The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
39.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Mini Album Ser.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, theologian, literary critic, philosopher, and co-founder of the English Romantic Movement. He was also a member of the famous Lake Poets, together with William Wordsworth and Robert Southey. Coleridge had a significant influence on the the work of ...Show more
With These Hands: A Collection of Work by Pam Ayres
34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
WITH THESE HANDS is a collection of the very best poems and sketches from one of Britain's best loved entertainers - now starring in her own BBC Radio 2 Sunday Show. The pieces are presented together with delightful illustrations by Susan Hellard providing the reader with a beguiling insight into the he ...Show more
Story of Poetry: From Pope to Burns: v. 3 by Michael Schmidt
45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
An easy to read, fascinating story of the politics behind the poetry, followed by the poetry itself. The Story of Poetry follows the style of this classic new series, with the first half of each volume showing how poetry was as much a reflection and sometime-counterweighted reaction to the current affai ...Show more
100 Love Sonnets : Cien Sonetos de Amor by Pablo Neruda (Translated from Spanish by Stephen Tapscott)
32.99 NZD
39.99 (17% off)
Category: Poetry
As popular in the Hispanic world as the poet's renowned Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair, One Hundred Love Sonnets has never before been published in its entirety in English translation. The reason for this astonishing neglect may lie in the historical circumstances that surrounded Neruda's "disc ...Show more
Love Letters in the Sand : The love poems of Kahil Gibran by Kahlil Gibran
34.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
A major work by one of the world's most inspirational poets on the nature of love. Fully illustrated by a major artist, this book will also appeal to artists and calligraphers.
Desiderata of Happiness by Max Ehrmann
42.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Inspirational S.
Max Ehrmann was not afraid to express his thoughts about the evils and scandals he saw around him, and in his quest for contentment he turned to nature and the eternal passage of the seasons. This edition contains, in addition to the Desiderata, more of Max Ehrmann's writings. First published 1948.
Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
15.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: RSC Shakespeare
Subjects: Poetry, EnglishNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You ...Show more
Daodejing by Lao Tzu (Ryder trans.)
17.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
'Of ways you may speak, but not the Perennial Way; By names you may name, but not the Perennial Name.' The best-loved of all the classical books of China and the most universally popular, the Daodejing or Classic of the Way and Life-Force is a work that defies definition. It encapsulates the main tenet ...Show more
Beyond The Palisade by James K. Baxter
32.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
Beyond the Palisade, James K. Baxter's first book of poetry, created a sensation when it was originally published in I 944. Baxter, who was just 18 at the time, was hailed as a prodigy. Despite the obvious influences of British Romantic and Modernist poets, he was acclaimed for the confidence with which ...Show more
New Selected Poems: James K Baxter by James K. Baxter (ed Paul Millar)
49.95 NZD
Category: Poetry
James K Baxter is more than a New Zealand poet: the poems in this selection place him among the major poets of the twentieth century. Yet New Zealand lies at the heart of his work, the best of which constitutes an unparalleled, intensely personal engagement with the country, its people, and society. In ...Show more
An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English by Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien and Mark Williams (eds)
59.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 1997 Montana Book Awards, poetry section. This comprehensive Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English spans more than a century, revealing the richness, vitality and range of styles and voices to be found in the body of New Zealand verse. Established figures such as Ursula Bethell, Allen ...Show more