Laurie Halse AndersonA searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching...

Mike McCormackMarcus Conway has come a long way to stand in the kitchen of his home and remember the rhythms and routines of his life. Considering with his engineer's mind...

Adapted and Illustrated by Judith Ernst This new, illustrated adaptation of the Songof Songs by Judith Ernst renders this literary jewelaccessible to a new generation of readers. Whileretaining much of...

Umberto Saba Poetry. Bilingual, translated from the Italian and with an introduction by Stephen Sartarelli. Poems written between 1900 and 1954, by a lyric poet who "fashioned an art in...

The American Poetry and Literacy ProjectMost of us, at one time or another, have experienced wanderlust. For many, the desire to explore is almost irresistible. Now for devotees of poetry,...

William Blake William Blake's innovations in engraving techniques brought about his brilliant synthesis of visual and poetic art and signaled the beginning of his famous "Illuminated Books," of which the Songs...

Edited by Neil Astley Staying Alive is an international anthology of 500 life-affirming poems fired by belief in the human and the spiritual at a time when much in the world...

VirgilThe Aeneid of Virgil (70-19 B.C.) describes the legendary origin of the Roman nation. It tells of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who escaped with some followers after Troy fell, and...

VirgilThe Aeneid: A New Prose TranslationVirgil took as his hero Aeneas, legendary survivor of the fall of Troy and father of the Roman race, and in telling a story of...

Jeet Thayil The Book of Chocolate Saints follows the unforgettable character Francis Newton Xavier and his journey towards salvation - or damnation - or perhaps both. In the swooning, hypnotic...

Charlie Mackesy From the revered British illustrator, a modern fable for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings.“What do you want to be when...

Geoffrey ChaucerLively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The...