Chaucer's ten-syllable couplets into eight-syllable lines, Joseph Glaser achieves a lighter, more rapid cadence than other translators, a four-beat rhythm well-established in the English poetic tradition up to Chaucer's time. Glaser's shortened lines make compelling reading and mirror the elegance and variety of Chaucer's verse to a degree rarely met by translations that copy Chaucer beat for beat. Moreover, this translation's full, Chaucerian range of diction--from earthy to Latinate--conveys the great scope of Chaucer's interests and effects.The selection features complete translations of the majority of the stories, including all of the more familiar tales and narrative links along with abridgments or summaries of the others. To reflect Chaucer's interest in poetic technique, Glaser presents the tales written in non-couplet stanzas in their original forms.An Introduction, marginal glosses, bibliography, and notes are also included.Move Toward the Mess
Par Andy Stanley, John Hambrick. 2016
Some pastors preach boring sermons. Some church music is dull. But here's the thing: If Jesus had been boring, the…
disciples wouldn't have followed him and the Pharisees wouldn't have killed him. So if you're bored, don't waste another minute. If your church service feels like a failed pep rally that never leads to the actual game, then it's time for you to follow Jesus onto the field where the opposition is real and the stakes are extraordinary. It will get messy. It won't always be comfortable. But you'll make a difference. And you'll discover that nobody's bored out there. Nobody.Spiritual Parenting (Simplified Chinese)
Par Michelle Anthony. 2010
Translated into Simplified Chinese!Spiritual Parenting introduces the simple but revolutionary concept that parents are, by the power of God's Spirit,…
to obey and depend on God in order to create an environment God can use to beckon their children to Him. It's hard enough to train kids to behave, but good behavior isn't what Jesus calls for in the Bible. He wants hearts and souls that are shaped in vibrant faith and love toward God and others. How can parents cultivate this in their children? In this book Dr. Michelle Anthony shares practical examples and biblical insight on the spiritual role of parenting.Remembering Maya: Extraordinary Love Story Of An Ordinary Man
Par Jitendra Rathod. 2009
Jayesh Satvahana, a lawyer, is a loser and a winner--rolled into one. A successful and progressing career makes him a…
winner, but as far as relationships go--he's a loser. A chance meeting with the beautiful Maya Choudhary shakes Jay and he questions the very foundations of his life. Maya comes for help to save her non profit organization from greedy commercialists. Before Jay realizes, he is madly in love with Maya. He fights her case with audacity and determination. He struggles to win the case and wants to win Maya--and spend the rest of his life in peace and happiness. But fate is not without a cruel sense of irony.From Poverty to Power
Par James Allen. 2015
Northern Verses: Poems of Alaska and the Yukon
Par Dennis Lattery. 2015
The idea for this book evolved out of what he saw as a need for a new Christmas poem for…
children. His poem was titled The Christmas Girl. Nothing of much significance in that genre has been produced since How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Efforts to sell the poems idea for a children's book fell on deaf ears in the publishing world but other work gradually spun off its writing. He found he liked writing rhyming prose, especially in poems about the North country where he lives. So here is Northern Verses, including The Christmas Girl.Ballad of Reading Gaol
Par Oscar Wilde. 2012
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known…
for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.Charmides and Other Poems
Par Oscar Wilde. 2012
Known for his barbed wit, Oscar Wilde was one of the most successful late-Victorian playwrights and a great celebrity. The…
Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray are among his best known works. He is perhaps most famous for his trial, in which he eloquently defended homosexual love and was sentenced to two years of hard labor.The Lady of the Lake
Par Walter Scott. 2013
The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the…
Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas; and a war between the lowland Scots (led by James V) and the highland clans (led by Roderick Dhu of Clan Alpine). The poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the Highland Revival.Don Juan
Par Lord Byron. 2012
Don Juan is a long, digressive satiric poem by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron…
reverses, portraying Juan not as a womaniser but someone easily seduced by women. It is a variation on the epic form. Unlike the more tortured early romantic works by Byron, exemplified by Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Don Juan has a more humorous, satirical bent. Modern critics generally consider it to be Byron's masterpiece. Byron completed 16 cantos, leaving an unfinished 17th canto before his death in 1824. Byron claimed that he had no ideas in his mind as to what would happen in subsequent cantos as he wrote his work.Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde
Par Oscar Wilde. 2012
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde contains the following seventeen poems The Ballad Of Reading Gaol, Ave Imperatrix, To My Wife…
- With A Copy Of My Poems, Magdalen Walks, Theocritus - A Villanelle, Greece, Portia, Fabien Dei Franchi, Phedre, Sonnet On Hearing The Dies Irae Sung In The Sistine Chapel, Ave Maria Gratia Plena, Libertatis Sacra Fames, Roses And Rue, From 'The Garden Of Eros', The Harlot's House, From 'The Burden Of Itys', Flower of Love. These poems range from early in Wilde's career to his last poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol written about his experience in prison.Aurora Leigh
Par Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 2012
Aurora Leigh is an aspiring poet of independent spirit, rebelling against the stifling constraints of Victorian middle-class society and struggling…
for self expression. This story exposes the hypocrisy and repressive social attitudes of Victorian England.The Odyssey
Par Homer. 2012
Journey with Ulysses as he battles to bring his victorious, but decimated, troops home from the Trojan War, dogged by…
the wrath of the god Poseidon at every turn. Having been away for twenty years, little does he know what awaits him when he finally makes his way home.Shakespeare's Poems
Par William Shakespeare. 2012
The Iliad
Par Homer. 2012
The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to venge the death of Patroclus. Here…
is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The major motion picture Helen of Troy staring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times.Paradise Lost
Par John Milton. 2012
In Paradise Lost Milton tells the story of the fall of man, which encompasses a battle that rages across Heaven…
between God and Satan. Here are passion and innocence, victory and defeat, hope and despair. This is without a doubt the greatest epic poem ever written in the English language.The Necessity of Prayer
Par E. M. Bounds. 2012
In any study of the principles and procedure of prayer, of its activities and enterprises, first place must, of necessity,…
be given to faith. It is the initial quality in the heart of any man who essays to talk to the Unseen. He must, out of sheer helplessness, stretch forth hands of faith. He must believe where he cannot prove. In the ultimate issue, prayer is simply faith, claiming its natural yet marvellous prerogatives - faith taking possession of its illimitable inheritance. True godliness is just as true, steady, and persevering in the realm of faith as it is in the province of prayer. Moreover: when faith ceases to pray, it ceases to live. Faith does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God.